New Clip of the Week 08/09/09

Walter Stettner · Post by **Walter Stettner** » 8 Aug 2009 11:40 pm

It's instrumental time this week. Here's a track from 1973, an instrumental version of the old Bill Anderson ballad "Still". Great steel break in the middle!

http://www.lloydgreentribute.com/Austri ... Sounds.htm

Enjoy!

Kind Regards, Walter

Georg Sørtun · Post by **Georg Sørtun** » 9 Aug 2009 2:50 am

IIRC: that's Pete Drake on steel, on a record featuring Maybelle Carter on autoharp (mostly).

Paul Graupp · Post by **Paul Graupp** » 9 Aug 2009 4:01 am

Back then, when you heard Charlie McCoy's harp, it was usually Lloyd doing the steel and Walter has always been one to keep us on our toes so I'm going to sit on this one for awhile...

Regards, Paul

Bent Romnes · Post by **Bent Romnes** » 9 Aug 2009 5:19 am

I'll go with Georg..Pete Drake on steel and Charlie McCoy on harmonica. No clue about the autoharp

Roger Kelly · Post by **Roger Kelly** » 9 Aug 2009 6:01 am

It sounds more like Weldon Myric on steel to me.

Joachim Kettner · Post by **Joachim Kettner** » 9 Aug 2009 6:05 am

The harp sounds more like John B. Sebastian than Charlie McCoy to me. I know he also plays autoharp. No idea about the steelplayer.

Walter Stettner · Post by **Walter Stettner** » 9 Aug 2009 10:55 am

Some good guesses here so far. The track comes from Mother Maybelle Carter's Instrumental solo album on Columbia from 1973. The album not only features great music but also some interesting conversations between Maybelle and the musicians.

It is Charlie McCoy on harmonica. Other players include Bobby Thompson, Jimmy Colvard, Chuck Cochran and Pete Drake. But there is also another steel player and he's the one who is playing on this track.

Kind Regards, Walter

Roger Kelly · Post by **Roger Kelly** » 10 Aug 2009 5:43 pm

Sonny Garish?

Georg Sørtun · Post by **Georg Sørtun** » 10 Aug 2009 10:47 pm

Ok, the other steel guitar player on that album is Stu Basore, so it must be him.

Checked the cover on the original double-LP album, but couldn't see that Stu B. was specially credited for participating on that melody though.
I can't distinguish between Pete and Stu on sound/style alone on that record.

Walter Stettner · Post by **Walter Stettner** » 11 Aug 2009 8:15 am

Georg, you are right. It is Stu Basore on Steel. He and Pete Drake get the credits for playing on the album. Although the song is not listed specifically, it is definitely Stu playing on this one.

Kind Regards, Walter