Steel guitar on Bob Marley's "Baby, We've got a Date?"

Andy Henriksen · From: Michigan, USA

Here's a link to right before the solo. I suppose it could be a regular guitar with a slide. Just curious if anyone knows who played on this. I see no "steel guitar" credits on the album.

https://youtu.be/tRE6r7J3Ja8?t=46

Album credits per wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch_a_Fire#Personnel

Jerry Overstreet · From: Louisville Ky

It definitely sounds like steel guitar to me. According to some online info, guitarist Wayne Perkins played slide...what a dossier I found on him....but I don't know if that's his slide playing on that recording.

It sounds more like lap steel or console, fixed tuning of some sort, and played with a bar v. a slide, but I don't know.

Interesting though, and thanks for posting. Learned a lot about Wayne.

Brad Bechtel · From: San Francisco, CA

Here's a video on YouTube where Mr. Perkins describes and shows how he played that part on slide guitar.
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Jeff Mead · From: London, England

According to this, it's Wayne Perkins playing "slide" on that track.

http://www.iration.com/wailers/catchafire.html

If it is a steel, I agree it's a lap steel rather than pedal.

They used steel guitar a lot on Reggae

Jerry Overstreet · From: Louisville Ky

So slide guitar. Coulda fooled me. That part on the recording sounds sweet and clean just like steel.

Andy Henriksen · From: Michigan, USA

you guys rock! Thanks! Very Happy

Jeff Mead · From: London, England

Jerry - I'm sure you're right.

This was very much a non-country recording and it wouldn't suprise me at all to see a steel guitar (even a pedal steel for that matter)described or credited on an album sleeve as "slide guitar".

That's why I put "slide" in quotes on my original reply.

Joachim Kettner · From: Germany

Wayne Perkins on slide:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z-pM84VSzg
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