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Charles Davidson · Post by **Charles Davidson** » 2 Sep 2009 7:52 pm

Dave,I read that HERE on the forum. YOU BETCHA,DYK?BC.

Bo Legg · Post by **Bo Legg** » 2 Sep 2009 8:12 pm

I'm pretty sure I'm the #1 PSG player in my price range.

Charles Davidson · Post by **Charles Davidson** » 2 Sep 2009 8:44 pm

Bo,don't be too sure of that. Sometimes I have to bribe them to listen to me.YOU BETCHA,DYK?BC.

Mitch Ellis · Post by **Mitch Ellis** » 2 Sep 2009 9:31 pm

Would someone please vote for me? (Just so I can bragg a little to my friends.)

Mitch

Billy Murdoch · Post by **Billy Murdoch** » 3 Sep 2009 12:54 am

My opinion is that the top ten players in the world are all number one.
Surely a candidate for number 1 would have to be a full time pro with a successful recording career and would have toured extensively with many major artistes.
Many of these players do not promote themselves on the internet,U Tube and the like,they do'nt need to.
Billy

Tore Blestrud · Post by **Tore Blestrud** » 3 Sep 2009 1:27 am

Rating the best players is impossible.
But a top-ten player has to have it all: technique, tone, speed (both slow and fast), pitch, creative and personal style AND heart.
(Like Buddy, Paul, John, Lloyd, Jimmy, Churley and a few others )

Paddy Long · Post by **Paddy Long** » 3 Sep 2009 6:05 pm

I know for a fact that Billy Murdoch is the #1 player in Summerston, Glasgow !!!

Annie told me.

chris ivey · Post by **chris ivey** » 3 Sep 2009 6:10 pm

i wuz gonna say jerry garcia too cuz he plays banjo an i like ice cream!

Pat Comeau · Post by **Pat Comeau** » 3 Sep 2009 9:16 pm

I don't think there's a #1 steel player cause there's always someone better somewhere $:\$ , but what he should of said instead is that David Hartly is his favorite steel player, cause you can't compare guys like Buddy or Paul, Tommy , Loyd or John ect...

cause they all have a different style of playing and it all comes down to what style you like better.

It's the same with beers... some like bud some coors or canadian or alpine beer here in the maritime...but it all comes down to taste and what you like better.

Pat C.

Danny Bates · Post by **Danny Bates** » 3 Sep 2009 11:03 pm

Chris Ivey said:

i wuz gonna say jerry garcia too cuz he plays banjo an i like ice cream!

Hi Chris... Look what you and Dave Mudgett just opened...

Dave Diehl · Post by **Dave Diehl** » 4 Sep 2009 3:21 am

You have to take all things in consideration when calling someone the "Best". Without question there is no one that can come close to the impact Buddy Emmons has had on the instrument, the music, or other players. Even the "best" have learned from him.

Mike Perlowin · Post by **Mike Perlowin** » 4 Sep 2009 4:02 am

"You are number 6."

Jim Sliff · Post by **Jim Sliff** » 4 Sep 2009 5:45 am

Not to be a fly in the ointment...but why do we have to rate players at all? It just creates instant controversy.

Everybody...even a rank beginner....is good in some way. As mentioned in a previous thread, pros rip of licks from amateurs as much as the other way around.

But ratings and polls are just "competitive" things where no competition is needed. Just look how PO'd some players get when Jerry Garcia is mentioned. It NEVER would be an issue if it hadn't been for Guitar Player ratings polls in the 70's.

Joe Casey · Post by **Joe Casey** » 4 Sep 2009 6:01 am

Lets just put it this way...The person who is actually #1 does not need a Forum polls results to make his day...

Larry Bell · Post by **Larry Bell** » 4 Sep 2009 6:02 am

IMHO, it's fine to rate to your heart's content -- just realize that it is JUST YOUR OPINION. Saying someone is #1 doesn't make it SO.

Stan Paxton · Post by **Stan Paxton** » 4 Sep 2009 6:02 am

Hi Jim,
I think this is just a light fun thing here, not all that serious. Everybody agrees all these names bandied around in this thread are the greats, including Hartley because he is so good. And everybody has their own favorite #1. So this thread as a "rating" really means nothing more than a bunch of guys having some opinions.

For a "rating" to have any validity there would have to be a consensus of peers to adopt a set of Standards by which to measure, and a final Authority to make the final call. Never happen. In My Opinion.

chris ivey · Post by **chris ivey** » 4 Sep 2009 9:29 am

i nominate danny bates for 'final authority' and chef at the pollster's luncheon!

Mike Perlowin · Post by **Mike Perlowin** » 4 Sep 2009 9:34 am

How come nobody's mentioned Robert Randolph?

c c johnson · Post by **c c johnson** » 4 Sep 2009 9:54 am

I've told this story before but bears repeating. Willy Nelson was at Panther Hall in Ft Worth and at this time the big discussion was on about who was #1. Willie asked Jimmy Day what # he was and Jimmy held up two fingers. Willy said why are you #2. Jimmy said everybody else was #1 so he must be #2. I told Jimmy that if everybody else was #1 and he was #2, I must be #3 so I was completly satisfied. cc

Glenn Suchan · Post by **Glenn Suchan** » 4 Sep 2009 10:21 am

I'm the best steel player I've ever heard. Then again, I don't hear too good.

Carry on, boys and girls.

Keep on pickin'!
Glenn

James Fleming · Post by **James Fleming** » 10 Sep 2009 12:15 pm

1979 Pittsburgh team, by far the best Steelers!

I hope this solves everything for you.

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Joe Miraglia · Post by **Joe Miraglia** » 10 Sep 2009 12:48 pm

Who was #1 before #1 became #1

Who will be #1 after #1 no longer is #1

Joe Miraglia · Post by **Joe Miraglia** » 10 Sep 2009 1:01 pm

James Fleming wrote:1979 Pittsburgh team, by far the best Steelers!

I hope this solves everything for you. [/b]

James, Four years in a roll My Buffalo Bills came so close to being #1.Being a Bills fan they where #1 Joe

Chris LeDrew · Post by **Chris LeDrew** » 10 Sep 2009 3:23 pm

c c johnson wrote:I've told this story before but bears repeating. Willy Nelson was at Panther Hall in Ft Worth and at this time the big discussion was on about who was #1. Willie asked Jimmy Day what # he was and Jimmy held up two fingers. Willy said why are you #2. Jimmy said everybody else was #1 so he must be #2. I told Jimmy that if everybody else was #1 and he was #2, I must be #3 so I was completly satisfied. cc

Excellent.

#1

To my ears