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Topic: Required Listening? |
Burton Lee
From:
Denton, Texas, USA
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Posted 18 Feb 2005 8:39 am |
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Forum,
In learning to play the steel, I've done a lot of listening, but two recordings have really shaped the way I conceive of the instrument: Johnny Paycheck, The Real Mr. Heartache (a best-of of the Little Darlin' years); and George Jones Live at Dancetown '67 (Buddy Emmons on steel).
I know of other recordings that are also top-shelf steel performances-- like Charlie Pride, Live at Panther Hall-- but I'm sure there are recordings that are equally good that I have not heard of. I don't know what to buy to get the best of Jerry Byrd's playing, for example.
What records would you put on a required listening list for steel guitar?
Thanks!
Burton Lee
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Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 18 Feb 2005 9:00 am
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If Buddy Emmons is your man.....you don't want to miss his performance on Duane Eddy's olde album "Country Twanging Guitar" or something like that. Emmons at his best....
Re: Jerry Byrd.......you'll want to get everything that has his name on it. Each and every tune he plays has something outstanding for you to hear and learn.
Good Luck to you.! |
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Dave Van Allen
From:
Doylestown, PA , US , Earth
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Posted 18 Feb 2005 9:03 am
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that live @ dancetown was 1965... still a great document!
and the Duane Eddy with Emmons (another great document) is called "Twang a Country Song"- it was available as a CD bundled with "Twangin' the GOlden Hits"- you might still find it used on Amazon or something
POCO- DeLIVErin'
Buck Owens and his Buckaroos Carnegie Hall Concert
more to come I'm sure 
[This message was edited by Dave Van Allen on 18 February 2005 at 09:07 AM.] [This message was edited by Dave Van Allen on 18 February 2005 at 09:09 AM.] |
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Dave Grafe
From:
Hudson River Valley NY
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Posted 18 Feb 2005 9:27 am
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In addition to the above suggestions you must have:
The Byrds "Sweetheart of the Rodeo" with Jay Dee Maness and Lloyd Green - definitely mandatory for your woodshed collection
Gram Parsons "GP" with Buddy Emmons and Al Perkins - Buddy plays great stuff on "That's All it Took" and "Streets of Baltimore"
Every album by Desert Rose, you can't get enough of JayDee, you just can't....
That's a start, anyway -- dg
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Dave Mudgett
From:
Central Pennsylvania and Gallatin, Tennessee
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Posted 18 Feb 2005 10:58 am
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These are all great choices. I'd add
- Ray Price's Greatest Hits (Columbia CL1566 - vinyl) - I believe Buddy Emmons on steel for much if not all of this. Hard to imagine not having this.;
- Waylon Live - The Expanded Edition CD (BMG Heritage) - Ralph Mooney on steel and up front in the mix;
- Ernest Tubb's Texas Troubadors - Country Dance Time (Decca DL4644 - vinyl) - Buddy Charleton featured heavily on steel (not to mention the great Leon Rhodes on lead guitar). This is the Troubadors without Ernest.
- Ricky Skaggs - Country Boy (Epic 39410 - vinyl) - Bruce Bouton, Lloyd Green, Buddy Emmons on steel. Lots of styles represented. Bruce Bouton just rips up the bluegrassy stuff.
This gives four classic and very distinctive 'must have' styles, imo. I could go on, but I'm sure someone else will.....
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Steve Stallings
From:
Houston/Cypress, Texas
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Posted 18 Feb 2005 11:17 am
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Rodney Crowell "Diamonds and Dirt" Brilliant steel work by Paul Franklin.
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God Bless,
Steve Stallings
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Ricky Littleton
From:
Steely-Eyed Missile Man from Cocoa Beach, Florida USA
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Posted 18 Feb 2005 2:09 pm
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Mark Chesnutt and Tracy Byrd!!! Just about any of 'em.
Ricky
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Rick Schmidt
From:
Prescott AZ, USA
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Posted 18 Feb 2005 3:23 pm
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Country Dance Time by the Texas Troubadors.
This is Earnest Tubb's backup band w/out Earnest. Some of the best twin pedal steel/guitar playing ever by Buddy Charleton and Leon Rhodes. |
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Bob Blair
From:
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Posted 18 Feb 2005 4:12 pm
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| You have to find some Jimmy Day to listen to. Willie Nelson did a cd of gospel tunes called "The Troublemaker" that had Jimmy all over it, and I really dug that. |
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Ray Minich
From:
Bradford, Pa. Frozen Tundra
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Posted 18 Feb 2005 11:54 pm
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Buck Owens LP's for Ralph Mooney (phase 1) and Tom Brumley (phase2). TB's stuff is why I bang my head against the wall with this monster today.
If ya buy the Bear Family 10 CD set of Ray Price's stuff, I guarantee you'll have material to keep ya busy for the next few years.[This message was edited by Ray Minich on 18 February 2005 at 11:56 PM.] |
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James Cann
From:
Phoenix, AZ
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Posted 19 Feb 2005 1:19 am
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| For E9 fans, don't miss Curly Chalker's Gordon Lightfoot tribute "Nashville Sundown." His ride on "Alberta Bound" is one of a kind! |
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Walter Stettner
From:
Vienna, Austria
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Posted 19 Feb 2005 1:21 am
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If you find something by Mel Street, get it right away. One of the greatest country/honky tonk singers of all times plus Lloyd Green's awesome playing all over those records!
Kind Regards, Walter
www.lloydgreentribute.com
www.austriansteelguitar.at.tf
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Bobby Lee
From:
Cloverdale, California, USA
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Travis Bernhardt
From:
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 19 Feb 2005 3:34 pm
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For Jerry Byrd, get his Hi-Fi Guitar album.
-Travis |
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Dean Dobbins
From:
Rome, Ilinois, U.S.A. * R.I.P.
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Posted 19 Feb 2005 3:42 pm
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Ray Montee-
You are absotively, posilutely keerekt
about the Duane Eddy album! It is gooder'n snuff- I believe the album title is "Twang A Country Tune" - must listening.
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Posted 21 Feb 2005 3:20 pm
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I'd like to point out something if I may. Many of us, including myself, listen to recordings with the idea of learning to play whatever is on them.
While this is a good way to learn, I think that it's real easy for us to get so wrapped up in it that we fail to simply enjoy the music, the way we would if we were listening to a recording of an instrument we don't play.
With that thought in mind, I suggest the following
1- The Jack West and Curvature CD with David Phillips that b0b is selling
2- Maurice Anderson's Universal Direction and Steel and Brass.
3- Counterpoint and Big Hits on Big Steel by Curly Chalker.
4- Play by Play and The Christmas Collection by Paul Franklin.
5- Any of Joe Goldmark's recordings. (My peresonal favorite is "All Over The Road.")
These recordings are all too good to be merely used as potential instruction material. They all should be listened to not with the head, but with the heart. [This message was edited by Mike Perlowin on 21 February 2005 at 03:54 PM.] |
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Len Amaral
From:
Rehoboth,MA 02769
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Posted 21 Feb 2005 5:15 pm
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| I also agree on Joe Goldmark and his "Steeling the Beatles" CD is my favorite. |
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Kenny Drake
From:
Leesburg, Virginia, USA
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Posted 21 Feb 2005 5:39 pm
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"Lloyd Green's comeback CD demonstrates the unlimited potential of the instrument in a traditional country music context."
B0B is right on, however I consider Lloyd Green's "Revisited" as a mix of traditional country and other styles. Sure, there are some traditional cuts, but it really goes beyond country and reminds me why Lloyd is such a iconic genuis. I sincerely hope "Revisited" is not the last project from this man.
I would also highly recommend Bobbe's "Classics" CD. This has to be one of the best steel guitar CD's I've ever heard lately, and I've heard a few. Great one, Bobbe.
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