Who is your favorite steeler?

Tomi Graso · Post by **Tomi Graso** » 14 Apr 2011 10:14 pm

Paul Franklin , Paul Franklin , Paul Franklin , Paul Franklin , Paul Franklin , Paul Franklin , Paul Franklin , Paul Franklin , Paul Franklin , Paul Franklin , Paul Franklin , Paul Franklin , Paul Franklin , Paul Franklin , Paul Franklin , Paul Franklin and Paul Franklin............sorry just can't resist ....and many other amazing and great steel players !

Georg Sørtun · Post by **Georg Sørtun** » 14 Apr 2011 10:46 pm

"Sneaky" Pete Kleinow, Lloyd Green, Buddy Emmons, Paul Franklin ... in that order.

Tom Stolaski · Post by **Tom Stolaski** » 14 Apr 2011 11:11 pm

Thunderstorm Bob

Johnny Cox · Post by **Johnny Cox** » 15 Apr 2011 12:30 am

Brint, pardon me for including Sonny in the deceased column. That has been fixed.

Joe Casey · Post by **Joe Casey** » 15 Apr 2011 5:39 am

This guy should be everyones favorite.Whatever his name is

Brint Hannay · Post by **Brint Hannay** » 15 Apr 2011 5:53 am

Georg, I'm with you on Sneaky Pete! (though I can't really "rank" my favorites) I had the "sneaky" feeling I was forgetting someone!
$:\$ Senior moment $:\$

Roger Francis · Post by **Roger Francis** » 15 Apr 2011 6:19 am

Everything Tomi said

chris ivey · Post by **chris ivey** » 15 Apr 2011 9:32 am

chris ivey

Gary Lee Gimble · Post by **Gary Lee Gimble** » 15 Apr 2011 9:45 am

chris ivey

May I have your autograph?

chris ivey · Post by **chris ivey** » 15 Apr 2011 9:59 am

gary...due to popular demand, they are too cheap to sell at the moment.

Richard Sinkler · Post by **Richard Sinkler** » 15 Apr 2011 9:59 am

Way too many, but if I was stranded on a desert island and could only listen to one, it would be John Hughey.

Jon Teyler · Post by **Jon Teyler** » 15 Apr 2011 10:23 am

TOMMY WHITE....nuff said

Earl Hensley · Post by **Earl Hensley** » 15 Apr 2011 11:55 am

Way to many but,,,,

My number one would be my dear friend Speedy West, after that said,
Doug Jernigan
John Hughey
Don Helms,
Joe Wright,
Curly Chalker
Jimmy Day,
Ron Elliott,
Jimmy Crawford,
L.T. ZINN,
Herbie Wallace,
Pete Drake,
Herb Remington,

not in any order. These are some of my favoriets,

Leslie Ehrlich · Post by **Leslie Ehrlich** » 15 Apr 2011 1:12 pm

Favourite country steelers: Lloyd Green and Paul Franklin.

Jim Hartley · Post by **Jim Hartley** » 15 Apr 2011 1:29 pm

As a drummer lucky enough to work with many of the great players at various shows, I'm looking at this from a "most fun to work with" angle. I enjoy all the players' sets, but I really get a kick out of working with Hicks, Johnson and Jernigan...... and what I'd give to work another set with Hughey.

That being said, I could make a very, very long list of favorite players, past and present.

Jim

David Ziegler · Post by **David Ziegler** » 15 Apr 2011 2:08 pm

Weldon Myrick,Don Helms,John Hughey,Mike Sigler,Paul Franklin,Mike Johnson,Jim Loessberg,Lloyd Green.

Stephen Calhoun · Post by **Stephen Calhoun** » 15 Apr 2011 3:44 pm

Sneaky Pete.

then everybody else.

There's a lot of awesome players I like a lot.

I'm pleased Susan Alcorn was mentioned.

Completely subjectively, I go for uniqueness over ripping virtuosity, but there's something about those who can play Charlie Parker 'at velocity' on a steel that knocks me out. So, a lot of pickers tied for second.

Christopher Woitach · Post by **Christopher Woitach** » 15 Apr 2011 4:25 pm

Reece Anderson!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rondall Jones · Post by **Rondall Jones** » 15 Apr 2011 4:43 pm

Jim Shephard,

Lioyd Green

, and Mickey Adams.....

Dave Magram · Post by **Dave Magram** » 15 Apr 2011 7:29 pm

I would add Bobby Black's name to the list of the many excellent steel guitarists who have been listed here. His work with Commander Cody, Lost Weekend, and the Saddle Cats is just superb.
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I have many favorites--there are many great and amazing steel guitar players......
and then there is Buddy Emmons.

To my mind, there is no one who can come close to the breadth of Buddy's playing--country, jazz, Western Swing, folk, etc.-- or the depth of his musicality and creativity.

Buddy always seems to play exactly the right notes to fit the song or tune he is playing, and he delivers those notes in a way that will tear at your heart-strings or make you laugh out loud at his musical audacity.

Buddy is the player who nearly everyone else who has been listed above would stop whatever they are doing to listen to. He is a musical genius.

From Ernest Tubb and Ray Price to Judy Collins and the Everly Brothers, and so many others, Buddy has left his indelible stamp on a musical legacy that is immortal.

-Dave

Tommy White · Post by **Tommy White** » 15 Apr 2011 8:00 pm

Darrell Criswell · Post by **Darrell Criswell** » 15 Apr 2011 8:28 pm

I've heard almost everybody but I don't think anybody compares to Joe Wright. His playing is superlative, not even considering his value as an entertainer.

Georg Sørtun · Post by **Georg Sørtun** » 16 Apr 2011 12:06 am

Brint Hannay wrote:Georg, I'm with you on Sneaky Pete! (though I can't really "rank" my favorites) I had the "sneaky" feeling I was forgetting someone!
$:\$ Senior moment $:\$

Oh, those moments...

I thought long and hard about "ranking" or not, as musically such ranking isn't possible IMO.

But, then, I remembered what many said to me when I played something "outside the box", decades ago: "a steel guitar isn't supposed to sound like that".
My response was: "why not?", with a reference to how the before mentioned made PSGs sound on certain tunes, and that usually settled the issue.

Looking at to what degree I feel certain PSG players have blown the regular "box of expectations" apart and made room for other players, like myself, to express themselves, my ranking of favorite players comes natural.

My list of named players is short only because the "box of expectations" was already blown wide open by the time I started paying attention to names on all the other great players around. They're all inside the "box of expectations" now...

Roual Ranes · Post by **Roual Ranes** » 16 Apr 2011 6:34 am

Reece

Chris LeDrew · Post by **Chris LeDrew** » 16 Apr 2011 8:50 am

I don't think Jimmie Crawford has been mentioned, or Billy Robinson - both monster players and true originals.

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