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Topic: Paul Franklin & Mike Smith - United Steels |
Russ Wever
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Kansas City
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Bobby Bowman
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Cypress, Texas, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 17 Nov 2012 1:40 am My 'O My!!!!!!! |
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A zillion WOW's,,,,absolutely fabulous.
BB
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Fred Justice
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Mesa, Arizona
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Posted 17 Nov 2012 3:07 am
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Wowwie Zing double Zing!!!!!!!!!!!
This was worth getting up at 4:00 AM for. 
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Douglas Schuch
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Valencia, Philippines
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Posted 17 Nov 2012 3:20 am
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A HUGE thanks to Paul, Mike, Russ, and anyone else involved with making these available! Great stuff! I love that funk jazz in the first track!
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Hook Moore
From:
South Charleston,West Virginia
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John Lacey
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Black Diamond, Alberta, Canada
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Posted 17 Nov 2012 5:25 am
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| I saw Paul and Mike playing this kind of music at St. Louis at the end of Sunday nites' gig in '76. Buddy and Jimmy Day were standing by the stage watching, listening. |
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Dickie Whitley
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Posted 17 Nov 2012 5:52 am
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I'm not sure where this would be genre-wise, but great playing, and more than worth a listen at the least. I know I might get flamed for this but in my opinion, this is great evidence that the PSG is not just a "country" instrument. The world of music is wide open to the PSG, but those stepping outside of "traditional" PSG are few (my humble opinion only).
But, comparatively to other instruments, we're still young yet, there is still hope. |
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Bob Taillefer
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Canada
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Posted 17 Nov 2012 6:09 am
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Hello Russ,
Wonderful tracks!
Ben used to talk about these unreleased tracks with fondness.
Thanks for posting them.
Paul and Mike have inspired me and many other players over the years.
Bob T.
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David Wright
From:
Pilot Point ,Tx USA.
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Posted 17 Nov 2012 6:36 am
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| Un Real, enjoyed it !!!!!! |
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Jim Lindsey (Louisiana)
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Greenwell Springs, Louisiana (deceased)
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Posted 17 Nov 2012 6:37 am
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Very nice tracks! Paul Franklin and Mike Smith; two names synonymous with everything excellent in music. 
Thanks for posting this thread, Russ.
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Peter Freiberger
From:
California, USA
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Posted 17 Nov 2012 7:04 am
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| Great stuff! From a great era when a few gifted, free thinking and far sighted players were trying hard to push our instrument in new directions. I'm afraid their efforts met with limited success, and resistance even from other steel players (possibly origin of the phrase, "That ain't country"?). Thanks to all concerned for the postings. |
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Rick Schmidt
From:
Prescott AZ, USA
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Posted 17 Nov 2012 7:20 am
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| This is so great I can barely contain myself! It was a brave new world! Thanks to all! |
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Steven Cummings
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Texas
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Posted 17 Nov 2012 7:24 am
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Thanks! This is .........
words escape me at the moment.
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Ron Funk
From:
Ballwin, Missouri
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Posted 17 Nov 2012 8:33 am
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Paul & Mike's extra terrestrial 'out-of-the-box' skills from nearly forty - 40 !! - years ago.
Thanks to all involved in allowing these tracks to be posted. |
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Roger Rettig
From:
Naples, FL
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Posted 17 Nov 2012 8:48 am
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This has made my day - my thanks to all concerned (and it's a reminder that Mike remains in my top five favourite steel players' list!)
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Jason Rumley
From:
Foley, Minnesota, USA
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Posted 17 Nov 2012 8:59 am
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Wow.. just wow.
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 17 Nov 2012 9:09 am
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Oh, Good Grief  I echo Mike P's comment about a CD of this. Thanks guys for allowing the music to be heard and Russ for posting the links. |
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Dan Galysh
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Hendersonville, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 17 Nov 2012 9:12 am
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| Like discovering buried treasure. Thanks for posting. |
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Tom Moorman
From:
Decatur, GA USA
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Posted 17 Nov 2012 10:05 am Paul Franklin & Mike Smith - United Steels
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Years ago at the Nashville Steel Guitar Association June Jam, Mike Smith played a similar tune ' Summer Sausage, some are not' Blew us away.
Thanks for bringing this to us.
Tom |
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CrowBear Schmitt
From:
Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
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Posted 17 Nov 2012 10:21 am
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Mercy !  |
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Peter Freiberger
From:
California, USA
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Posted 17 Nov 2012 10:57 am
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| These tunes need better names than "Track 01", "Track 02", etc. That ain't country. |
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Rex Thomas
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Thompson's Station, TN
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Posted 17 Nov 2012 11:19 am NOW this makes sense
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Around that time (I'm going to say more like '76) there was a steel show hosted by Sho-Bud, (I'm guessing about the hosting Paul, don't beat me up, okay?) an all day event with Jack Boles M.C.-ing at what used to be the Ramada Inn on Trinity Lane, Nshvl. MANY were there, Buddy Emmons, Doug Jernigan, Jeff Newman, Zane Beck, Weldon Myrick, I "think" even Scotty & Randy Beavers was there, others I can't remember, & of course Paul & Mike. Just a few years ago I happened to see Doug at Bobbe's shop & he remembered this show well which he said something to the effect that there was some "serious getting with it" going on, & indeed there was.
All this to say that I remember that the set Mike & Paul played was mostly those tracks if not all of them. Needless to say they were so hot that they burned a big hole in the stage, & Uall can figure out the rest of that. Thing is I didn't realize that they were more/less promoting "United Steels", so it was that much bigger of an impact, to me anyway.
I also recall that Mike & Paul were very generous to give Ben & Randy solos. And that spun my beanie.
One amusing tidbit was noticing Jack Boles giving Paul "sass" for tuning his Sho-Bud too much before their set.
I had an enjoyable conversation with Mike. I'll always be a Mike Smith fan because of the time he took to talk to me then. I remember him telling me about experimenting with Darco strings at that time.
Thankew, Russ!
Last edited by Rex Thomas on 17 Nov 2012 2:25 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Ken Byng
From:
Southampton, England
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Posted 17 Nov 2012 11:28 am
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Tight, bright and fun. What a rhythm section to play with! Mike and Paul are two players who really stretch the boundaries of what can be achieved on steel guitar.
Funky, jazzy, bluesy, you can't really put a label on it. Just wonderful.
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