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Topic: Buddy's Steel Guitar Jazz |
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Posted 1 Oct 2003 8:04 am |
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I recently got Buddy's reissued Steel Guitar Jazz on CD and, while I've heard individual cuts before, there's nothing like getting the full impact of the whole package.
This CD is impressive in so many respects -- Buddy's virtuosity (especially considering the technology he was working with), the quality of the other players, the cohesiveness of the playing. It's all there -- a stunning tribute to the possibilities of steel guitar.
But to me, the most startling aspect of this CD is it's singularity. It stands alone and begs the question "What if?"
Buddy's career accomplishments are so numerous and great that they are in no way diminished by the fact that there was no sequel to Steel Guitar Jazz. I, for one, surely wish there had been. But I am grateful that there is at least this one shining example of jazz being played authentically and forcefully on the instrument we love.
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C Dixon
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Duluth, GA USA
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Posted 1 Oct 2003 8:16 am
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mega dittos.
This record was cut at a time when what BE played on that recording was unheard of. Or, if it was, I never heard it from any player ever.
What I have heard before and since is jamming often called Jazz. There IS a big difference. It is one thing to stay in the chord structure in music; it is quite another to "say something" to the listener.
And Buddy Emmons not only DID that on this album, but he has done it on every thing I have ever heard him do. Proving once again that he is the greatest there has ever been; or ever will be.
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David L. Donald
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Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 1 Oct 2003 12:46 pm
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| Stephen, where did you get the cd? |
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Bill Ford
From:
Graniteville SC Aiken
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Posted 1 Oct 2003 4:16 pm
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Stephen,
If you can find Minors Aloud by buddy,get it ,another deep one!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bill
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CrowBear Schmitt
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Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
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Posted 1 Oct 2003 10:15 pm
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| DD, i got you a copy of SGJ |
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Mike Delaney
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Fort Madison, IA
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Posted 2 Oct 2003 5:23 am
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A fellow I played in the Army Band with (Wes Jones, alto sax) had a copy of this on vinyl. I was stunned the first time I heard it. Had no idea anything like that could be done on PSG. Still listen to it often on CD, which I bought from Buddy at the ISGC.
He plays with so much taste, as usual. I also agree with the comment about Minors Aloud. Have that on vinyl, and have pretty well worn it out, will have to get a CD of that one. Lenny Breau (may he rest in peace) plays guitar on it, and the two fit together nicely.
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Bob Blair
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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Posted 2 Oct 2003 7:26 am
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| Is "Minors Aloud" available on CD? |
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John Lacey
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Black Diamond, Alberta, Canada
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Posted 3 Oct 2003 7:06 am
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| Not that I know of, Bob. |
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Jim Cohen
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Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 3 Oct 2003 7:24 am
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"Minors Aloud"... isn't that the one that has a vocal rendition of "Secret Love" to die for?  |
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Donny Hinson
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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 3 Oct 2003 8:03 am
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Wow..."Steel Guitar Jazz". What a PERFECT jazz album it was, too. Benchmark (more like "landmark") playing...and the sound! I just loved the sound he got. That sharp, raspy, almost-distorted tone really blended well with the sax. A lot of steelers (and especially most of the famous jazz straight guitar players) play with this thick, damp, dead, lifeless, soggy sound that is totally un-guitar-like. (More like a Fender Rhodes through a bass amp.) It's almost like they never want to "stand out" as a soloist.
Of course, I'm just a hacker, and it's really not my place to tell all them "greats" how they should sound. But, by gosh...someone oughta do it! |
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Al Marcus
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Cedar Springs,MI USA (deceased)
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Posted 3 Oct 2003 8:07 am
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Let me tell you a story about my first experience and thoughts when I heard Buddy's Lp "Steel Guitar Jazz". If I may. I am sounding like Jody here now.
I got my Gibson Electra-Harp in 1947. 6 pedals 8 string E6, Just like the C6 pedal tunings of today, I didn't have the 9th and 10 string. My tonic E was my top note. Pretty much like Alvino Rey used .,except I didn't have the Boowah, Buddy came along later with it.
I was teaching guitar in Santa Rosa, CA and bought the album in 1963? (it was around that time) when it came out.
Well, to say the least, I was highly impressed and depressed at the same time.
As Carl said, it was unheard of prior to that time. There were not any Nationally known recordings of that modern stuff on a Pedal Steel guitar.. Except what Alvino Rey had done in the past.
The album had one song "Where or When" which I was very familiar with, having played it many times during the past on my Electra-Harp in club dances.
When I played that album in 1963, I knew a new Star of the Pedal Steel Guitar had arrived. I played it all the way through once, put it away and never touched it again for about 2 years.
Since then and through the last 35 years , BE has proven to be the Greatest!...al 
(PS. There is another great one that should be mentioned, when talking about Pedal Steel Guitar Jazz. Who else, but Maurice "Reece" Anderson .)
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My Website..... www.cmedic.net/~almarcus/
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Posted 3 Oct 2003 9:33 am
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| Donny: Thick, damp, dead, lifeless, soggy, eh? Yeah, those jazz guitar players wouldn't know a good tone if it fell on them. |
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