lap steel solo on old rockabilly record

[David Haddock]

I just heard this solo and it's pretty wild and frantic the way I like it, may not appeal to everyone, skip to just before the 2:00 minute mark... the song is not so good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51m0RPcLbWo

[John Bushouse]

What a wonderfully crazy, wobbly solo! Kind of like a merry-go-round speeding up and slowing down...

[Don McGregor]

That's Hot!
Speedy West maybe?

[Mike Neer]

It's wobbly because that guy needs a new record player!

Here's a better recording of it: Saturday Jump by Rudy Hansen.

[Dennis Brooker]

COOL MAN COOOOOL - DB

[Ray Montee]

The initial part of the solo rings out loudly of none other than Speedy West however as the solo ends, there are strong signature tonal/sounds of Noel Boggs.

Interesting musical conflict here!

[David Doggett]

Yeah, I've played steel with rockabilly groups and it works great. I play a universal, and what works is to just put it in B6 mode and play it like a lap steel, with no pedals (not that I can play as good as that record). I use a grooved Dobro bar (Shubb Pearse #2) for that stuff, which gives it a thinner more lap steel sound, and also helps with maneuverability. A tube amp also helps. Some of these groups also will throw in a '50s or '60s country song, and being able to switch over to E9 pedal steel for that makes me appreciate my uni. Of course you can do the same with a D10. And if you have a single neck E9 pedal steel, you can just hold the A and B pedals down and play it like A6 lap steel. Or of course you can be authentic and play a lap or console steel. Rockabilly steel is cool.

[Jussi Huhtakangas]

I don't know who it is but it's not Speedy or Noel and it's probably wobbly because those tiny indie label 45's were not always perfectly centered. Just listen to some Starday stuff and you'll know what I mean. As for this song, our band used to do it, I've probably played it about two hundred times, a good bopper that always got the crowd on the dance floor

[Mitch Drumm]

Here it is. It is a Cincinnati label and dates from 1956. I guess Jerry Byrd was no longer operating out of Cincinnati by that time. I have no idea who is on steel.