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Topic: George Strait's steel guitar player. |
Joe Yednasty
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Posted 11 Oct 2004 4:20 am |
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I know George Strait's steel guitar player has been with the band as long as its been around. What is his name?
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"Eskimo" Joe Yednasty
Emmons P/P S-10
Peavey Session 500
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Jerry Overstreet
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Louisville Ky
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Posted 11 Oct 2004 5:18 am
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Joe, I believe Mike Dailey[sp] is still with George. There are 2 Mike steelers and I can never get the spelling down. I believe the other Mike is spelled differently and has done some recording and work around Nashville. I defer to resident expert Brett Day for the definitive answer  |
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Ray Minich
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Bradford, Pa. Frozen Tundra
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Posted 11 Oct 2004 6:20 am
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| Whoever was playing the notes on the George Strait concert they showed on CMT over the weekend did a mighty fine job. I believe it was a Zum he was pickin'. |
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Theresa Galbraith
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Goodlettsville,Tn. USA
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Posted 11 Oct 2004 7:18 am
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Ray,
I caught the show on CMT also. Mike sounded great! What a dream gig it must be.
Way to go George, 50 #1's!
I picked up the cd yesterday. WOOHOO! AMAZING! |
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Joe Yednasty
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CA
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Posted 11 Oct 2004 9:27 am
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Yeah, I think you're right about Mike Daily. I like George Strait for his music but also because he's had the same band for as long as he's been known. That's a dream gig, but I think they have the right people our there for it. His band can even act ( a little bit) in the movie Pure Country.
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"Eskimo" Joe Yednasty
Emmons P/P S-10
Peavey Session 500
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Billy Woo
From:
Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Posted 11 Oct 2004 9:36 am
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Hi Joe, just wanted to make a correction about the 'Band' in Pure Country, they showed Rusty having alot of screen time with the drummer who is actually a LA actor/musician whose name is John Doe from the punk band " X ". Anyway Im sure the rest of the band is original but I had to chime in cuz I played some gig with John Doe..
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Mark Metdker
From:
North Central Texas, USA
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Chris Schlotzhauer
From:
Colleyville, Tx. USA
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Posted 11 Oct 2004 12:21 pm
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Brett Day
From:
Pickens, SC
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Posted 11 Oct 2004 12:24 pm
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| Mike has been George Strait's steel guitar player for awhile now and he is a great steel guitar player. Mike's been with George's band since they first formed. Mike plays a black Zumsteel D-10. Brett, Emmons S-10, Morrell lapsteel |
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Brett Day
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Pickens, SC
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Posted 11 Oct 2004 12:26 pm
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| His name is Mike Daily. Brett, Emmons S-10, Morrell lapsteel |
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Stu Schulman
From:
Ulster Park New Yawk (deceased)
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Posted 11 Oct 2004 12:40 pm
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| Did the Nashville Mike Daly play steel guitar in a band called Free Beer in the 70's? |
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Bob Hayes
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Church Hill,Tenn,USA
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Posted 11 Oct 2004 7:51 pm
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Ya'll forget......Mike's Band HIRED George after an audition for a Frontman/vocalist AND THE REST is hISTORY..i THINK MIKE HAD MADE AN EARLIER POST and indicated that the original band is basicly Intact. But it's Paul and the Nashville crew on the tapes,disks..and whatever,,
But don';t take it from me..I'm no expert..I just know what I read.
Grouchy.........ike ..toon on in and set us 'Straight'!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Grouchy[This message was edited by Bob Hayes on 11 October 2004 at 08:53 PM.] |
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Mark Metdker
From:
North Central Texas, USA
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Posted 12 Oct 2004 5:19 am
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| Bob, I'd say the band made a pretty good choice of a front man! |
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Gregg Thacker
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Pasadena, Texas, USA
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Mark Metdker
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North Central Texas, USA
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Jack Strayhorn
From:
Winston-Salem, NC
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Posted 13 Oct 2004 6:23 pm
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| The very first Strait cuts, such as "Unwound" had John Hughey on steel. Then when George first went mega-hit, such as "Right or Wrong" and "You Look So Good In Love", had Weldon on steel. Soon after Paul got the account. Buddy and Sonny Garrish played on the movie sound track and Buddy played on an album that was either before or after the movie. Most of Straits albums have at least one cut where his band plays. One of his hits, "Gone as a Girl Can Get" was actually Mike. Mike gave me the tab to that recording. |
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 14 Oct 2004 1:22 am
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First off, let me say "WELCOME BACK" Jack. I have really missed your insight on this forum.
Also on the "Pure Country" soundtrack was Doug Livingston.
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Al Moss
From:
Kent,OH,USA
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Posted 23 Oct 2004 8:32 am
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re: the "Free Beer" and the Nashville, M.D.
I've known Mike a long, long, time and to my recollection, he's never mentioned a band called "Free Beer", (inasmuch as the name conjures a pleasant image) . Mike's early band duties were in the Northeast Ohio area and included , Buckeye Biscuit, Deadly Earnest, Reckless Abandon, Kenny Hughes, and then on to Nashville where he picked up with Becky Hobbs' band, Gibson/Miller, still with Hank Jr., and now he's doing a good bit with Pat Green. Lot's of studio stuff and showcases along the way too. |
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Arty Passes
From:
Austin, TX
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Posted 26 Oct 2004 6:22 pm
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If I'm not mistaken (and I've been known to be) isn't Pat Green's steel player named Mike Daly (sp?), or is that the same as the Nashville Mike Daly? Somebody's gonna have to start adopting a nickname or something....
Arty
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Mark Metdker
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North Central Texas, USA
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Chris Schlotzhauer
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Colleyville, Tx. USA
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Posted 27 Oct 2004 7:22 am
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| This confusion has been on this forum for years. There are 3 M.D.'s that play steel. All with different spellings. One plays with George, one plays with Pat, one played or recorded with Whiskeytown. Not the same guy in either case. OK. Got it? |
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Gary Carriger
From:
Victoria, Texas
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Posted 27 Oct 2004 4:52 pm
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| I'm not an expert on who came first - George or the band - but I do know that there is a homemade band poster hanging in the "museum" room in the Austin's Broken Spoke (an institution in itself) that advertises "Ace in the Hole Band - featuring George Strait". |
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Paddy Long
From:
Christchurch, New Zealand
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Posted 27 Oct 2004 5:21 pm
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I remember attending Jeff Newman's advanced classes in 1982 with Mike Daily -- George had just had his first #1 hit and Mike figured he had better learn how to play this thing properly -- which is why I was there as well, I had just landed the steel seat in the house band of a long-running TV show.
I remember Mike saying that the band had originally hired George (and I think Mike went to school with George as well?).
He called himself Mike D. Daily then to avoid confusion with all the other guys of the same name. Great guy and really great player. He has done very well considering he still plays with George 22 years later !! |
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David Cobb
From:
Chanute, Kansas, USA
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Posted 27 Oct 2004 5:21 pm
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| The Ace in the Hole band's steel player is a Forumite, look for Mike D. Daily, San Marcos, TX. |
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Bruce Etter
From:
Columbus, Georgia
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Posted 27 Oct 2004 5:25 pm
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| Mike Daly used to work in Bobbe Seymour's store, I do beleive. I met him when he was with the Gibson/Miller Band. A great guy! |
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. I'm more than likely mistaken.
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