Steel Player on Moe Bandy Song?

Chris LeDrew · Post by **Chris LeDrew** » 24 Jul 2012 7:32 pm

"She Took More Than Her Share"

What tone! Anyone know who it is? Could it be Weldon Myrick? Sounds PP to me. There isn't actually a whole lot of steel (intro, middle, and end), but man is it ever sweet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oO8mTEh53Q

Steve Hinson · Post by **Steve Hinson** » 24 Jul 2012 7:42 pm

Chris,without hearing it right now I'll guess it's Weldon...I think he did almost all the Moe records on Columbia...that was state of the art steel playing in the'70s...those records will generally be cited as some of Weldon's finest work...that is the tone I have always dreamed of getting,but it ain't happened yet.

Steve Hinson · Post by **Steve Hinson** » 24 Jul 2012 7:47 pm

Yep,Weldon...I haven't had a drink in a while...almost had to go get one on that...sure miss that kind of music.

Chris LeDrew · Post by **Chris LeDrew** » 24 Jul 2012 7:48 pm

Thanks, Steve. Yes the tone. That's exactly what hit me when I heard the song on Willie's Place this afternoon. It jumped right out of the radio. It must have had similar wow factor back when it was first released. Tasteful note choices as well. The bend he does just before the first line of the song seems to stretch on forever. So cool. Sounds like it might be a second-string full-tone lower released.

Skip Edwards · Post by **Skip Edwards** » 24 Jul 2012 9:29 pm

Doesn't Weldon do something a little different with his second string? Tunes it to D, or something like that?

Per Berner · Post by **Per Berner** » 24 Jul 2012 9:57 pm

Steve Hinson wrote:that is the tone I have always dreamed of getting,but it ain't happened yet.

Couldn't have said it better. This is the definitive p/p tone benchmark. I own every single album Moe Bandy recorded for GRC and Columbia, and they all contain superb steel. Lloyd Green is on a handful of tracks, but the rest is Weldon Myrick at his very best.

For some other excellent vintage Weldon, check out Gary Stewart's 1976 album "Steppin' Out". The steel on "Hank Western" still gives me goosebumps all over...

Dave Biller · Post by **Dave Biller** » 24 Jul 2012 10:12 pm

Skip Edwards wrote:Doesn't Weldon do something a little different with his second string? Tunes it to D, or something like that?

yessir, he tunes it open to C# and raises it a half and a whole on two different knee levers.

Steve Hinson · Post by **Steve Hinson** » 25 Jul 2012 2:16 am

Yes,Per,"Steppin'Out"is another great album where the steel tone is about as good as it gets,to me!
The cut you mentioned,"Hank Western"has Weldon playing the Don Helms style that he plays so well..."Backsliders'Wine"on the"Out of Hand"album is another cut that features Weldon playing that style...he played that stuff on a lot of the Moe records,too...

Lucky for us a lot of these records are still available on CD!

If enough people buy this stuff,it'll stay in print.

Steve Dodson · Post by **Steve Dodson** » 25 Jul 2012 4:19 am

Weldons playing on Gary Stewart's song Whiskey Trip still flips me out after all this time.Same as above Great Tone, very tasteful playing. What else can I say, its Weldon

Steve Hinson · Post by **Steve Hinson** » 25 Jul 2012 6:41 am

"Whiskey Trip"!What a magnificent sound...doubled and he played the MELODY...if the tone is there it works every time.

Steve Dodson · Post by **Steve Dodson** » 25 Jul 2012 9:22 am

Hey Steve,
Another tune that Weldon plays that still has my mind twisted after all this time is a tune he wrote called "Hot Foot" that one will heat up the ole finger picks

robert kramer · Post by **robert kramer** » 25 Jul 2012 9:41 am

While we're speaking of tone - here's another Weldon cut recorded in 1971: "Seven Bridges Road" by Steve Young from his 1972 LP "Seven Bridges Road" (Reprise MS2081)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNoPcV8XksE

"She Took More than Her Share" is 1976. Weldon's work on the Moe Bandy sides is one of the classic runs in country music history and those LP's are - in a way - a cornerstone of 70's country music.

It was a very good decade.

Tiny Olson · Post by **Tiny Olson** » 26 Jul 2012 7:12 pm

This stuff is just so great. Weldon's work on the Johnny Bush records of this era (RCA albums) and Johnny Duncan's stuff ranks up there too. He did some great cuts with Kenny Price as well. Well, really pretty much anything Weldon's done is cool. I could be mistaken but I'm pretty sure Weldon told me in the 70s that he was using a MusicMan amp in the studio quite a bit on Moe's cuts. Man I've always loved Weldon's playing !!!

Sincerely,
Chris "Tiny" Olson