I've heard him play it better. The band never quite got in the pocket. But that's steel shows. Great playing.
Edited to say. I've seen him more relaxed. Please forgive me. Sometimes I forget that I shouldn't write how I really feel. Instead. I should write what the people want to read. Maybe I'll get the hang of this one day.
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I've watched that song many times and I can't for the life of me see where Lloyd is uncomfortable. Once he points to his amp as if to tell the sound man to turn it up..that's common. A couple of times he even looks up from the steel, smiles as the flash goes off.
I would also like someone to explain to me where and how the band let him down. Simple, straightforward backing to a simple song in my estimation...They let the star shine.
Lloyd made sign to the drummer early on to "up" the tempo, but otherwise I think he was perfectly happy with the backing the entire one and a half hour he played that evening in -91.
The sound on that video is really low quality, IMO, but it is a while ago, before good video gear came available for such small arrangements.
I was there, and still have the stereo sound recording - using DBX for higher than CD dynamics and S/N, I made completely independent of the video. Can't release it yet, sorry.
Bobby,
Thanks for posting the clip of Lloyd. I had not heard him play that selection before now. Just no better to my ears.
In viewing the video, I am reminded again of how much realestate there is on the E9th tuning and how beautifully Lloyd covers it all.
In the early to mid 70's as i was learning, it was his albums on the turn table while i was trying to play steel! My Daddy told me back then that if i could learn one song like Mr. Green then i would start being a real steel player!
As my Daddy was and is, Lloyd has been my hero all my life! You can tell it is from his heart when he plays and for me its like you care him his hands taking a breath before he touches the strings!
Its hard to listen to Lloyd and not get choked up because of the bond we had between myself and Daddy with Lloyd Green!
Thanks so much for the post!
I am reminded again of how much realestate there is on the E9th tuning and how beautifully Lloyd covers it all.
You've got that right. Lloyd was down this way for a show back around 91. At the rehearsel. Lloyd would play maybe 16 bars. Then stop the band to ask someone to change or correct something. Then he would repeat the same 16 he had just played. Each time his playing was amazing but different. Some of these lines were rehearsed 5 or 6 time. But he never ever played them the same way twice. He seemed to never run out of ideas. I heard it. But I still don't believe it.
He seemed to never run out of ideas. I heard it. But I still don't believe it. 
