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Topic: Jake Hooker's Steel Player |
Bill Maynard
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Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 7 Aug 2006 8:11 am |
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Heard Jake's song this morning, "Mixing Memories with my Wine". Anyone know who backs him up on this...Great sound and great chord patterns?
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Stephen Dorocke
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Tres Piedras, New Mexico
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Posted 7 Aug 2006 9:22 am
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Ron Page
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Penn Yan, NY USA
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Posted 7 Aug 2006 11:51 am
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You should check out the entire "You Had A Call" CD for more just like it... Then move on to his latest "Faded Lights". Can't beat these CD's for the real stuff.
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Wade Branch
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Weatherford, Texas, USA
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Rick Campbell
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Sneedville, TN, USA
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Posted 8 Aug 2006 12:15 pm
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If you don't like Dicky Overbey...you don't like country music, and you probably never will. He's the real thing. I remember him from back when Ronnie Millsap used to do a country show. On one of Ronnie's live albums Dicky did a slide that made the guitar sound like it was 10 feet long. That lick made the song for me. It's not about reading tab, etc.. and know how to play the licks...it's also about knowing when to use them. It don't get no better than Dicky as far as I'm concerned.
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Keith Hilton
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248 Laurel Road Ozark, Missouri 65721
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Posted 9 Aug 2006 8:46 am
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| In my opinion, this is REAL country music. Steel guitar and fiddle turned up, with no distorted 6-string standard guitars. Dicky is a REAL steel player, not just a young pretty face in tight jeans. |
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Rick Campbell
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Sneedville, TN, USA
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Posted 9 Aug 2006 10:52 am
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That explains why my career is not advancing. I guess I'm just too young and pretty and my size 42 waist jeans have been getting tighter lately. I hope people are not just interest in me for my looks.
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Emmons Lashley Legrande D-10 8/4, Mullen D-10 8/4,Nashville 400, Profex II, Bunches of fiddles,guitars,etc....
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Thomas Cepek
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Berlin, Germany
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Posted 10 Aug 2006 6:01 am
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Yeah, Keith and Rick, you spoke out what my heart feels if I hear Mr. Dicky Overbey playin´ !
He plays sooooo nice, smooth and feelful, that are always running "tears of joy" over my cheeks 
That´s real country music to me !
Regards....
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Ron Sodos
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San Antonio, Texas USA
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Posted 10 Aug 2006 7:01 am
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| Dickey's tone is so recognizable when you listen to a song he is playing on you know it is him immediately. He is the best of ther best. [This message was edited by Ron Sodos on 10 August 2006 at 08:02 AM.] |
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Ron Page
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Penn Yan, NY USA
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Posted 10 Aug 2006 7:53 am
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Not sure I have a favorite, but Dicky's long turnaround on Jake's cut of "Sing A Sad Song" is out of this world!
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Rick Campbell
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Sneedville, TN, USA
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Posted 10 Aug 2006 8:52 am
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I'm so glad I'm not by myself on this Dicky thing. Don't get me wrong, there's a lot of good steel players out there. But, when it comes to the 3T's (technology, timing, and taste) Dickys is top of the list in my book. Of course Hughey, Lloyd, etc... are right up there too. I know of several players that try to put every hot lick they know in every song they play. Example: In "Fifteen Years Ago" John put a nice lick at the end of the first line of the second verse, but how many times have you hear steel players use that same lick in the fist verse too just to make sure everybody can hear that they know how to do it.
I suppose you have to decide if your playing to make the singer/song/band combination sound good as a whole, or if your trying to impress other steel players with your licks. Now if you're playing an instrumental, or a break in a song...let it rip.
Scotty Stomeman was a great fiddle player and he once said: "If your playing to impress other musicians, you'll starve to death".
I don't mean to offend anyone, it's just that I notice that a lot of non-professional steel players try to turn every song into a steel guitar solo number when they should be working to make the singer and band combination sound good to the audience.
PS: I learned most of this from a Bobby Seymour DVD. Bobby I'm with you on this.
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Thomas Cepek
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Berlin, Germany
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Posted 10 Aug 2006 9:23 am
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Rick, I know what you mean, and I absolutely agree with you. There are a lot of great great steel players around the world, and I like most of them very very much........ but Dicky has this special thing in his playin´, can´t explain it.......
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Ron Page
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Penn Yan, NY USA
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Posted 11 Aug 2006 8:31 am
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Yeah, but let's either agree on a 4th T or call 'em TONE, timing and taste. IMHO technology is merely a means to an end.
I think another great example of what you guys are saying is Norm Hamlet's 35+ years of backing Merle. Lot's of fantistic steel work there, but none if it overdone.
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Rick Campbell
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Sneedville, TN, USA
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Posted 11 Aug 2006 10:06 am
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I agree. Maybe that's why Norm has been there all these years. He's knows what his job is and he does it.
Oh..BTW: The song on Ronnie Millsap's live album is "Busy Making Plans" Right before a tag at the end, Dicky does the slide. It's a simple lick, you could probably teach a monkey to do it, but Dicky puts some much feeling in it it blows my mind. The volume, the speed, the timing, tone, it all comes together to perfection.
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Fred Shannon
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Rocking "S" Ranch, Comancheria, Texas, R.I.P.
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Posted 11 Aug 2006 10:39 am
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And while you're praising Dicky, (I love him to death), don't forget the guy who leads this great band, Jake Hooker. He sees to it that every member gets "to do his thing". When their part of the watermelon comes around they get to eat the whole damned slice and spit out the seeds. Jake is a tremendous band leader.
They took the house down at the recent Western Swing Show in Snyder Texas. I was privileged to be there, and I can not think of a show that I've enjoyed more in all my years (and that dates back to dirt).
Phred
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Rick Campbell
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Sneedville, TN, USA
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Posted 11 Aug 2006 6:16 pm
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I agree 100 percent. My hat's off to Jake, Justin Trevino, Bobby Flores, Steve Reed, Tracy Pitcox, etc... It must be such a pleasure to live in a place where true country music is appreciated. I plan on making a trip out there to hear these guys in person. Trouble is that I may not want to come back.
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