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Topic: What A Backup Steel Should Sound Like |
Les Anderson
From:
The Great White North
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Posted 5 Oct 2011 9:16 pm |
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To my way of thinking the steel backup on this recording is what a backup steel should sound like. It's a song by Daniel O'Donnell singing a non-country song, I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen, with a country backup.
I have professed so many times on this forum that a steel guitar is a beautiful backup instrument when played with professionalism as a backup instrument; however, I get shot down. Whom ever is playing steel on this recording is doing a masterful job of fading in and out. The steel can't be heard for the most part but would be missed if removed.
Who was this steel player?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogXOCvj0-hA&feature=related |
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Finbarr O'Sullivan
From:
Glengarriff, Ireland
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Posted 5 Oct 2011 10:02 pm
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| I think it's Basil Henriques Les great player. |
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Les Anderson
From:
The Great White North
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Posted 5 Oct 2011 10:17 pm
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| I always thought that Basil was a non-pedal man. That steel guitar sure sounded like a pedal steel. Regardless, whom ever it was did a masterful job with his fading in and fading out. |
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Billy Murdoch
From:
Glasgow, Scotland, U.K.
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Posted 6 Oct 2011 12:11 am
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It could be Richard Nelson,He did a lot of work with D.O'D
Billy |
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Ray McCarthy
From:
New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 6 Oct 2011 2:09 am
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I've seen videos of Basil playing pedal steel, but he does lots of Hawaiian on non pedal--he's my favorite player in that genre. I agree, beautiful playing on a beautiful song  |
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Roger Shackelton
From:
MINNESOTA (deceased)
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Posted 6 Oct 2011 11:09 am
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I've seen quite a few videos of Basil on YouTube & he seems to favor his Fender 1000 PSG.  |
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Billy Tonnesen
From:
R.I.P., Buena Park, California
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Posted 6 Oct 2011 1:38 pm
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Very tastfull Steel Parts. Maybe in future years there will be more of utilizing Steel for sertain effects in in non-country anbd semi-classical music.
But first, IMHO, the Music Composers and Arrangers have to start to understand the Steel Guitar and know how to write for it. Usually, they have no idea how to utilize the Steel and leave it up to the player to come up with something that might fit. Historically, the Steel Guitar is a relatively new instrument in the Music World and it might take another hundred years for it to become a standard orchestral instrument. OK, enough of my ramblings |
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Finbarr O'Sullivan
From:
Glengarriff, Ireland
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Posted 7 Oct 2011 1:37 am
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| I still think it's Basil. He played om most irish recordings in the 80's and 90's. He played a black emmons. |
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Bill Myrick
From:
Pea Ridge, Ar. (deceased)
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Posted 7 Oct 2011 4:30 am
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| Good ear, Les--- very well mixed IMHO - |
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