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Lynn Oliver


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Post  Posted 5 Aug 2009 12:11 pm    
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Does anyone know who played steel guitar on Move It On Over? I'm asking about the version included in "Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits."

I've transcribed the solo, and the tuning appears to be Don Helms' E6 but with the low string tuned to B.
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Brad Bechtel


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Post  Posted 5 Aug 2009 12:54 pm    
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According to the Hank Williams biography by Colin Escott, the steel player was Smokey Lohman from Red Foley's band.
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Lynn Oliver


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Post  Posted 5 Aug 2009 2:06 pm    
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Thanks, Brad.
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Joe Burke

 

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Toronto, Canada
Post  Posted 7 Aug 2023 4:20 pm    
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Does anyone know what tuning Smokey Lohman used on Move it On Over? Sounds like E13 to me.
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Clyde Mattocks

 

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Kinston, North Carolina, USA
Post  Posted 8 Aug 2023 10:33 pm    
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One of my favoite solos on a Hank record. Sounds like E 13th to me too.
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Danny Roy

 

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Calgary Alberta, Canada
Post  Posted 9 Aug 2023 6:12 am    
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I play it in E13 and it sounds just like it.
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Joe Burke

 

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Post  Posted 16 Aug 2023 5:18 am    
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To follow up, I've figured it out in C6. I tried in E13 but in the Leon McAuliffe tuning, I couldn't get the grips/intervals.

There ya go! Seems different tunings can achieve similar sounds.
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Danny Roy

 

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Calgary Alberta, Canada
Post  Posted 16 Aug 2023 5:53 am    
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Leon’s E13 won’t work. You need to drop the low F# to E, making it like a E6. Last week, I learned it in C6, since it seems like the original steel guitars was trying to sound a little like Jerry Byrd with that “slide into slant”. With the thicker C6 tone, I like it better, plus no need to untune my E13 neck. Good call on the C6, Joe!
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