Tunes Of The Week #21 - Jay Dee Maness

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Joe Goldmark
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Tunes Of The Week #21 - Jay Dee Maness

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Steeler: Jay Dee Maness
Tune: Fat & Sassy
Album: Pacific Steel Co.
Label: Pacific Arts Pac7-121, 1978

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http://www.vinylbeat.com/forum/08FatNSassy.m4a

Much has been said about Jay Dee here on the Forum, and all of it good. Not only is he probably one of the top five players in the world, but he's a great guy and very humble about his talents.

The Pacific Steel album is like a later Suite Steel album, and is a must have for every country rock fan. The above tune is one of the few instrumentals that Jay Dee has recorded.

Below are some YouTube clips of the great Desert Rose Band. In addition to Jay Dee, John Jorgenson was on guitar and mandolin doing the hot picking, while Chris Hillman and Herb Pedersen sang like choir boys.

YouTube: Desert Rose "Time Between"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PU0hfJ-94dc

YouTube: Desert Rose "Hello Trouble"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAENUcHc ... re=related
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Post by Jim Robbins »

Love the Desert Rose Band clips, thanks. Disturbingly enough, I actually have a copy of that Pacific Steel lp that I picked up a year or two after it was released -- makes me feel like an antique myself -- but there's some good playing on it.
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Post by Steve Gorman »

I have that album but have not listened to it in years. Gotta get a turntable....
That tune is a good example of the pedal steel sounding great on some very NON country music. Jaydee shows us how its done, one of the best.
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Post by Frank Estes »

Cool tune. Everything he does sounds great!

This one really blows me away: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgJZV8IT5YA
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Wow!
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If I live to be a hundred I'll never come near that,but like the work of the poster at 8:52,it's an inspiration to take it as far as it'll go. :D
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Post by CrowBear Schmitt »

thanx fer puttin' this one up Joe
i often wondered who played on that " Fat & sassy "
well know i know
JD ranks up top ;-)
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chord changes?

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I tried to figure out the chord changes.
It starts with:
A, (E), f# minor,
D, (A), b# minor...
But after 30 seconds there's a chord sequence I heard like this:
D# may7 //// A# may7 ////
F may7 //// e-minor ////
G //// D may7 ////
b-minor //// E //// going back to A... It's repeated later, again
Am I halfways right?
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