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Topic: Top 10 Pedal Steel Guitar Solos of all time |
Charlie Hansen
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Posted 12 Jul 2018 3:55 am |
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Trucker's Cafe - Buddy Cage
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Glenn Suchan
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Austin, Texas
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Posted 12 Jul 2018 4:22 am
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| Gary Hoetker wrote: |
So many...but for my money...
I Didn't Jump The Fence-Cal Smith (Pete Drake).... |
Good call!  I almost included it on my list, but alas, the topic is 'Top-10 steel solos' and I thought Pete Drake's solo on Ray Pillow's "Take Your Hands Off My Heart" was off-the-chain.
BTW; Years ago, I played "I Didn't Jump the Fence" with a country honky tonk band and had a lot of fun learning Pete's solo.
Keep on pickin'!
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Dick Sexton
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Greenville, Ohio
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Posted 12 Jul 2018 4:55 am So many great ones...
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And of course, who am I to pick the greatest, but a couple that were mind altering/game changing to me and made me spend days even weeks behind my steel fairly early on.
Highway 40 Blues w/Bruce
Blue Bayou w/Dan
Misty w/JD
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Pete Burak
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Portland, OR USA
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Posted 12 Jul 2018 7:02 am
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I might be wrong but I don't recall anywhere in Pedal Steel history where this famous (to me) solo was played, before Buddy Cage played it, but the Steel playing throughout this entire song is stellar tone/taste/technique, imho 
Listen to it from beginning to end!
The famous lick starts a few seconds after the 1min:40sec mark.
Buddy Cage - Hello MaryLou
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-4rGrMM8Ek |
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Tucker Jackson
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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Posted 12 Jul 2018 10:27 am
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That's a great one, Pete. Also, here's a live version of "Mary Lou," with a different take on the solo:
https://youtu.be/MZWw87UgrwI?t=6m23s
And while we're talkin' Buddy Cage, he basically solos throughout a lot of songs and what he plays under the vocals is sometimes the best part. It's the quick blocking that makes it work.
For example, check out this section of "Truck Drivin' Man" from that same live Dutch TV taping in 1972:
https://youtu.be/MZWw87UgrwI?t=2m21s
And, different concert, I love the way he ends the solo on this live version of "She's No Angel" with that clean flurry of notes:
https://youtu.be/J-f5yTgg2PY?t=1m55s
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Rich Upright
From:
Florida, USA
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Posted 13 Jul 2018 9:31 pm
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Panama Red--New Riders--Buddy Cage
I Still Believe in You--Desert Rose Band--JayDee
The New Soft Shoe (Live)-- Gram Parsons--Neil Flanz
Touch My Heart--Ray Price--The Big "E"
The Steel Guitar Song--Kim Murray--Dickey Overbey
The White Light--Lloyd
Dire Wolf--Grateful Dead--Jerry Garcia
I Never Go Around Mirrors--Daryle Singletary--Player unknown
Country Boy--Ricky Skaggs--unsure of steeler
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Rex Mayfield
From:
Texas, USA
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Posted 14 Jul 2018 6:28 am
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Spanish Eyes (Randy Reinhardt) by Bobby Flores
Country Boy (Bruce Bouton) by Ricky Scaggs |
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Marc Muller
From:
Neptune,NJ USA
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Posted 14 Jul 2018 7:25 am Yin Yang
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Buddy Emmons John Hartford album All in the Name of Love, Gentle On My Mind - just sick.
Jerry Garcia - Teach Your Children, getting about as much melodic mileage out of 3 pedals as a musician can get.
Honorable mention is Sneaky Pete and the beautiful transition on Jackson Browne's Take it Easy into Our Lady of the Well. |
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Charlie McDonald
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Randy Schneider
From:
SW New Mexico, USA
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Posted 14 Jul 2018 7:52 am
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I Never Go Around Mirrors--Daryle Singletary--Player unknown |
That wonderful stuff was courtesy of Mike Johnson. |
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Chris Templeton
From:
The Green Mountain State
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Dick Hitchcock
From:
Wayne, Nebraska
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Posted 14 Jul 2018 8:50 am
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Lloyd Green....."Kaw Liga"!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwNKiiPdyOg
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Fred Treece
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California, USA
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Posted 14 Jul 2018 9:20 am Re: Yin Yang
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| Marc Muller wrote: |
| Buddy Emmons John Hartford album All in the Name of Love, Gentle On My Mind - just sick. |
+1
And the definitive version of one of the greatest songs ever written. |
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Bill Miller
From:
Gaspe, Quebec, Canada
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Posted 14 Jul 2018 11:17 am
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| Highway 40 Blues solo by Bruce Bouton. |
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Jim Fogarty
From:
Phila, Pa, USA
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Posted 14 Jul 2018 2:01 pm
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"Above and Beyond" - Buck Owens (Mooney on steel)
"Cotton Fields" - Charley Pride Live at Panther Hall - (Lloyd Green on steel)
"Tomorrow and Me" - Michael Nesmith - (Red Rhodes on steel) |
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Joachim Kettner
From:
Germany
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Posted 16 Jul 2018 10:36 am
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| Charlie Hansen wrote: |
| Trucker's Cafe - Buddy Cage |
That's a quite unusual choice. How could Buddy Cage play so fast?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDKc8ODUEIc
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Glenn Suchan
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Posted 16 Jul 2018 12:19 pm Re: Yin Yang
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| Marc Muller wrote: |
| Buddy Emmons John Hartford album All in the Name of Love, Gentle On My Mind - just sick.... |
I agree, Marc. That whole album, All in the Name of Love, on Flying Fish Records, is wonderful. To listen to it see below.
When Flying Fish founder, Bruce Kaplan suddenly died, the catalog was sold to Rounder Records and All in the Name of Love, like many other Flying Fish albums, was never re-released on CD. Fortunately the vinyl of All in the Name of Love can be heard on YouTube. Here is side one of the album. Gentle on my mind starts at 8:24 and Buddy's solo at 11:44:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GutbULy9_mk
Part One of Side Two (Emmons plays some tasty stuff on the second song, "Don't Try to Hide Your Tears From Me", his solo is at 5:50 and on the song "The Ten Chord Blues" in which his solo starts at 7:35 and includes a piece of the infamous 'Pat Martino Monster lIck'):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ATsGkjfTpg
Part Two of Side Two (Emmons' solo on the "The Deck Hand's Waltz" starts at 3:09):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_a92hGeBDQ
Keep on pickin'!
Glenn
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Glenn Suchan
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Skip Edwards
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LA,CA
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Posted 16 Jul 2018 7:35 pm
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So many great solos out there... it's like choosing from the stars in the sky...
I'll throw in with "Rainbows All Over Your Blues" - John B Sebastian with Buddy Emmons, and a cut I had the pleasure of playing piano on..."I Sang Dixie" - Dwight with Tom Brumley. |
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Terry Winter
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Saskatchewan, Canada
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Posted 16 Jul 2018 8:22 pm
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| Of all my favorite solos by far Lost In The Feeling" is my favorite bar none! |
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Marc Muller
From:
Neptune,NJ USA
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Posted 17 Jul 2018 5:07 am Re: Yin Yang
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| Glenn Suchan wrote: |
| Marc Muller wrote: |
| Buddy Emmons John Hartford album All in the Name of Love, Gentle On My Mind - just sick.... |
I agree, Marc. That whole album, All in the Name of Love, on Flying Fish Records, is wonderful. To listen to it see below.
When Flying Fish founder, Bruce Kaplan suddenly died, the catalog was sold to Rounder Records and All in the Name of Love, like many other Flying Fish albums, was never re-released on CD. Fortunately the vinyl of All in the Name of Love can be heard on YouTube. Here is side one of the album. Gentle on my mind starts at 8:24 and Buddy's solo at 11:44:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GutbULy9_mk
Part One of Side Two (Emmons plays some tasty stuff on the second song, "Don't Try to Hide Your Tears From Me", his solo is at 5:50 and on the song "The Ten Chord Blues" in which his solo starts at 7:35 and includes a piece of the infamous 'Pat Martino Monster lIck'):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ATsGkjfTpg
Part Two of Side Two (Emmons' solo on the "The Deck Hand's Waltz" starts at 3:09):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_a92hGeBDQ
Keep on pickin'!
Glenn |
Another great Flying Fish is Hillbilly Jazz with incredible Doug Jernigan playing, Vassar, Bromberg and other legends. Not sure if this made it to CD. Luckily still have Hartford and HJ albums from when I was a teenager. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Afu9dssl95k |
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Jack Hanson
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San Luis Valley, USA
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Posted 17 Jul 2018 7:36 am Re: Yin Yang
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| Marc Muller wrote: |
| Another great Flying Fish is Hillbilly Jazz with incredible Doug Jernigan playing, Vassar, Bromberg and other legends. Not sure if this made it to CD. |
Hillbilly Jazz indeed was released on CD in 2009, albeit missing a tune or two from the original double LP. It's Flying Fish FF 70101. I wholeheartedly concur with your assessment of Hillbilly Jazz, All In The Name Of Love, and especially Harford's 1977 version of Gentle On My Mind (see my first post on this thread above). |
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Ben Rubright
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Punta Gorda, Florida, USA
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Posted 17 Jul 2018 10:10 am
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'Getting Over You Again' by Gene Watson with BE.
'Wish I'd Seen Your Goin' Comin'' by Johnny Bush with BE.
'A Love Like Ours' [Nameless Shuffle] by Laney Hicks with........ah...ah...ah.....Oh Yeah, BE
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Glenn Suchan
From:
Austin, Texas
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Posted 17 Jul 2018 11:19 am Re: Yin Yang
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| Marc Muller wrote: |
| Glenn Suchan wrote: |
| Marc Muller wrote: |
| Buddy Emmons John Hartford album All in the Name of Love, Gentle On My Mind - just sick.... |
I agree, Marc. That whole album, All in the Name of Love, on Flying Fish Records, is wonderful. To listen to it see below.
When Flying Fish founder, Bruce Kaplan suddenly died, the catalog was sold to Rounder Records and All in the Name of Love, like many other Flying Fish albums, was never re-released on CD. Fortunately the vinyl of All in the Name of Love can be heard on YouTube. Here is side one of the album. Gentle on my mind starts at 8:24 and Buddy's solo at 11:44:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GutbULy9_mk
Part One of Side Two (Emmons plays some tasty stuff on the second song, "Don't Try to Hide Your Tears From Me", his solo is at 5:50 and on the song "The Ten Chord Blues" in which his solo starts at 7:35 and includes a piece of the infamous 'Pat Martino Monster lIck'):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ATsGkjfTpg
Part Two of Side Two (Emmons' solo on the "The Deck Hand's Waltz" starts at 3:09):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_a92hGeBDQ
Keep on pickin'!
Glenn |
Another great Flying Fish is Hillbilly Jazz with incredible Doug Jernigan playing, Vassar, Bromberg and other legends. Not sure if this made it to CD. Luckily still have Hartford and HJ albums from when I was a teenager. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Afu9dssl95k |
Marc, Hillbilly Jazz was the debut album for Flying Fish. I bought the album when it was released. There is a CD available through Rounder Records (Rounder bought Flying Fish). However, there is one track missing from the vinyl: Ray Noble's classic song, "Cherokee":
https://www.amazon.com/Hillbilly-Jazz/dp/B000000MEY/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1531854451&sr=1-1&keywords=Hillbilly+Jazz#customerReviews
You can check out the songs on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ-rjIsazvQ&list=PLwQtwB2Kmvq8G-YbV7uPkHJN0Wfy2EPVz
Keep on pickin'!
Glenn
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Greg Derksen
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Alberta, Canada
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Posted 18 Jul 2018 5:01 am
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Buddy Emmons "Lady be good solo" on Buddy Spicher and friends
Paul Franklin "Fade to Black" Dire Straits
Doug Jernigan "Makin the rounds"
Tommy White "when ever he plays the steel"
Mike Johnson "I never go around mirrors"
Dicky Overbie "We Could" on youtube , so soulful.
Sonny Garrish "So many of his parts that fit songs so well" |
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