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Topic: John Hughey at his finest with Conway circa 1970 |
Dave Mudgett
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Central Pennsylvania and Gallatin, Tennessee
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Posted 7 Nov 2020 6:46 pm |
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Haven't seen this one for a while - I was looking over my band's facebook page and this was linked there - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zw82JzPQDCg
All the things that make me love pedal steel in one place. Totally sublime perfection. |
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Marc Jenkins
From:
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 7 Nov 2020 6:53 pm
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| Incredible!! |
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Greg Milton
From:
Benalla, Australia
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Posted 7 Nov 2020 7:19 pm
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| Thanks Dave, that's amazing! |
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Larry Dering
From:
Missouri, USA
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Posted 7 Nov 2020 8:04 pm
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| None better. Johns crying steel with Conways growl. Classic Country sound. |
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 8 Nov 2020 5:28 am
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My favorite steel player, and favorite country singer. It don't get any better than this.
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Joe Goldmark
From:
San Francisco, CA 94131
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Posted 8 Nov 2020 2:23 pm
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| Wonder where that steel is now? |
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Carl Williams
From:
Oklahoma
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Posted 8 Nov 2020 4:59 pm The Masters
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| I’m thinking the vast majority of us on this Forum remember when this classic first played on our car radios....we’ve been very lucky to have lived the Golden Years and hearing the classics and the Masters setting the bar so high...Thanks Dave....Carl |
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Kevin Fix
From:
Michigan, USA
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Posted 8 Nov 2020 6:25 pm
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W. C. Edgar
From:
Iowa City Iowa, Madison CT, Nashville, Austin, Phoenix
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Posted 8 Nov 2020 8:08 pm
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Pork Chop playing drums too!
Is that John's brother playing Bass on this clip too?
Something about those wood neck push pulls that had a tone.
WC
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Paul Norman
From:
Washington, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 9 Nov 2020 4:34 am
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| I have never seen John with a green guitar. He always played black or dark colored ones. |
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Graham Bland
From:
Tennessee, USA
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Posted 9 Nov 2020 7:13 am John Hughey
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You are absolutely right Dave...
but lets not forget the countless HIT RECORDS that John played on for other major artists through the years!!!!!
And of course what a terrific human, down to earth guy he was!!! |
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robert kramer
From:
Nashville TN
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Posted 9 Nov 2020 8:28 am
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I'm at a loss for words so I'll just quote Dave Mudgett's words:
"All the things that make me love pedal steel in one place. Totally sublime perfection."
I hadn't heard this one until it was played Friday on a local independent radio station here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZjVezNthOI |
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Ken Byng
From:
Southampton, England
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Posted 11 Nov 2020 5:22 am
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I saw this lineup live at the London Palladium Theatre in 1970. Also on the show was Bill Anderson with Sonny Garrish on steel. 2 brilliant players on the same show!
I buttonholed John H after the show. I was in awe of him as I was a novice player back then, but I needn't have been. John was extremely amiable and was so happy to have someone to talk steel guitar to. I asked him about his pedal setup, and I was tickled to learn that we both played Day setup with E levers on the left knee. He told me how he loved the Emmons guitar, and in fact was arranging to get a new one. I noticed that the case for his current Emmons was totally dilapidated.
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Fish
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Posted 13 Nov 2020 9:48 am
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Soulful, heavenly playing. A vibrato Masterclass.
To the woodshed. |
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robert kramer
From:
Nashville TN
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Posted 13 Nov 2020 10:21 am
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This message is for Steve. Did it snow in your neighborhood today? I know you lent me your snow shovel. I forget now if I returned it?
Kramer
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Fish
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Posted 13 Nov 2020 10:51 am
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Hi Kramer,
Oh yeah, it's snowing heavily over here at the moment. But remember: you brought back my snow shovel the day I gave you the KBOA recording ;0)
Lay low, stay safe, keep carrying the flame.
Steve |
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Ian Rae
From:
Redditch, England
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Posted 13 Nov 2020 2:01 pm
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I am great admirer of John Hughey. It isn't snowing here.
I have a brand new shovel I bought last winter but I never needed it.
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Len Ryder
From:
Penticton B.C.
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Posted 13 Nov 2020 2:58 pm
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| Great sound. I may be thinking OLD but it’s nice to see the entertainer and the band looking professional rather than as if they just got off work at a construction site as bands look now-a-days.. |
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 14 Nov 2020 6:22 am
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Pork Chop playing drums too!
Is that John's brother playing Bass on this clip too?
Something about those wood neck push pulls that had a tone.
WC |
"Big" Joe Lewis on bass.
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Carter D10 8p/8k, Dekley S10 3p/4k C6 setup,Regal RD40 Dobro, Recording King Professional Dobro, NV400, NV112,Ibanez Gio guitar, Epiphone SG Special (open D slide guitar) . Playing for 54 years and still counting. |
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Ian Rae
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Redditch, England
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Posted 14 Nov 2020 8:21 am
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| It’s nice to see the entertainer and the band looking professional |
I have a good suit that I never wear. When we finally get to play gigs again I shall put it on to celebrate!
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David Gertschen
From:
Phoenix, Arizona
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Bart Bull
From:
New Orleans, USA/Paris FR/Berkeley USSR
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Posted 16 Nov 2020 7:39 pm
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Evidently, green ones sound best.
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Jim Pitman
From:
Waterbury Ctr. VT 05677 USA
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Posted 17 Nov 2020 9:32 am
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| ...and the mix! steel right out front perhaps overpowering the excellent vocal at times. That's in stark contrast to a modern mix. |
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Bart Bull
From:
New Orleans, USA/Paris FR/Berkeley USSR
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Posted 17 Nov 2020 8:30 pm
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Hope this doesn't hijack this thread, but thinking about the notorious early Conway Twitty bands, I bumped across this:
Harold Jenkins, with the SGForum's late, lamented Gene Jones killin' it on steel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DkgEUqNWUo
According to a commenter who seems to know their stuff, it's "From March 1956 on board ship ! between Japan-USA. Full lineup as mentioned is Harold Jenkins [vcl/gt], Jimmy Geesie [gt], Chuck Murray [rh gt], Wesley Pickett [rh gt], Gene Jones [steel], Paul Thompson [drums], "Tip" Tipton [bass fiddle])."
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Undoubtedly the finest pedal steel player in Paris' 18th Arrondissement
Disaster of Touch, Tone & Taste; Still mastering the manifold mysteries of the Sho-Bud Maverick
Supro, Oahu, pin-striped Rus-Ler SD-10, y tiger-stripe-painted Stella
Hohner Corona Dos en Fa, y Gabanelli en Sol |
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Thornton Lewis
From:
New York, USA
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Posted 19 Nov 2020 7:56 pm
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| Master of the higher frequencies. You go do bar slants above the 15th fret and I'll be here to hold you while we both cry. |
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