Great Buddy Emmons Solo

James Quillian · Post by **James Quillian** » 14 Jul 2012 4:09 pm

at 1:56

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnEMOQTh27s

Sid Hudson · Post by **Sid Hudson** » 14 Jul 2012 4:30 pm

Check this one out!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8WjbCsQ ... playnext=2

Paul King · Post by **Paul King** » 14 Jul 2012 4:34 pm

Just amazing to say the least. One thing I like about Buddy Emmons is he smiles when he plays. I wish that I could do that as well.

Paul King · Post by **Paul King** » 14 Jul 2012 4:41 pm

Sid, Is that Buddy playing bass guitar on the Roger Miller video? I remember Roger telling the story that Buddy Emmons told him he was crazy that no one would buy that song. Well, he was wrong just that one time.

David Nugent · Post by **David Nugent** » 14 Jul 2012 5:15 pm

In regards to Sid's post, second video; was that Paul Franklin standing behind the mixing console?

Sid Hudson · Post by **Sid Hudson** » 14 Jul 2012 6:37 pm

Paul King wrote:Sid, Is that Buddy playing bass guitar on the Roger Miller video? I remember Roger telling the story that Buddy Emmons told him he was crazy that no one would buy that song. Well, he was wrong just that one time.

Yes it was!
This is the video I meant to post.

You need to remember that this was 43 years ago and we are still chasing him.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOHi_Ul7hTg

Roger Crawford · Post by **Roger Crawford** » 14 Jul 2012 7:19 pm

Yep, Buddy playing bass.

Earnest Bovine · Post by **Earnest Bovine** » 14 Jul 2012 8:06 pm

Buddy looks a lot cooler playing the whiny thing.

Cal Sharp · Post by **Cal Sharp** » 14 Jul 2012 9:06 pm

1:58 on Drivin' Nails just frizzen' kills me; it's the phrasing. And 2:09 where he uses his right foot on the third pedal. Awsonimity. E is ineffable.

Russ Wever · Post by **Russ Wever** » 14 Jul 2012 10:07 pm

. . . was that Paul
Franklin standing
behind the mixing
console?

No.

Hook Moore · Post by **Hook Moore** » 15 Jul 2012 4:30 am

Craig Stock · Post by **Craig Stock** » 15 Jul 2012 4:38 am

Paul,

I don't think Buddy worked a day in his life, with that Big Smile on his face he was having too much fun to be working.

If you love what you do for your job, it's not really work.

Check out the solo he does on 'Walking the Floor Over You' also.

Craig Stock · Post by **Craig Stock** » 15 Jul 2012 4:38 am

Paul,

I don't think Buddy worked a day in his life, with that Big Smile on his face he was having too much fun to be working.

If you love what you do for your job, it's not really work.

Check out the solo he does on 'Walking the Floor Over You' also.

Paul King · Post by **Paul King** » 15 Jul 2012 5:15 am

Buddy was sure smiling on that last video posted by Sid. I just cannot say anything about Buddy Emmons that has not been said before. I told some this week Buddy just had something about him that drew people to watch him play. I can sit down and just watch him tune.

Mike Kowalik · Post by **Mike Kowalik** » 15 Jul 2012 7:05 am

Great looking Professional the Big E is playing!!

Joe Casey · Post by **Joe Casey** » 15 Jul 2012 8:17 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... L8xnVbj5Ts Look ma no Hands..

Robert Daniels · Post by **Robert Daniels** » 15 Jul 2012 2:28 pm

Great steel...and I got my new signature line from the comments on YouTube.

Alan Brookes · Post by **Alan Brookes** » 16 Jul 2012 9:19 am

What I notice is that everyone had to smile at the camera. It was required in those days. Here, Eddie is singing a sad song, but he's required to smile, which takes away all the words.

Joe Goldmark · Post by **Joe Goldmark** » 17 Jul 2012 11:40 am

Great posts Sid! Watching Roger sing "That's The Way I Feel," right after Buddy's solo, gives one a glimpse of just how funny he was. Just with an extra glance he cracks them both up. I wonder how they recorded that stuff and if Roger or both of them prerecorded it? Otherwise how are they mic-ing roger so clearly?

Joe

Ross Whitaker · Post by **Ross Whitaker** » 17 Jul 2012 3:30 pm

Paul King wrote:Buddy was sure smiling on that last video posted by Sid. I just cannot say anything about Buddy Emmons that has not been said before. I told some this week Buddy just had something about him that drew people to watch him play. I can sit down and just watch him tune.

Regarding Buddy's smile, my wife once said, "If you sounded like that, you'd be smiling too."