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Bobby Nelson
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North Carolina, USA
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Posted 18 May 2019 3:59 am |
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I don't know where I got the idea that this was Dickey Overby on this cut - anybody know if I'm right?
More important is the tone on this steel. I like an old twangy, very treble heavy tone, but this has that, and a really well defined and present lower-mid and bottom end that's just killer. Maybe it's the sound of a 15" speaker? I don't know. Anyone got any wisdom on this tone?
https://youtu.be/91VnidPtugg?list=PLDIG6OVJm7ZBTM1ljseRPcRY72EPflsAz
Last edited by Bobby Nelson on 18 May 2019 10:11 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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john buffington
From:
Owasso OK - USA
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Posted 18 May 2019 5:20 am
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| That is Dickie Overby, he cut that with a Push Pull and a Fender Twin. I got that info., straight from the man himself when he lived in Tulsa for a short time after leaving Ronnie Milsap. |
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Bobby Nelson
From:
North Carolina, USA
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Posted 18 May 2019 5:25 am
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| Thanks John. That's some great tone on that one! |
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Walter Stettner
From:
Vienna, Austria
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Bobby Nelson
From:
North Carolina, USA
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Posted 19 May 2019 8:10 am
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It is wonderful isn't it?
By the way: Sorry for misspelling his name - it's been corrected. .. can't expect too much out of a mixer driver haha! |
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Joe Krumel
From:
Hermitage, Tn.
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Posted 19 May 2019 11:36 am
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That track definitely could get graveyard skeletons up dancing!
Here's one that is over the top also;
https://youtu.be/cQStiF9DtPA |
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Joe Goldmark
From:
San Francisco, CA 94131
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Posted 19 May 2019 6:36 pm
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There's a few guys who kill me every time (Hughey, Charleton, Rugg, etc.) and Dickie Overby is in that group. What a great player. Listen to the tune above that Joe K. posted.
Joe |
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Bobby Nelson
From:
North Carolina, USA
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Posted 20 May 2019 1:31 am
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That was wonderful - thanks Joe K.
Joe G, I'm right in line with you in the Hughey Charleton, Rugg fan club - Charleton and Hughey are my top favorites. |
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Paul King
From:
Gainesville, Texas, USA
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Posted 20 May 2019 2:18 am
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| You could get a tree limb and put strings on it and Dickey could make it sound great. He had great tone and a very unique style. A friend of mine saw him one night on RFD and he said that man plays the good licks. |
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joe long
From:
San Antonio, Texas
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Posted 20 May 2019 8:10 am
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| Did Dickey play on Hank Jr's Wiskey Bent? I have always liked that turn around. |
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Ricky Davis
From:
Bertram, Texas USA
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Posted 20 May 2019 8:59 am
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Yes Joe; Dicky played on that whole album by Hank Jr.
Ricky
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Bobby Nelson
From:
North Carolina, USA
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Posted 20 May 2019 2:34 pm
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| Oh wow! I didn't know that about the Hank Jr stuff. I always loved that stuff - had the LPs when they came out. In my own head I always thought that the pedal steel in the more traditional sounding stuff he did sounded like the perfect modern version of what had been on his dad's stuff |
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Ricky Davis
From:
Bertram, Texas USA
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Posted 20 May 2019 3:24 pm
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Yes I believe Dicky ONLY cut on that one album with "Whiskey Bent" on it..... and that was the thing Hank wanted was that old timey sound.
Ricky
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Keith Hilton
From:
248 Laurel Road Ozark, Missouri 65721
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Posted 21 May 2019 5:37 pm
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| He was one of the greatest players who ever lived! Just my opinion. |
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Malcolm McMaster
From:
Beith Ayrshire Scotland
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Posted 22 May 2019 2:49 pm
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Totally agree Keith, what a fantastic player. Many years ago when I first heard him play here on the forum I commented on how amazing he was, I received a pm from the the man himself, what a lovely humble guy he was I really treasured that message. Never got to hear him play live, but all the stuff on YouTube is regular viewing for me.
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Kevin Fix
From:
Michigan, USA
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Posted 22 May 2019 5:53 pm
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| Joe!!! THAT WOULD MAKE A GLASS EYE CRY!!!!!! |
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Scott Baker
From:
Upland, California, USA
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Posted 31 May 2019 8:39 am
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So in that same Swiss Alp show Amber does Together Again in E. Halfway thru the solo, Dickey lifts the bar clean off the board and finishes it playing the open strings an Octave down, sets the bar down and slides back up to where she is. So Cool like a musical exclamation point.
I "THINK" there is also half-pedaling.
He's clearly enjoying himself
https://youtu.be/VIHRYceaKHU |
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