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Topic: Simple "in your face" steel guitar |
Donny Hinson
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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Jeff Garden
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Center Sandwich, New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 28 Jan 2018 3:16 pm |
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Absolutely, Donny - steel the way it should be!  |
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Kenneth Kotsay
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Davie/Ft Lauderdale, Florida
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Posted 29 Jan 2018 12:03 pm
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| Always enjoyed Ray on the Grand Old Opry. |
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Dave Mudgett
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Central Pennsylvania and Gallatin, Tennessee
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Posted 29 Jan 2018 1:17 pm
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Yep, definitely "in your face", I like it. I guess I'm an "in your face" kinda guy.  |
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Bill Cunningham
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Atlanta, Ga. USA
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Posted 29 Jan 2018 6:09 pm
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Maybe Pete Drake? Wasn't there a version of that song that was slower and had some "Chalker-esque" C6 all over it by another singer, in the 1970's maybe?
I worked a fair date playing steel behind Ray 15-20 years ago. I remeber discussion of the changes Pete Fisher was starting to make at the Opry. (Ray wasn't concerned or bitter, btw). He was a great guy to work with and was very personable. I have heard him showing up on the Opry ocassionally in the past couple of years, still sounding as great as ever!
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Bill Cunningham
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Franklin
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Posted 29 Jan 2018 10:12 pm
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Bill, Its Pete Drake on steel...That was a great band!
Paul |
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Donny Hinson
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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 3 Feb 2018 8:00 am
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| I know a lot of guys made fun of Pete (and some still do). But he had such a "knack" when it came to phrasing, and such a great imagination. I know it's almost sacrilegious to say it, but I wish there were more players like him today. |
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Walter Stettner
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Vienna, Austria
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Posted 4 Feb 2018 12:46 am
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Definitely Pete and the usual great playing!
Kind Regards, Walter
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David Mitchell
From:
Tyler, Texas
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Posted 5 Feb 2018 2:56 pm
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| The head producer at CBS (Billy Sherrill) would not produce a session without Pete on steel. No one else fulfilled his needs. That's how much he liked Pete's playing. His trademark whines and simple backups are on semi-truck loads of hits. There is interview on the net with Lloyd Green. Lloyd said guitar player and session leader Grady Martin made a studio player out of him when he stopped the session and told Lloyd "If we had wanted Buddy Emmons on steel we would have called him." Lloyd was trying to play like Buddy. Buddy had his sound, Pete had his sound and Lloyd joined them with his sound. All three of the styles made the sound of modern country music. |
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