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Topic: Who was the steeler in Bill Hayley's "Comets"? |
Jay Ganz
From:
Out Behind The Barn
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Posted 10 May 2005 11:16 am |
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I heard a cut yesterday from Bill Hayley's 1st
album called "13 Women" with a fairly prominant
steel part. I remember seeing a steel player
in pictures of his band back then. So, who was
he & whatever happened to him? It's strange how
that band was considered by many to be the start
of "rock & roll" but other bands of the time
left the steel guitarists behind. You kind of
wonder where we'd be if they had stayed in the
picture years ago. It might have broadened our
horizons a bit, who knows? |
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Herb Steiner
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Briarcliff TX 78669, pop. 2,064
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Dave Van Allen
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Doylestown, PA , US , Earth
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Johan Jansen
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Europe
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Posted 10 May 2005 11:48 am
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wasn't Curly Chalker in there too??
JJ
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Ian Finlay
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Kenton, UK
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Posted 10 May 2005 2:09 pm
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I'm lucky enough to have met and worked with the Original Comets. Yes indeed, it was Billy Williamson. ANd they still rock more than anyone else!
Ian |
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Charles Curtis
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Posted 10 May 2005 2:30 pm
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| Didn't Bill Hailey used to live in McAllen, Tex? |
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Ricky Littleton
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Steely-Eyed Missile Man from Cocoa Beach, Florida USA
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Posted 10 May 2005 6:33 pm
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Didn't the Honorable Bobbe Seymour work with Billy Hayley?
Ricky...
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Smiley Roberts
From:
Hendersonville,Tn. 37075
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Posted 10 May 2005 8:02 pm
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Okay gang,let's get it straight...its Bill HALEY!! Ya wanna know more??....here's the "skinny": http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22Bill+Haley%22&btnG=Google+Search
(hope ya got a lotta time.)
BTW,I have a "78" of Bill HALEY & "The Saddlemen",on Essex Records. "Rocking Chair On The Moon",b/w "Dance With A Dolly (With A Hole In Her Stocking)",along with an 8 x 10 publicity pic,to go along w/ it,of "Bill Haley - The Rambling Yodeler",wearing a "cowboy" outfit.
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Bobbe Seymour
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Hendersonville TN USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 10 May 2005 8:47 pm
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I subbed on five shows on the east coast as a kid, father wouldn't let me continue on the road with this band (or any band). After Bill died, I worked with Nick Masters and the remainder of the original "Comets" group in the Philadelphia area. This was in 1967-8. Then moved to Nashville.
I feel everything worked out for the best, Dad was right.
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Jussi Huhtakangas
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Helsinki, Finland
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Posted 10 May 2005 10:25 pm
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| Billy Williamson was one the founding members of the Haley band, along with Bill, pianist/accordionist Johnny Grande and their business manager and they were also tight business partners. This is probably one of the reasons why Billy was still with the band when Bill hit big with r'n'r. Not to mention that they were also good friends. Billy also sang quite a bit on the Comets' Decca recordings, both solo and as part of the vocal trio and his contribution on Haley's r'n'r recordings are not as insignificant as you might think; most of the Essex recordings have a steel solo and crash bar licks ( a'la Speedy West ) and on the Decca stuff, when tenor sax took over, Billy played a lot of three part harmony riffs with guitar and sax. |
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Tony Smart
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Harlow. Essex. England
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Posted 11 May 2005 12:30 pm
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The 1971 album "Rock Around The Country" featured Curly Chalker on Steel.
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Stephan Franck
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La Crescenta, California, USA
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Posted 12 May 2005 8:06 am
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Tony, is this the album where he's covering Me & Bobby McGhee, Who'll stop the rain, and a bunch of other creedance stuff?
I used to have those tracks of a compilation with no liner notes, and always wondered where they where from and who was playing the steel.
Is this album still in print somewhere?
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Tony Smart
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Harlow. Essex. England
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Posted 12 May 2005 1:35 pm
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| Yes Stephan, that was the one. |
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Stephan Franck
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La Crescenta, California, USA
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Posted 12 May 2005 3:30 pm
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Thanks Tony.
I've got to find me a copy of this!
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Stuart Basore
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Madison, TN. USA
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Posted 21 May 2005 10:32 am
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| I know Allen Rush and he says his brother played for Bill Haley in the fifty's. Can't think of his brother's name. Stu. |
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Stephan Franck
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La Crescenta, California, USA
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Posted 21 May 2005 3:01 pm
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Well, something really amazing happened today!
I went to my mailbox, and out of the blue, there was a CD waiting for me, a copy of Rock Around The Country, discussed in the thread above!
Thank you so much Russ, you really made my day! Gestures like that are what makes me feel good about the world. Needless to say, I also have something in the mail for you, my friend, hope you like it.
And the good news is, these tracks are even better than I remembered! Yes Curly is the best thing on the CD. Definitely a must have. I'm not going to even try to describe his playing here, but yes, it is wonderful.
On a funny note, for some reason, Bill Halley's voice on these tunes reminds me of Jerry Jeff Walker's... Go figure
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Stephen LeBlanc
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Los Angeles, CA
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Posted 22 May 2005 9:03 am
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| fwiw, Leo LeBlanc played pedal steel on a few Bill Haley sessions at Muscle Shoals at some point...probably early-mid 70s |
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