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Topic: 'FEEL' players |
Ken Byng
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Posted 15 Apr 2007 12:11 pm |
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I've got a shortlist of players who for me play straight from the heart with bucket loads of emotion.
Buddy Emmons
Lloyd Green
Bobbe Seymour
John Hughey
Tommy White
Two things they all have in common as well as lots of feel - great tone and intonation. |
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Ken Byng
From:
Southampton, England
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Posted 15 Apr 2007 12:12 pm
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| I ommited Jimmy Day, Welon Myrick and Hal Rugg - how could I? They are all 'feel' players |
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P Gleespen
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Toledo, OH USA
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Posted 15 Apr 2007 12:13 pm
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I know there's going to be a slew of "Oh, I can't believe you forgot Gern Blanston" coming your way.
So let me be the first! 
I can't believe you forgot Jimmy Day!
edit:
ah ha, I see you've beaten me to the punch! 
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Ken Byng
From:
Southampton, England
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Posted 15 Apr 2007 12:16 pm
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| I know there's going to be a slew of "Oh, I can't believe you forgot Gern Blanston" coming your way. |
Sorry to show my ignorance. Gern who?  |
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P Gleespen
From:
Toledo, OH USA
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Posted 15 Apr 2007 3:06 pm
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Hey Ken, sorry to throw you a curve.
...oh wait, do baseball analogies work in England? ...and what IS the right way to say "schedule" anyway? 
Gern Blanston is not a steel player or a real person as far as I know. I just used that name to be a generic place holder for all the steel players that will eventually come up.
(Long ago, comedian Steve Martin had a bit where he claimed that his real name was "Gern Blanston" and that he was going to start releasing records under that name..."Gern Blanston, All My Best" and "Simply Gern"...that's where I got the name.)
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Alan Brookes
From:
Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 15 Apr 2007 3:44 pm
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| P Gleespen wrote: |
| ...and what IS the right way to say "schedule" anyway? |
You can say it either way, shedule or skedule: the pronunciation skedule was originally nautical speech. Having lived 31 yrs. in England and 31 yrs. in the U.S.A. I've heard it pronounced both ways on both sides of the Atlantic. |
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P Gleespen
From:
Toledo, OH USA
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Posted 15 Apr 2007 4:47 pm
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See, you learn something new every day! Now, what about Aluminum? (joke, just a joke! If you really want to be confused about how to pronounce things, spend some time in Bahstin )
Back on track, Jimmy Day is my "go to guy" for "feel" playing. John Hughey's a close 2nd, though.
I saw John Hughey at a steel show in Connecticut one time a few years ago. While he was playing, I looked over at the guy next to me, and he was crying! Brought literally to tears by Hughey's steel playing.
I also definitely have to "second that emotion" about Bobbe Seymour (edit: sorry about the misspelling). Bobbe's such a prominent fixture (if that's the word I'm looking for ) in the retail world that he's often overlooked as the tremendous pedal steel player that he is.
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Nic du Toit
From:
Milnerton, Cape, South Africa
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Posted 16 Apr 2007 11:19 am
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You left off one of the true masters; Jeff Newman. Just listen to his live rendition of "I Love you so much, it hurts" at a recent PSGA convention.........it blew me away.
Regards,
Nic
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Papa Joe Pollick
From:
Swanton, Ohio
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Posted 16 Apr 2007 12:28 pm
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I don't think Ive ever heard any steeler play with more feeling than that lady from Irland, Sarah Jory.There are 2 shots on you-tube of her playing.Give it a listen and see if you agree.  PJ |
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Spencer Cullum
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Posted 16 Apr 2007 6:13 pm
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| al perkins - that guy has got alot of feel and elegance |
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Ron !
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Posted 16 Apr 2007 6:25 pm
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Two players not many people mention but for sure belong on this list.
Dave Hayward.
Bob Dixon. |
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Fred Shannon
From:
Rocking "S" Ranch, Comancheria, Texas, R.I.P.
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Posted 16 Apr 2007 7:01 pm
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Certainly agree with all of the above, but you cats ain't gonna' leave out the Texas players such as Johnny Cox, Dickie Overby, Herb Steiner, Dick Wood, Carson Wells, Reece Anderson, Buddy Hrabal, Gary Carpenter, Denny Mathis, Junior Knight, etc. etc. are you?
(I knew I shouldn't have started a list, My Lord, there aint enough room for all of them.
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Les Anderson
From:
The Great White North
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Posted 16 Apr 2007 7:57 pm
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| For bringing emotion to the forefront through a steel guitar I am going with Billy Cooper. |
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John Roche
From:
England
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Posted 16 Apr 2007 9:57 pm
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| Oh, I can't believe you forgot Gern Blanston |
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Jamie Lennon
From:
Nashville, TN
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Posted 17 Apr 2007 12:32 am
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Paul Franklin.... in 2 words
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Jim Sliff
From:
Lawndale California, USA
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Posted 17 Apr 2007 4:35 am
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I'd add Red Rhodes and Sneaky Pete without a doubt.
Honestly, I see Paul Franklin as more of a technical wizard than a "feel" player, but it's all open to interpretation. Nothing wrong with either one.
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john buffington
From:
Owasso OK - USA
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Posted 17 Apr 2007 7:23 am
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| Buddy Charleton, Jr. Knight, Gary Hogue. |
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Ken Byng
From:
Southampton, England
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Posted 17 Apr 2007 1:14 pm
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PJ wrote
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| I don't think Ive ever heard any steeler play with more feeling than that lady from Irland, Sarah Jory. |
PJ - Sarah is English, not Irish. I am pleased that you enjoy her playing - I taught her.
KB |
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Ken Byng
From:
Southampton, England
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Posted 17 Apr 2007 1:25 pm
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I agree with Jim Sliff on Paul Franklin. He is a wonderfully gifted player with fabulous technique. He has the ability to always compliment a band or vocalist. However, for me, he doesn't have that spark of emotion in his playing that perhaps some other less technical players have. Like Jim - just my opinion for what its worth.
One person who I didn't mention above is Curly Chalker. Many years ago I bought a Charley McCoy album, and the first time I heard Curly's break on Danny Boy, it just took my breath away. His heart and soul went into that break. |
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Bill Simmons
From:
Keller, Texas/Birmingham, AL, R.I.P.
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Posted 17 Apr 2007 1:42 pm So Many Great Players...
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Here are my favorite steel players who can play fast but can play with emotion and heart...
Jay Dee Maness - Lloyd Green - John Hughey - Buck Reid - Paul Franklin - Buddy Emmons - Johnny Cox - Gary Carpenter - Tommy White - Jr. Knight - Mike Johnson - Mike Smith
By the way, these are all former students of mine! HA HA...what a dreamer I am!!! |
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Tony Smart
From:
Harlow. Essex. England
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Posted 17 Apr 2007 1:48 pm
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Sorry Ken, couldn't agree with you less on Paul Franklin. I think he has a wonderful feel to his playing. Different from Emmons - yes, but his feel reaches a different part of you. Just go back to say his "One Step At A Time" cd with George S. There's some real gut wrenching phrases on this.
I suppose in a way it's a case of whether a player strikes a particular empathy you have within yourself, and we are all different aren't we.
Good topic though Ken, keep'em coming
Tony
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Tom Jordan
From:
Wichita, KS
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Posted 17 Apr 2007 2:15 pm
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Jerry Garcia!...anybody mention him yet?
Tom |
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Spencer Cullum
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Posted 17 Apr 2007 2:51 pm
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| Tom Jordan wrote: |
Jerry Garcia!...anybody mention him yet?
Tom |
yep - teach your children - top stuff |
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George Plemons
From:
Corsicana, Texas, USA
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Posted 17 Apr 2007 3:49 pm
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| Dickie Overby and John Hughey. |
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Duncan Hodge
From:
DeLand, FL USA
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Posted 17 Apr 2007 3:53 pm
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I have to put myself on the list of feel players. Never had a lesson in my life...that may be the problem. But emotion, yeah, I've got bucketloads of emotion in my playing. At times I worry that my terminally jangled nerves get in the way of my emotion. This may somehow be tied in with the aforementioned problem.
Hey, the good news here has to be the fact that we can all finally agree that Jerry Garcia was the summa feel player. You gotta love the ending run of Last Lonely Eagle, nothing but feel.
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