anybody know the steel player?

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Tim Woodall
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anybody know the steel player?

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Great tune by Carl and Pearl Butler I found on www.youtube.com....

Love the steel break...anybody recognize the steel player?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlrNSVy70CU

also..is the "Marge Simpson" character's look based on Pearl's hair style of this period?
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I think it is Pete Drake, could be wrong though.
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Sonny Burnette
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Ole Pearl could have made a fortune renting advertising space out on that beehive. Thats country.
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Maybe Bobbe Seymour?
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Wow -- the steel player's left hand technique (starting around 1:15) is sure different from anything I've seen before.

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I would think maybe BoBBy S. also. Maybe he will chime in and let us know. If it's not him, he'll know who.
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There is also a video of "Gone,Gone,Gone" on youtube. At the very end they show the whole band, sure looks like Bobbe!!!!!

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Sonny Burnette
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Sonny Burnette - I was at Sonny's house in Hendersonville about 30+ years ago and he told me about how he broke the pinky finger on his right hand while he was working on his boat trailer. The finger was stiff and curled up on the tip from that accident.
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Real country music!... Wish it was still around...
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Its definately not Pete Drake.
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Alan, I agree with you...definitely NOT Pete Drake. Most likely Sonny Burnette. Didn't know Pearl guarded Buckingham Palace :lol:

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