Mooney with Waylon--don't get no better---Pictures added

James Morehead · Post by **James Morehead** » 7 Sep 2012 4:53 pm

Got a favorite Waylon / Mooney tune? I'll start it off with "It's Not Supposed To Be That Way". Enjoy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pC22xbu ... re=related

Richard Jones · Post by **Richard Jones** » 7 Sep 2012 5:32 pm

ralph mooney was definitley awsome..i really liked the song he did with waylon...lonesome,awnry and mean..he definitly punched in and took it..right out the gate..awsome steel guitar player..he is definitly missed !! GOD BLESS YOU ..MR.Mooney

Daniel Policarpo · Post by **Daniel Policarpo** » 7 Sep 2012 7:51 pm

It's a hard sell between "Old Five and Dimers" or "Let's Turn Back the Years". Although this is a Waylon/Mooney thread, and the Moon shines on all, I have to mention I am also liking his early work with Janet McBride, who was kind enough to send me a whole mess of Mooney this week. Stuff he did early on with his homemade steel, recording with Wynn's band backing the fine Janet McBride around '59 and '60

Daniel Policarpo · Post by **Daniel Policarpo** » 8 Sep 2012 1:49 am

Richard Jones wrote:ralph mooney was definitley awsome..i really liked the song he did with waylon...lonesome,awnry and mean..he definitly punched in and took it..right out the gate..awsome steel guitar player..he is definitly missed !! GOD BLESS YOU ..MR.Mooney

Richard, I think that is my favorite example of single string playing ever, and he just rocks that whole recording through.

Bud Angelotti · Post by **Bud Angelotti** » 8 Sep 2012 6:47 am

Call & response. Breathtaking.

Chris LeDrew · Post by **Chris LeDrew** » 8 Sep 2012 11:23 am

Beyond cool. And the green shag carpet. Wicked.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qzctdbS ... re=related

Craig A Davidson · Post by **Craig A Davidson** » 8 Sep 2012 2:07 pm

Daniel is that Janet McBride the yodeler?

Daniel Policarpo · Post by **Daniel Policarpo** » 8 Sep 2012 4:10 pm

Yes it is, Craig. PM me if you are interested in hearing some of Janet's early honky tonk stuff. West Coast sessions with Moon and there is some stuff from a couple Nashville sessions which Lloyd Green arranged and played on. Really good stuff! .

James Morehead · Post by **James Morehead** » 8 Sep 2012 9:14 pm

Chris LeDrew wrote:Beyond cool. And the green shag carpet. Wicked.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qzctdbS ... re=related

That's our second song on our set list. Love to sink my teeth into that song.

Todd Brown · Post by **Todd Brown** » 9 Sep 2012 12:30 pm

Good thread, James!

So many good ones... Here's one of my current favorites
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oid31q7J28g
Mooney plays an awesome break at the end.

A cool interview from the same show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlO7OSDG ... re=related

James Morehead · Post by **James Morehead** » 9 Sep 2012 5:47 pm

Richard Jones wrote:ralph mooney was definitley awsome..i really liked the song he did with waylon...lonesome,awnry and mean..he definitly punched in and took it..right out the gate..awsome steel guitar player..he is definitly missed !! GOD BLESS YOU ..MR.Mooney

Richard, do you get to play a little Waylon music down in your area?

Yeah, Todd, great links.

Daniel Policarpo · Post by **Daniel Policarpo** » 10 Sep 2012 2:59 am

I love Moon's early stuff, instantly recognizable. An original MF. But man, whne he went with Wynn things started happening there, and then with Merle and Burton gave us a sharper vision of things to come, then about laid everything out with Waylon. His stuff with Waylon is so good you just sit there and laugh,the amount of imagination, soul and personality that come through.

probably been played to death around here....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-urOq56Ofc

James Morehead · Post by **James Morehead** » 10 Sep 2012 5:30 am

Daniel, love that tune. Here's another on our set list. A 1974 piece of gold not commonly heard.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=en ... hy_ME&NR=1

Daniel Policarpo · Post by **Daniel Policarpo** » 10 Sep 2012 9:04 am

Yeah, that's a good one James. I really like listening to that one driving around, and the phased guitar is nice and rich sounding, so cool the way it comes in and out. Mooney sounds like he's opening up the sky.

Joachim Kettner · Post by **Joachim Kettner** » 10 Sep 2012 11:30 am

This is a great thread! My favorite song is "Dreaming my dreams".

Daniel Policarpo · Post by **Daniel Policarpo** » 10 Sep 2012 12:47 pm

Yeah, I think that's my favorite W album, and that song is like the icing on the cake.

chris ivey · Post by **chris ivey** » 10 Sep 2012 1:26 pm

i agree..the 'dreams' album has some really beautiful steel tones on it!

Larry Bressington · Post by **Larry Bressington** » 10 Sep 2012 6:39 pm

According to Moon's watch it was about 8pm, nice early night!

His solo on Honky Tonk Blues was always unique and great also.

James Morehead · Post by **James Morehead** » 11 Sep 2012 8:40 pm

Here's one that's alot of fun to play:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhYy26-kV1g

Daniel Policarpo · Post by **Daniel Policarpo** » 12 Sep 2012 12:19 am

I like the way everything sounds together on the hee-haw stage, too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl3psXBTEzA

Todd Brown · Post by **Todd Brown** » 14 Sep 2012 1:20 pm

Here's another good one. I just saw them run this episode on RFD and it reminded me of seeing it on youtube.

You can get a couple little shots of Mooney using both feet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu3YZNldeJs

James Morehead · Post by **James Morehead** » 2 Oct 2012 4:06 pm

Yep Todd, love those early clips.

James Morehead · Post by **James Morehead** » 2 Oct 2012 4:12 pm

Daniel Policarpo wrote:I like the way everything sounds together on the hee-haw stage, too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl3psXBTEzA

Looks like Ralph is on his Shobud there. Good clip.

Daniel Policarpo · Post by **Daniel Policarpo** » 2 Oct 2012 6:38 pm

Someday, James, I am going to find an old beat to hell Sho-Bud Pro I or LDG and take it right on over to your place and let a little magic get shined and dressed into it. Your work looks like true "labor of love " and the steels get to be 110% of what they once were.
-Dan

James Morehead · Post by **James Morehead** » 4 Oct 2012 7:11 am

Daniel Policarpo wrote:Someday, James, I am going to find an old beat to hell Sho-Bud Pro I or LDG and take it right on over to your place and let a little magic get shined and dressed into it. Your work looks like true "labor of love " and the steels get to be 110% of what they once were.
-Dan

I'd be more than happy to help out, Danny.