Gary Morse

James McPhail · Post by **James McPhail** » 13 Oct 2004 6:12 am

Heard Gary last night in Oxford, MS w/ Dierks Bentley. What a show! Five musicians and everybody ('cept the drummer) is showcased continuously. Hats off to Dierks for his appreciation of fine pickers.

Gary Morse....What can I say? What a great sound and feel while technically pure. Makes me wish I still had a Sho-bud.

A true gentleman and a pleasure to talk with. Thanks

James McPhail
Oxford, MS

Danny Hullihen · Post by **Danny Hullihen** » 13 Oct 2004 6:43 am

James. No question about it, Gary is definately a class act, and one of the best in the business. Another one of the players who certainly help justify the many reasons why many of the pickers are going back to the Ol' Sho-Bud guitars these days.

Kevin Hatton · Post by **Kevin Hatton** » 13 Oct 2004 7:19 am

I've seen Gary take the gloves off in Nashville at 2:00 A.M. with some monster players. After he got through burning the Sho-Bud down his fingers were lying on the floor. Great Sho-Bud sound and monster player. A class act also.

Dave Ristrim · Post by **Dave Ristrim** » 14 Oct 2004 4:25 am

Like you guys said. Great player, great guy. What's with the shaved head though?

Dave

Jim Hartley · Post by **Jim Hartley** » 14 Oct 2004 5:37 am

I had the great pleasure of working with Gary many times when we were both in S. Florida in "87 to "89. What a great player and a great guy also. I was really spoiled those two years since nearly every job I worked was with Gary or the late, great Gene O'Neal.

As for the shaved head, that was a real surprise for me. I remember playing golf with Gary and seeing the pony tail hanging out the golf cap. Shaved head or ponytail, Gary is one of the best steelers you will ever hear. If you ever get the chance to see Gary live, don't miss it.

Jim Hartley

Bill Llewellyn · Post by **Bill Llewellyn** » 14 Oct 2004 7:14 am

I downloaded Sara Evan's "Suds In The Bucket" from iTunes a little while back and was quite impressed with the steel playing. It didn't sound like Paul, Bruce, Tommy, Sonny, Dan....but is sounded goooood. A nice change. But who was this player? Turns out to be Gary. Cool! Very refreshing.

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Joey Ace · Post by **Joey Ace** » 14 Oct 2004 10:38 am

Re: "Suds in the Bucket"
I had to work out that one this week.

I didn't know that was Gary, but now that you mention it, it's obvious. It's remaninicent of his "Mooney influenced" work on some of Dwight's songs.

Thanks Bill (and Gary)

Danny Hullihen · Post by **Danny Hullihen** » 14 Oct 2004 6:01 pm

Here's a recent photo of the man himself on tour with one of his really great Sho-Bud guitars! This list of artists that Gary has played with is quite impressive. To name a few, Highway 101, Ricky Scaggs, McBride and The Ride, Dwight Yoakam, and most recently, Dierks Bently. Of course, this list is much larger than this. Gary and I have worked together and have been close friends since the late 60's, and he is indeed one of the masters of the steel guitar, and his resophonic (Dobro) playing is absolutely amazing. In fact, he has a CD called "Resophonic Rodeo" that has some of the finest Reso guitar playing I've ever heard, and the songs are ones every steel player can realte to. If you don't have this CD yet, I strongly recommend you get it. You can order them from Bob right here on the Forum. Gary is indeed one very busy guy, but I'm hoping to get him to come and play more of the steel shows in the near future.

[This message was edited by Danny Hullihen on 14 October 2004 at 07:05 PM.]

James McPhail · Post by **James McPhail** » 14 Oct 2004 7:18 pm

He has a web site:
http://www.resophonicrecords.com/

He's a picker.

JM

PS Naturally, it helps to be in a good band. These guys (and gal) are serious business.[This message was edited by James McPhail on 14 October 2004 at 08:20 PM.]

James McPhail · Post by **James McPhail** » 16 Oct 2004 4:58 am

BTW Danny, that's an interesting logo on that amp.

JM

Danny Hullihen · Post by **Danny Hullihen** » 16 Oct 2004 6:13 am

James. Yes it is. It looks like the logo on the new Peavey XXX series amplifiers. In fact, I have those logos on my Peavey steel amps. I think it's pretty cool!

Look here: http://www.peavey.com/products/shop_online/browse.cfm/action/details/item/00461050/iple.cfm You'll see what I'm talking about.[This message was edited by Danny Hullihen on 16 October 2004 at 07:16 AM.]

Mark van Allen · Post by **Mark van Allen** » 16 Oct 2004 8:46 am

I've mentioned this before, but if you haven't heard it, run get a copy of "Tomorrow's Sounds Today" by Dwight Yoakum. Gary's all over this one, playing in quite a few different styles. Truly fine playing, innovative while still soaking in traditional vibe. Between that one and "Resophonic Rodeo", he's definitely become one of my top faves. Fantastic player!

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Gary Morse · Post by **Gary Morse** » 22 Oct 2004 4:05 pm

Thankyou for all of your nice comments! As always, if anyone is coming to a Dierks Bentley concert be sure and email me or find me at the show so we can visit......

Roger Rettig · Post by **Roger Rettig** » 23 Oct 2004 6:04 am

While sharing a room with the bass-player on tour last week, we killed some time watching CMT's top ten. My room-mate was not a great lover of country music, but a discerning musician, nonetheless.

We sat through some pretty awful stuff, but ended up with two favourites - AJ's current hit, and 'Suds in the Bucket'. My friend liked them both, because they sounded 'like they were played by a real band!' I know what he meant, and I have to say that I agree with him.

I thought I'd read here on the Forum that Sonny Garrish was responsible for the Sara Evans track, so I made a fool of myself reiterating the information. I bought the CD last night, and read that it was Gary - it's a GREAT steel-part!!!!

RR

Dean Parks · Post by **Dean Parks** » 23 Oct 2004 8:39 am

Gary-

Great solo on "Suds"!!

Question: On those walkdown licks, you're using E-lower, not A-F, right? If so, do you have that on RKL?

-dean-

Danny Hullihen · Post by **Danny Hullihen** » 23 Oct 2004 9:04 am

Yes, Gary lowers his E's on the right knee left.