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Topic: What Pedal Steel Used By Hughie Thomasson? |
Daniel Flanigan
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Oregon, USA
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Posted 30 Mar 2024 12:50 am |
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Hello, everyone.
I've long wondered what pedal steel Billy Gibbons used on the opening track of ZZ Top's First Album, "(Somebody Else Been) Shakin' Your Tree".
I've also wondered what guitar Hughie Thomasson used on the closing track of Hurry Sundown, "Man of the Hour".
I've been listening to these albums for a long time, and I've always wanted to know what guitars they each played on these songs. If anybody knows what guitars they used, I'd love to hear it. Maybe some of you are lucky enough to know Billy Gibbons or to have known Hughie Thomasson when he was still with us. Thanks.
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Donny Hinson
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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 30 Mar 2024 12:03 pm
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According to a post from about 15 years ago, Billy played an Emmons on “Shakin’ Your Tree”.
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Daniel Flanigan
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Oregon, USA
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Posted 4 Apr 2024 8:22 pm
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Thank you very much, Mr. Hinson.
Anybody know what steel Hughie used?
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Ted Russell
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The west coast of New Jersey.
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Posted 14 Apr 2024 8:54 pm
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| Sometime back in the mid-2000's a band I was playing with opened a few shows for The Outlaws. I distinctly remember one of those shows at the House of Blues in one of Atlantic City's older casinos, just north of the current Hard Rock. The Outlaws had just finished their soundcheck and as I was getting my steel hooked up and everything, Hughie, who was still onstage, walked over and checked out my stuff. I'm pretty sure he stated he owned the pedal steel Toy Caldwell played on Marshall Tucker's "Fire On the Mountain". I've somehow always assumed the guitar was made by Sho-Bud, but much to my regret I was too pre-occupied to engage in a more detailed conversation with Hughie. I think he passed away not much more than a year after that memorable evening in Atlantic City, NJ. |
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Daniel Flanigan
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Oregon, USA
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Posted 16 Apr 2024 11:24 pm
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Thank you for the information, Mr. Russell. That is very interesting, and the timeline seems to add up. Toy played a Marlen Pull-Release to cut the "Searchin' for a Rainbow" album. Toy used that Marlen as his main steel from '72 till he bought a black Emmons in '76, so it's plausible that Toy could've sold or given the Marlen to Hughie before he recorded "Hurry Sundown" in '77.
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