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C Dixon
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Duluth, GA USA
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Posted 12 Jun 2004 7:46 am |
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My all time (so far) favorite lick(s) that PF has done is on "I wanta dance with you" by George Strait.
What's yours?
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Bill Llewellyn
From:
San Jose, CA
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Posted 12 Jun 2004 8:36 am
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Carl, that is a great piece of work by Paul. Good pick.
I think another is the shoot out between him and Brent Mason at the tail end of "Feel Like I'm Forgetting Something" by Lee Ann Womack. There Paul imitates a 6-string. That session must have been a lot of fun for those two players.
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Bob Storti
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Matthews, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 12 Jun 2004 8:46 am
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Carl -
Man, it's hard to pick a favorite; I love everything Paul has done.
One of my very favorite is the fill work Paul does on the 2nd verse of Doug Stone's "In a Different Light" - Sweet!!!
Bob
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Jerry Clardy
From:
El Paso, Texas, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 12 Jun 2004 9:31 am
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| Everything Paul does is perfect but my wakeup call to his virtuosity was his "Play By Play" album. |
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Chris Lasher
From:
Blacksburg, VA
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Posted 12 Jun 2004 9:58 am
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"I Don't Even Know Your Name", Alan Jackson
"Livin' on Love", Alan Jackson
"Gone Country", Alan Jackson (yet again)
"Don't Rock the Jukebox", Alan Jackson (and again!)
"Five O'Clock Somewhere", Alan Jackson (for goodness' sakes!) and Jimmy Buffett
"Life #9", Martina McBride
"I Love this Bar", Toby Keith
"She's Not Just a Pretty Face", Shania Twain
of course, someone's going to mention it, so I might as well try and be the first, 
"Nervous Breakdown", Jerry Reed
I don't know, there are too many to mention them all, but I guess since those popped into mind first, those must be important ones to me.
The licks on "I Just Want to Dance With You" are great, too.
I hope Paul cuts and releases another solo album, soon (hint, hint!) 
Thanks for the great music, sir. I'll say again that you're leaving huge footprints that are incredibly difficult to try to fill for beginning steelers like myself.
Band: "That! Play that."
Me:  "Y-Y...You don't understand: that's Paul Franklin, he's a master! If it took him years of dedicated passion and practice, there's no way you can expect me to just 'play that'!"
Band: "Whatever, let's do it. One, two, three,..."
Me:  [This message was edited by Chris Lasher on 12 June 2004 at 11:10 AM.] |
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Bill Bailey
From:
Kingman, AZ
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Posted 12 Jun 2004 10:05 am
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Anyone have a record of M-M-MEL,LIVE?
That is a classic must have. Paul was traveling with Mel back then and the album has the most awesome collection of players on it including Jerry Reed on guitar Garstang on piano and Jim Buchannan on fiddle and too many names I can't remember now. Anyway this album was my first experience with the great Paul Franklin. His playing was tastful and explosive and at that time I had never heard anything that could compare. Cuts include Remember Me, What did I promise her Last Night, Send me down to Tucson, Good woman Blues, I got the Hoss, Heart over Mind, Who's Julie, I beleive in You, Ruby and Detroit city. With some comedy in for fun.
Take care all.
Bill Bailey
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Charlie Moore
From:
Deville, Louisiana, USA
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Posted 12 Jun 2004 2:11 pm
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| Would have to be, you are the love of my life Sammy Kershaw..........Charlie..... |
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Bob Blair
From:
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Posted 12 Jun 2004 8:06 pm
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| Paul played a ton of beautiful stuff on a Kris Kristofferson album from just a few years ago called "The Austin Sessions". The album reprises a bunch of KK's best songs, and there was a lot of opportunity in some of those tunes for Paul to shine. And he did. |
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A. B. Traynor
From:
4th Street& Royal ave New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 13 Jun 2004 12:37 am
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One that is coming to mind is "It Pays Big Money" from the album lost in the feeling by mark chesnutt and another would be "Honky Tonk Christmas" by Alan Jackson.  [This message was edited by A. B. Traynor on 13 June 2004 at 01:39 AM.] |
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John Bechtel
From:
Nashville, Tennessee, R.I.P.
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Posted 13 Jun 2004 12:47 am
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If memory serves me correctly, Paul was playing an older guitar built by his father, which did not have the Aluminum-necks on Geo.'s I Wanna Dance With You! A really outstanding tone. IMHO “Big John”
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Gere Mullican
From:
LaVergne, Tennessee, USA (deceased)
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Posted 13 Jun 2004 6:54 am
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For me, it's got to be the stuff he did on George Strait's song "Look Who's Back From Town" on the album "Honkeytonkville". That has got to be about the sweetest tastiest thing I ever heard. The tone and touch makes my hair??? stand up. I am listening to it as I type this. It probably will never get any air play because it is too good and too pretty. Dadgum it Paul, you ain't from this planet. But I hope you keep licking that pretty stuff. From and old steel player wannabee who's been trying for 60 years this month. I would sure love to see you pick in person some time.
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Larry Bell
From:
Englewood, Florida
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Posted 13 Jun 2004 7:26 am
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"Walk of Life"
and any of the stuff he did with Knopfler
also, as someone has already pointed out, the collaboration with Jerry Reed was outstanding. 'Nervous Breakdown' certainly stands out.
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Ron Page
From:
Penn Yan, NY USA
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Posted 14 Jun 2004 5:27 am
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I'll figure out an answer to this question right after I select my favorite Hag song.
I'm sure my favorite work of PF's is on an Alan Jackson or George Strait song. Each one of their albums is loaded with steel. I guess another favorite would be Rodney Crowell's "Diamonds and Dirt".
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George Plemons
From:
Corsicana, Texas, USA
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Posted 14 Jun 2004 7:07 am
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| Overnight Success was fabulous. |
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Ben Slaughter
From:
Madera, California
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Posted 14 Jun 2004 8:14 am
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| Can't pick just one, not enough server space. |
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Dave Burr
From:
League City, TX
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Bobby Bowman
From:
Cypress, Texas, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 14 Jun 2004 9:17 am
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Paul has done so much for so many recordings it has become almost countless. However, as good as all the ones you guys have picked so far, in my mind there is one that sticks out "head and shoulders" above anything else I've heard him do,,,,and that is on a George Straight rendition of "Red River Valley" which I believe he did on a non pedal steel. It's probably pretty old and I can't remember which album it was on, but if you can find it,,,,DO!,,,,it's just about the best sound I've ever heard on steel.
BB
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