Jason Aldean's steel player?

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Louie Warren
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Jason Aldean's steel player?

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The Truth

A band I play with has done this song live. I sold my Emmons S10 years ago... I currently have a National D8 console and a National Dynamic. I tried playing this on both and had trouble. I then switched to my Line 6 Variax and played it in open A using a LP model. It comes close, but not exactly... I'm assuming this is a pedal steel and not a lap. I really love the tone!

Anyone know who played on this tune? Thanx.

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Post by Jeff Garden »

you got me wonderin about it Louie and I found this thread http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopi ... 15be7e717f

might help you out...
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I can never get search to work like I want... Thanx!
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Post by Dave Ristrim »

Sounds like a "lap steel (telerat)" or "slide strat" played lap style to me.
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Post by Brett Day »

Jay Jackson plays on "The Truth" when Jason plays it live. Mike Johnson plays it in the studio-he's playin' his dad's Fender Telecaster like a lapsteel.

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Post by Frank Freniere »

Can't believe nobody's commented yet on the Jason Aldean CMT special "By Invitation" this weekend. He has one kick-ass band.

And I love Jay Jackson rocking that Pro-I in his bare feet, all tatted up. He has a really nice sound. If your're a FoBro, Jay, take a bow!
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You need to know even if it's liked by most members,they're afraid to mention anything new on this steel forum.
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Theresa Galbraith wrote:You need to know even if it's liked by most members,they're afraid to mention anything new on this steel forum.
Theresa,It runs in there family :D I'll be the first to say"I'm putting NEW strings on my steel as I post this" :wink: . Joe
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Frank Freniere wrote:Can't believe nobody's commented yet on the Jason Aldean CMT special "By Invitation" this weekend. He has one kick-ass band.

And I love Jay Jackson rocking that Pro-I in his bare feet, all tatted up. He has a really nice sound. If your're a FoBro, Jay, take a bow!
I watched it twice and never really listened to him before. It was a lot heavier than I expected to hear, kinda almost like metal country! :lol:
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Post by Bill Cutright »

helluva band, and, for the most part, Jason lets his band play on the recordings. I know, it's VERY thinly veiled country, but maybe (unless you watched the show) you haven't noticed who the target audience is....
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It may be thinly veiled something, but it ain't country. Fortunately my TV has a channel selector!
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Aw....C'mon guys, don't rock the steel..........I mean the boat :\
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Post by Tim Heidner »

Herman Scurlock wrote:It may be thinly veiled something, but it ain't country. Fortunately my TV has a channel selector!
Songs about big green tractors just have to be country! :mrgreen:

He's got some pretty good guitar players with him, that preppy looking guy was great!
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Frank Freniere wrote:

And I love Jay Jackson rocking that Pro-I in his bare feet, all tatted up. He has a really nice sound. If your're a FoBro, Jay, take a bow!
Still wonder what the future of the steel guitar is? Like it or not, here it comes.
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Jay may as well have the knee levers removed he hardly uses them.
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I saw that and they are good,but I don't care for that rapp thing.
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Elton Smith wrote:I saw that and they are good,but I don't care for that rapp thing.
Once I heard the rap thing that was as much as I needed to hear; the rest,good music or not, just didn't matter. Remember, you can't spell Crap without rap!
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The sad thing about the "rap" song, is that it starts out as a pretty decent sounding song, then does a nose dive. He does have a good band though.
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