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Mike Harris

 

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Post  Posted 3 Jan 2020 8:10 pm    
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I'm sorry if this one has been done before--sometimes archived threads can be hard to find. I would love to hear Buddy on non-pedal if there's anything available.
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Jack Hanson


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Post  Posted 3 Jan 2020 8:19 pm    
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There's the Wabash Cannonball medley:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bd0XfOmMSwM
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Earnest Bovine


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Post  Posted 3 Jan 2020 9:59 pm    
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Buddy's Boogie is good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuGfLwfzV8s
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Mike Harris

 

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Post  Posted 4 Jan 2020 4:27 am     non-pedal Big E
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Wow. That is amazing and inspiring (and it would be educational if I were smart enough to understand what he's doing). The last track of the medley is actually pedal steel, is it not?
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Gary Spaeth

 

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Post  Posted 4 Jan 2020 4:33 am    
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there was a thread a while back of buddy playing without pedals when he broke his foot. he had his steel on his lap while setting on the bed. it was recorded 9/30 63. it's here:

Link to audio.
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Pete Finney

 

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Post  Posted 4 Jan 2020 10:40 am    
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Here's the earliest one I know of, with Casey Clark from 1955. Love this!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gobmstotTA
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Andrew Roblin

 

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Post  Posted 4 Jan 2020 10:52 am    
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Buddy plays some non-pedal--maybe just a tune or two--on one of his Step One albums with Ray Pennington. The LP jacket has a photo of Buddy with a Fender Custom.
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Andrew Roblin

 

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Post  Posted 4 Jan 2020 1:48 pm    
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Here's the one I was thinking of...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhMrTqSXZS4
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Mike Harris

 

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Post  Posted 7 Jan 2020 10:59 am     Emmons
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Gary, that hotel room tape is a veritable clinic. Thanks for posting that. And thanks to everyone who posted these links--they are exactly what I was looking for.
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Herb Steiner

 

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Post  Posted 7 Jan 2020 6:51 pm    
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Earnest Bovine wrote:
Buddy's Boogie is good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuGfLwfzV8s


Buddy's Boogie is mostly non-pedal but he does use pedals in several places to get the 4 and the 5 chord. Hard to discover because he isn't using the pedals to get the Isaacs' Sound. More Joaquin-esque.

This factoid came from the man himself, who was amused when I told him the descending melody riff on the A was impossible to play without changing necks Wink. He laughed and told me that he did some pedal work on that tune but not to tell anyone. Laughing
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Daniel Baston


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Post  Posted 21 Jan 2020 9:18 pm    
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This is a good one, great solo and backing. I think he had one or two pedals on his C6 neck, but he's definitely not using them for the solo. For chords, not sure. I think this counts though!

https://youtu.be/BKWre033XDY

That Hotel tape is just incredible! I had heard the balcony story before, but was not aware of the tape. It's amazing!
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Jonathan Lam

 

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Post  Posted 3 Feb 2020 1:13 am    
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Andrew Roblin wrote:
Here's the one I was thinking of...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhMrTqSXZS4

he quotes Joaquin for the first few bars of this solo!
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K Maul


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Post  Posted 4 Feb 2020 5:28 am    
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He played dobro on some John Hartford records in the 70s. A tuning I believe.
https://youtu.be/sPRKgwB0QGE
https://youtu.be/b7wjd0Gg93c
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Mike Harris

 

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Post  Posted 4 Feb 2020 9:38 am     Any recordings out there of Buddy Emmons on non-pedal steel?
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K Maul, thanks for those. I like that noisy thing Buddy does on one of those, just wonderful stuff. I miss John Hartford and Steve Goodman. At least we still have John Prine.
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Tab Tabscott


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Post  Posted 10 Feb 2020 11:09 am     Dobro
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Buddy played a lot of dobro on Benny Martin records. Great fun to listen. John Hartford on there too n
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Larry Lenhart


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Post  Posted 10 Feb 2020 8:43 pm    
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Not meaning to hijack this thread, but listening to Buddy play "non pedal" made we wonder if he and Jerry Byrd ever teamed up in the early St Louis show days, either on the stage or in a jam room. Perhaps some of those who attended those early shows could chime in one way or the other...that would have been fun to see and listen to if they ever did it.
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