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Topic: Steel player in this Ian Tyson performance |
Joe Goldmark
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San Francisco, CA 94131
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Posted 26 Feb 2020 8:41 am |
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There's some good detectives in "The Great White North." This thread is crazy! You had me with Bill H., because his technique looks flawless. Then Bob Lucier blew his cover... good work guys.
Joe |
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Christopher Chubb
From:
Ontario, Canada
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Posted 28 Feb 2020 3:09 pm
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| Thanks for the dogged research. Wow! |
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Jeff Garden
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Center Sandwich, New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 28 Feb 2020 4:04 pm
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| Didn't mean to hijack your thread but Ian Tyson's name rings a bell with Buddy Cage's career. Didn't Buddy play steel with him at some point in the 1960's? |
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Bob Blair
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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Posted 28 Feb 2020 4:10 pm
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| Hi Jeff. Yes Cage was in Ian and Sylvia's band the Great Speckled Bird and appeared regularly on a weekly TV Show with them. Check out their 1969 album called Great Speckled Bird. |
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Jeff Garden
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Center Sandwich, New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 28 Feb 2020 4:17 pm
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Thanks, Bob, I'll check that out  |
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Mike Holder
From:
Alabama! Home of the great “Don Helms” & his singer “Hank Williams”!
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Posted 28 Feb 2020 6:51 pm
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It’s a great record and quite hard to find in vinyl. The band consisted of Buddy Cage on steel, Amos Garrett on guitar, N.D.Smart on drums and Ken Kalmuski on bass, well worth a listen!
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Jeff Garden
From:
Center Sandwich, New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 1 Mar 2020 12:33 pm
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| Thanks Mike...I just found it on Spotify and am listening to it right now. |
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Joachim Kettner
From:
Germany
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Posted 1 Mar 2020 1:23 pm
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I think it's called The Festival Express in 1970, when Ian and Sylvia along with Grateful Dead and other groups played in Canadian cities. Garcia heard Buddy play and asked him a few months later to join the New Riders.
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Craig Stock
From:
Westfield, NJ USA
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Charlie Hansen
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Halifax, NS Canada and Various Southern Towns.
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Posted 13 Jan 2021 4:28 am
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I did a couple of sessions on drums with Ron Dann away back when, probably about ‘75. Great player.
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Joachim Kettner
From:
Germany
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Jim Hoke
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Tennessee, USA
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Posted 4 Feb 2021 2:59 pm
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| I knew Ron in Montreal in the 70's and that doesn't look anything like how I remember him. Are you sure that's him? |
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Bob Blair
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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Posted 4 Feb 2021 3:07 pm
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| It was Bill Herchuk you see in the Tyson video, but Ron that you hearing playing on the track, is what we figured out with help from a "who's who" of Canadian players. |
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Jim Hoke
From:
Tennessee, USA
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Posted 4 Feb 2021 4:45 pm
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| I remember Ron telling me once that his favorite steel player was Weldon Myrick. He spoke of him in very reverential tones. |
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