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Topic: Who is the steel player with Johnny Paycheck on A-11 |
Gary Cooper
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Jon Light
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Posted 3 Jan 2015 2:18 pm |
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| I believe (and it sounds like) it is Sonny Curtis, same as on the recording. |
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Gary Cooper
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Posted 3 Jan 2015 2:19 pm Paycheck
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Thanks Jon
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Richard Sinkler
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Posted 3 Jan 2015 2:37 pm
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Great video. I've never seen Sonny play anything but a ZB and Clark. He's such a great player.
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Marty Holmes
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Magnolia ,TX USA
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Posted 3 Jan 2015 2:40 pm
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| Try LG on the record that is |
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Gary Cooper
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Atmore, Alabama
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Posted 3 Jan 2015 3:29 pm sonny
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Is Sonny still with us?
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Jon Light
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Saugerties, NY
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Posted 3 Jan 2015 3:40 pm
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| Marty Holmes wrote: |
| Try LG on the record that is |
No. A-11 is the one Little Darlin cut that is not Lloyd Green. It is the Jones Boys with Sonny Curtis. |
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 3 Jan 2015 4:09 pm Re: sonny
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| Gary Cooper wrote: |
| Is Sonny still with us? |
Yup.
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John Booth
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Columbus Ohio, USA
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Posted 3 Jan 2015 4:12 pm
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Yes, Sonny is here in Columbus and still playing.
JB
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Jerry Hedge
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Posted 7 Jan 2015 7:43 pm
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No. A-11 is the one Little Darlin cut that is not Lloyd Green. It is the Jones Boys with Sonny Curtis. |
It was the Jones Boys with a studio guy on bass. Paycheck was the bass player in the Jones Boys in those days. The song was recorded at the RCA studio in New York City.There was a man named Aubery Mayhugh that was Paycheck's manager. Mayhugh was trying to help Paycheck get a solo career going. He had connections with some people at RCA and was able to book studio time. George and the band were in New York to do the Jimmy Dean Show (it was one of the first network tv shows to feature country music acts). So Mayhugh used the Jones boys on the record and since Paycheck was the singer, he hired a studio player to play bass. |
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Craig Baker
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Eatonton, Georgia, USA - R.I.P.
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Posted 7 Jan 2015 10:14 pm
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Are you guys sure it's Sonny Curtis? Looks like Maxwell Smart to me
Craig
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robert kramer
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Posted 8 Jan 2015 5:36 am
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Recorded ca. August 1965 in NYC. Praguefrank lists Nashville in error.
ca. August 1965 Nashville, TN – Johnny Paycheck (Producer: Aubrey Mayhew)
048 S4KM-9364-1 WHERE IN THE WORLD 3007/ Hilltop JS-6124 KOC-CD-9835
049 S4KM-9365-1 A-11 3007/JS-6124 SLD-8012 CMF-023 KOC-CD-9835
In the video Sonny Curtis is playing an Emmons Stereo with Charlie Justice on fiddle:
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Charlie McDonald
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Posted 8 Jan 2015 5:39 am
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Dustin Rigsby
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Parts Unknown, Ohio
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Posted 14 Jan 2015 5:00 am
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Sonny has a bajillion stories, a true living legend ! BTW he didn't have that Emmons for very long.
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Marty Holmes
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Magnolia ,TX USA
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Posted 18 Jan 2015 1:33 pm
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Bob Carlucci
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Candor, New York, USA
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Posted 18 Jan 2015 6:21 pm
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That pedal steel sounds exactly like a pedal steel should have sounded in the mid 60's.. THAT is the sound I love, and the only time I hear it these days is on old recordings...
btw, interesting bass Johnny is playing.. I have seen Teiscos that looked similar, but wow that headstock looks a like something made by Paul Bigsby.. i wonder if that is an electric bass guitar from bigsby??.. If so, I can only imagine what its worth... bob
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Mel Bergman
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Camarillo, California, USA
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chris ivey
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california (deceased)
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Posted 20 Jan 2015 9:15 am
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| i think it probably had less to do with his 'genius' and more to do with his 'paycheck'. |
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Bob Carlucci
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Candor, New York, USA
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Posted 20 Jan 2015 10:47 am
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There are YT vids of Glen Campbell playing a Tiesco guitar on TV, before his big deal with Ovation... Sounded wonderful... bob
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Don Drummer
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West Virginia, USA
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Posted 20 Jan 2015 3:19 pm
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| Sonny use of pedals are the reverse of what everyone else uses. He has an A6th tuning. Pedals down makes the open chord an E major. You can see it in the video. |
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Dick Sexton
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Greenville, Ohio
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Daniel Policarpo
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Posted 20 Jan 2015 7:32 pm
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| Don Drummer wrote: |
| Sonny use of pedals are the reverse of what everyone else uses. He has an A6th tuning. Pedals down makes the open chord an E major. You can see it in the video. |
That's good info. What a trip. He's one of my favorite steel players and trying to cop his vibe from the records is kind of tough. He was so good behind the singers. The Musicor years with George are hard to beat for steel. |
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Don Drummer
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West Virginia, USA
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Posted 22 Jan 2015 2:37 am
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| Daniel, I agree. It seems so backward to me to use the E9th system in this way. Coming off the AB pedals to get the same raise really messes with my head. Sonny explained it to me at a Chubby Howard show. He w a s using an Emmons LeGrande with two Randall amps playing possum tunes.Best tone in the room. I believe a mister Hangar used the same system that was a twist of the PSG evolution. Hangar. |
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