Pussycat- Hey Joe- Steel Player? Any Dutch members know?

Joachim Kettner · Post by **Joachim Kettner** » 31 Mar 2014 3:13 am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5D0ko7jSU4
Pussycat was a band from Holland, there biggest hit was "Mississippi". It featured steel, played by a band member. What's his name?
But here I think the player is a different one?
Could it be Lloyd Greene?

Paul Wade · Post by **Paul Wade** » 31 Mar 2014 4:37 am

i will take a guess koos biel??

p.w

Marco Schouten · Post by **Marco Schouten** » 31 Mar 2014 5:23 am

Steel guitar on the song Missisippi was played by studio musician Frans Doolaard.

Joachim Kettner · Post by **Joachim Kettner** » 31 Mar 2014 8:21 am

Marco Schouten wrote:Steel guitar on the song Missisippi was played by studio musician Frans Doolaard.

Thanks, the band member seems to be miming it pretty good here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZEPIpTpoPs

Marco Schouten · Post by **Marco Schouten** » 31 Mar 2014 1:38 pm

On most clips back than, he played on a Sho-Bud Maverick, the model with the vinyl covering.
Frans Doolaard himself had a few steel guitars that he built himself.

Frans Doolaard on a Steelmeeting in Oudewater, The Netherlands

Jon Logan · Post by **Jon Logan** » 2 Apr 2014 2:30 pm

Yikes !! I know a honky-tonk in Bandera where these hats would be an invitation to a gunfight !!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f35JyHY38a0

Jan Viljoen · Post by **Jan Viljoen** » 23 Jan 2015 2:21 am

The steel player was Johan Theunissen playing on a Framus pedal steel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXru-rrAzjA

Marco Schouten · Post by **Marco Schouten** » 23 Jan 2015 2:28 am

Jan Viljoen wrote:The steel player was Johan Theunissen playing on a Framus pedal steel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXru-rrAzjA

Yes, on the clip you see Johan who is playbacking. You are actually hearing Frans Doolaard.

Jan Viljoen · Post by **Jan Viljoen** » 23 Jan 2015 10:45 am

Thanks Marco, he had me fooled.
But I like the tone, it sounds well.

Is Frans still playing?

Henry · Post by **Henry** » 1 Feb 2015 7:48 am

I did hear about Frans Doolaarts that he has MS multple sclerose (born 1931 -,,,,)
http://www.muziekencyclopedie.nl/action ... s+Doolaard

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Marco Schouten · Post by **Marco Schouten** » 2 Feb 2015 3:16 am

That is correct, Frans isn't playing for quite a while now.

Per Berner · Post by **Per Berner** » 2 Feb 2015 6:24 am

Was it really a pedal steel on "Mississippi"? Sounds more like a lap steel to me.

Somewhere I have a video clip from a live performance from BBC's Top of the Pops back in 1976 when the song was a big hit; the guitar player was doing the steel part on regular guitar with a slide if I remember correctly. Not 100 % identical to the recording, but close enough.

BTW, Toni WillÃ© had (or has) a terrific voice for country!

Johan Jansen · Post by **Johan Jansen** » 3 Feb 2015 10:15 pm

I will ask her

Olaf van Roggen · Post by **Olaf van Roggen** » 4 Feb 2015 10:03 am

..the song was also recorded by Barbara Fairchild.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTZ1iOiuQ80

Johan Jansen · Post by **Johan Jansen** » 4 Feb 2015 11:12 am

Answer from Toni WillÃ© (The singer)
Dat was inderdaad Frans Doolaard Johan. The message: Thanks for being interested in our songs!

Marco Schouten · Post by **Marco Schouten** » 4 Feb 2015 1:18 pm

Per Berner wrote:Was it really a pedal steel on "Mississippi"? Sounds more like a lap steel to me.

Frans could sound country, hawaiian, pop or jazz.

Peter den Hartogh · Post by **Peter den Hartogh** » 6 Feb 2015 1:28 am

I still have this LP "Frans van Oirschot & Frans Doolaert - The Golden Strings of Hawaii".
Frans Doolaert had a modern "trebly" sound and Frans van Oirschot had a more traditional sound.
Frans van Oirschot played with the Kilima Hawaiians after Frans Doolaert left in 1964.

Bill Dobkins · Post by **Bill Dobkins** » 11 Oct 2021 5:27 pm

In the video I don't see any pedals or rods. He is using bar slants. The Steel is a Framus 2000. I do think the Video is pre recorded.

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