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Don Walters
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Posted 18 Jun 2003 8:32 am |
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This is from the back of an album I just dug out of my collection. No, I'm not being smart, That's the whole photo!
How many of you recognize who this is?
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Don Walters
Carter D-10 8p/6k BCT, Evans AE100, Hilton Pedal
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Kevin Hatton
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Buffalo, N.Y.
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Posted 18 Jun 2003 8:37 am
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| Bobbe Seymour? [This message was edited by Kevin Hatton on 18 June 2003 at 09:38 AM.] |
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Billy Easton
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Nashville, TN USA
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Posted 18 Jun 2003 8:50 am
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I think that is my hero, Speedy West!!
Second guess is Buddy Emmons.
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Billy Easton
Casa Grande, AZ
Southwestern Steel Guitar Association
[This message was edited by Billy Easton on 18 June 2003 at 10:03 AM.] |
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Jim Vogan
From:
Ohio City, Ohio 45874
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Posted 18 Jun 2003 8:51 am
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I'd say it's probably Bobbe Seymour. That looks like the way he holds his bar.
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Jim Vogan
Carter D10, 8&5 with BCT
G.D. Walker Stereo Steel Combo
Bakelite Ric
Hilton volume pedal
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Jerry Roller
From:
Van Buren, Arkansas USA
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Posted 18 Jun 2003 8:58 am
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I would say he is a tall one. Sits far to the right with the volume pedal outside the guitar to keep his knee from hitting like I
used to do before I got a taller guitar.
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Don Walters
From:
Saskatchewan Canada
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Jim Vogan
From:
Ohio City, Ohio 45874
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Posted 18 Jun 2003 9:10 am
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Here's a link to a picture of Buddy Emmons playing a Bigsby with his leg on the outside.
http://www.buddyemmons.com/dickens.htm
That looks like an old Herb Remington album cover.
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Jim Vogan
Carter D10, 8&5 with BCT
G.D. Walker Stereo Steel Combo
Bakelite Ric
Hilton volume pedal
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Larry Bell
From:
Englewood, Florida
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Posted 18 Jun 2003 9:17 am
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Looks more like Buddy's old Bigsby. Most of the Speedy/Bigsby pictures I've seen have the front panel. Looks like Buddy's T-8 with 2 pedals, but what do I know?
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Larry Bell - email: larry@larrybell.org - gigs - Home Page
2003 Fessenden S/D-12 8x8, 1969 Emmons S-12 6x6, 1971 Dobro, Standel and Peavey Amps
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Herb Steiner
From:
Spicewood TX 78669
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Posted 18 Jun 2003 9:21 am
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Well, the fella is not only tall but also very slender. The photo is of course from a Herb Remington record. In his younger days, Herbie was probably that tall and slender, but I've not known him to ever own a Bigsby, or at least play one professionally. Mostly he just used Fenders. Would be worth a phone call, I guess.
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Herb's Steel Guitar Pages
Texas Steel Guitar Association
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Don Walters
From:
Saskatchewan Canada
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Posted 18 Jun 2003 9:23 am
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If ya need to know, just ask Herb S. 
Yes, it's H.R.
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Herb Steiner
From:
Spicewood TX 78669
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Jussi Huhtakangas
From:
Helsinki, Finland
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Posted 18 Jun 2003 9:57 pm
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| The man is Gary Stewart, I have the whole photo somewhere. I don't know much about him, but I have a couple of other pictures of him playing the same Bigsby with Tommy Collins and Roy Drusky. The guitar in fact, is the one Faron Young bought and Lloyd Green used when he played with Faron. When Lloyd left Faron, Gary Stewart bought the guitar and shipped it to Paul Bigbsy to have his name inlaid on it. This is what I've been told, maybe Lloyd Green knows more or can confirm this. |
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Jim Phelps
From:
Mexico City, Mexico
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Posted 18 Jun 2003 10:01 pm
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It's from HERBIE REMINGTON's album "Remington Rides Again".
I have the album....
Am I to believe ol' Herbie put out an album with some other guy and guitar on it??? Man, now I'm really disillusioned!
Hey Jussi, how bout posting the entire picture for us?[This message was edited by Jim Phelps on 18 June 2003 at 11:18 PM.] |
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Jussi Huhtakangas
From:
Helsinki, Finland
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Posted 18 Jun 2003 10:23 pm
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| Forgot to mention, that the original picture has Gary's name on the guitar. I guess they just erased it for Herb Remington's album. |
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Jussi Huhtakangas
From:
Helsinki, Finland
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Posted 18 Jun 2003 10:35 pm
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Jim, sorry I don't know how to post pics here ( I got two left thumbs when it comes to computers  ), if you can do it ( or someone else ), let me know and I'll email the picture to you. [This message was edited by Jussi Huhtakangas on 18 June 2003 at 11:42 PM.] |
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David Mullis
From:
Rock Hill, SC
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Posted 19 Jun 2003 2:47 am
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Hey Jim, Herb may not have had a lot to do with the album cover art. Record companies are known to use "canned" pictures. One fine example would be Jimmy Days steel and strings album. There's a picture of a harlan bros. multikord on the cover. From what I hear Buddy's steel guitar jazz album also had a multikord on the cover. I've got the newer version with Buddy on the cover so I can't say for sure. Somehow I doubt either one of them played a multikord, at least not on those albums 
Just a thought.
Take Care
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Don Walters
From:
Saskatchewan Canada
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Posted 19 Jun 2003 6:08 am
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Jussi, send the full photo to me as an e-mail attachment and I'll post it
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Jim Phelps
From:
Mexico City, Mexico
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Don Walters
From:
Saskatchewan Canada
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Posted 19 Jun 2003 8:24 am
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That's it!
BTW what kind of bar is he using .. looks black in the photos?
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Billy Easton
From:
Nashville, TN USA
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Posted 19 Jun 2003 8:37 am
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Don...
Back in the fifties, a popular bar was the "Black Rajah". It was a bakelite with a brass insert and was round and slightly tapered. That would be my guess on the bar in the picture.
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Billy Easton
Casa Grande, AZ
Southwestern Steel Guitar Association
[This message was edited by Billy Easton on 19 June 2003 at 09:46 AM.] |
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David Mullis
From:
Rock Hill, SC
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Posted 19 Jun 2003 8:50 am
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| Cool deal Jim I had only been awake like 5 minutes when I posted that. I guess my humor sensor doesn't kick in until after that first shot of caffeine |
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Roy Ayres
From:
Riverview, Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 19 Jun 2003 8:51 am
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I used a Black Rajah for awhile in the 50's. They were tapered; a little smaller at the nose. Noel Boggs turned me onto them. In fact, I think they were his brain child. He claimed the small nose allowed faster single-note picking with the tip of the bar and the larger back end gave more weight for the bass strings. (I never saw one that wasn't warped.)
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Edited to say that I think the picture is a fake. There ain't nobody that young![This message was edited by Roy Ayres on 19 June 2003 at 09:53 AM.] |
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Joey Ace
From:
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 19 Jun 2003 11:32 am
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I'm always impressed by the collective wisdom of this forum. 
Between all of us we know everything!
Thanks for the info and great picture! |
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Jim Phelps
From:
Mexico City, Mexico
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Posted 19 Jun 2003 1:02 pm
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Yep, lotta knowledge in this forum.
Remington Rides Again was one of my favorite albums when I was getting into steel, back then I always thought he played the pictured Bigsby....never realized it was a Fender on the recordings. My first pedal steel was an old Fender 1000, sure wish I still had it. Anybody know what model Herbie played on that album? I always thought it sounded like he had at least a couple pedals (maybe the power of suggestion by the pictured Bigsby).....I haven't heard the album in many years, for all I know he was doing bar slants.....I'd be able to tell the difference now but don't have a record player.....[This message was edited by Jim Phelps on 19 June 2003 at 02:02 PM.] |
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Fred Jack
From:
Bastrop, Texas 78602
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Posted 19 Jun 2003 2:43 pm
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Is Gary Stewart aka "Dusty" Stewart today?
regards, fred |
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