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Eric Reeves


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Post  Posted 5 Apr 2021 8:53 pm    
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JUst finished listening to Lloyd Green's playing on Charlie Pride's '68 album, "In Person, Live at Panther Hall". I can't help but really love the steel outside the studio in its organic environment. I'm curious what other additions ya'll might have to the list of great live albums with killer psg. Here's a few of my favorite to get the ball rollin:

Rusty Young - Poco - "Deliverin'" (1971)
Bobby Black - Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen - "We've Got A Live One Here!" (1976)
Ralph Mooney - Waylon Jennings - "Waylon Live" (1976)
John David Call - Pure Prarie League - "Live! Takin' the Stage (1977)
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Jim Fogarty


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Post  Posted 6 Apr 2021 12:25 am    
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You picked some good’uns...........and I’d like to add:

Buck Owens and the Buckeroos - Live at Carnegie Hall - Tom Brumley

Rick Nelson in Concert at the Troubadour ( especially the 2cd expanded version) - also Brumley

Dale Watson - Live from London.......England! - our own Ricky Davis
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Dan Beller-McKenna


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Post  Posted 6 Apr 2021 1:55 am    
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Love all of those. Add Joe Ely, Live at Antone's with Lloyd Maines.
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Jeff Garden


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Post  Posted 6 Apr 2021 3:46 am    
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Gary Stewart Live at Billy Bob's Texas - Steve Palousek at his honky tonk best.
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scott murray


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Post  Posted 6 Apr 2021 3:50 am    
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George Jones - Live at Dancetown USA with Buddy Emmons

Dick Curless - Live at the Wheeling Truck Drivers Jamboree with Curly Chalker

Buddy Emmons - Live at the ISGC 1977
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Post  Posted 6 Apr 2021 4:11 am     Best
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Anything with Conway and John Hughey, especially the early stuff
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Marco Schouten


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Post  Posted 6 Apr 2021 4:26 am    
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Glen Sherley is also a good one, recorded live in prison, with Lloyd Green on steel.
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Dave Hepworth

 

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Post  Posted 6 Apr 2021 4:48 am    
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Home home on the road ....NRPS.....awesome steel from Buddy Cage .He really drives the band along and is so locked into the bass and drums ,no lean moments on steel,a truly amazing album.
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Pete Burak

 

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Post  Posted 6 Apr 2021 5:11 am    
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Charlie Pride - In Person / Live At Panther Hall
Lloyd Green

Love all those Country Rock Live-albums!
Poco, NRPS, PPL, Commander Cody!

Most of the Albums mentioned are on YouTube.
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John Larson


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Post  Posted 6 Apr 2021 11:31 am    
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New Riders of the Purple Sage - Veneta, Oregon, 8/27/72 "Field Trip"
NRPS opened for Grateful Dead at the legendary Venetia Oregon 8/27/72 "Sunshine Daydream" show. Buddy Cage is firing on all cylinders here and it was about 100°F that day from what I understand.

Dire Straits - On The Night
Paul Franklin absolutely spices up older Dire Straits songs here "Brothers in Arms" and "Walk of Life" especially.

Emmylou Harris - Last Date
Steve Fishell backs up Emmylou spectacularly here. The whole band is very good on this album. Her cover of Springsteen's "Racing in the Street" and Gram Parsons' "Return of the Grevious Angel" are highlights.
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Ron Funk

 

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Post  Posted 6 Apr 2021 12:01 pm    
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Johnny Paycheck - Live from the Lone Star Cafe / NYC (w/Big Jim Murphy)
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Dennis Montgomery


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Post  Posted 6 Apr 2021 2:38 pm    
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John Larson wrote:
New Riders of the Purple Sage - Veneta, Oregon, 8/27/72 "Field Trip"
NRPS opened for Grateful Dead at the legendary Venetia Oregon 8/27/72 "Sunshine Daydream" show. Buddy Cage is firing on all cylinders here and it was about 100°F that day from what I understand.


Correct. I have the Dead's 3 CD box of their complete show and it was so hot that between sets whoever was making the announcements (Ken Kesey or Ken Babbs) was talking about bringing in water trucks to spray the crowd Winking
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scott murray


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Post  Posted 6 Apr 2021 4:08 pm    
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Buck Owens - Live in London with JayDee Maness

Ween - Live in Toronto with Stu Basore

Gram Parsons & the Fallen Angels - Live 1973 with Neil Flanz
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Rick Campbell


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Post  Posted 6 Apr 2021 6:31 pm    
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Ronnie Milsap Live with Dicky Overbey.

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Jon Voth

 

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Post  Posted 6 Apr 2021 7:01 pm    
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The Time Jumpers w/ John Hughey.

"Jumping' Time" I think is a live album (and amazing).
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Dave Magram

 

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Post  Posted 6 Apr 2021 9:08 pm    
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My top vote is for Commander Cody: Live from Deep in the Heart of Texas featuring Bobby Black front and center on both E9 and C6.

Bobby plays great E9 on the wild Cajun opener "Armadillo Stomp"; perhaps the saddest country song ever written, “Down to Seeds & Stems Again Blues”; Buck Owens' weeper "Crying Time"; the Western ““Sunset on the Sage”; and great C6 on 1950s rock & roll "Mean Woman Blues"; their classic "Too Much Fun"; rockers like "Riot in Cell Block #9", “I’m Coming Home”, and "Oh Momma Momma"; and more.

This has been one of my favorite LPs since when it came out in the mid-70s.

I'm not the only one who liked it--Live from Deep in the Heart of Texas was named by Rolling Stone as one of the Best 100 Albums of All Time.

- Dave
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Jim Fogarty


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Post  Posted 6 Apr 2021 9:29 pm    
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Danny Gatton and Buddy Emmons - Redneck Jazz Explosion v1 and v2

Jimmie Rivers - Brisbane Bop - with Vance Terry
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Ian Rae


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Post  Posted 7 Apr 2021 12:09 am     Re: Best LIVE albums with Pedal Steel
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Eric Reeves wrote:

Bobby Black - Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen - "We've Got A Live One Here!" (1976)

I would also like to nominate the previous "Live From Deep In The Heart Of Texas" (1974)
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Bob Watson


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Post  Posted 7 Apr 2021 12:19 am    
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Johnny Bush & The Bandoleros - Live! At Dance Town USA. It has Rick Price playing pedal steel on it!
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Tony Prior


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Post  Posted 7 Apr 2021 1:01 am    
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Jeff Garden wrote:
Gary Stewart Live at Billy Bob's Texas - Steve Palousek at his honky tonk best.


I second this one, its friggin awesome !
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Al Evans


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Post  Posted 7 Apr 2021 5:35 am    
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Dave Hepworth wrote:
Home home on the road ....NRPS.....awesome steel from Buddy Cage .He really drives the band along and is so locked into the bass and drums ,no lean moments on steel,a truly amazing album.


Buddy Cage does a great job on this album of proving the pedal steel guitar can be a rhythm instrument. "Hello Mary Lou", in particular.

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Pete Burak

 

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Post  Posted 7 Apr 2021 5:47 am    
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Dave Magram wrote:
My top vote is for Commander Cody: Live from Deep in the Heart of Texas featuring Bobby Black front and center on both E9 and C6.

Bobby plays great E9 on the wild Cajun opener "Armadillo Stomp"; perhaps the saddest country song ever written, “Down to Seeds & Stems Again Blues”; Buck Owens' weeper "Crying Time"; the Western ““Sunset on the Sage”; and great C6 on 1950s rock & roll "Mean Woman Blues"; their classic "Too Much Fun"; rockers like "Riot in Cell Block #9", “I’m Coming Home”, and "Oh Momma Momma"; and more.

This has been one of my favorite LPs since when it came out in the mid-70s.

I'm not the only one who liked it--Live from Deep in the Heart of Texas was named by Rolling Stone as one of the Best 100 Albums of All Time.

- Dave


I love Bobby's Horn Section style Punches on Oh Mama Mama!
I have fit that styling into some of the Swing tunes that I play.
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Bill C. Buntin

 

Post  Posted 7 Apr 2021 5:51 am    
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The great Bobby Garrett with Hank Thompson bvb including Merle Travis
Live at the Golden Nugget Las Vegas ca 1960
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Bill C. Buntin

 

Post  Posted 7 Apr 2021 5:55 am     Oops
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Sorry guys. The op said pedal steel....gold nugget with Bobby Garrett is not pedal steel.
Still a great listen though....
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Marc Muller


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Post  Posted 7 Apr 2021 6:53 am    
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Dave Hepworth wrote:
Home home on the road ....NRPS.....awesome steel from Buddy Cage .He really drives the band along and is so locked into the bass and drums ,no lean moments on steel,a truly amazing album.

What he said, basically verbatim.
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