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Topic: Steel guitarist in "Ray", Ray Charles biopic? |
Gerald Menke
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Stormville NY, USA
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Posted 1 Nov 2004 6:14 am |
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Hello,
If you love music, the new film about Ray Charles, "Ray", is totally worth seeing; Jamie Foxx's performance is awe-inspiring. But the point of my post is that very early in the film, a musician brings Ray to some roadhouse where a country band is rehearsing, and they invite Ray to join them. There's a guy sitting behind what looks like a Fender D-8, I was curious if anyone knew who that might be. Always makes me happy to see a steel on the silver screen.
Brought to you courtesy someone tired of RR threads... |
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Bobbe Seymour
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Hendersonville TN USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 1 Nov 2004 6:40 am
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Pete Grant
From:
Auburn, CA, USA
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Posted 1 Nov 2004 8:57 am
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| He actually could be a steel player. I did that sort of thing in a Jessica Lange movie about Patsy Cline, and in a whole bunch of TV shows like Dallas and Dukes of Hazzard. |
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Billy Joe Bailey
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Jackson, Mississippi, USA
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Posted 1 Nov 2004 9:16 am
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I't was my one big chance of a golden oportunity, so Hollwood called,I said I know where A peddle?????is. that is as about as much as they care to know. I fooled e'm and got the job. Now that's acting,,glissing and scratching, and acting,some more. Yo baby, yo baby,I'm yo super steelman, sign him up.
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[This message was edited by Billy Joe Bailey on 01 November 2004 at 09:24 AM.] |
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Michael Johnstone
From:
Sylmar,Ca. USA
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Posted 1 Nov 2004 10:33 am
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| It could be a real player. I know that here in L.A. - probably thru AFM local 47 pressure - they usually try to get real players if they can for movie/TV sidelining. I did some mandolin sidelining in a new Danny DeVito/Kathy Bates movie a couple weeks ago and it was all real musicians. |
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David Doggett
From:
Bawl'mer, MD (formerly of MS, Nawluns, Gnashville, Knocksville, Lost Angeles, Bahsten. and Philly)
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Posted 1 Nov 2004 10:33 am
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| It was a great movie. I thought the steel guitar was a Bigsby, but it could also have been a stockroom fake. |
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Charles Curtis
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Posted 1 Nov 2004 3:17 pm
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| Ah, good old southern california; back in the 60s I was so infatuated with the psg, I purchased a second hand Fender 1000, D-8, committed the basics to memory and got away with passing to be a musician. Back then, there were so few around that it wasn't too hard to do. Was it Andy Warhol that said something to the effect about a high degree of success is "showing up"? |
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Dan Sawyer
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Studio City, California, USA
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Posted 2 Nov 2004 3:50 pm
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| Don't know if it's true, but someone told me that Jamie Fox actually played all his piano parts in the movie, even tho' he was lip synching to Ray's voice. Supposedly, before he became an actor, Mr Fox got a music degree in college. |
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Roger Rettig
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Naples, FL
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Posted 6 Nov 2004 7:04 pm
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Dan
Jamie Foxx did perform a few of the piano and vocals, although Ray did the majority. Mostly the 'domestic' scenes featured the actor.
The steel part was played by Doug Livingston, no less! I don't know who the actor was, though.
This is a great film!
RR |
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Dan Sawyer
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Studio City, California, USA
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Posted 7 Nov 2004 12:55 pm
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| Thanks for that Roger. Yep, if anyone can do this film justice, it's my old friend Doug. Gotta see this movie before it hits the video stores. |
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chas smith R.I.P.
From:
Encino, CA, USA
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Posted 8 Nov 2004 9:04 am
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| And Doug got a screen credit, a coveted validation and very unusual for a musician. |
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Gerald Menke
From:
Stormville NY, USA
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Posted 8 Nov 2004 12:41 pm
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Good for Doug! He sounded killer as always, even if we only hear just a sliver of his playing before the next scene. On that note, the steel I heard in the soundtrack sounded like it was of the pedal variety, but what we see onscreen is decidedly non-pedal...I was corrected and informed it was probably an old Bigsby, not a Fender. Maybe Doug will weigh in and clear things up. In any case, a great movie, and a fun scene for us pickers.
G |
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Bobbe Seymour
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Hendersonville TN USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 12 Nov 2004 7:28 am
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Yes, Doug Livingston may also be an actor, however, he is also a wonderful musician with many instruments to his credit. (and a brilliant mind)
bobbe |
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Roger Rettig
From:
Naples, FL
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Posted 12 Nov 2004 8:29 pm
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Doug tells me he used his Zum.....
RR |
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