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Topic: Who's the steeler on 1973 Fairytale? |
Gregg Laiben
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Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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Posted 7 Apr 2011 5:20 pm |
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Just ran across a recording of the Pointer Sisters' Fairytale from 1973. Nice little country hit for them, with a very nice steel intro. Any idea who was playing on that recording?
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Peter Freiberger
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California, USA
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Posted 7 Apr 2011 5:23 pm
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| The great Weldon Myrick. (As if there were any other not-so-great steel playing Weldon Myricks). |
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Ben Elder
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La Crescenta, California, USA
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Posted 8 Apr 2011 2:21 pm
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From Bobbe Seymour's 4/7/11 twice-wekly email:
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As I was coming up through the ranks, I remember my band leader in Philadelphia telling me how stupid Weldon Myrick must have been to quit his job with Bill Anderson. I told him as well as Weldon plays, he’ll be doing something much more important than that very soon. My bandleader laughed at me and said, “What can be better than a job with Bill Anderson?”
I said, “Just watch and see.” Weldon immediately got the staff job playing on the Grand Ole Opry and doing such monster hits on recording sessions as all of Connie Smith’s sessions which included a song called “I’ll Come Running”. Then he recorded one of the greatest intro and turn-arounds ever for the Pointer Sisters in a song called Fairytale, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXkllqtya90 which opened up all the pop and rock sessions that were coming through Nashville and he has done wonderfully well ever since.
Weldon and I did many of the great Mickey Newberry songs like Heaven Help The Child, Sweet Memories, If We Ever Get To Houston, American Trilogy and several other monster hits.
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Kevin Mincke
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Farmington, MN (Twin Cities-South Metro) USA
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Posted 8 Apr 2011 6:17 pm
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Remember it well! Good for the soul......country style!
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Joachim Kettner
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Germany
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robert kramer
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Nashville TN
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