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Joachim Kettner
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Pete Wilsher on steel

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Good stuff! I've never heard of her, but it's evidently a pre-recorded track because his hand movements don't match what I hear.
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I think it is indeed a live recording, but it is regretably out of synch (as you can see in Clodagh's lip movements). The Strat Player is Mick Jones, a very honest guy, with credits to having played in the Welsh Underground band Man, and I don't think he would have agreed on any playback.
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Thanks for posting, Joachim.
I love what Pete did on Sandy Denny's GOLD DUST: LIVE AT THE ROYALTY. A fantastic country/folk-rock album, even if it wasn't acknowledged as such at the time.
One of my favorite cuts, with a killer solo by Pete Wilsher:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiQk4Vj ... 0&index=15
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Daniel, I was aware that a live Sandy recording with steel existed. I've heard it once and I thought it was a bootleg. Now I know better. Thank you!
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