Who played steel on Kenny and Dolly's Christmas record

Quentin Hickey · Post by **Quentin Hickey** » 2 Dec 2012 5:42 pm

I just heard "I'll be home with bells on" by Dolly and Kenny on the radio the other day, it brought back a whole lot of memories a kid. I grew up listening to this record every year as my mom was a Kenny and Dolly fanatic. There is some good steel on a few songs and I was just curious if anyone knows who was the steel player on that record for curiosity sake, thanks.

Still enjoy it on youtube,
good old country Chrismtas music

Olaf van Roggen · Post by **Olaf van Roggen** » 3 Dec 2012 9:14 am

The inner sleeve of the record album doesn't mention a steel player I think..

Tor Arve Baroy · Post by **Tor Arve Baroy** » 3 Dec 2012 10:17 am

Im playing that record a lot these days. Im gonna play most of it at a christmas and dinner show they are arranging here in my hometown. I will be playing Steel and guitars.
I was also wondering who played Steel on the record. ..
Terrible sound on the steel though... could it be very well programmed synths...?
I think it is pedalsteel, but the sound is not very typical Steel....

Tor Arve Baroy · Post by **Tor Arve Baroy** » 3 Dec 2012 10:32 am

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Joachim Kettner · Post by **Joachim Kettner** » 3 Dec 2012 11:29 am

Quote:
Terrible sound on the steel though... could it be very well programmed synths...?

I looked at the credits and the name Jim(my) Cox rang a bell.
He also plays on an Albert Lee record called "Speechless" and he's featured on keyboards, synthesised banjo & steel guitar. On "Arkansas Traveller" the keyboard sounds almost like a steel.

Tor Arve Baroy · Post by **Tor Arve Baroy** » 3 Dec 2012 11:35 am

If that is the case. It Extreme well done! !

Tor Arve Baroy · Post by **Tor Arve Baroy** » 3 Dec 2012 11:45 am

Maybe i misunderstood....?
What do you mean by; synthzised Steel and banjo..?
Played on Steel and banjo, then made to sound more like a synth.
Or played on synth to imitate Steel and banjo...?

Joachim Kettner · Post by **Joachim Kettner** » 3 Dec 2012 12:14 pm

Tor, that's what the cover says. But after another listen it sounds more like a synthesised flute to me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKsRU9cg5_U

Joachim Kettner · Post by **Joachim Kettner** » 3 Dec 2012 12:40 pm

I was completly wrong, this is the track:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIGQAk1KUhg
Banjo starts at 1:13, steel at 1:40.

Peter Freiberger · Post by **Peter Freiberger** » 3 Dec 2012 3:08 pm

Jim is a master at playing synth parts idiomatically. I bet it's him. He is also quite a musicologist, with thousands of records and a photographic memory. Years ago when I was at Killer Music, a jingle company in Hollywood, before the internet made it so easy, we used to call Jim for arcane info on old music.