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Pat Goodbla
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Posted 20 Dec 2008 4:15 pm |
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Here is the link to a new YouTube post "Not A Scratch" with another of Danny's absolutely incredible home studio recordings (this one without a volume pedal). Hang on and turn it up.
He also has other YouTube posts that are just as astounding in case you haven't seen them.
Kudos to you Danny. You are an inspiration to many. It sure would be nice to see you showcased in Dallas and St. Louis.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeL-jTeEoHQ
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Patrick Goodbla
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Charles Curtis
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Posted 20 Dec 2008 4:52 pm
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| Thank you Pat. I wondered what happened to Danny, it has been too long since anything of his was posted. I wish that Danny would do a CD with the music as played here without a rhythm section. Danny you rock; please do some more. |
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Pat Goodbla
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Longview, Washington
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Posted 21 Dec 2008 8:12 am
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I agree.
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Larry Behm
From:
Mt Angel, Or 97362
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Posted 21 Dec 2008 9:20 am
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Oh boy!!! 
Larry Behm |
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Bent Romnes
From:
London,Ontario, Canada
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Posted 21 Dec 2008 9:29 am
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That Danny, He surprises every time. He's got such great control in his right hand that he don't even need a volume pedal.
Danny, don't know if I said this to you earlier, but you need way more exposure. People deserve to hear your playing. |
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Charles Curtis
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Posted 21 Dec 2008 11:07 am
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| Danny, IMO, on that top neck, in D, does a lick in there that sort of takes my breath away. Gary Lee Gimble showed me something similar once on his E9th, and I was so surprised that I forgot to ask him to show me again so I might catch on. Oh well, some other time. |
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Jerry Fessenden
From:
Vermont, USA
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Posted 21 Dec 2008 2:10 pm Danny Sneed
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| Hmmm, I play the same kind of steel & never seem to sound like that...what's up? Nice stuff Danny, the C6th is what makes us go without a paycheck ...JF |
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Rick Schmidt
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Prescott AZ, USA
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Posted 21 Dec 2008 10:31 pm
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| Danny is right up there on the top of my list of great steelers! What a cool player! His tunings are a little different than the norm, but I'm sure he could make great music on anything he'd put his mind to. Thanks for the new clip alert! |
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John Bresler R.I.P.
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Thornton, Colorado
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Posted 22 Dec 2008 5:43 am
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After retirement,the late Danny shields often made trips to the Phoenix, Arizona area and used to bring back recordings of the Sneed family and share them with me. Wow!! Danny Sneed is about as good as it gets.
I heard a rumor that he likes to invite steel pickers that are in the crowd to sit in for him. Good luck trying to figure out that tuning.
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Russ Wever
From:
Kansas City
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Posted 22 Dec 2008 9:32 am
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John
We had a great time a couple years ago, when playing in Phoenix,
and Danny invited me on his bandstand.
Dannys tuning on the front neck is G - It's like the conventional E9th,
except that it is a whole-tone lower plus his foot goes up when ours
go down.
His back neck C6th has the 'Chalker' low-strings D and A, rather than
a low C.
Maybe Danny'll elaborate on this.
Danny is a very unique player in that he has his own musical ideas and
sees them through. A great thinker, and swell guy.
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Danny Sneed
From:
Morristown,Az.U.S.A.
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Posted 22 Dec 2008 5:47 pm
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| Hi, and a big MERRY CHRISTMAS to all. thanks Pat for the post and thanks to all of you for being so good to me,Russ bring your guitar so we can pick again. THANKS Danny |
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Tracy Sheehan
From:
Fort Worth, Texas, USA
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Posted 22 Dec 2008 6:00 pm Danny Sneed
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Was it the Sneed family that played together back in the 60s?
There was a great band called the Sneed family playing at the Midway club in the 60s in Billings Mt. with a steel and they sure were good.A friend of mine by the name of Harley Brendal told me to go hear the steel player.
That was Harley.I never heard a steel player that could out play Harley but he was always bragging on other steel players.To show what a nice guy he was some times later i was working with a road band out of Fla.and we happened to go through Billings and Harley happened to be playing at the 17 club.I wanted the band i was with to hear him.There was a young boy with his steel set up besides Harley and i coulden't get Harley to do his thing.He was teaching the young man and would never over play any one who was sitting in.
No wonder Harley was so respected by all the pickers who knew him.
He taught me so much on the C 6th.
He was not into the Chalker style as he would tell me.He did his own thing.But he showed me so much stuff how Chalker did it.I was also young back then and Trying to play like Chalker was a sure way to get fired.Was over the crowds and most bands heads.He also told me to stop listenng to other steel players and i would develope my own style.Which i did later.Maybe not good,but was my own and i did keep working.
Ah, memories. |
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Pat Goodbla
From:
Longview, Washington
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Posted 23 Dec 2008 8:26 am
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Tracy....
Danny can probably clear this up for you. This was definitely during that time. I have opened another topic on Harley Brendal.
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Pat Goodbla
From:
Longview, Washington
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Posted 24 Dec 2008 6:59 am
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Bump for Danny's YouTube post. 
Merry Christmas to all.
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Don Drummer
From:
West Virginia, USA
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Posted 24 Dec 2008 9:11 am Danny Sneed
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| Russ, thanks for the tuning info. It explains why I'm so confused when watching Sneed's videos. Now I can be astonished and enjoy it more. Don D. |
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Bill Simmons
From:
Keller, Texas/Birmingham, AL, R.I.P.
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Posted 24 Dec 2008 10:28 am Incredible Player!
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My goodness...I must be living in the dark ages but this is the first time I've heard of Danny Sneed. He is an incredible player with tone to die for! IF I buy a Fessy...will I sound like Danny?? 
If he has a CD I want to get ASAP. Have I missed him at the steel shows? That was very refreshing to hear. If he does not have a CD out, he needs to sit and play even without a band -- just let the 'good tones' roll! Loved it... |
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Jack Francis
From:
Queen Creek, Arizona, USA
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Posted 24 Dec 2008 11:00 am
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If the SWSGA would put the "Pat James Band" on the program we'd all get to enjoy Danny at this January's Show here in Phoenix...otherwise....No Danny! 
Or ya could make a "Trip" up to the 'Chip" and hear him there....Say...That rym'd didn't it. (I coulda writ me a song!!) |
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Kevin Hatton
From:
Buffalo, N.Y.
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Posted 24 Dec 2008 11:54 am
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| I love the sound of that Fessenden. Great string separation. |
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Drew Howard
From:
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Posted 24 Dec 2008 4:56 pm
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Danny Sneed called me from Arizona a while back to say “hi” and explain his tunings and pedal/lever changes. Danny invented his tuning on the front neck of his Fessy and I’ll attempt to explain it as best I understand it (caveat emptor). It’s a G tuning with the 5th string tuned to the 6th, with his knees pulling the roots pulling up a whole and down a half and also a whole tone. Danny splits the A pedal changes.
An American original!
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chris ivey
From:
california (deceased)
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Posted 24 Dec 2008 4:59 pm
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| gee...danny must be getting up there...he was a legend when i first started playing in 1970. |
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David Wright
From:
Pilot Point ,Tx USA.
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Posted 25 Dec 2008 4:33 am
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| Well, Danny sounded Great as always, Chris, I've known Danny for years, don't know his age for sure, still looks like a Kid thought ...such a Great Player, and has his "own" sound going on...hope all is well with you |
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Ric Epperle
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Sheridan, Wyoming USA . Like no other place on Earth... R.I.P.
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Posted 25 Dec 2008 5:18 am
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Tracy,
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| There was a young boy with his steel set up besides Harley and i coulden't get Harley to do his thing. |
I believe that young boy was Jim Bob Garrett of the Garrett Bros. Band although I don't know for sure...
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Pat Goodbla
From:
Longview, Washington
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Posted 29 Dec 2008 11:58 am
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Bump for Danny.
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Billy Easton
From:
Nashville, TN USA
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Posted 29 Dec 2008 6:18 pm
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Jack...
I have tried to get Danny and the band for the last several years. Danny is big into horses and the show conflicts with some horsing around in Wickenburg. If I had my way, Danny would be on the show every year.
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Tracy Sheehan
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Fort Worth, Texas, USA
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Posted 29 Dec 2008 7:15 pm Re.
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Tracy,
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| There was a young boy with his steel set up besides Harley and i coulden't get Harley to do his thing. |
I believe that young boy was Jim Bob Garrett of the Garrett Bros. Band although I don't know for sure... |
Hi Ric.Gee it has been so long ago i don"t recall his name.He was a young kid,but we were all young back then.lol.Tracy
BTW.A little triva here i hope yo enjoy.If you knew Harley you knew how laid back he was and never over played another steel player who was sitting in.
Any how,you brought up the name Garret which i know was not Bob who played for H.Thompson.
I was with a road band back in the 60s and we played some where in No.N.M.On my night off i went to another club to listen to and meet another road band.They had a young steel player and boy was he good.I talked to the kid and he told me he had only been playing steel for a few weeks,which turned me off.
It was close to Christmas and i talked to a member of the band and told him what the kid said.He laughed and said the kid was only playing with them while on his Christmas holiday from school and was from Tyler Tx.And Bobby Garret had been teaching him off and on since he was in grade school.
I knew he had not learned that much on his own in such a short time.Takes all kinds huh?LOL Tracy |
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