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Topic: Did Barbara Mandrell ever record steel on a record? |
robert kramer
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Nashville TN
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Posted 22 Mar 2024 7:29 am |
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| Did Barbara Mandrell ever record on a record that was released commercially? There is no documentation she did, but I'm just checking. Thanks for any answers. |
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Pete Finney
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Nashville Tn.
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Posted 22 Mar 2024 1:40 pm
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Hey Bob,
Have you checked the live album (on MCA, I think) that she did at the height of her TV fame? I know she did a live routine back then where she played multiple instruments, including steel, during one song. Don't know if that was included on that album.
The great Mike "Cookie" Jones was her steel player then, of course.
Appreciate all the country music history stuff (steel and otherwise) that you do! |
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Ron Funk
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Ballwin, Missouri
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robert kramer
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Nashville TN
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Posted 22 Mar 2024 3:25 pm
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Thanks Pete - Excellent - Just what they were looking for. Thanks for fast response. Thanks, Ron Funk.
Indeed, Mike Jones was a master player.
Barbara Mandrell “Live”
6/7/81 (live concert recording) Sunday
Roy Acuff Theater, Opryland, U.S.A. 2800 Opryland Drive
Nashville, TN
Tom Collins / MCA
“Barbara Mandrell ‘Live’” MCA MCA-5243 8/7/81 (r)
Barbara Mandrell – Live, Discogs.
https://www.discogs.com/master/405827-Barbara-Mandrell-Live
The Tennessean
Sat, Jun 06, 1981 ·Page 31
https://www.newspapers.com/image/112215904/
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Donny Hinson
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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 22 Mar 2024 4:07 pm
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| With her starting out as a steel player, I was always surprised that the steel wasn't more evident on her records. The only one I recall where the steel really stood out was her mid 70s hit, "Standing Room Only",and that was some really wonderful playing. (John Hughey?) |
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Ron Funk
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Ballwin, Missouri
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Posted 22 Mar 2024 4:22 pm
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Robert -
You might also recall these items from a Barbara Mandrell Exhibit at the CM HOF.
I was intrigued by the "Tuning Arm" on the front neck of her Wright Custom
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Donny Hinson
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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 23 Mar 2024 5:29 am
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There were a couple different versions of tuning-changers that were available in the '40s and '50s. This may be one that was custom made by Wright, or a factory one that was modified for her guitar. I first saw one in an old Ed Sale catalog, and later on several Carvin steels in their catalogs.
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David Wright
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Pilot Point ,Tx USA.
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Posted 23 Mar 2024 8:39 am
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My Dad built his own (tuning Changer)  |
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