Tweet, Tweet.... birds calls on Steel Guitar

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 28 Jun 2007 5:36 pm

Here's a 25 second edit from an old recording. I smile every time I hear this!

http://www.playsteelguitar.com/tweet.mp3

No effects necessary. It’s done the old fashioned way… just a bar in the hands of a pro with excellent technique.
Anyone know who the player is?

Ray Montee (RIP) · Post by **Ray Montee (RIP)** » 28 Jun 2007 5:52 pm

Unable to find the proxy server or whatever!

Would have enjoyed hearing it.

Can you NAME THAT TUNE?

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 28 Jun 2007 5:55 pm

Ray, it's "Listen to the Mockingbird" and I'm wondering why it doesn't play on your computer.... hmmm.

Can other forum members hear it?

Ray Montee (RIP) · Post by **Ray Montee (RIP)** » 28 Jun 2007 6:14 pm

Is that the one where the whistler is doing his thang? Real dynamic whistling and all?

Never heard it.

Speedy West did a thing in West of Somoa, one time.

John Lockney · Post by **John Lockney** » 28 Jun 2007 6:14 pm

I've seen that one listed as "Hot Mocking Bird".

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 28 Jun 2007 6:16 pm

Can you guys Hear the mp3? Does it play for you?

Jerry Roller · Post by **Jerry Roller** » 28 Jun 2007 6:23 pm

Doug, it played for me. I still play "Hot Mockingbird and it is an often requested tune.
Jerry

Ray Montee (RIP) · Post by **Ray Montee (RIP)** » 28 Jun 2007 6:24 pm

Hi there!
Mine comes back with this message: " The specified serve cannot be found".

How about that?

Jerry Roller · Post by **Jerry Roller** » 28 Jun 2007 6:51 pm

I just went back and tried again. It played again for me. I am usually the one who can't get these things to work.

Jerry

Chip Fossa · Post by **Chip Fossa** » 28 Jun 2007 6:58 pm

I can hear it Doug. I like that kind-of-stuff. Throw it in during a solo. Not all the time, but every now and then; and maybe use it with the context of the song. Like.......any Byrd's songs will do.

GEH! GEH!

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 28 Jun 2007 7:04 pm

Ray, If you send me your regular email address I will email the file to you.
I don't think the Steel Forum email system allows for the attachment of files.

Bobby Boggs · Post by **Bobby Boggs** » 28 Jun 2007 7:28 pm

I haven't heard the file.But I'll guess cousin Jody.

Speedy West did a thing in West of Somoa, one time.

That one knocked me out.......bb

Ray Montee (RIP) · Post by **Ray Montee (RIP)** » 28 Jun 2007 7:40 pm

It to me, sounds like a young Chet Atkins. The rhythm section sounds like that of Louie Innis and Zeke Turner from back in the days of WLW Radio, Cincinnati.

The chirping sounds, sound a great deal like the meat and clarity of a Rickenbacher string being plucked.

In my email, I mentioned the last two notes that are audible on your cut, where the steel makes a rapid, downward slap-slide or whatever one might want to call it..........it sorta sounds like it just might be THE MAN.........JERRY BYRD. The last time I played it thro', I managed to get three last notes off of your cut and now I'm CERTAIN, it's JERRY BYRD!

He plays the same kinda stuff on Clyde Moody's King record of "I Love You Because"; and countless other olden day tunes. He was an innovator!

Do I WIN Anything?

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 28 Jun 2007 7:44 pm

Someone burned a copy of this for me several years ago, and the name of the player is hand-written on the label... so I can't be 100% sure that the name written on the label is correct, I'm just assuming it is. Anyway, I'll let you keep guessing until someone says the name. Ain't I awful!

I can tell you this... the name on the label is not Jerry Byrd, and not Cousin Jody.

Ray Montee (RIP) · Post by **Ray Montee (RIP)** » 28 Jun 2007 7:49 pm

I'll bet my 20/20 ears that I'm right!

How about sharing a copy of that item with me for a thorough and precise evaluation? Seems only fair.

Don Walters · Post by **Don Walters** » 28 Jun 2007 10:11 pm

I won't swear to it but it could be Bud Isaacs. I had that on 78 rpm many decades ago and got it again on CD about a year ago (From Scotty). The above snippet is very close to the later part of BI's recording.

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 28 Jun 2007 10:18 pm

BINGO! You got it. Bud Isaacs, Hot Mockin' Bird (Listen to the Mockingbird), RCA, 1950s.

His playing here reminds me of Kayton Roberts and Speedy West, that same kind of energy.

Mike Perlowin RIP · Post by **Mike Perlowin RIP** » 28 Jun 2007 11:10 pm

Bud's recording of this tune along with 20 others he recorded (with Chet Atkins on guitar) was re-issued on Bud's CD "Crying Steel Guitar."

The CD can be purchased from Bud and Geri. They can be reached at bigsteel1@aol.com

The whole CD is pretty cool. The material is very dated and maybe a little corny by today's standards, but Bud was a master player and the CD is a window into the steel guitar's history.

Tim Whitlock · Post by **Tim Whitlock** » 29 Jun 2007 4:00 am

Not sure who the player is on your sample. I have a transcript of some Red Foley radio shows that has a Bud Isaacs live version. Here's a link to a Bud Issacs collection that includes "Hot Mockingbird":

http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.a ... 2717&BAB=E

By the way, although Bud is renowned for his moving tone pedal steel innovations, he was also just a great all around player. Wonderful touch and tone and he could throw in some hot licks when needed. His recordings from the 50's combine established non-pedal stylings with the emerging E9th sound. Good stuff!

Charles Davidson · Post by **Charles Davidson** » 29 Jun 2007 9:01 am

It is BUD ISSACS,I HAVE THE CD.

Terry Sneed · Post by **Terry Sneed** » 29 Jun 2007 4:14 pm

Ok Jerry Roller, I give up. How do you make the bird chirps? Which strings, frets etc? I want to do it.

Terry

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 29 Jun 2007 5:03 pm

Any thin, unwound string will work, string 1 is probably the easiest. Place your bar way up by the pickup. Pick the string and slide your bar from high to higher...rapidly! Repeat as necessary. Pick and slide up/down. Keep your wrist loose, and keep that bar moving!

Danny Spinks · Post by **Danny Spinks** » 29 Jun 2007 6:31 pm

"Hot Mockin' Bird" was the flip side of "The Waltz You Saved For Me". It was the first release by Bud Isaacs on RCA. I still have a 78rpm record of it, but it is no longer playable. Thank goodness you can get all of the RCA recordings on one CD mentioned above.

Danny

Terry Sneed · Post by **Terry Sneed** » 29 Jun 2007 8:09 pm

Thanks Doug, I'll give it a try.

Terry

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