"American Idol" guitarist ?

Rene Brosseau · Post by **Rene Brosseau** » 14 Apr 2011 7:43 am

Anyone know the steel player on Wed. April 13th American Idol show? It was great to see him right up front for millions of viewers to see !

Brett Day · Post by **Brett Day** » 14 Apr 2011 7:52 am

Probably Doug Livingston. He plays steel and lives in California.

Brett

Theresa Galbraith · Post by **Theresa Galbraith** » 14 Apr 2011 7:56 am

He didn't look like Doug.
Sounded good though.

Scotty hit a sour note at the end.

Stu Schulman · Post by **Stu Schulman** » 14 Apr 2011 8:43 am

That wasn't Doug

Stu Schulman · Post by **Stu Schulman** » 14 Apr 2011 8:45 am

Theresa is Scotty the Country guy?It sounded like he got a word turned around and then it was over?

Theresa Galbraith · Post by **Theresa Galbraith** » 14 Apr 2011 9:03 am

Yes, he sounded ok until the ending.

Stu Schulman · Post by **Stu Schulman** » 14 Apr 2011 10:12 am

I agree!

Brett Day · Post by **Brett Day** » 14 Apr 2011 10:29 am

I couldn't tell what brand of steel the guy was playin' cause I couldn't see it too well.

Brett

Stu Schulman · Post by **Stu Schulman** » 14 Apr 2011 10:40 am

The kid who sang the heavy metal song hit a couple of high notes that were so in tune I couldn't believe it.

Theresa Galbraith · Post by **Theresa Galbraith** » 14 Apr 2011 11:07 am

He sure did Stu. He reminds me alot of Adam Lambert.
Brett,
I couldn't see the name of the guitar, either.

Stu Schulman · Post by **Stu Schulman** » 14 Apr 2011 1:09 pm

Theresa,Yes Adam Lambert what a talent!

Larry Hamilton · Post by **Larry Hamilton** » 15 Apr 2011 12:24 pm

It looked like a Sho-Bud then I got a VERY quick glimpse of the name plate and I truly beleive it was a Sho-Bud. Maybe someone has it recorded and can verify my suspicions.

Mike Neer · Post by **Mike Neer** » 15 Apr 2011 2:07 pm

Wasn't that Jay Jackson who plays with Jason Aldean?

Gary Preston · Post by **Gary Preston** » 15 Apr 2011 6:52 pm

I saw it real good ! Sho~Bud Pro I . But i dont know who the player is .G.P.

Brett Day · Post by **Brett Day** » 15 Apr 2011 7:14 pm

Mike Neer wrote:Wasn't that Jay Jackson who plays with Jason Aldean?

Mike, Jay Jackson is playin' steel for Jason Aldean. The steel is a Sho-Bud Pro I.

Brett

Mike Neer · Post by **Mike Neer** » 15 Apr 2011 7:34 pm

Oh, right, that was Thursday that Jay was on. Wednesday I think it was Josh Grange, right Josh?

Kevin Bollivar · Post by **Kevin Bollivar** » 16 Apr 2011 8:04 am

Yeah it was a SHO-BUD...nice lookin rig too!!!

Bob Sykes · Post by **Bob Sykes** » 16 Apr 2011 10:11 am

Thursday night was a Sho-Bud fo' sho'. Wednesday night was a different player. I'm still new to spotting steels but his looked like a Red(ish) mica D10. The nameplate was a horizontal rectangle, but too dark to read. Maybe a screwed on badge...?

Last Wed. had a PSG player up front too. He got even more camera close up time. Whoever thought that would happen on THIS show?

Joshua Grange · Post by **Joshua Grange** » 16 Apr 2011 2:19 pm

Mike,
Twas not I on the American Idol.
I was on The Tonight Show on Monday though with kd lang playing baritone guitar and a White lap steel though!

Clinton Kirby · Post by **Clinton Kirby** » 19 Apr 2012 3:35 pm

It was Jamison Hollister. He was the steel player with Skylar. His website:
http://www.jamisonhollister.com/fr_home.cfm

He is from my neck of the woods--Mississippi. He's from Oxford, I'm from Hattiesburg. I learned of him via a craigslist ad. Great player!

Mike Neer · Post by **Mike Neer** » 19 Apr 2012 5:53 pm

To be a musician on American Idol, one must be a) cute, b) cute, and c) cute. Just kidding, I'm sure your friend is a good player (but he's probably cute, right?):lol:

I laughed when I saw the fiddle player on there last night and the mandolin player--I thought he was going to do a windmill.

Theresa Galbraith · Post by **Theresa Galbraith** » 20 Apr 2012 4:22 am

Mike,
If your talking about the fiddle player with Skylar, his tone was awful !

Mike Neer · Post by **Mike Neer** » 20 Apr 2012 4:24 am

Yes, that's who I'm referring to. My wife and I had a big chuckle.

chris ivey · Post by **chris ivey** » 20 Apr 2012 9:00 am

oh theresa...you're always so negative!!

it's nice that i'm teaching all of you to be honest.

Jim Eaton · Post by **Jim Eaton** » 20 Apr 2012 9:20 am

I ran into my old pal Jay Leach last weekend down in Oceanside at the Jay Dee Seminar and ask him why I was not seeing him "on camera" this year like the past few years of the AI show. He told me that they were really pushing the "20-something" look for the on camera players, but that most of the playing on the recorded tracks that they are playing along with are done by the "old school - A team" players.
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