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Topic: Installation number 3...ralph mooney |
Chris Erbacher
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Sausalito, California, USA
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Billy Murdoch
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Glasgow, Scotland, U.K.
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Posted 3 Apr 2009 11:52 pm |
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Mooney plays fast
Mooney plays slow.
Everything He plays is good.
Thanks for posting Chris. |
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Kevin Mincke
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Farmington, MN (Twin Cities-South Metro) USA
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Posted 4 Apr 2009 8:54 am
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| Classic Moon...PERFECT! |
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Henry Nagle
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Santa Rosa, California
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Posted 4 Apr 2009 9:41 am
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| I love that guy! |
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Kevin Hatton
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Buffalo, N.Y.
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Posted 4 Apr 2009 9:41 am
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Effort less 3/4 time ballad telling a story. You notice that after his solo he shuts up and lets the piano come in and color the picture. Alot of steel players could take a lesson from that. Wait your turn. Moon man is a heavy dude. Waylon knew it. He talks (not shouts) with his steel guitar.
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Ron Whitworth
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Yuma,Ariz.USA Yeah they say it's a DRY heat !!
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Posted 4 Apr 2009 11:47 am
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Just my opinion here BUT is is something to think about..
Waylon was among the "Superstar" status.
He made it to the bigtime with no steel in the band basically.
He was famous & had the $$$ to hire ANY steel player he wanted BUT yet he chose to hire Moon..
Does anyone know why??
And before anyone starts shootin' at me, I really believe that Moon very much improved Waylon's sound once he was added to the band.
He also gave Moon plenty of room to work in a song too > i mean seems like Moon always had room to stretch out in the songs & helped to make them hits..
I think it was a mix that melded together ( Waylon & Moon ) that really worked out well on stage & in the studio..
I know of Moon's previous career playing with Wynn, Buck & Merle BUT he did some SUPERB playing with Waylon also i feel..
Everything he played on with Waylon was wonderful.!!!
Just my opinion .. Thanks Ron
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"Tone is in the hands. Unless your wife will let you buy a new amp. Then it's definitely in that amp."
We need to turn the TWANG up a little
It's not what you play through, it's what you play through it.
They say that tone is all in the fingers...I say it is all in your head 
Some of the best pieces of life are the little pieces all added up..Ron
the value of friendship. Old friends shine like diamonds, you can always call them and - most important - you can't buy them. |
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Jeff Hyman
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West Virginia, USA
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Julian Goldwhite
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Alhambra, CA, USA
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Rick Abbott
From:
Indiana, USA
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Posted 5 Apr 2009 6:00 am
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I need to ask a dumb...no, really dumb question. In the first clip, isn't that the C6 neck? If so, how the heck is he getting the E9 sounding pedal work at times? I'm really amazed at the sound, and also feel a bit better about my out-of-tune moments on certain fills, the same one he's out on. I really see why Jeff Newman doted on this dude's tone and style...My new hero for sure.
In the second clip, the string doubling lick...can it be done with the 4th string and c pedal and 1st string? Or is it the KL on the 2nd string and the 4th with no pedal? I need coffee 
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Ken Mizell
From:
Lakeland, Florida, 33809, USA
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Posted 5 Apr 2009 5:58 pm
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Moon had his version of E9 (no chromatics) on the back neck. He has some sort of dobro type tuning on the front neck. His tuning or setup is unlike any other, totally unique. He routinely uses both feet on the pedals on E9. Long live the Moon.
I've listened to A Couple More Years so many times that I can't count the times. There's something about Moon's playing in that song that pulls me in. There are several on YouTube with Moon playing, including some back in the early 70's before he started wearing the hat. Great stuff, for sure.
I don't know why Waylon hired Moon, but I'm sure glad he did.
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Tore Blestrud
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Oslo, Norway
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Posted 5 Apr 2009 10:12 pm
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"The feet that made Merle Haggard famous", is'nt that what Waylon says introducing a Moon solo on the Waylon Live album. One of the very best steel players ever, in the top 5 in my book.
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Donny Hinson
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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 6 Apr 2009 7:48 am
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| Ron Whitworth wrote: |
He was famous & had the $$$ to hire ANY steel player he wanted BUT yet he chose to hire Moon..
Does anyone know why??
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My guess would be that Waylon wanted someone that didn't play the typical Nashville style, but someone that was still strongly country-oriented (as opposed to country-rock). That left him with few good choices, with Mooney probably being the best of them, IMHO. |
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Mike Bowles
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Princeton, West Virginia, USA
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Posted 6 Apr 2009 8:12 am moon
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he hired moon because he was among one of the very best he played with so much feeling i could listen to him for hours and sometimes i do
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Josh Haislip
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Midland, Texas
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Posted 6 Apr 2009 1:21 pm
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"Hey Moon, show 'em the foot that made Merle Haggard a star...Same one he used on Buck...Same one he used on Bonnie..."
Waylon |
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Ron Whitworth
From:
Yuma,Ariz.USA Yeah they say it's a DRY heat !!
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Posted 6 Apr 2009 7:37 pm
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Donny;
Your answer makes a lot of sense. i had not thought of it that way until you said it.
Donny said:
" My guess would be that Waylon wanted someone that didn't play the typical Nashville style, but someone that was still strongly country-oriented (as opposed to country-rock). That left him with few good choices, with Mooney probably being the best of them, IMHO."
You could tell that Waylon really respected Moon & his musical abilities > Waylon really shared the spotlight with Moon.
What a GREAT song & Moon's playing is SUPERB !!!!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IMCBL65ReQ&feature=related
Jeff is dead on with what he said here IMHO:
"If this don't show off Mooneys style, nothin' does."
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"Tone is in the hands. Unless your wife will let you buy a new amp. Then it's definitely in that amp."
We need to turn the TWANG up a little
It's not what you play through, it's what you play through it.
They say that tone is all in the fingers...I say it is all in your head
Some of the best pieces of life are the little pieces all added up..Ron
the value of friendship. Old friends shine like diamonds, you can always call them and - most important - you can't buy them. |
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Ken Mizell
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Lakeland, Florida, 33809, USA
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James Leaman
From:
Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 7 Apr 2009 12:15 pm
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What can you say about Moon that hasn't already complimented!
I saw Waylon&Willie at Milwaukee's Summerfest in the mid 70's and Moon changed my life. I had never heard such a cool sound. I was mezmerized and shortly af
ter that I got my 1st steel and never looked back.
There is something intangilble about Moon and his playing that is just COOL!!! |
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