Blues Clues

Paul Graupp · Post by **Paul Graupp** » 8 Sep 2004 1:23 pm

From time to time I have seen other threads about steel guitars used on kids television shows but just lately, I watched some of the old Blues Clues shows on tape that my grandson has as a current favorite. The steel guitar is once again used very tastefully and I especially like this guy's harmonics. They fairly burst on you like bubbles and are very bell like and clear sounding. Anyone have an idea who the player might be or for that matter, what equipment he is using...

Regards, Paul[This message was edited by Paul Graupp on 08 September 2004 at 04:20 PM.]

Bob Blair · Post by **Bob Blair** » 8 Sep 2004 8:44 pm

Paul, my youngest has outgrown Blue's Clues now, and on the whole I don't miss it, but I liked hearing the steel and often wondered who that was. Another thing about that show though - the original Blue's Clues host, Steve (now it's some guy named Joe), looked uncannily like a young Ian Tyson! Didn't sing as good as Ian though......

Bill Llewellyn · Post by **Bill Llewellyn** » 9 Sep 2004 6:39 am

Here is a list from a credits page for Blue's Big Musical Movie. Do you guys recognize a steeler among them? If so, maybe that's the steeler on the TV show.

Main Performer: Blue's Clues
Musician: Urbano Sanchez
Vocals: Kelly Nigh
Vocals: Steve Burns
Graphic Design: Nancy L. Hopkins
Main Performer: Blue's Clues
Musician: Grace Paradise
Musician: James O'Connor
Musician: Jim Whitney
Musician, Vocals: Michael Rubin
Mastering: Kevin Hodge
Musician: Walker Pettibone
Musician: Peter Robbins
Executive Producer: Jennifer Twomey Perello
Musician: Jon-Erik Kellso
Musician: Charlie Giordano
Vocals: Steve Burns
Vocals: Adam Peltzman
Executive Producer: Phil Baron
Musician: Daniel Hovey
Musician: Robert Curtis
Vocals: Jonathan Press
Cover Design: Jenine Pontillo
Musician: Orrin Star
Musician, Vocals: Nick Balaban

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Bob Hoffnar · Post by **Bob Hoffnar** » 9 Sep 2004 7:20 am

Dan Hovey has the guitar chair for that gig. He doubles on lap steel.

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Dave Van Allen · Post by **Dave Van Allen** » 9 Sep 2004 8:15 am

I think John Widgren owned up to this a while back
http://steelguitarforum.com/Archives/Archive-000003/HTML/20011227-1-010871.html [This message was edited by Dave Van Allen on 09 September 2004 at 09:17 AM.][This message was edited by Dave Van Allen on 09 September 2004 at 09:18 AM.]

Paul Graupp · Post by **Paul Graupp** » 9 Sep 2004 3:11 pm

Thank You Dave !! Good link and a lot of answers. I wasn't on the Forum back then but a lot of the comments are exactly as I see them in my two and a half year old fan these days. Do you happen to know if he still comes onto the Forum ??

Regards, Paul

john widgren · Post by **john widgren** » 17 Sep 2004 11:45 am

Dear Paul,

Yup that was me on the Blues Clues stuff. The session was quite some tima ago, but Iracall it as being fun. Some great vocals by Little Mo of Little Mo and the Monicats.

Thanks for your kind words, John (bubbles) Widgren

Paul Graupp · Post by **Paul Graupp** » 17 Sep 2004 1:36 pm

John: Thank you for "Chiming In !!"
If I can get my grandson Caleb as interested in steel guitar as he is with Handy Dandy Notebooks and Thinking Chairs, He will be in the next generation of steel guitarists and a lot of that will be your early influence on his hearing of music.

"Dat Paw Paw's geetar !!"

Regards, Paul

Henry Nagle · Post by **Henry Nagle** » 17 Sep 2004 1:55 pm

Raffi had a pretty good steel player too. Nothing fancy but quite nice. Choice cut would be a song that I think must be called "Bathtime". Also, a song that might be called "Gonna Ride My Palamino".
Got to get to 'em while they're still young!
Take a lesson from big tobacco companies.

Bob Blair · Post by **Bob Blair** » 17 Sep 2004 5:34 pm

Henry, I have a hunch the steel player on the Raffi cuts you mentioned may have been a Toronto musician named Chris Whitely, who is a very fine blues guitarist, among other things, and at one point played steel in a version of "Hank Williams (and did a real fine job I might add)- the Show he Never Gave". He and his brother, Ken Whitely did a lot of work with Raffi.

Henry Nagle · Post by **Henry Nagle** » 17 Sep 2004 6:51 pm

Thanks Bob!