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Topic: Mel Street: Hell Yes I Cheated |
Steve Nelson
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Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 24 Nov 2009 2:43 am |
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That steel lick that started the song, I used to do it back in my Waterloo days at the Roundup....does ANYone have that song around on 45? or mp3? Please?
Steve Nelson
www.tomahcose.com |
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Ben Lawson
From:
Brooksville Florida
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Posted 24 Nov 2009 3:20 am
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| I may have it somewhere but it'll take a while to find it. If I remember correctly it was recorded in C. I used to start it in the 11th fret, strings 3,4 & 5 with A pedal & F lever engaged. Slide back to 10, release F lever,hold A pedal and add B pedal. Do the same from the 9th fret to the 8th then let off both pedals. I'm not sure if that was the answer you were looking for but I hope it helps. If I find the 45 I'll make a copy and send it to you. |
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Leroy Riggs
From:
Looney Tunes, R.I.P.
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Roger Miller
From:
Cedar Falls, Ia.
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Posted 24 Nov 2009 5:48 pm
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Steve, You'll have to get a order of broasted chicken before you play that song. I played Take 5 in there one night and filled the dance floor. Skinned my knee up when I tripped over a salt block.
Don't get me going on the roundup. |
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Steve Nelson
From:
Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 14 Dec 2009 10:36 pm
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Broasted chicken????? Salt lick???? Geez Rog, what's that about? BTW, are you playing steel @ the Wisconsin Rapids show, and am I playing guitar behind you, or beside you....
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Per Kammersgaard
From:
Sonderborg, Denmark
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Posted 21 Dec 2009 1:47 pm
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Are you sure, that Mel Street recorded this song. Acording to this site:
http://www.lpdiscography.com/
he never had this song on a single or album.
But Josh Logan recorded it - and he sounds a lot like Street. And there's versions by James Segrest and Ted Roddy as well.
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Craig A Davidson
From:
Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin USA
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Posted 22 Dec 2009 4:12 pm
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I think Roger might be referring to the livestock that hung out there. I know cause I worked there too.
A few cattle, a few hogs, and oh yeah a few fish, mostly large mouths. |
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Steve Nelson
From:
Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 30 Dec 2009 5:05 am
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Hey, thanks for the replies. I just remember that steel lick and did some Googling (that's a WORD???) on it and found what I found. It had to be out in the mid to later 70's, well, cuz that's when I learned it, duh......anyway.....thanks to all.
Steve
BTW, The Roundup was a great place to meet (future) psycho girl friends, too. Craig and Rog, I have some stories!!!! |
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Steve Nelson
From:
Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 11 Mar 2018 11:43 am Hell Yes I Cheated, found the artist
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Turns out it was James Pastell in 1977. That's the lick I learned back in the Iowa days. It's on YouTube, cool opening steel lick. Don't know who it is.
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