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robert kramer

 

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Nashville TN
Post  Posted 7 Jul 2020 12:35 pm    
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Does anybody the steel player on Webb Pierce's "There Stands The Glass" cut 3/25/53 in Nashville. It's non-pedal and not listed anywhere I can find. Thanks in advance for any answers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uyuub51sPCM
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Craig A Davidson


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Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin USA
Post  Posted 7 Jul 2020 2:30 pm    
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Possibly Billy Robinson or Bud Issacs
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robert kramer

 

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Nashville TN
Post  Posted 7 Jul 2020 4:41 pm    
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Thanks Mr. Davidson. Billy Robinson is living in the Nashville area. I will contact him. These are great leads - and it could be Bud Issacs before pedals. Wonder why such an important record is not documented that good.
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Craig A Davidson


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Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin USA
Post  Posted 7 Jul 2020 4:54 pm    
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Robert if Billy didn't play on it, he probably knows who did.
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Ian Worley


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Sacramento, CA
Post  Posted 7 Jul 2020 6:51 pm    
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Praguefrank is usually the most reliable source for credit info on old recordings. That page is here: http://countrydiscoghraphy2.blogspot.com/2016/12/webb-pierce-part-1.html

It lists only a "?" for steel on that session. The steeler on the previous session a couple of months prior was Bob Moore, most of the other players are the same. The next session a couple of months after it was Don Davis.

Praguefrank's Country Discography wrote:
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30 January 1953 [09:15-12:15] Castle Studio, The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Ave. North, Nashville, TN - Webb Pierce (Webb Pierce [vcl], Hank Garland [gt], Chet Atkins [gt], Bob Moore [steel], Ernie Newton [bass], Tommy Jackson [fiddle], Farris Coursey [drums])
056 83887/NA 2922 DON'T THROW YOUR LIFE AWAY unissued
057 83888/NA 2923 BROKEN ENGAGEMENT BCD-15522 CMF 019
058 83889/NA 2924 WE'LL FIND A WAY unissued/ BCD-15522
25 March 1953 [14:20-17:20] Castle Studio, the Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Ave. North, Nashville, TN - Webb Pierce (Webb Pierce [vcl], Grady Martin [gt], Chet Atkins [gt], Ray Edenton [rhy gt], ? [steel], Ernie Newton [bass], Farris Coursey [drums], Owen Bradley [piano], Dale Potter [fiddle], Tommy Jackson Jr [fiddle], poss Jack Kay [fiddle])
059 84253/NA 3021 IT'S BEEN SO LONG 9-28725 ED 2145/DL 5536 DL-8295 CB-20025 BCD-15522 088 112 442-2
060 84254/NA 3022 DON'T THROW YOUR LIFE AWAY 9-28725 ED 2144/DL 5536 DL-8295 CB-20025 BCD-15522
061 84255/NA 3023 TOO LATE TO WORRY NOW DL 8728 BCD-15522
062 84256/NA 3024 THERE STANDS THE GLASS 9-28834 ED 2144/DL 5536 DL-8295 BCD-15522 088 112 442-2
7 May 1953 [13:30-16:30] Castle Studio, The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Ave. North, Nashville, TN - Webb Pierce (Webb Pierce [vcl], Hank Garland [gt], Chet Atkins [gt], Doyle Wilburn [rh gt], Don Davis [steel], Ernie Newton [bass], Jack Kay [fiddle], Farris Coursey [drums], Owen Bradley [organ])
063 84511/NA 3049 IF YOU WERE ME unissued
064 84512/NA 3050 THERE'S A BETTER HOME unissued/ BCD-15522
065 84513/NA 3051 MOTHER CALL MY NAME IN PRAYER 9-29155 ED 2355/ BCD-15522
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Ian Worley


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Sacramento, CA
Post  Posted 7 Jul 2020 6:52 pm    
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oops...

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Craig A Davidson


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Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin USA
Post  Posted 7 Jul 2020 6:54 pm    
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When I checked LP Discography it gave me these:
Billy Robinson, Jimmy Day, Bob Foster, Bud Issacs, Sonny Burnette. So out of those I guessed Billy or Bud.
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robert kramer

 

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Nashville TN
Post  Posted 8 Jul 2020 4:55 am    
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Thanks to all for your replies. As I recall The Bear Family Box Set didn't list the steel player,either. I always assumed "Bob Moore" was an error - that they were mixed up with the bass player. Don Davis is a good candidate, too. I try and contact Billy today. Thanks again.
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Jordan Stern

 

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Texas, USA
Post  Posted 8 Jul 2020 2:41 pm    
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I am reading Kenneth Barker’s dissertation on steel guItar, and he credits the steel on “there stands the glass” to Bud Isaacs.
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robert kramer

 

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Nashville TN
Post  Posted 8 Jul 2020 4:02 pm    
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Mr. Stern, Thanks for your reply. Where can I find Kenneth Barker’s dissertation on steel guItar? Thanks. Bob Kramer
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Jordan Stern

 

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Texas, USA
Post  Posted 8 Jul 2020 4:53 pm    
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Hi Robert,

Just sent you a PM.
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Jeremiah Wade

 

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Bladenboro, NC
Post  Posted 10 Jul 2020 7:59 am    
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I seem to recall that as being played by Curly Chalker.
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Brett Day


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Pickens, SC
Post  Posted 10 Jul 2020 11:28 pm    
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Bud Isaacs played steel on "Slowly". I love the steel on "There Stands The Glass"
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