Ray Price Austin City Limits Show with Buddy Emmons, 1981

rodger_mcbride · Post by **rodger_mcbride** » 17 Dec 2013 6:30 pm

The PBS channel on Apple TV has posted a tribute to Ray Price, an archived show from 1981, under the Austin City Limits badge, then under Extras. Ray In his prime and Buddy is front and center. Available until the end of the month. Don't know if it's somewhere else, maybe online at PBS.org
It is online!
http://video.pbs.org/video/2365141162/

Damir Besic · Post by **Damir Besic** » 17 Dec 2013 8:26 pm

awesome, thank you so much...wish I knew how to download that video to my computer..

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Jim Cohen · Post by **Jim Cohen** » 17 Dec 2013 9:04 pm

Anybody know who the other band members were at the time? Of course, I recognize Blondie Calderon on piano but who's on guitar, bass, fiddles, drums?
Never mind, the credits are at the end of the video. Man! That was a YOUNG Kenny Sears on fiddle!

Joe B. Long · Post by **Joe B. Long** » 17 Dec 2013 9:15 pm

Super cool,....are my eyes playing tricks on me or is that an old Sho-Bud card suit on the front of Buddy's steel?

Bobby Boggs · Post by **Bobby Boggs** » 17 Dec 2013 10:01 pm

Maybe my eye's are playing tricks. But it looks like he's using 3 finger picks for the C6th maybe E9 also.

Never known him to use 3 finger picks for speed licks. Add to that his tendency to use his 3rd finger to block notes played with the 2nd finger.

Makes me think I'm tired and seeing things. Even though I know he could play with 4 finger picks if he chose to.

Thanks for posting the link.

Super cool,....are my eyes playing tricks on me or is that an old Sho-Bud card suit on the front of Buddy's steel?

Just A single red rose.

Tore Blestrud · Post by **Tore Blestrud** » 17 Dec 2013 11:42 pm

Fantastic. What a great team Ray and Buddy was.

Milton C. Willmann · Post by **Milton C. Willmann** » 18 Dec 2013 12:05 am

Ray Price-vocals, Kenny Sears-violin, Ora Mae Hubbard-violin, Carroll Hubbard-violin, Ernie Rowell-bass, Blondie Calderon-piano, Bob Patin-electric piano, Kerry Marx-guitar, Joe Halderman-drums, Buddy Emmons-pedal steel guitar

Tony Prior · Post by **Tony Prior** » 18 Dec 2013 3:03 am

really nice...it's amazing how much music there was on that stage and how much influence came from it...

thanks for posting

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Billy Murdoch · Post by **Billy Murdoch** » 18 Dec 2013 4:18 am

Superb performance from everyone
Thanks for posting.
Billy

Bobby Bowman · Post by **Bobby Bowman** » 18 Dec 2013 5:56 am

My computer won't let me get there.
What to do?

rodger_mcbride · Post by **rodger_mcbride** » 18 Dec 2013 6:07 am

If the direct link won't play, go back to the PBS.org home page and enter ray price in the search box or navigate to the Austin City Limits icon and go from there.

It's a flash file, similar to YouTube videos, there are programs out there to enable flash downloads

Mike Kowalik · Post by **Mike Kowalik** » 18 Dec 2013 3:20 pm

I watched it in 1981 and it blew me away.......I watched it again and got the same feeling 32 years later......

The Big E was playing his LeGrande thru a Session 500 and had a great tone.......

Carl Williams · Post by **Carl Williams** » 18 Dec 2013 3:52 pm

Thanks Rodger...Classic Country for sure from none other than "Mr. Classic Country" himself, the late, great Mr. Ray Price! Buddy's sounding fantastic as usual and what really gets me is how he's having too much fun on that old Emmons!

It's a pleasure to watch his mastery of both necks. Thanks again, Carl

Kevin Mincke · Post by **Kevin Mincke** » 18 Dec 2013 4:14 pm

Thanks Rodger

chris ivey · Post by **chris ivey** » 18 Dec 2013 6:08 pm

hey carl...that 'old' emmons would have been pretty new in '81. (legrande)

i think he's only using two picks, but because of the way they're bent you keep getting a reflection off of one.

Walter Bowden · Post by **Walter Bowden** » 18 Dec 2013 6:10 pm

Thank you Rodger.

I remember watching this episode of ACL back then with friends because PBS had been playing trailers of upcoming ACL shows and we knew Buddy would be with Ray and a great band and appreciative audience.

ACL had very good audio/video production at the time and the show was great to say the least. About 2 years ago I communicated with the Austin City Limits production folks and was told most of the shows were archived and some were available for purchase but they had no plans to release this show.

I'm sure it was a decision made on being financially viable and am happy ACL is still going strong.

However, it would be nice if there is a way to save this streaming video for steel guitar posterity and new/young players coming up to see.

JMHO and Merry Christmas to you all y'all.
Walter

Pete Burak · Post by **Pete Burak** » 19 Dec 2013 8:01 am

Enoying watching this vid!
I thought Buddy was using a Li'l Izzy, but starting at 8min-20sec of The Other Woman I see it is some other Blue unit... Any idea what that is?

David Shepack · Post by **David Shepack** » 19 Dec 2013 8:21 am

I thought it distracting, that the " soloists " seemed to be walking all over the vocal.

On a more positive note ( pun intended ). I loved hearing the jazzy chords that Buddy did on " The Good Live ", on the C6 neck.

Jack Stanton · Post by **Jack Stanton** » 19 Dec 2013 9:08 am

Pete,
Looks like a MXR Graphic EQ to me.

Craig Baker · Post by **Craig Baker** » 19 Dec 2013 3:45 pm

While I've always been fortunate to have Buddy and several other top players endorse my products, the close-up shots don't look like a Li'l Izzy or Izzy Plus to me. However, the color was right, so it may have been a Li'l Wonder

(In fact, I believe Jack Stanton has the only Li'l Wonder in captivity.)

"Ive always had trouble with a muddy sounding mid range, regardless of the kind of guitar or pickup I used. Now, I use Izzy Plus all the time and I've finally got the sound I like. It gives a good clean signal and I recommend it highly."
Buddy Emmons, 1981

Warmest wishes for the Christmas season
Craig Baker 706-485-8792

cmbakerelectronics@gmail.com

C.M. Baker Electronics
P.O. Box 3965
Eatonton, GA 31024

Ray Montee (RIP) · Post by **Ray Montee (RIP)** » 19 Dec 2013 6:11 pm

I remember seeing it on the original broadcast......

It was a sheer joy to have this opportunity to view the program once again. The video cameramen did an excellent job in capturing the performance with lots of close-ups of EVERYONE, especially Buddy Emmons, his blue thumb pick and his bar technique. WOW!

I failed to recognize one of the fiddlers....Kenny Sears, of the Time Jumpers.

Steve Green · Post by **Steve Green** » 19 Dec 2013 7:20 pm

Pete Burak wrote:Enoying watching this vid!
I thought Buddy was using a Li'l Izzy, but starting at 8min-20sec of The Other Woman I see it is some other Blue unit... Any idea what that is?

Walter Bowden · Post by **Walter Bowden** » 19 Dec 2013 8:26 pm

When Buddy played at Jeffran College the week I was there around 1979, he had a MXR 6 band graphic eq plugged in the output jack of his steel. It was the small one that used a 9v battery. I remember it well because he took some time after his set to answer some questions and let us look at his gear up close.

Walter Bowden · Post by **Walter Bowden** » 19 Dec 2013 8:29 pm

Forgot an important point; the mxr 6 band eqs back then were the color blue.

Jack Hanson · Post by **Jack Hanson** » 19 Dec 2013 10:24 pm

Walter Bowden wrote:Forgot an important point; the mxr 6 band eqs back then were the color blue.

The really important point would be how the sliders were set on that EQ! This ACL clip will probably start a run on vintage MXR EQs on eBay.

All kidding aside Walter, thanks for the interesting anecdote. Was Buddy playing an early prototype LeGrande, or a push-pull when you attended Jeffran College?

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Ray Price Austin City Limits Show with Buddy Emmons, 1981

Ray Price Austin City Limits Show with Buddy Emmons, 1981

With the exception of Buddy……….

A GREAT Show.................