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Topic: ? Jay McDonald's Tone on Fender 1000 |
GaryHoetker
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Bakersfield, CA, USA
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Posted 7 Jan 2003 10:10 am |
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| In the Buck Owens Capitol LP circa 1963 titled "On The Bandstand", Jay is featured on steel. In a couple of songs, "Saw-Mill" and "Sweethearts in Heaven"(the Buck & Don Rich duet), Jay's tone sounds somewhat muted and different from anything I've ever heard before. It's wonderful. Anybody know what he did to get that sound? |
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Bob Carlson
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Surprise AZ.
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Posted 7 Jan 2003 7:15 pm
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I have two of Bucks LP's with Jay doing the steel work and I don't think he uses anything above the 5th string. But he plays the three and five strings clear up to the changer.
I would guess a lot of steelers learned a lot from his simple but very pretty steel playing.
Bob |
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Skip T
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Lubbock , Tx. U S A
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Posted 8 Jan 2003 7:19 am
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Hey Gary - - -still enjoying that CD, thanks Skip  |
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Tom Olson
From:
Spokane, WA
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Posted 8 Jan 2003 10:26 am
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| Hi Skip -- long time, no talk to |
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Joerg Hennig
From:
Bavaria, Germany
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Posted 8 Jan 2003 1:30 pm
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| I would guess a lot of steelers learned a lot from his simple but very pretty steel playing. |
Well, to me Jay McDonald sounds like he must have listened a lot to Mooney. His tone is somewhat "darker" but that might just be due to his personal technique. It´s pretty playing anyway and fits in perfectly with Buck´s music. I like to play along with those records, too. Incidentally, "On The Bandstand" is one of my latest acquisitions.
Regards, Joe H.
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GaryHoetker
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Bakersfield, CA, USA
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Posted 12 Jan 2003 9:43 pm
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| Skip T: Good to hear from you and glad you're still listening to Buck. How's Tyler doing? |
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