Some Nice "Classic" sounding steel guitar w/Marty

Alan Tanner · Post by **Alan Tanner** » 15 Jun 2008 3:35 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zrfVgBO ... re=related

or this version

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNQjGr5l ... re=related

Andy Zahnd · Post by **Andy Zahnd** » 15 Jun 2008 6:34 am

this is just GREAT!!!! Who's the steeler?

Roger Shackelton · Post by **Roger Shackelton** » 15 Jun 2008 7:22 am

The Steeler is MR. BILL JOHNSON.

On version number one his Emmons psg sounds very thin and tinny!:eek:

ROGER

Roger Shackelton · Post by **Roger Shackelton** » 15 Jun 2008 7:32 am

OOPS!

Ray Harrison · Post by **Ray Harrison** » 17 Jun 2008 9:48 am

Alan, great post.... I've mentioned that song a number of times on this forum and enjoying hearing it, always.
It took me a lot of years to find out who the steeler was. I finally got the answer from Russ Hicks. I think he know everything.

Jack Mansfield · Post by **Jack Mansfield** » 17 Jun 2008 2:01 pm

Where is Bill Johnson today?

Ken Mizell · Post by **Ken Mizell** » 21 Jun 2008 7:38 pm

Those are great videos. Some of the best pickin' I've heard on YouTube in a long while. It would be really nice to hear music like that on so-called "Country Radio" these days. I like both versions. Marty Robbins is great, one of the best singing voices ever in country music.

This sound is most likely the sound that originally drew me to the PSG in the first place.

Ron Whitfield · Post by **Ron Whitfield** » 22 Jun 2008 8:13 am

Wasn't Bill one of the crop of Nashville steelers somewhat bred to 'play like Jerry Byrd'?
Not knocking him/it, as you'd have to be rather good to be in that group, just curious, and I've not seen him play before.

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Some Nice "Classic" sounding steel guitar w/Marty

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