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Topic: Anyone else hear a pedal steel in this song? |
Jack Hanson
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San Luis Valley, USA
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Posted 1 May 2014 12:18 pm |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roYj3vevcMY&list=RDroYj3vevcMY
Sounds like pedal steel to me, especially during the tacet between the bridge and the last verse, at about 2:14. Admittedly it's hard to tell with these old ears. With the elaborate production budget available here, it could quite possibly be digital smoke and mirrors.
If it indeed is a steel guitar, does anyone know who was playing it? |
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Mike Wheeler
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Delaware, Ohio, USA
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Posted 1 May 2014 12:44 pm
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I couldn't hear any slides, and what seemed like a possible pedal steel could have been some expert electric guitar playing intended to mimic a steel. I watched it in the highest resolution and couldn't see a steel anywhere, but then again, the lighting was pretty dark.
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Donny Hinson
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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 1 May 2014 1:41 pm
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| There's definitely steel in there, starting at :54, but it's not that obvious. It's rather non-descript stuff, so I wouldn't hazard a guess as to the player, but it definitely helps what I feel is a "rather average" song and singer. |
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 1 May 2014 1:53 pm
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I agree with Donny, but I couldn't make it through to the end of the song. 
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Alan Waslin
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Hull, England
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Posted 1 May 2014 2:40 pm Any one else hearing the steel in this song
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| I would like to hear the song but informed vidio not allowed in this country. that i s England. |
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Bobby D. Jones
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West Virginia, USA
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Posted 1 May 2014 7:37 pm Anyone else hear a pedal steel in this song.
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| I can hear what sounds like a PSG at about 1:46, 2:14 2:40, and at 2:57 to end. It is a PSG or someone on lead guitar that is a good string bender and using a volume pedal. I used to play at a place where the lead guitar player would bend strings and use a volume pedal, Sounded very steeley, Hard to play with him because you was asking yourself. "Is that me or JJ" |
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David Nugent
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Gum Spring, Va.
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Posted 4 May 2014 1:49 pm
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| Looks like Billy Gibbons, sounds like Aaron Neville. I agree with Donnie and Richard, I would describe the song as "tediously boring".. |
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Jack Hanson
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San Luis Valley, USA
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Posted 4 May 2014 9:13 pm
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For better or worse I have to learn this tune, which is new to me, for a wedding gig. It was presented as the bride's favorite song, and mandatory for the job (which pays very well).
I would agree wholeheartedly that "Say Goodbye" may not be the best song ever written. However, it certainly wasn't my intention to solicit critiques of either the song or the artist, but rather whether or not there was a steel guitar in the linked video.
After figuring out the tune, and creating my own pedal steel part, I am actually growing to like the song. It sure beats the crap out of most wedding requests, such as "The Rose," or (fill in the blank here).
Nicholas David may look like the illegitimate son of Billy Gibbons and a bag lady. But, so what? Listen to some of his other stuff. IMHO, he sings like an angel.
Who here can honestly say they really dug Jimi Hendrix, or Ernest Tubb, or Beethoven on their first listen? Fess up!
It seems to be the consensus of those who commented that there indeed is a pedal steel guitar in the mix of this song.
You L.A. steel guys -- who will admit to playing on this session? |
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Drew Howard
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Jack Hanson
From:
San Luis Valley, USA
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Posted 6 May 2014 8:31 am
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| Drew Howard wrote: |
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Believe you just may have supplied the answer there, Drew. I rue the day when we are all replaced by machines. |
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Drew Howard
From:
48854
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Posted 6 May 2014 8:42 am
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| We already have. Our pop music reflects it in vocal phrasing and hooks. |
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Herb Steiner
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Briarcliff TX 78669, pop. 2,064
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Posted 6 May 2014 11:18 am
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Was I supposed to?
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Son, we live in a world with walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with steel guitars. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinberg? |
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Donny Hinson
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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 6 May 2014 3:32 pm
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| Jack Hanson wrote: |
I would agree wholeheartedly that "Say Goodbye" may not be the best song ever written. However, it certainly wasn't my intention to solicit critiques of either the song or the artist, but rather whether or not there was a steel guitar in the linked video.
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Jack, my comments about the song and singer weren't meant as a slam, but they were just what came to me due to the context of the clip, i.e., something offered on a top-rated, nationwide network show. (This wasn't something recorded at a local club.) I think the steel added some flavor, and made the song more interesting and listenable. Without it, I'd have not listened to much of the song. |
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