The Steel Guitar Forum

Thanks for the replies. Carl, yes, the song sounds like one that Merle could have written. Peter, thanks for finding the session info. Danny, I agree. I have heard of a "fingered" dobro which is is fretted like a regular guitar instead of with a dobro bar. Maybe that was the instrument pla...

Carl, you're correct, Merle recorded it and had a hit with it.

Does anyone know who played on this? It sounds like it has dobro and pedal steel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWCvitVLq8s

Thanks.

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Thanks Danny and Ricky.

The steel guitars in the first verse and second verse have different sounds and styles. Are the steel guitar fills in the second verse played by Pete Drake or a different player? Was it played on a different steel guitar?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09zorXQpfRo There definitely is pedal steel on the fills during the second verse. I was wondering about the intro and first verse. What is the instrument playing from 0:00-0:03 and 0:06-0:08? The 2 sections from 0:03-0:06 and 0:08-0:11 sound like the E9th A pedal bein...

Thanks for the replies. I did a few web searches and found that Jeannie C. Riley's Harper Valley PTA has fretted dobro played by Jerry Kennedy. Also, Merle Haggard's Mama Tried has dobro played by James Burton on the first half of the intro and outro. Does anyone know if it was fretted dobro or a re...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkauxT2dppY At 1:09 what's the instrument taking a solo? It sounds like a dobro but a little different. I've heard of a fretted dobro; is that what this is? I've heard this sound on 1960s Merle Haggard records too. Any idea who played it? According to the picture it's...

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Which brands of steel guitars is Ralph Mooney playing in these videos? Waylon Jennings.. Loving Her Was Easier https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqulCYE8w90 Waylon Jennings.. Brown Eyed Handsome Man & Only Daddy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=na3GjSyST_o&feature=youtu.be Waylon Jennings Me an...

Excellent!

Thanks Roger. Unfortunately that is not the version they played on the radio.

Thanks Steve. Highway 101 has a Christmas album and Blue Christmas is on it, so maybe that's it. I searched Google and came up with another possibility. Wikipedia's article on Patsy Cline says Jamey Ryan provided vocals for Blue Christmas in the the movie Sweet Dreams. I don't have access to either ...

Tonight the local radio station played a version of Blue Christmas sung by a woman but they did not state her name. The recording did not sound country, yet in the middle there was a prominent, almost in-your-face steel guitar solo that to me sounded like 1960s or 1970s country. If anybody has heard...

Jimmie's sound was so unique. Was this played on C6th or E9th?

Bill, please post more of this stuff. Thanks.

Thank you for making these available.

Jay put on a great seminar. His books feature the key points of each chapter written in boxes and these are repeated at the end of each chapter.

One of my favorites and a great arrangement of it. Nice timing of the entrance and exit of the background vocals.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOvBfdIGaQQ

A great song and a great recording, with tasteful steel, fiddle, piano and guitar fills. Anyone know who the producer, musicians and background singers are? Thanks in advance.

The original link is dead but here is Billie Jo singing the same song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nowaKBqupyY
Anyone know what TV show this was? Who are the musicians? Looks like it might be Hal Rugg on steel. Good song writing; who wrote it?

This is a Merle Haggard song and appeared on his early album "Swinging Doors and The Bottle Let Me Down."

Wonderful, it enhances the song perfectly.

That is very beautiful. Thanks for posting this and for running this great forum.

Bobby Austin ~ Apartment #9. With vocal harmony by Johnny Paycheck and steel by Ralph Mooney: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2bydnjChlg

Last night I went to the Maverick Saloon. Good authentic country music! Great vocals and guitar by Kevin Banford, beautiful steel by Danny Naccarato, Jesse Harris played that telecaster like it should sound, and although I didn't get their names, the guys on bass and drums kept a driving, perfect rh...

I'm interested in a seminar and jam. Like Dave, I would enjoy a seminar for C6, even a short one, to get me started.