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Topic: Which Country Songs Contain Mostly C6? |
Keenan Friday
From:
Magnolia, Arkansas, USA
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Posted 17 Jul 2011 9:19 am |
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I am a newbie to the pedal steel guitar and thus cannot distinguish c6 recordings in country music vs e9 when it comes to western swing. I am wanting to learn the c6 and need some songs to help aid the hearing/learning process.
May some people on the forum here be so kind as to direct me to some recorded songs by singers that feature mostly c6 on them? I would be much appreciated.
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Mullen Pre Royal D-10, Walker Stereo Steel, Hilton pedal, George L cables, Livesteel Strings, (White) Fred Kelly thumbpick, Dunlop .025 fingerpicks |
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chris ivey
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california (deceased)
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Posted 17 Jul 2011 9:25 am
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i love you because..carl smith
night life..ray price
all my ex's ..george strait
and lots more... |
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Theresa Galbraith
From:
Goodlettsville,Tn. USA
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Posted 17 Jul 2011 10:15 am
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"Something Special To Me" by George Strait - This maybe E9th.
" I've Got Friends" by Garth Brooks
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Jay Jessup
From:
Charlottesville, VA, USA
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Posted 17 Jul 2011 11:26 am
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| Very few!!! Even back in the early 70's when I was starting there was very little available on commercial country radio. You have to go back to the 50's to hear it more commonly. For my money the best C6 was from the immediate post WWII era and most of the great stuff was all being played by the great western swing bands on the west coast. My first introduction to C6 was Merle Haggard plays Bob Wills, then I got the Bob Wills re-issue records and Bobby Black on the Commander Cody as well as Asleep At the Wheel records from the 70's convinced me that I might actually be able to play that style a little bit in songs people wanted to listen too. |
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Dan Galysh
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Hendersonville, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 17 Jul 2011 4:10 pm
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Here's some country oriented C6:
Johnny Bush and the Bandoleros "Live" album-Rick Price playing some great swingy breaks and backup
"Just Good Ol' Boys" by Moe Bandy and Joe Stampley-Weldon Myrick playing some cool intro and ending riffs
"Burnin' The Roadhouse Down" by Steve Wariner |
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Cal Sharp
From:
the farm in Kornfield Kounty, TN
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Bill Terry
From:
Bastrop, TX
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Posted 17 Jul 2011 4:26 pm
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Right or Wrong (George Strait version).. smoking steel ride.
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Cal Sharp
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the farm in Kornfield Kounty, TN
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 17 Jul 2011 5:22 pm
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GS...Ace in the Hole? I think so, that's the way I do it. I think I remember Mr. Franklin doing it on C6.
I don't think there have been very many in recent years.
I guess you're talking pedal steel, I think earlier music way back when had lots of C6 stuff on it. |
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Keenan Friday
From:
Magnolia, Arkansas, USA
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Posted 17 Jul 2011 6:15 pm
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Thanks to everyone thats posted so far. Im jotting some of these songs on a piece of paper to look at later. What about the song "anytime"? I dont know if Ive come across that song with the c6. I like it nonetheless.
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Keenan Friday
Mullen Pre Royal D-10, Walker Stereo Steel, Hilton pedal, George L cables, Livesteel Strings, (White) Fred Kelly thumbpick, Dunlop .025 fingerpicks |
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Tony Glassman
From:
The Great Northwest
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Posted 17 Jul 2011 7:31 pm
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Red Stegall: "Lone Star Beer & Bob Will's Music"
Frenchie Burke "Colinda"
George Strait "All My Ex's" |
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Dave Magram
From:
San Jose, California, USA
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Posted 17 Jul 2011 9:35 pm
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Check out "Blue Jean Country Queen" by Linda Hargrove with a smoking C6 break by the one and only Bobby Black.
It was very unusual when it came out in the 1970s and made it to Top 40 country radio!
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Tom Wolverton
From:
Carpinteria, CA
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Posted 17 Jul 2011 10:38 pm
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"Texas Bluebonets" by Laurie Lewis
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Paul Warnik
From:
Illinois,USA
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Posted 17 Jul 2011 11:17 pm
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| Bill Terry wrote: |
| Right or Wrong (George Strait version).. smoking steel ride. |
Yeah Baby 
Weldon at one of his best (later career) solos
Thanks to Russ Wever for the tab! |
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Joachim Kettner
From:
Germany
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Posted 17 Jul 2011 11:23 pm
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"Oklahoma Swing" by Vince Gill and Reba McEntire, with Paul Franklin.
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chris ivey
From:
california (deceased)
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Posted 18 Jul 2011 8:42 am
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| i've heard the song with joyous john hughey C6. |
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 18 Jul 2011 9:53 am
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| Lots of Asleep at the Wheel recordings. Though not all main stream, songs like ChooChooChaBoogie, Boogie Back to Texas, etc. |
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David Ellison
From:
California, USA
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Posted 18 Jul 2011 12:28 pm
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| Keenan... C6 playing is usually done on certain types of songs... songs with "swingy" chord progressions. Often that means the song has II and VI chords in it. The sound of C6 is all about extended jazzy chords and single note playing. You won't hear the string-bending sound of the E9 tuning. |
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Brett Lanier
From:
Madison, TN
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Posted 18 Jul 2011 5:30 pm
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good deal lucille by Carl Smith is one of my favorites.
"Anytime" would be a good tune for C6, it's basically the same as right or wrong if I'm remembering correctly |
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David Mason
From:
Cambridge, MD, USA
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Posted 19 Jul 2011 1:31 pm
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| If you're interested in concentrated doses, you'll be better off with some of the jazz players that bob's got CD's from in the for sale section. Jim Cohen, Doug Jernigan, Dave Easley, Buddy Emmons' "Redneck Jazz" with Danny Gatton, Jim Loessberg etc. The direction of "radio country" has been drifting from substance to signifiers for a few decades now. |
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Billy Tonnesen
From:
R.I.P., Buena Park, California
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Posted 19 Jul 2011 7:33 pm
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| "Houston" by the Gatlin Bros. Can't recall the Steeler. |
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Bobby Boggs
From:
Upstate SC.
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Posted 19 Jul 2011 8:01 pm
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Billy, as Cal mentioned. Houston was played by Buddy Emmons on the E9.
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Bill Terry
From:
Bastrop, TX
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Posted 20 Jul 2011 10:58 am
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| Bobby wrote: |
| Houston was played by Buddy Emmons on the E9. |
Yeah, I think he did that just to mess with us... 
| Paul wrote: |
Weldon at one of his best (later career) solos
Thanks to Russ Wever for the tab! |
Yeah, I've had the tab for that ride forever and still can't play it like Weldon did it.. IMO that's a world class piece of playing.
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"I'm nuts about bolts"
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Ned McIntosh
From:
New South Wales, Australia
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Posted 22 Jul 2011 6:22 am
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Those who wish to see and hear C6th playing at its finest must get a copy of the DVD of the "Time Jumpers" with John Hughey on steel. I got mine from Ernest Tubb's Record Shop, but I believe you can also get it from John Hughey's website as well.
It will inspire you. All but two of the numbers are C6th. It is a "must have" for steel-players!
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Jack Aldrich
From:
Washington, USA
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Posted 23 Jul 2011 9:15 pm
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| Bill Terry wrote: |
| Bobby wrote: |
| Houston was played by Buddy Emmons on the E9. |
Yeah, I think he did that just to mess with us...
| Paul wrote: |
Weldon at one of his best (later career) solos
Thanks to Russ Wever for the tab! |
Yeah, I've had the tab for that ride forever and still can't play it like Weldon did it.. IMO that's a world class piece of playing. |
I played for many years on a ShoBud single 10 in E9 tuning. I got a lot of help form Jeff Newman and Scotty's newsletter on playing C6 on an E9 neck. For intance, holding down the D knee (E to Eb), gives you a C6 chord at the 1st fret, and you can play on it like its a C6 non-pedal steel. There are other tricks, too. IMHO, the genre for C6 is western swing. I also play "Crazy" on my C6 neck. |
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