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Smokey Fennell
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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Posted 15 May 2020 8:42 pm |
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I've been searching for some kind of list for the musicians in the band, primarily the steel players, and what years and albums they played on. Any hints on where to look greatly appreciated.
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Smokey
2 Carter guitars and some Peavey stuff and a Hilton pedal and picks and a bar too
"The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs... There's also a negative side." -- Hunter S. Thompson |
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Mitch Drumm
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Frostbite Falls, hard by Veronica Lake
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Posted 15 May 2020 11:51 pm
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http://hankthompson.com/discography/track-9/
Start at the above link from Hank's own web site.
Copy it and save it to your hard drive. It's about 55 pages.
Covers 1946 through 2000. Steel from Jimmy Gilliland on the original "Whoa Sailor" through Gary Hogue.
Names all musicians. |
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Smokey Fennell
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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Posted 16 May 2020 12:37 pm
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Thanks. I had found that page at one time but I went back and worked through the way it was written.
I would still like to find a source to the periods of time that the live band steel players were active.
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Smokey
2 Carter guitars and some Peavey stuff and a Hilton pedal and picks and a bar too
"The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs... There's also a negative side." -- Hunter S. Thompson |
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Tracy Sheehan
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Fort Worth, Texas, USA
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Posted 16 May 2020 1:09 pm answer to quetion.
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| As I recall the last show Hank did was when the space shuttle that almost didn't make it.I don't recall the year but it was in Sioux Falls,SD. Jim Murphy was playing a new ZB steel and was having problems with it. We fixed it on a break. Tracy |
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Smokey Fennell
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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Posted 16 May 2020 1:15 pm
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Very cool
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Smokey
2 Carter guitars and some Peavey stuff and a Hilton pedal and picks and a bar too
"The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs... There's also a negative side." -- Hunter S. Thompson |
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Don Crowl
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Medford, Oregon, USA
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Posted 16 May 2020 4:06 pm
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| It looks like merle Travis played steel on recordings beginning with the number 113. I think I read it correctly. Had no idea merle Travis played steel especially with Hank Thompson. |
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Smokey Fennell
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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Posted 16 May 2020 4:32 pm
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That was a surprise to me as well.
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Smokey
2 Carter guitars and some Peavey stuff and a Hilton pedal and picks and a bar too
"The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs... There's also a negative side." -- Hunter S. Thompson |
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Erv Niehaus
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Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 17 May 2020 7:30 am
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At one time, Hank had twin steel guitars in his band.
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Don Crowl
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Medford, Oregon, USA
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Posted 17 May 2020 8:31 am
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| I remember that, Erv, how ever I don’t recall who the twin Steelers were. It seems like I recall that at one point Hank required that the Steelers overlap so they could pass on those signature licks properly. |
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Junior Knight
From:
Eustace Texas..paddle faster..I hear Banjos...
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Posted 17 May 2020 9:36 am
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Gary Hogue was in the road band for several years
and played steel on Hank’s last album in 2000
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Mitch Drumm
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Frostbite Falls, hard by Veronica Lake
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Posted 17 May 2020 11:47 am
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| I remember that, Erv, how ever I don’t recall who the twin Steelers were. It seems like I recall that at one point Hank required that the Steelers overlap so they could pass on those signature licks properly. |
Bob White and Pee Wee Whitewing.
At one time, Youtube had a Thompson video clip with both of them, playing "Dardanella".
Don't know if it's still available.
Go find and listen to them both take rides on Hank's "Red Skin Gal". My favorite Thompson tune. |
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john buffington
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Owasso OK - USA
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Posted 17 May 2020 1:04 pm
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| JD Walters also played for HT towards the end of his touring career. JD now resides in Glenpool, OK. What a killer player. JD also played for the late Freddie Hart. JD is ultra smooth on C6th as well as E9th, definitely a musicians - Musician! |
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David Ball
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North Carolina High Country
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Posted 17 May 2020 3:38 pm
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The sessions with both Merle Travis and Curly Chalker were really good ones I think.
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Don Crowl
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Medford, Oregon, USA
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Posted 19 May 2020 6:01 pm
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| I love the work that Gary hogue did on Hank’s last seven decades album. I often replay the CD just to listen to Gary play. If I recall correctly Gary passed on shortly after that album was completed. another major loss to the world of Steelers. I feel certain junior night would know about that. |
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Bill Cunningham
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Atlanta, Ga. USA
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Posted 20 May 2020 4:42 pm
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I think this is the list.....
Jimmy Gilliland
Lefty Nason
Bob White
Pee Wee Whitewing
Bobbie Garrett
Bert Rivera
Curley Chalker
Jim Murphy
Lynn Frazier
Gary Hogue
J.D. Walters
Me  and many others once at least. I did a show about 1990.
Maybe I left out one or two but not many. I met Hank twice, the time I backed him and once 5-6 years later when we opened for him. I asked about his steel players and he said it was not a long list. He named them all and his wife confirmed as he went through the list.
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Don R Brown
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Rochester, New York, USA
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Posted 20 May 2020 5:06 pm
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Maybe a year or so back, we had a thread on here listing who played steel for Hank Thompson. I think it would have been easier to list who had NOT done so, maybe my memory is bad but I think the list was well over 20 players.
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Rick Jackson
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Carson City, Nevada
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Posted 5 Jun 2020 11:13 am
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| Bobby Black told me when PeeWee left the band, Hank Thompson wanted him to join. That way there would be 2 Bigsbys on stage left and right. One would say Bob Black and the other Bob White. Bob Black passed on the gig and went on to other things... |
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