Gary Stewart Live at Billy Bob's Texas

Kim Tidrow · From: Imperial, Missouri, USA

I just bought this CD. It is loaded with great steel,however there are no credits for the musicians. Does anyone know who the players are? This has become my "latest" favorite album and I highiy reccomend it to anyone that likes the Steel "up front" in the mix. The Tele is no slouch either.
Thanks for your help. Happy Thanksgiving!
Kim

Jerry Tillman · From: Florida

Gary was a big fan of steel guitar and slide guitar.He could play slide or bottle neck quite well.He gave me my first coricedin bottle.He was a fan of Pete Drake ,Hal Rugg and many others.I was playing guitar in a band with him when I bought my first steel a Marlen D-10 PP.I brought it to the house gig we had the first week I got it.When he saw it on the band stand he ask what I was going to do with it and shouldn,t I pratice for a while first.I told him I had one song already to go but I didn,y want to play it until the second set so there would be more people.I was very young then and I thought the people were coming to here me play my guitar.I finally got about ten songs down well enough to play on stage.Gary was very patient.I,m still working on the same ten songs.I,m sure some of Garys Texas freinds will know who played on the album I just wanted to mention what a fan of steel guitar that Gary was.I miss him.

Steve Hinson · From: Hendersonville Tn USA

I bet it was Steve Palousek on steel...he worked with Gary the last few years of his career.Kim-you still playing that Sho~Bud?

[This message was edited by Steve Hinson on 25 November 2004 at 06:53 AM.]

Eddie Thomas · From: Macon,Ga.,USA

Steve, you are correct,my friend!

Cor Muizer Jr · From: The Netherlands/europe

hi Kim happy thanksgiving too,

can you tell me where i can buy this CD?

thanks anyway.

cor

Kim Tidrow · From: Imperial, Missouri, USA

Hi Steve,
Yes, I'm still working up the nerve to tackle it. It's such a beautiful instrument.
I enjoy this CD very much because the band is so tight. It's hard to hear any slip ups at all. This is the kind of steel style I hope to play someday. I bought mine at Wal-Mart but I sure it can be found on line.
Happy Thanksgiving,
Kim

Randy (Fuzzy) Whitener · From: Corsicana, Texas, USA

Steve took my place with Gary in 2000. Sure miss him.

Ricky Littleton · From: Steely-Eyed Missile Man from Cocoa Beach, Florida USA

Gary Stewart is/was one of my all time favorites. And yes, he did have loads of tasty steel in his recordings. Pete Drake's work on "Drinking Again", Weldon's on "Backsliders Wine", and Hal's fill work on "Stone Wall Around Your HEart" are all excellent.

I can't remember the name of the song, but it was on the album with "Flat Natural Born Good TImin' Man", but the song was about a honky-tonk singer and Weldon's work on that one was super!

Ricky...

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erik · Posted 25 Nov 2004 6:04 pm

To me, Ten Years Of This is the perfect Country song. Sounds as fresh to me today as it did when I first heard it over 20yrs ago.

Jerry Tillman · From: Florida

John Hughy played steel on Garys cut of Ramblim man and it is pretty cool.

Bob Taillefer · From: Canada

I agree that Gary Stewart's Ten Years of This is a great song. I recently pulled out a his greatest hits album and I rediscovered his honky tonk sound from the 70's. It is the kind of music I was raised on. Country blues at its best.

This live recording sounds very interesting!Regards! Bob

Randy (Fuzzy) Whitener · From: Corsicana, Texas, USA

I believe Glenn Fleming (not shure about spelling) was playing guitar.

Steve Dodson · From: Sparta, Tennessee, USA

Did Weldon do the studio cut on Whiskey Trip?
Sure sounds like him. Great steel playing.

Randy (Fuzzy) Whitener · From: Corsicana, Texas, USA

My favorite was "Emty Glass" we always got a great response to a beautiful song.
Fuzzy

Steve Stallings · From: Houston/Cypress, Texas

I love "Empty Glass". We play it as our last slow song at most gigs.

Jerry Hayes · From: Virginia Beach, Va.

I liked "Room above the street". That steel work on "She's Actin' Single, I'm Drinkin' doubles" was really nice, I've stuck it in some other songs from time to time...JH

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[This message was edited by Jerry Hayes on 09 December 2004 at 11:57 AM.]

Ricky Littleton · From: Steely-Eyed Missile Man from Cocoa Beach, Florida USA

Steve:

Whisky Trip had Weldon AND Stu Basore playing. That, my friend, was a classy piece of work on the break!

Ricky...
(freezing in Newfoundland this week!!)

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Steve Dodson · From: Sparta, Tennessee, USA

Thanks Ricky,
Classy piece of work is right. After all this time, I still listen to that song,as if it just came out.
Steve

Alan Shank · From: Woodland, CA, USA

I like this album a lot, but it seems really tacky that the musicians don't even get their names in the liner notes. If you open the liner notes up, the first page is essentially an ad for Billy Bob's by "Live at Billy Bob's Texas spokesperson," Pam Minick. Then there's a picture of Gary Stewart and a bunch of almost illegible credits, mostly the Billy Bob's production department. The right page is a picture of bottles of booze.

On the outside, there's a two-page picture of Gary and his boots, credits for the producer and recordist (is that a word?) and the list of songs, with composers and publishers. Then the page that goes on top when you put the liner notes in the CD holder is a picture of Gary alongside the "Live at Billy Bob's Texas" logo.

In searching for this thread in the archives, I found an old thread about someone who played at Billy Bob's and hadn't gotten paid. I hope the musicians who played on this album were paid, and paid well, because they played great, anonymously.
Cheers,
Alan Shank

Danny Naccarato · From: Burleson, Texas

Alan,

Believe it or not, the Union is on top of it, at BB's, for the main acts (I'm the last to toot a Union's horn, but they did us right). I played on Janie's Live at Billy Bob's album, and we got paid well. More than likely, if a person didn't get paid, it was probably a local band member playing the Honky Tonk stage with a local band, and that of course is up to the bandleader to pay his players. There have been more than a few unscrupulous ones over the years around here.

As far as the credits, that was left up to the artist and/or bandleader. Not long after we did ours, the Production group, or producer went belly-up, and things were on hold for a few years. Janie's album came out about 2 years after we cut it...It's entirely possible Gary's "credits" got lost in that period.....

[This message was edited by Danny Naccarato on 03 June 2005 at 07:14 AM.]

George Plemons · From: Corsicana, Texas, USA

I am thinking the steel on that Billy Bobs album was Gary Hogue but I could be wrong.

Danny Naccarato · From: Burleson, Texas

It was Palousek on the Live at BB's Stewart album....

Jake L · From: Grapevine, Texas

The guitar on a few of the songs I have heard from this album sounds suspiciously like Randy Corner. I know from working with Steve and Randy for years in the studio, that where's there's one of 'em, you can usually find the other...
Jake Lowe

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