Songs that did not have steel but should have.

[John Roche]

The Beatles songs do lend themselves to the steel,
last year I played at an open mike club and the owner had booked a Beatles tribute band from Liverpool to play at his Santa Pola Palace night club a few miles away, they turned up at our gig when they had finished their's , they got up on stage to do a few songs as the Beatles, I asked the John Lennon guy if they wanted me to leave the stage, he replied "No you f***ing stay there wack and play with us" they gave me solos in every song , The one that stood out from the rest was I saw Her Standing There, I must have been inspired ,the solo I done came from somewhere else , it was perfect ,I don't think i could repeat it again , I just wish someone had recorded it.... sorry to ramble on but it was something special to me, knowing that I had that somewhere in me..

[Bill OCallaghan]

"Smoke on the Water"
"Purple Haze"
"Stairway to Heaven"
"Smells Like Teen Spirit"
"Dynamo Hum"
Anything by the Fugs!

Some good picks John, I can just image those first 3.

Bill

[Jeremy Threlfall]

tonight (its 2.30 - I just got home) I had to (try and) play a bunch of rock and rolly type songs amongst a whole bunch of songs I DID know enough of to make a decent stab at. Our guitar player threw them in - from his old repertoire - to fill out the time. our set list tonight as it turned out (dodgy R&B/R&R*)

High Fashion Queen
Hoy Hoy Hoy *
Whisky River
Cow Cow Boogie
Hello Walls
She's Not for You (I love playing this - does the original have steel?)
Blue Moon of Kentucky
Brand New Heartache
Strong Boy
Close up the Honky Tonks
Baby Please Don't Go * minors

Christine's Tune (don't ask!)
Gonna Be Some Trouble Tonight
Luxury Liner
I'm Leavin Now
Wheels
Nervous Breakdown * (I sorta enjoyed this one too)
100 years from Now
Johnny Law
20 Flight Rock *
Parchman's Farm *
Thunderstorms and Neon Signs

Its Time
Summertime Blues *
Mystery Train
Workin' Man Blues
Good Rockin' Tonight *
Rip it Up *
Spin my Wheels *
Folsom Prison Blues

Although I couldn't do much more than 10-8-6 rocking on the AB pedals for these songs, there was a tiny bit of each song where I could make a unique/'different' steel contribution. I almost had fun with Summertime Blues.

If I knew how to play the rock and roll style (I have a Pro-1, no C6th) - and took my Rat to gigs - there'd be no end to it.

[Ken Mizell]

Amy - by Pure Prairie League.

Peaceful Easy Feelin' - Eagles.

BTW - Buck Owens version of Close Up the Honky Tonks does have steel, all over it - Tom Brumley. The version by Gram Parsons has plenty of steel too, maybe Neil Flanz.

[Joe Alterio]

Kenny Rogers' "Lucille" immediately comes to mind.

[Olaf van Roggen]

"Sneaky" Pete played steel on Close up the honky tonks with The Flying Burrito's with Gram Parsons.

[Hank Pell]

Both Dean Martin & Elvis, Have A Country CD that has no steel. I play along with them all the time.The Country Side Of Dean Martin & The Elvis Presley Collection--Country.And they never complain if i hit a wrong note.

[Brett Day]

I add steel to "Peaceful Easy Feelin'" when I play along with it and Alan Jackson's version of "Summertime Blues" features Paul Franklin on steel, and on Dierks Bentley's "Live and Loud at the Filmore dvd, Tim Sergent plays steel on "Folsom Prison" after Dierks says "I let that lonesome steel guitar blow my blues away".

Brett

[Jeremy Threlfall]

Thanks, Brett. I'll check out the Alan Jackson "Summertime Blues"

[Alan Brookes]

Both Dean Martin & Elvis, Have A Country CD that has no steel. I play along with them all the time.The Country Side Of Dean Martin & The Elvis Presley Collection--Country.And they never complain if i hit a wrong note.

Hank, you'd be surprised how many Elvis tracks have a steel guitarist. Check out this thread....
http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopi ... teel+elvis

I agree about the Dean Martin tracks. Dean makes a good C&W singer and there's a lot of material available of him singing C&W, but there's not much steel on them, unfortunately.

...but, as you say, you can put the steel on yourself.

I think Guy Mitchell, Johnny Mathis and Bobby Darin could each have benefited from a steel guitarist in their bands.

[Craig A Davidson]

Against The Wind-Bob Seger

[Klaus Caprani]

"Against The Wind" -Bob Seger.

I might add "Voices on the Wind" by Little Feat

[Craig A Davidson]

Klaus, Dixie Chicken by Little Feat would be good, too.

[Klaus Caprani]

Klaus, Dixie Chicken by Little Feat would be good, too.

It's more "Rock'n'Roll" so i definetely hear Robert Randolph in there (iiiiincoming

-Klaus

[Mitch Daniels]

Together Again

[Jerry Malvern]

I'm not sure of the title, it's either "Because" or "Because I Love You", by the Dave Clark 5

[Klaus Caprani]

Together Again

......Doesn't that have (non-pedal)steel?

[Craig A Davidson]

Together Again

I wonder what Tom Brumley did in that session then?

[Al Collinsworth]

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[Brett Day]

Al, you should hear Tony Prior playin' "The Star Spangled Banner" on steel. It sounds amazing!

Brett

[Klaus Caprani]

Together Again

I wonder what Tom Brumley did in that session then?

Ofcourse. I mistook it for something else. I even rehearsed it, but forgot about it in the meantime

[Don Poland]

"Turn The Page" - Bob Seger

[chris ivey]

buddy played 'sunnyside of the street " and many others with pennington...it's all so great...made me love music i wouldn't have listened to otherwise.

[Darvin Willhoite]

One of the best songs I have heard in a long time, that I'm working on as an instrumental is "The Prayer" sung by Andrea Bocelli and others. It has a beautiful melody that sounds great on a steel. Now I need Tommy White or someone of that caliber to record it, to really do it right. How about it Tommy?

[Ernie Pollock]

Well, for starters, every Bill Gaither song that was ever written, that includes his wife stuff too!!


Ernie Pollock