1963 E's Steel Guitar Jazz album - History?

Nate Hofer · From: Overland Park, Kansas

I just got this on CD. Wow!

Besides the obvious liner note info, who can tell me specifics about this?

Was this recorded in New York?
Why is his name spelled "Buddie"?
Did he actually play that thing on the front cover (I'm guessing no way!)

Jerry Overstreet · From: Louisville Ky

Sol, I think this is the correct link to the thread where Buddy talks about the gear. There is another one somewhere where he describes the experience but I can't find it at the moment. Maybe a search in Steel Players or the archives may turn it up.

As I recall from reading a story somewhere, the album was recorded in New York with a session leader and jazz musicians that weren't familiar with his planned list and he was forced to just do standards that everyone knew. Please correct me if I'm wrong somebody.
http://steelguitarforum.com/Archives/Archive-000003/HTML/20011227-1-008831.html

[This message was edited by Jerry Overstreet on 16 September 2006 at 09:43 AM.]

Billy Wilson · From: El Cerrito, California, USA

It is said that the airlines lost Buddy's Standell amp on this trip and he was forced to play through another Standell with a 12 inch speaker as opposed to his which was a 15. Apparently he was not happy with the tone. Still it's a great album.

Jerry Overstreet · From: Louisville Ky

I think this is the link I was looking for."Ask Buddy" Archive 3 http://www.buddyemmons.com/ABArchive3.htm

[This message was edited by Jerry Overstreet on 16 September 2006 at 09:57 AM.]

Nate Hofer · From: Overland Park, Kansas

Just read everything from those links. Thanks! Amazing!

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