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Sigi Meissner
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Posted 24 Jan 2003 1:56 pm |
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Please list Songtitles / Artists / Albums which have speedpicking solos. In particular E9th
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Ron Page
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Penn Yan, NY USA
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Posted 24 Jan 2003 2:11 pm
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This is going to be a long thread, so I'll be brief.
One of my favorites is Norm Hamlet on Merle Haggard's "I Had A Beautiful Time".
Lloyd Green's work in Charlie Pride Live At Panther Hall is a speed picking clinic, as is Paul Franklin's work on Rodney Crowell's Diamonds & Dirt.
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Chuck McGill
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An hour from Memphis and 2 from Nashville, R.I.P.
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Posted 24 Jan 2003 2:16 pm
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One of my favorites is Paul Franklin on Pick
it apart from Mark O'conner's solo cd which
I can't remember the name at the moment.
Smokin. |
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Bobby Boggs
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Posted 24 Jan 2003 2:33 pm
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| Now that's speed picking.-----------------bb |
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Jeff Lampert
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queens, new york city
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Posted 24 Jan 2003 2:35 pm
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| 1970's country-rock albums by New Riders Of The Purple Sage (Buddy Cage), POCO (Rusty Young), and Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen (Bobby Black) have lots of speed picking stuff. When getting a Commander Cody album, look at the titles to be sure it's Bobby Black, since I remember him playing some fast E9 solos. |
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Wade Medlock
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Avondale Estates, GA USA
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David Farlow
From:
Nevada
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Posted 24 Jan 2003 5:37 pm
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A song by Ricky Skaggs entitled "Country Boy" with Bruce Bouton on PSG. It really moves on.
David
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Bob Blair
From:
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Posted 24 Jan 2003 6:43 pm
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| In terms of Bobby Black, Commander Cody's "Hot Licks, Cold Steel and Trucker's Favorites" has some great examples, in a context where every note Bobby is playing comes right out and hits you on the head. |
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Kevin Hatton
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Buffalo, N.Y.
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Posted 24 Jan 2003 8:11 pm
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Dave, I had to play those three steel breaks on Country Boy every weekend for about a year. The middle one is nearly humanly impossible. Real quick. Bruce, are you human?
[This message was edited by Kevin Hatton on 24 January 2003 at 08:12 PM.] |
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Jody Sanders
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Magnolia,Texas, R.I.P.
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Posted 24 Jan 2003 8:40 pm
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| Emmons on "Caravan". Franklin on a Jerry Reed album. Jody. |
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scott murray
From:
Asheville, NC
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Posted 24 Jan 2003 9:46 pm
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"I'll Come Running"
Weldon Myrick with Connie Smith. |
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Bob Miano
From:
Bergenfield, N.J. (home of "some" country music) - deceased
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Posted 24 Jan 2003 11:52 pm
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Ricky Skaggs' (with Bruce Bouton on pedal steel) Highways & Heartaches CD has got some
great stuff. In particular, One Way Rider & Highway 40 Blues. I think someone else plays on this CD as well, but these 2 songs are Bruce and they kick !!
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Joerg Hennig
From:
Bavaria, Germany
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Posted 25 Jan 2003 7:15 am
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Ditto Jeff on the NRPS/Commander Cody stuff. In addition, check out the Great Speckled Bird album where Buddy Cage played before the New Riders. It has been reissued on CD and features a live version of "Truckers´Cafe" as a bonus track. If you´re into fast palm blocking, that tune will blow your mind. Of course the studio version too.
Regards, Joe H. |
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Tommy Minniear
From:
Logansport, Indiana
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Posted 25 Jan 2003 8:41 am
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Jimmie Crawford's and/or Russ Hicks' CD's have some "fine" examples of fast pickin'.
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Tommy Minniear
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Joey Ace
From:
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 25 Jan 2003 8:56 am
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Check out Hank DeVito's solo on Emmylou Harris's "Ooh, Las Vegas".
The sound file and tab are at Rebel and Ricky's. |
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C Dixon
From:
Duluth, GA USA
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Posted 25 Jan 2003 10:49 am
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Buddy Emmons on his 2 album set at the 1977 ISGC show. While he did it on a number of tunes on the album, there was one non-stop "speed-picking" stint that even excited the audience to break out in spontaneous applause. Which was immediately followed by the inept virtuoso (BE) further picking up the speed of his incredible "staccato" attack.
It was evident to even the casual steel guitar fan, that 99% of the people in that hall, were "digging" AND savoring every last drop of that musical ecstacy.
Crystal clear notes ringing in the ears of all; left one in true awe and bewilderment at what was coming out of Buddy's amp; as they shook their heads in disbelief at what was occuring right in front of their eyes (and ears).
And the greatest part of it all, was that no matter how fast the speed, EACH note rang out for the precise time it should have; AND each note was dead on and said something musically.
IMO, NO human on earth but BE has ever come close to achieving what he did on that incredible performance; that nite. As long as I live, I will still see and hear that unbelievable performance.
God richly Bless BE and all of you,
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Terry Wendt
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Nashville, TN, USA
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Posted 25 Jan 2003 11:04 am
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I got the goosebumps all over again just now reading that Carl. I was there, 16 years old, and had owned a pedal steel for two whole years at that time. To date, this is the most inspirational steel guitar event I can remember also!  There's no way of explaining the chill I experienced while hanging onto each and every live note he played!! Fast? yea... ULTRA FAST! God Bless ya Buddy Emmons. Without your playing contribution life wouldn't have been the same at all.
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Jake L
From:
Grapevine, Texas
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Posted 25 Jan 2003 12:32 pm
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Jeff Peterson does some "cookin" of his own on Clint Black's "This Nightlife".
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 25 Jan 2003 12:47 pm
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Nervous Breakdown, by Jerry Reed (with Paul Franklin doing the steel honors), is among the best I've heard. There are perhaps a dozen or two "pro" players (that I know of, anyway) that can play really clean fast lines. As far as a CD featuring all "good 'n fast" stuff, there isn't much around.
Weldon's playing on I'll Come Runnin'? Yeah, that was great! (I've heard a lot of players try it, but none ever did it as good as he did.) I also thought Wally Murphy was unbeatable when it came to playing fast chords...My Mother's Eyes comes to mind. Tommy, Herby, and Doug are hot, too. I've heard a lot about Mike Smith, but I've never had the pleasure of hearing him.
I'm sure there are some other "burners" I've missed, too. |
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Stephen Gambrell
From:
Over there
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Posted 25 Jan 2003 12:48 pm
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Yeah, Joey, and james Burton's Tele on "Ooh Las Vegas" pretty much tears through the grooves, too, doesn't it. Course, by the time I got to see her do the song live, I had to settle for Albert Lee!   |
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Roland van Beveren
From:
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Posted 25 Jan 2003 1:19 pm
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| Sneaky Pete Kleinow does some excellent speedpicking in his inimitable style on The Lemonheads' "Being Around". I can dream this solo, but I can't play it. |
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Gary Walker
From:
Morro Bay, CA
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Posted 25 Jan 2003 7:08 pm
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My two picks, not necessarily in that order it PF and TW. Paul did a super quick solo on Doyle Dykes new CD "Country Fried Pickin'". Other tunes have him on them also and is a great treat.
These two are about the cleanest of the speed drivers plus BE and DJ and HW and etc, etc. |
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Mark van Allen
From:
Watkinsville, Ga. USA
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Posted 25 Jan 2003 9:05 pm
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| Carl and Terry, I have to agree that set of Buddy's in '77 was the epitome of stellar steelin'. I've been booked every year since at convention time, but if I only got to see one, I'm SO glad that was it. I swear I can hear myself hollering on the recording... |
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Jody Sanders
From:
Magnolia,Texas, R.I.P.
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Posted 25 Jan 2003 9:30 pm
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| Buddy Emmons, has always been, still is, and always will be the greatest steel guitar thats ever been. No one who was there will ever forget his '77 show in St. Louis. Sure glad I was there. Jody. |
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Bobby Boggs
From:
Upstate SC.
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Posted 26 Jan 2003 1:03 am
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| Buddy in the late 70's.Those where the days. |
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