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Topic: Describe the "West Coast" style of steel playing |
Larry Behm
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Mt Angel, Or 97362
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Posted 1 Jul 2016 6:14 am |
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To me it is more single note, top 5-6 strings with a fair amount of reverb and some edge on the treble.
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Greg Cutshaw
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Corry, PA, USA
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Lem Smith
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Long Beach, MS
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Posted 1 Jul 2016 5:13 pm
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| I'd probably sum up the West Coast style steel guitar playing with two words... Ralph Mooney! |
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 2 Jul 2016 5:07 am
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| I think of it being as much as a sound as a style. Along with ol' Moon, I think Tom Brumley, Jay McDonald, Fuzzy Owen, and Dick Stubbs were a part of it. |
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John Billings
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Ohio, USA
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Posted 2 Jul 2016 2:36 pm
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My late buddy Jerry Brightman also did it with Buck.
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Brendan Mitchell
From:
Melbourne Australia
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Posted 3 Jul 2016 4:02 am
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| To quote Don Slack from Swing Doors on KEXP " the bright bouncy melodic sound of Ralph Mooney " |
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Steve Dodson
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Sparta, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 3 Jul 2016 8:15 am Weat Coast Style Steel
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Guys Jay Dee Maness has done well with that style and his tone is great, as well as his style of playing is second to none, great person, awesome player. Love everything he plays.
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Robbie Daniels
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Casper, Wyoming, USA
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Posted 3 Jul 2016 10:07 pm
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It would seem that apparently none of you have been, lived or really paid any attention to West coast steelers.
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Joachim Kettner
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Germany
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Posted 4 Jul 2016 6:35 am
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West coast players were probably playing louder than the Nashville players.
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Steven Pearce
From:
Port Orchard Washington, USA
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Posted 4 Jul 2016 8:51 am Why be rude?
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| Robbie Daniels wrote: |
| It would seem that apparently none of you have been, lived or really paid any attention to West coast steelers. |
So Robbie...now that you've told us what we DON'T know, please fill us in by telling us
what you DO know about West Coast steelers.
 And finally... To all that use this forum to help, entertain, or just visit with our fellow steel players...thank you. And to those who live to tell ME, YOU, or US all that we don't know...
Steve from Port Orchard WA
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 4 Jul 2016 9:43 am
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| Yes, please describe the West Coast sound for us. I'm curious to know what we're missing. |
Yes, Robbie from Casper, Wyoming, enlighten us all who live on the West Coast, especially those of us who lived here before the "West Coast Sound" was even established.. |
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Robbie Daniels
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Casper, Wyoming, USA
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Posted 4 Jul 2016 3:25 pm
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Didn't mean to ruffle too many featherss, but I learned to play steel in the San Francisco area in about 1946 when the only pedal steel, as such, was the Harlin Brothers. The west coast, especialy northern, had steelers such as Vance Terry, Bobby Black, Danny Boyd and others that don't readily come to mind. The whole point is that steel guitar is not confined to any one area or continent, but to music as a whole. The Nashville Sound, as great as it is, is not the defining solution to steel guitar but merely a point of reference. Nashville has it's style, the west coast has it's style and Texas as well as other areas have there styles and to alienate any one area is not being true to the steel guitar. I think that steel guitar is one of the most underated musical instruments. Have a great 4th of July and enjoy your steel guitar whether pedals or no pedals
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Joachim Kettner
From:
Germany
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Posted 5 Jul 2016 12:44 am Re: Describe the
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| Larry Behm wrote: |
| To me it is more single note, top 5-6 strings with a fair amount of reverb and some edge on the treble. |
As Jay Dee does here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voPe0WGKtCo
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Dustin Rigsby
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Parts Unknown, Ohio
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Posted 5 Jul 2016 5:30 am Re: Describe the
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You mean there is other ways to play besides this ? 
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Joachim Kettner
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Germany
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Posted 5 Jul 2016 6:36 am
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But he plays more single notes than chords, Dustin.
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Steve Green
From:
Gulfport, MS, USA
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Posted 5 Jul 2016 7:37 am
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The first name that comes to my mind when I think of the "West Coast" style is Joaquin Murphey.
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Tom Quinn
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Posted 5 Jul 2016 7:06 pm
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Solid technique, fast palm dampening, single notes and not as much legato. Brighter tone, Fender reverb and the presence knob turned up. Even on the slow songs, the steel is out front and has a crying sound not apparent in Nashville picking.
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Les Cargill
From:
Oklahoma City, Ok, USA
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James Jacoby
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 6 Jul 2016 1:12 am
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| Lem Smith wrote: |
| I'd probably sum up the West Coast style steel guitar playing with two words... Ralph Mooney! |
West Coast, is my favorite style, and if I could play like only one of my steel heroes, it would be Mooney! I don't think anyone, really compares to his tone, and technique! I think you could have had a hundred steel players, play the same song, and listen with a blindfold on, and you would always know which one, was Mooney! -Jake- |
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Kevin Hatton
From:
Buffalo, N.Y.
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Posted 6 Jul 2016 2:01 am
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| Greg Cutshaw that is some great playing. Who is singing? I didn't realize that you were so close to Buffalo. I use to play Doc Hollidays and Best Western in Erie all the time. I should take a ride down and say hello. You're a fine player. |
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Pete Burak
From:
Portland, OR USA
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Posted 6 Jul 2016 9:02 am
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| I would add Tom Brumley to this thread. |
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Lem Smith
From:
Long Beach, MS
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Posted 6 Jul 2016 10:08 am
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| Pete Burak wrote: |
| I would add Tom Brumley to this thread. |
Tom wasn't left out. Donny mentioned him earlier in the thread. |
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Lem Smith
From:
Long Beach, MS
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Posted 6 Jul 2016 10:10 am
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| Kevin Hatton wrote: |
| Greg Cutshaw that is some great playing. Who is singing? I didn't realize that you were so close to Buffalo. I use to play Doc Hollidays and Best Western in Erie all the time. I should take a ride down and say hello. You're a fine player. |
That's Buck singing. Not sure if the steel is Tom or not though. It's good, whoever it is. |
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