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Topic: Essential Pedal Steel Recordings? |
Adam Tracksler
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Maine, USA
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Posted 15 Feb 2015 12:11 pm |
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I'm just getting started on my PSG journey, what would you recommend for the Essential Pedal Steel Recordings/Videos? I like The Flying Burrito Brothers and a lot of the Son Volt/Alt Country Stuff....
or.. whats your desert island PSG Disk?
Much Obliged...
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Brian Gattis
From:
Georgia, USA
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Posted 15 Feb 2015 12:43 pm
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| Charlie Pride at Panther Hall. Lloyd Green on steel |
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Paul Stauskas
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DFW, TX
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Posted 15 Feb 2015 1:23 pm
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Older stuff:
Wynn Stewart with Ralph Mooney
Early Conway Twitty with John Hughey
Buck Owens with Ralph Mooney, Jay McDonald, Tom Brumley
The aforementioned Panther Hall album
New(er) stuff:
Joe Ely with Lloyd Maines
Neil Young with Ben Keith
Son Volt with Eric Heywood (I should mention that Mark Spencer plays on the newer albums with a unique style and tuning)
Drive-by Truckers, Star Room Boys with John Neff
Heirlooms of August - Bruce Kaphan is the steel player
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Clark Doughty
From:
KANSAS
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Posted 15 Feb 2015 2:06 pm Essemtial Songs
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Buddy Emmons on Duane Eddy's "Twang a Country Song". Some of the best steel you will ever hear. IMHO
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Ken Campbell
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Ferndale, Montana
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Posted 15 Feb 2015 2:11 pm
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| Anything Jay Dee Maness and Tommy White. Specifically but not limited to any of the Desert Rose records with Jay Dee, and pay special attention to the new Willie Nelson record Band of Brothers to hear Tommy. |
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Tucker Jackson
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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Posted 16 Feb 2015 2:35 pm
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I agree with the above recommendations, at least the ones I've heard.
If you like Son Volt/alt-country, you're probably already aware of Lloyd Maines on Uncle Tupelo's "Anodyne" album. Or Greg Leisz on Whiskeytown's "Strangers Almanac." There's not a ton of steel on either of those records -- but each has a couple of tunes with PSG that are worth the price of admission. |
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John Scanlon
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Jackson, Mississippi, USA
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Posted 16 Feb 2015 4:06 pm
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For your tastes, required reading includes the album Sweetheart of the Rodeo by the Byrds and anything by the New Riders of the Purple Sage (psg player was Jerry Garcia on first record, Buddy Cage on all others).
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J R Rose
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Keota, Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 16 Feb 2015 5:56 pm
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Adam, Their are a lot of good ones. If you want some of the early day country and pure steel out front I would suggest Buck Owens live at Carnegie Hall. Tom Brumly is at his finest. A ZB Steel & Fender Twin Amp.
It can still be brought on CD. Good Luck, J.R.
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Tucker Jackson
From:
Portland, Oregon, USA
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Posted 16 Feb 2015 6:10 pm
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Since you mentioned the Burritos, you really should look into Chris Hillman and Herb Pederson's "Bakersfield Bound" album (not to be confused with another great album, "Bakersfield" with Paul Franklin on steel). JayDee Maness tears it up on steel on "Bakersfield Bound!"
And, of course, with Hillman being a founding member of the Burritos back in the day, it's no surprise that several of the tracks on this record sound like they share DNA with the "Gilded Palace of Sin." |
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Joe Goldmark
From:
San Francisco, CA 94131
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Posted 17 Feb 2015 7:42 pm
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Hi Adam,
Get a hold of "The Hit Sounds Of Lloyd Green." The whole album is a clinic on how to play balls to the wall gorgeous steel guitar. And, he only used two knee levers I think.
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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David Mason
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Cambridge, MD, USA
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Steve Blazek
From:
Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
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Posted 19 Feb 2015 7:30 pm
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| I can't believe that no one has mentioned Roger Miller's "A trip to the country" one of Buddy's finest. |
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Posted 20 Feb 2015 3:31 pm
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If I HAD to pick three I'd go with:
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Mike Perlowin - West Side Story
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Dave, I like the way you think. 
My list, in no particular order
1- Any of Joe Goldmark's CDs.
2- Any of Joe Goldmark's CDs with Jim Campolongo and the 10 gallon cats.
3- Pete Grant- Greetings From California.
4- Jack West and Curvatutre (With David Phillips on steel,)-Around About Now.
5- Paul Franklin-A Christmas collection.
6- Curly Chalker- Counterpoint/Big Hits on Big Steel double LP released by Tom Bradshaw.
And my favorite, Ned Selfe- Errands in Paradise
Ned Selfe's CD is not so much a "steel guitar CD," as it is a CD of wonderful music, all of which was composed be Selfe, that he just happens to play on a steel and dobro.
This is terrific CD that deserves to be heard by more people.
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Skeeter Stultz
From:
LOMITA, California, USA
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Posted 20 Feb 2015 9:08 pm
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If you are just starting out then get the original recording of Ray Price's "City Lights". Just two pedals, no knees. Learn not just the music but the feel.
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Charlie McDonald
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out of the blue
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Posted 21 Feb 2015 4:28 am
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From the reference, one of my picks:
I concur on West Side Story and the Black Album,
and 'Slider' gets a big honorable mention.
(But really, with Lloyd Green, Tommy White and Jerry Garcia, who can chose just three?)
But right now it's Southwest Portals by Bruce Lofgren & Doug Livingston
rumors of the death of steel guitar have been highly exaggerated |
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Posted 21 Feb 2015 10:46 am
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I forgot to include Joe Savage's "Perennial Sideman." Anther outstanding CD.
We should distinguish between all-instrumental recordings and those in which the steel is backing up a singer. Everything on my list is all-instrumental.
I want to thank Dave and Charlie for including my West Side Story CD in their recommendations. Selections from it and my 2 others can be heard at my web site and Soundcloud page. The inks are in my signature.
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James Jacoby
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 21 Feb 2015 11:45 am
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| No one mentioned Joe Wright's Power Slide CD. -Jake- |
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