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Topic: Anyone know this Steel Player? |
James Pennebaker
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Posted 16 Dec 2004 5:28 pm |
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I hope this image shows up here. First time to try and post an image. If it doesn't, then my post is a waste of space and I apologize.
I've had this postcard for at least 35 years from Panther Hall in Fort Worth where I grew up. Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys. Definitely Leon Rausch on vocals and Bass (I know him well). Johnny Case on Guitar (not for sure). Definitely Jimmy Belkins and Johnny Manson on Fiddles (knew them both). Unkown drummer (Billy or Bobby McBay?) and unknown steel man. Is it perhaps Albert Talley? Or Buddy Hrabal? I would love to know.
I suspect someone on the forum here will know.
 [This message was edited by James Pennebaker on 16 December 2004 at 05:49 PM.] [This message was edited by James Pennebaker on 16 December 2004 at 06:43 PM.] |
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Bob Knight
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Bowling Green KY
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Posted 16 Dec 2004 7:10 pm
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| That's Phil Sperbeck |
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Savell
From:
Slocomb, AL
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Posted 16 Dec 2004 7:15 pm
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Harley Morris
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Riverside, California, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 16 Dec 2004 7:52 pm
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| Don't know who that steel player is, but at least he knows how to "lay out".....AMAZING!! |
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James Pennebaker
From:
Mt. Juliet, TN
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Posted 16 Dec 2004 8:05 pm
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Speaking of laying out, if there's one thing I have leaned, sometimes it's what you don't play that counts!
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Pete Finney
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Nashville Tn.
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Posted 16 Dec 2004 8:58 pm
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Hi James, how are ya; give me a shout sometime...
Can't help with the question at all but sure love the picture! Just the wall to wall Super Reverbs is too, too cool! I did get to play a few gigs with Leon Rausch in my Austin days too, what a cool guy...
Apologies for being "off topic" 
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Herb Steiner
From:
Spicewood TX 78669
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Posted 16 Dec 2004 11:11 pm
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Bob Knight is correct. Phil Sperbeck. The guitar player might be Jerry Case, not Johnny. Definitely Belken and Manson on fiddles, I occasionally played with them both back in the 70's.
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Herb's Steel Guitar Pages
Texas Steel Guitar Association
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Bill Myrick
From:
Pea Ridge, Ar. (deceased)
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Posted 17 Dec 2004 3:50 am
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| Is that a Fender 1000 maybe ??? |
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Mark Metdker
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North Central Texas, USA
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billy tam R.I.P.
From:
baton rouge, louisiana
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Posted 17 Dec 2004 7:01 am
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| I first met Phil about 30 years ago back when we young and foolish. Iwas just starting to play and Phil could get all over either neck. I ran into him 5 or 6 years ago in Alexandria, La. but our gigs were at the same time and I did not get to hear him play. We visited for a short time and he told me he lived out of the country for a good while. Don't know if he is still in that area or not. |
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Pat Dawson
From:
Chesapeake Beach, Maryland, USA
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Posted 17 Dec 2004 7:14 am
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Wow, that wall of Fender amps is very impressive. Could that be a Dual-Showman on the left? Too cool.
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Chris Schlotzhauer
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Colleyville, Tx. USA
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Posted 17 Dec 2004 7:17 am
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| That's cool. I was going to comment about the wall of Super Reverbs too. Pete beat me to the punch. James, I stumbled across this site the other day. http://www.pantherhall.com/ It has some cool photos and links to the Polytech side of Ft. Worth. Didn't you grow up on that side of town? |
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James Pennebaker
From:
Mt. Juliet, TN
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Posted 17 Dec 2004 8:18 am
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Chris,
I grew up on the Handley/Meadowbrook part of town. Right next to Poly. Thanks for the link to the Panther Hall web site. What memories!
Herb,
I always get Johnny and Jerry Case mixed up. Being from Ft. Worth, I should be ashamed! I too used to work a lot of jobs with Jimmy Belkins and Johnny Manson. Especially Belkins. Some of my fondest memories are playing twin fiddles with Jimmy at many a skull orchard and honk tonk around DFW. He was a character and always cracked me up with the stories he could tell. One of the oldest places we used to play that I always loved was the old Trio Club in Mingus, TX. Lot's of history in that old joint.
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Chris Schlotzhauer
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Colleyville, Tx. USA
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Posted 17 Dec 2004 8:30 am
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| Ha ha...the Trio club. I used to play there with Gary Carpenter and I would front the band. And the "mayor of Mingus" Joe Beilinski was on drums. We played every Tony Booth shuffle you can imagine. I was shocked to look around and Joe would be standing playing drums, he would get into it so much. I used to think it was the TR10 (ten) club. Good memories. |
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Herb Steiner
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Spicewood TX 78669
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Posted 17 Dec 2004 8:41 am
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Ah yes, the Trio Club in *beautiful  ,* **downtown ** MIngus. Joe B. would book Johnny Bush in there, definitely your out-in-the-boonies honkytonk. Fun joint to play, though.
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Herb's Steel Guitar Pages
Texas Steel Guitar Association
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David Doggett
From:
Bawl'mer, MD (formerly of MS, Nawluns, Gnashville, Knocksville, Lost Angeles, Bahsten. and Philly)
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Posted 17 Dec 2004 10:00 am
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| Oh yeah, a Dual or Bassman head w/ 15 cab., three Supers, and one or more Twins, all black-face. I would love to have been there listening to all those Fender tubes. In fact, everything except the fiddles and drums seem to be Fender. Nice location for the drums, too. |
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James Pennebaker
From:
Mt. Juliet, TN
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Posted 17 Dec 2004 2:48 pm
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Yes, the Trio was always fun and a little bit of the "Twighlight Zone" thrown in to boot. Joe Bielinski played drums many a night I played there. His father Frank used to call me to come down there and play fiddle almost every weekend for a time in the early eighties. I was usually on the road and couldn't do it so eventually the calls quit coming. I remeber Joe's mother worked the bar along with his two sisters who were very easy on the eye, if you get my drift. Daddy Frank used to watch them like a hawk. Especially around us musicians!
Well, now we know who everybody is in the picture except the drummer. I've e-mailed Leon so maybe he'll come through with an answer.
And yes, Leo Fender sure was good to Bob and his Playboys! I know Mr. Fender was a huge fan of Bob's from day one and always kept the band equipped. Eldon Shamblin once told me about getting his gold Strat from Leo Fender and that any time they were in the area, they would go out to the Fender factory and Leo would go through all their amps and fix everything or replace it on the spot. For free!
JP[This message was edited by James Pennebaker on 17 December 2004 at 02:50 PM.] |
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Sam White R.I.P.
From:
Coventry, RI 02816
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Posted 17 Dec 2004 3:18 pm
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HUMMMMMMMMMM LOOKS like that SMILEY ROBERTS> HAA
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Reece Anderson
From:
Keller Texas USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 18 Dec 2004 6:22 am
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Teresa and I have both worked many times with Bobby McBay, and we think he's the drummer in the picture.
I'll never forget a job at the Trio Club. While on the way to Mingus when I was playing with Jerry Dykes and the Western Ramblers, we were about 2 miles outside of Mingus when a conversation the drummer and I were having (Lonny Campbell) really began to heat up concerning which one of us could out run the other.
The rest of the band started joining in and we decided that to prove which was the fastest, we would run about 300 feet. The band was very accomodating and said they would be sure we got an even start and they would drive to the next road sign (finish line)which was about 300 feet, and declare the winner.
All pumped up and ready, Lonnie and I jumped out of the car started limbering up and trash talking each other about how one was going to beat the other. (of course there was some wagering going on)
The band got us an even start and started driving toward the finish line with their heads hanging out while enthusiastically encouraging us, meanwhile Lonnie and I had our heads down running as hard as we possibly could.
I suddenly looked up to see the tail lights going over a hill...... way past the proposed finish line.
I immediately stopped running as did Lonnie and we both stood there looking at each while all alone on a deserted hignway, and we started laughing hysterically because we knew the band had laid a good one on us.
We had to walk all the way to the Trio Club, and when we got there (not long before start time) they had already made the announcement to the crowd that Lonny and I would be "running late", and when we walked in, every one in the club gave us a standing ovation and we were teased un-mercifully. And I might also add, everytime I get together with the band guys, THEY always bring up "the race".
How bout it Herbster, Chris and James, do you guys have a Trio Club story? |
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James Pennebaker
From:
Mt. Juliet, TN
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Posted 18 Dec 2004 8:36 am
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Reece,
I certainly can't match your Trio story but I do remember one time when I was playing there with Jimmy Belkins. A young woman asked to sit in and sing a song with the band and her request was granted. Let's just say she was less than a "professional" singer. At one point during her performance, Jimmy leaned over to me and says "She's singing so sharp, I think we're fixin' to modulate." I about fell over on the floor!
BTW-I e-mailed this photo to Leon Rausch and he confirmed it is indeed Bobby McBay on the drums. I also asked Leon if it was Albert Talley on steel and he said it was. Since others here have said it is Phil Sperbeck, I've asked Leon about that. We'll see what he says.
JP[This message was edited by James Pennebaker on 18 December 2004 at 08:38 AM.] [This message was edited by James Pennebaker on 18 December 2004 at 08:39 AM.] |
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Buddie Hrabal
From:
Arlington,Texas USA
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Posted 19 Dec 2004 3:37 pm
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| That is for sure not me, It is Phil Spurbeck. I think the guitar player is Johnny Patterson? |
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Joe W. Gilbert
From:
Minco, Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 20 Dec 2004 12:40 am
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Hey guys, Been to Trio several times with Jody Nix and the Texas Cowboys, with steel player Bob Kelly. A nicer person you have never met. If I were stuck on a deserted Island with two steel players, I would want it to be Bob Kelly and Bobby Koefer. oops I mean Sara Jory. By the way there is a good place to eat just up the road from the Trio, if you like Texas BBQ., and if you don't then you are a commie. lol
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Buddie Hrabal
From:
Arlington,Texas USA
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Posted 20 Dec 2004 5:20 am
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| I got a reply from my friend Charlie Owens, he said the guitar played is Johnny Case and the drummer is Jerry Howard. FYI One of Phil's favorite instrumental was "night train" |
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Gerald Menke
From:
Stormville NY, USA
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Posted 20 Dec 2004 8:00 am
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Buddie Hrabal! What a funny coincidence. I just watched "Tender Mercies" the other night, now were you actually in the band scenes or did you just play steel cues and in the soundtrack?
I loved that movie, and enjoyed your playing.
Hope all is well with you, great to see you on the forum.
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Herb Steiner
From:
Spicewood TX 78669
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