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Chris Templeton


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Post  Posted 13 Nov 2023 3:03 pm    
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Who's this steeler playing with the Wilburn Brothers on "Somebody's Back In Town", and what kind of steel?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzYMn8xJkCA
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scott murray


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Post  Posted 13 Nov 2023 3:38 pm    
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I'm gonna go with big Ben Keith on an early Sho-Bud, I believe this is from 1959.
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Jon Light


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Saugerties, NY
Post  Posted 13 Nov 2023 3:43 pm    
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Agree that I think it's Ben Keith (poor guy could barely fit his legs under any guitar). And that may be a Wright steel?







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Chris Templeton


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Post  Posted 13 Nov 2023 3:46 pm    
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Thanks folks!
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Brett Day


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Post  Posted 13 Nov 2023 8:14 pm    
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Ben Keith is the steel guitarist who played in Neil Young's band and could also be heard on country records. He actually has a Christmas record called "Seven Gates, which features him playing the steel guitar, as well as vocals by Johnny Cash and other artists.
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Chris Templeton


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Post  Posted 14 Nov 2023 4:56 am    
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Here's Ben's Wiki page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Keith
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Steve Hinson

 

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Hendersonville Tn USA
Post  Posted 14 Nov 2023 7:52 pm     Well…
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Buddy Emmons said in an interview that Don Warden got the first single neck Sho-Bud guitar,and Big Ben Keith got the first double neck Sho Bud…that is definitely a Sho Bud guitar-therefore,it may be the first double neck Sho Bud guitar…
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David Mitchell

 

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Tyler, Texas
Post  Posted 23 Nov 2023 10:58 pm    
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Ben also played the haunting steel parts on Patsy Cline's I Fall To Pieces hit. I thought it was pretty cool. Totally contrary to the way other steel players play.
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