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Topic: Who would be at the top of your list? |
Todd Goad
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Posted 20 May 2015 12:36 pm |
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I have thought of those that have past and those that are still with us and there are many I wish I could have met and many I would like to meet. Yes, I am talking about the many PSG Players that have made this instrument what it is today.
So, who comes to mind guys and gals?
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Richard Sinkler
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Posted 20 May 2015 12:43 pm
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Top of my list is John Hughey. Then Buddy Emmons.
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Stephen Gambrell
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Posted 20 May 2015 12:45 pm
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O,K, I'll go second.
BUDDY EMMONS
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Brett Day
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Pickens, SC
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Posted 20 May 2015 1:40 pm
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For me, it would be Paul Franklin, Bruce Bouton, John Hughey, Dan Dugmore, Teddy Carr, Steve Hinson, and Sonny Garrish. I've met John and Paul, and both players played on many great records. Buddy came on the list after I started listening to him in 1998 before I started playing steel-he played on a lot of great records too, and also played steel with "Little Jimmy Dickens, Ernest Tubb, the Everly Brothers, and many other artists. All of these players and many others have inspired me to be the steel player I am today. Randle Currie, who plays steel for Brad Paisley asked me two years ago who my favorite steel player is, and of course, I couldn't tell just one favorite because there are so many great players out there.
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Larry Baker
From:
Columbia, Mo. U.S.A.
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Posted 20 May 2015 1:43 pm
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Don Helms
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Jack Hanson
From:
San Luis Valley, USA
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Posted 20 May 2015 1:49 pm
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| If I could only pick one name, it would probably be Sol Hoopii. |
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 20 May 2015 2:23 pm
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| Stephen Gambrell wrote: |
O,K, I'll go second.
BUDDY EMMONS
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Actually, John and Buddy are tied for #1 for me.
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Todd Goad
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Gray, Georgia, USA
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Posted 20 May 2015 2:29 pm
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This is great folks. Keep 'em comin' most of these I have heard of and others never. I will be doing some searches with some of these names for sure.
For myself, Don Helms, Buddy Emmons, Bruce Bouton, Jerry Byrd, Speedy West, Pete Drake, Jimmy Day, Ralph Mooney, Bud Isaacs, Little Roy Wiggins, Hal Rugg, Tom Brumley, Doug Jernigan, John Hughey, Weldon Myrick, Jeff Newman, Herby Wallace, JayDee Maness and Maurice Anderson just to name a few.
Thanks again for your input.
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Georg Sørtun
From:
Mandal, Agder, Norway
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Posted 20 May 2015 2:35 pm
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| Lloyd Green. |
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Paul Stauskas
From:
DFW, TX
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Posted 20 May 2015 2:53 pm
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Bruce Kaphan and Greg Leisz
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 20 May 2015 2:59 pm
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IMHO, it's Emmons, Chalker, and Green - the first triumvirate, as it were.  |
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 20 May 2015 3:12 pm
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C'mon guys, stop worrying that you're not going to please everybody. Five guys can't be #1. Just name one..  |
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Jim Cohen
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Philadelphia, PA
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Tim Russell
From:
Pennsylvania, USA
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Posted 20 May 2015 3:28 pm
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Lloyd Green here too.
My dad worked at a radio station most of his life, and they used to receive promo records from the companies all the time.
I came across Lloyd Green 45's and I was hooked; I wanted a Lloyd Green model steel (never got one).
The first 45's I remember finding of Lloyd's were, "Stainless Steel, Feelings, Atlantis, and San Antonio Rose." Just beautiful stuff. Warm memories of those times...
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Bill Waskiewicz
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Deerfield Beach, Florida, USA
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Posted 20 May 2015 3:30 pm
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| b0b, Thank You. |
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Don R Brown
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Rochester, New York, USA
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Posted 20 May 2015 3:39 pm
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I missed a great chance, the timing was just wrong. I took up steel just over 3 years ago. We have a daughter who lives 25 minutes from Chattanooga and we visit a couple times a year.
From what I hear, Herbie Wallace's love of steel was closely followed by a love of trains. I worked 44 years on railroads and I'm sure that if he were still with us, we could spend hours discussing both interests. It would have been the highlight of a visit down there to set up a day with him.  |
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Tracy Sheehan
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Fort Worth, Texas, USA
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Posted 20 May 2015 5:52 pm The best steel player so overlooked.
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It has surprised me for many years the best steel player there ever was is seldom mentioned. Curly Chalker.
He was the Heifest of steel guitar .If any one here is familiar with the undisputed greatest violinist Yasha Heifest. |
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john buffington
From:
Owasso OK - USA
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Posted 20 May 2015 6:01 pm
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| The "Big E" hands down for me! |
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Mike Neer
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NJ
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Posted 20 May 2015 6:06 pm
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Sol Hoopii and Speedy.
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Joseph Napolitano
From:
New Jersey, USA
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Posted 20 May 2015 6:07 pm
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| Dickey Overby . |
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Jim Cooley
From:
The 'Ville, Texas, USA
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Posted 20 May 2015 6:11 pm
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| Dicky Overbey. Since I've met Mike Johnson, I won't mention him. Oops. |
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Gary Dillard
From:
Tuscaloosa, AL
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Posted 20 May 2015 6:15 pm
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| Weldon, John, and Lloyd. |
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Walter Stettner
From:
Vienna, Austria
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Stephen Gambrell
From:
Over there
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Posted 21 May 2015 4:08 am
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| Richard Sinkler wrote: |
| Stephen Gambrell wrote: |
O,K, I'll go second.
BUDDY EMMONS
Sorry, Richard. |
Actually, John and Buddy are tied for #1 for me. |
Hughey was such a nice guy--I'm not gonna disagree with that--And of course, he owned the E9 neck--to the point that a lot of people ignored his great C6 playing--And that's a shame.
But I don't know of anybody who's been more influential with one instrument than Buddy has. The chromatic strings, pedal and knee lever placement, and still play that instrument at a virtuostic level.
Watching Buddy watching Mike Johnson, on the Ray Price tribute special--it's pretty obvious that Buddy still loves it. |
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Roger Kelly
From:
Bristol,Tennessee
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Posted 21 May 2015 7:33 am
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| ....Jerry Byrd. |
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