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Topic: Vince Gill/ Ricky Skaggs |
Dale Rottacker
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Posted 21 Oct 2010 6:22 am |
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Just wondering if anyone knows if Vince or Ricky play the steel...They're both great pickers of other stringed instruments...I've heard Vince say how much he thought of John Hughey both personaly and to his playing ability...And I guess Ricky even did a set with Lloyd Green at the convention, and said he'd always have a steel on his records, or so I've been told...they gotta love the instrument, how do you not love the instrument?...Paul Franklin and Tommy White, you must know...if they do, I'd have to guess they'd be quite good at it. 
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David Nugent
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Gum Spring, Va.
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Posted 21 Oct 2010 11:47 am
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| Not certain about Vince or Ricky, but Ricky's son is a player. There is a photo of he and his dad on the Show Pro website sitting behind his new (at that time) Lloyd Green model. |
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Ben Elder
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Posted 21 Oct 2010 11:59 am
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Circa 1975, I spotted Vince in a local Oklahoma City bluegrass band, Mountain Smoke. "That kid has got star written all over him!," was my immediate reaction.
He was playing Dobro.
 
I doubt there's anything he can't play...and brilliantly. Same for Ricky (although his devotion to Mr. Monroe may preclude him from touching--or acknowledging the existence of--a Dobro.)
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Kenny Davis
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Posted 21 Oct 2010 9:28 pm
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Vince did play Dobro in our band Mountain Smoke. He also played guitar, some banjo, and vocals. After joining Byron Berline's band and on an "off weekend", he played bass with us at a party in Wichita Falls when our regular bass player was unable to play.
I have no doubt that Vince would be a very capable pedal steel player if he spent some time with it!
A side story: Vince played guitar and Ricky played fiddle on our banjo player Billy Perry's album circa 1975 or so. Also on the session: Jerry Douglas, Bobby Clark on mandolin, and Billy's brother Mike on bass. Pretty stout lineup even though they were all youngsters, and before they became individual stars. |
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Brett Day
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Pickens, SC
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Posted 21 Oct 2010 9:54 pm
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| Ben Elder wrote: |
Circa 1975, I spotted Vince in a local Oklahoma City bluegrass band, Mountain Smoke. "That kid has got star written all over him!," was my immediate reaction.
He was playing Dobro.
(Photo to come when I get home.)
I doubt there's anything he can't play...and brilliantly. Same for Ricky (although his devotion to Mr. Monroe may preclude him from touching--or acknowledging the existence of--a Dobro.) |
A few years ago, Vince was on the Opry and he was playin' dobro. He explained to the audience that he hadn't played dobro in awhile, but after he played "Drifting Too Far From The Shore", the crowd loved it! You can tell he loves the steel because in 2001, he was on the Opry performing his song "Don't Come Cryin' To Me When It's Over" and in the middle of the song, he said, "Play it country, Tommy White!" before Tommy played the steel solo that was played by John Hughey on the record. This was probably the year after John had left Vince's band.
Brett
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Dale Rottacker
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Walla Walla Washington, USA
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Tommy White
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Nashville
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Posted 22 Oct 2010 2:03 pm
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Vince just told me , he played steel in Ricky's band way back. Vince, while laughing went on to explain he just couldn't get the hang of grabbing the right 3 strings at once. I told him I have the same problem.  |
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Dale Rottacker
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David Nugent
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Gum Spring, Va.
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Posted 22 Oct 2010 4:04 pm
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| Kenny Davis...I have a vinyl copy of that album! It was titled, "Billy Perry's Bluegrass Jam" and had a photo of jam jars on the cover. These guys were all great pickers even in their teens. |
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Kenny Davis
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Great State of Oklahoma
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Posted 22 Oct 2010 6:27 pm
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David - That's the one! He also did Bluegrass Jam 2. I'm pretty sure it had the same players, but had vocals on it. With that young crew, I really think those recordings have some historical significance!
Mountain Smoke has spawned some pretty good players...Vince, David Coe, Bobby Clark, Jimmy Gyles, and even Gary Carpenter played steel for a short time. I started in 1976, not long after Vince left. At that time, the band changed their format from an accoustic Bluegrass band to a "plugged-in" newgrass type band. I played until '79 or so, and Carp came in for a while. I returned in '83. During the oil boom, the band also included the likes of Jim Buchanan, Jerry Reed, and Stan Chase. About five years ago, 5 of us from the '76 group went back to accoustic music, and I started playing resonator guitar. We've made some changes since, but Billy and Hal Clifford and myself remain. |
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Bill Bailey
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Kingman, AZ
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Posted 22 Oct 2010 11:34 pm Vince
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Jeff Newman told me Vince bought some courses from him. Although he didn't say when that was.
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Freddie Wooton
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London, ky
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Posted 26 Oct 2010 8:55 pm
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| In 1975 and 76 I was playing with Ricky Skaggs(Boone Creek),when I quit they hired Vince Gill. One of the reasons they hired vince was because he played steel. He only stayed with them for about six weeks and when he left Lexington,Ky he left a single neck Emmons at a local studio (we did a lot of sessions at) and I don't know if he ever came back to get it. It was still there the last time I was there. |
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