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Topic: Suggested listening/Great steel albums |
Jeff Melvin
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Texas, USA
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Posted 15 Dec 2014 10:59 am |
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I'm sure this has been done but my thread searches didn't bring it up exactly. If someone wants to link a previous thread that would be great.
I'm interested in suggested listening for beginners and well... just for everyone. From classics and must-haves to the more obscure and rare. I want to find the older hidden jewels and maybe some of the younger guys can introduce a newer classic to some of the older guys. I'm being selfish with this post. I want you to help me find all the great steel music I should be listening to. What's on the album? Why should I listen? I'll kick it off.
Non-Pedal
Wild, Free & Reckless, 1999, Wayne Hancock. For my money one of the greatest "country" albums ever, due in no small part to the incredibly vintage tone and tasteful touch of Jeremy Wakefield. His comping seems busier and heavier-handed than others I'm familiar with in the genre and it's a good thing because of the taste he exercises in knowing exactly what not to play. For me every note drips with vintage goosebumps. I'd die happy if I could achieve his sensibility. Standouts: the entire album is huge but if I had to name a couple - "Going Back to Texas" and "That's Why I Ride".
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Loose Salute, 1970, Michael Nesmith/First National Band. I'd like to ask one of the local experts to describe what's so great about this album as it's well over my head. Red Rhodes come on. This album is weird wild and gorgeous. I feel like Rhode's steel kind of ties these tunes to reality even though his playing get considerably trippy here and there as well. Standouts: Hard not to list every song - "Thanx for the Ride", "Dedicated Friend" and "Lady of the Valley".
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Earnest Bovine
From:
Los Angeles CA USA
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Posted 15 Dec 2014 12:15 pm
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Jimmy Day "Steel and Strings"
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Roger Hand
From:
Maine, USA
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Posted 15 Dec 2014 12:39 pm steel songs
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| bobbi Seymour- - PRICELESS |
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Roger Hand
From:
Maine, USA
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Posted 15 Dec 2014 12:39 pm steel songs
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| bobbi Seymour- - PRICELESS |
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Mike Perlowin
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Los Angeles CA
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Posted 15 Dec 2014 12:52 pm Some of my favorites
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Errands in Paradise- Ned Selfe,*
Greetings from California- Pete Grant,
All of Joe Goldmark's CDs,
Both of Joe Goldmark's CDs with Jim Campolongo and the 10 gallon cats,
Around About Now- Jack West and Curvature, featuring David Phillips,
A Christmas Collection- Paul Franklin
Home James- Jim Cohen,
Perennial Sideman- Joe Savage,
and, for the brave, any of Susan Alcorn's CDs
*In my opinion, Ned Selfe's Errands in Paradise may be the single finest steel guitsr CD ever made, and yet it's not really a steel guitar CD. It's a CD of beautiful music, all of which was composed by Selfe, that just happens to be played on steel and dobro.
I think this one belongs in everybody's collections.
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Donny Hinson
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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 15 Dec 2014 1:39 pm
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Buddy Emmons - "Steel Guitar Jazz"
Curly Chalker - "Big Hits On Big Steel"
Tommy White - "By Request"
Pete Drake - "Country Steel Guitar"
Lloyd Green - "The Hit Sounds"
Doug Jernigan - "Sounds of Doug Jernigan and Gary Adams"
Buddy Emmons - "Emmons Guitar Inc." (The Black Album)
These are all vastly different stylings, and they give a pretty good idea of the most famous steel sounds throughout the years. |
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Craig Baker
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Eatonton, Georgia, USA - R.I.P.
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Posted 15 Dec 2014 3:14 pm
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Hi Jeff,
You've come to a wonderfully friendly community here on the Steel Guitar Forum.
My first thought is to cut to the chase and simply offer you the world's best advice right from the start. . .
"Don't Take Anybody's Advice"
Seriously, not knowing what what kind of guitar you own, let's assume that like a lot of beginners you have a Sho~Bud Maverick, or perhaps a MSA Sidekick, Carter Starter or a similar guitar. Also, your goal is to become a breathtaking incredibly talented performer. If that's the case, I'd sell my car and buy anything with Buddy Charleton on it. In fact, here's a link to an early Christmas present sample. Be sure you listen all the way to the end. You'll hear 2 pedals and 1 knee lever.
http://picosong.com/4dUc
Warmest wishes a wonderful Christmas.
Craig Baker 706-485-8792
cmbakerelectronics@gmail.com
C.M. Baker Electronics
P.O. Box 3965
Eatonton, GA 31024
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Brint Hannay
From:
Maryland, USA
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Posted 15 Dec 2014 9:14 pm Re: Some of my favorites
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| Mike Perlowin wrote: |
| Both of Joe Goldmark's CDs with Jim Campolongo and the 10 gallon cats |
Actually, there are three:
1) The eponymous CD (Jim Campilongo and the Ten Gallon Cats)
2) Loose (standout cut--for both Campilongo and Goldmark: Harlem Nocturne)
3) Heavy (IMO the best album of the three--but they're all great) |
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Bill C. Buntin
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Posted 16 Dec 2014 7:09 am
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Jack Hanson
From:
San Luis Valley, USA
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Posted 16 Dec 2014 7:46 am
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These two relatively recent releases from last Summer would have to rate highly on nearly anyone's list. Try to obtain the edition of "Bakersfield" exclusively available from Cracker Barrel. It has four bonus cuts. The players on "The Big E" reads like a Who's Who of todays current generation of pedal steel virtuosos.
Best to pick up "Jumpin' Time" on DVD. This recording is a few years old now, but the pedal steel of John Hughey remains timeless. The bonus is that the great Dawn Sears sings several of the songs, including her classic "Sweet Memories." Sweet indeed, but far too short. RIP Dawn & John.
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john buffington
From:
Owasso OK - USA
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Posted 16 Dec 2014 1:42 pm
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I second what Craig said. IMHO Buddy Charleton could and did do more, with less than anyother player I've heard in a long, long time. My first meeting with him, I was amazed at his pedal set-up. D-10, 8 on the floor and not more than 2 knees for the E9th. His playing is flawless, emotion and soul beyond measure. He had more tricks with the most basic set up than most players would ever think of. He did not raise his E's a half tone, did not drop his 2nd string a half nor his ninth string, nor his 5th and did not raise the 2nd and 1st as most do this day and time. He was aware of the newer changes, but did not need them for his style. He stepped in after Buddy Emmons and left his own mark as did the Big E. He and Leon Rhodes together gave the world country jazz arrangements to this day have yet to be duplicated. Check out his playing on YouTube, type in Ernest Tubb and you'll see what we mean.
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J. David Carrera
From:
Los Angeles, CA
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Posted 16 Dec 2014 9:11 pm
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| Whats a good Buddy Charleton Record? |
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Walter Stettner
From:
Vienna, Austria
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Posted 17 Dec 2014 12:57 am
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J. David,
The solo albums by Ernest Tubb's Texas Troubadours contain several classic Buddy Charleton tracks, incl. the incredible duets he did with Leon Rhodes.
Kind Regards, Walter
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Charlie McDonald
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Posted 17 Dec 2014 4:12 am
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Craig Baker
From:
Eatonton, Georgia, USA - R.I.P.
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 17 Dec 2014 12:16 pm
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Chris Templeton
From:
The Green Mountain State
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Paul Crawford
From:
Orlando, Fl
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Posted 17 Dec 2014 5:55 pm
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A couple of albums that while not steel guitar solo projects, I think should be in every steeler's library;
Charley Pride - Live in Panther Hall with Lloyd Green
NRPS - Adventures of Panama Red with Buddy Cage |
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Mark van Allen
From:
Watkinsville, Ga. USA
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Posted 17 Dec 2014 8:25 pm
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Every suggestion here a gem. Any of Tom Bradshaw's Steel Guitar Club records are fabulous classics if you can find them.
Sneaky Pete's "The Legend and the Legacy" is a fabulous collection displaying what he could do on aFender 8 string, just amazing.
But as I always do when this question comes up, I would almost insist on a listen to the double LP or CD of Buddy Emmons live at Scotty's Convention from 1977. A true master at the very top of his game, back-up by a stellar band with modern, slick, tasteful arrangements. This is the one I pull out when I'm with someone who hasn't heard much pedal steel and thinks it's "that whiny country thing". Still slays me.
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Asa Brosius
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Posted 18 Dec 2014 9:40 am
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| Great suggestions- I'll add Jimmie Rivers and The Cherokees 'Brisbane Bop'- unparalleled playing, in my opinion. |
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Larry Dering
From:
Missouri, USA
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Posted 18 Dec 2014 1:03 pm Herby Wallace
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| Let's not forget Herby Wallace. I have all his cds and play them often. |
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Jeff Melvin
From:
Texas, USA
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Posted 22 Dec 2014 12:51 pm
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| Great stuff on here, thanks everyone. Some of this stuff I have and some of it is fairly hard to find. And whose idea was it to put a Harlin multi-kord on the cover of a Jimmy Day album? Is that similar to a ukulele on a Jimi Hendrix cover? |
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Joachim Kettner
From:
Germany
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Posted 22 Dec 2014 1:01 pm
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Wasn't this a Buddy Emmons record, Jeff?
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Jeff Melvin
From:
Texas, USA
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Posted 22 Dec 2014 3:05 pm
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| Got me! I've got to go get a Harlin. |
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