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Topic: Best Sounding Pedal Steel Guitar Melody |
Brint Hannay
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Maryland, USA
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Posted 25 Sep 2016 5:04 pm |
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Very nice, Basil!  |
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Skip Edwards
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LA,CA
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Posted 25 Sep 2016 5:11 pm
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| Hah, I got a kick out of that, Lane... |
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Jeff Garden
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Center Sandwich, New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 25 Sep 2016 5:33 pm
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| Nicely done, Basil - I like what's coming out of your kitchen Pending further submissions, you've set the standard for the quintessential steel guitar version. |
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Lane Gray
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Topeka, KS
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Posted 25 Sep 2016 6:10 pm
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Basil, that was plumb tasty
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Pete Burak
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Portland, OR USA
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Posted 26 Sep 2016 5:43 am
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| Great touch and tone! |
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Joachim Kettner
From:
Germany
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Posted 26 Sep 2016 6:37 am
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Skip played on "Things". I'm only saying.
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 26 Sep 2016 7:02 am
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| Melody writing is hard, it's up to the artist, like Ray Charles singing You Don't Know Me. |
Cindy Walker was the composer. I'm not quite getting your meaning here, Charlie..  |
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Lane Gray
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Topeka, KS
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Posted 26 Sep 2016 7:34 am
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| Skip Edwards wrote: |
| Hah, I got a kick out of that, Lane... |
Got a kick out of what?
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Lane Gray
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Topeka, KS
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Posted 26 Sep 2016 7:35 am
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| Joachim Kettner wrote: |
| Skip played on "Things". I'm only saying. |
On the Beatles recording? Hmmmm, I don't recall hearing any steel or Dobro.
Or he recorded it later?
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Skip Edwards
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LA,CA
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Posted 26 Sep 2016 7:39 am
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Lane, I got a kick out of your assessment of DY's version of the Beatles tune. I kinda agree with you about that… not his best effort…
I played keys on it. It's from a covers LP we did. Some tunes came out better than others... |
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Charlie McDonald
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Posted 26 Sep 2016 8:42 am
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| I'm not quite getting your meaning here, Charlie.. |
Perhaps that 'You Don't Know Me' may be a timeless tune but the melody isn't, for me. It's the performer that makes it his own.
I kind of agree that 'Things We Said Today' is a more durable melody, but I doubt it'd be that memorable without the words
(whether we're hearing them or not), similar to 'You Don't Know Me.'
Barber's Adagio is a great melody regardless of who'd playing it. |
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 26 Sep 2016 10:54 am
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Perhaps that 'You Don't Know Me' may be a timeless tune but the melody isn't, for me. It's the performer that makes it his own.
I kind of agree that 'Things We Said Today' is a more durable melody, but I doubt it'd be that memorable without the words
(whether we're hearing them or not), similar to 'You Don't Know Me.'
Barber's Adagio is a great melody regardless of who'd playing it. |
Possibly, but it's an instrumental whereas the other songs mentioned were not, and therein might lie the difference... |
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Charlie McDonald
From:
out of the blue
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Posted 26 Sep 2016 12:25 pm
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| Good point.... |
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Joe Goldmark
From:
San Francisco, CA 94131
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Posted 28 Sep 2016 8:57 pm
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Thanks for the mention, Mike. And yeah, if you're talking melodic, you have to mention the Beatles. And if you're talking melodic tunes, then what better instrument to interpret them with than the steel? I've recorded a number of Beatles tunes, and this one, Penny Lane, is certainly one of the most melodic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2WlVqRlbtQ
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Dan Kelly
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Boston, MA
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Posted 30 Sep 2016 10:47 pm
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Doug Jernigan's version of "Making the Rounds" off his "Country Jazz" album fits the bill for me. IMHO, it is just beautiful.
Buddy Emmons and Zane King both do a great (but very different)job with "Rose Colored Glasses," another beautiful melody.
I really support Mike's point that there is a virtually limitless selection of melodies that are outside my somewhat narrowly defined idea of "Country Music." It is inspiring to hear beautiful music on the PSG, from almost any genre.
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James Taylor
From:
United Kingdom
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Posted 13 Oct 2016 12:54 pm
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Thank you all and as usual so much food for thought on this theme. Every best wish and successful steeling too. JAMES TAYLOR
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Willis Vanderberg
From:
Petoskey Mi
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Posted 14 Oct 2016 2:07 pm
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| Two of my favorites are "bridge over troubled waters "and an old Ray Pennington by Buddie Emmons, My weakness is too strong. The girl in the glass ain't bad either. JB pickin Limehouse Blues is pretty good too. Of course at eighty three I may be dreamin too....still kickin,still pickin..... |
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Quentin Hickey
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Nova Scotia, Canada
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Posted 14 Oct 2016 6:56 pm
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| My fav melody on E9would be nameless shuffle by Buddy and on the C neck I would say at E's by Buddy with Nightlife being a close second lol |
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Jack Hargraves
From:
Missouri, USA
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Posted 15 Oct 2016 11:49 am
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Blue Jade by Buddy Emmons, Shenandoah, Buddy Emmons,When I Dream by Ron Elliot, and Look at us by John Hughey.
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Butch Mullen
From:
North Carolina, USA 28681
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Posted 15 Oct 2016 2:24 pm
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| Steelin'home |
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Glenn Suchan
From:
Austin, Texas
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Posted 18 Oct 2016 7:15 am
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I don't believe there is such a thing as a quantitative 'best' steel guitar melody. Just ones we each like. For me, I'd probably work myself into a brain aneurism trying to pick a 'best' - there are hundreds, if not thousands of really great steel guitar melodies.
With that said, one that always gives me chills is B J Cole's version of Debussy's "Clare de Lune" from his 1989 album Transparent Music. Actually, every piece performed on that album takes my breath away. If you don't have it and can find a copy - get it.
B J Cole, "Clare de Lune"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x98c0TEeeoc
Here, BJ talks about the virtues of steel guitar, then performs "Clare de Lune"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKo0mW8e96M
Keep on pickin!
Glenn
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Dave Stroud
From:
Texas
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Posted 18 Oct 2016 7:39 am
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What's the best tasting fruit?
My taste changes from month to month..... "My Weakness is Too Strong" played by John Hughey is one I keep coming back to lately. Absolutely beautiful in my opinion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnjHc_-hpvk |
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Charlie McDonald
From:
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Posted 18 Oct 2016 9:40 am
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Never was a more beautiful melody laid out for pedal steel. |
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Quentin Hickey
From:
Nova Scotia, Canada
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Posted 18 Oct 2016 12:49 pm
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| Glenn Suchan wrote: |
I don't believe there is such a thing as a quantitative 'best' steel guitar melody. Just ones we each like. For me, I'd probably work myself into a brain aneurism trying to pick a 'best' - there are hundreds, if not thousands of really great steel guitar melodies.
With that said, one that always gives me chills is B J Cole's version of Debussy's "Clare de Lune" from his 1989 album Transparent Music. Actually, every piece performed on that album takes my breath away. If you don't have it and can find a copy - get it.
B J Cole, "Clare de Lune"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x98c0TEeeoc
Here, BJ talks about the virtues of steel guitar, then performs "Clare de Lune"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKo0mW8e96M
Keep on pickin!
Glenn |
Totally agree!
It depends on WHO is playing the melody and how. any one of the greats can play a nursery rhyme and knock your socks off. Your choice of voicing the melody is a make or break deal. |
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