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Andy Volk


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Post  Posted 11 May 2015 5:26 am    
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Anybody know who played steel on this one?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1G7QKQGGXo
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Brad Bechtel


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Post  Posted 11 May 2015 6:33 am    
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According to the notes below the video, it was Jerry Byrd.
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Andy Volk


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Post  Posted 11 May 2015 6:58 am    
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Doh! Thanks, Brad.
'Forgot to click "Show More." Didn't sound like Byrd to me on first listen.
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Mitch Drumm

 

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Post  Posted 11 May 2015 7:01 am    
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The comment about Byrd is in reference to a much later recording "Who's The Biggest Fool".

You can find the following info online, but it certainly does not sound like Herby to me--by which I mean I don't hear any "Herbyisms"--though I'd guess he could sound like that if it was his intent on such a pure "hillbilly" recording.

The song has kind of a mambo thing going on, where I'd expect someone with Herby's talent to flip out a bit and do something more in line with a mambo, but it sounds very mundane to my possibly tin ears.

This source says "probably", but I note that the songwriter is "J. Shell", almost certainly Jim Shell of Dallas, which might imply a Dallas recording rather than Houston.

It's probably lost to history unless you think you can ID the player by ear.

March 1955 Goldstar Studio, 5628 Brock St., Houston, TX - Chuck Mayfield (prob. Hal Harris [ld gt], ? [rh gt], Herb Remington [steel], ? [bass], ? [drums], ? [fiddle], ? [piano] + vocal chorus. Producer: Pappy Daily)
009 PD-2250 ARE YOU TRYING TO TELL ME GOODBYE Starday 45-211/Chuck Mayfield CD-1 CD-2
010 ST-2251 TRINDIDADDY Starday 45-184/CD-1
011 ST-2252 TELL ME SWEET 45-184/CD-1 CD-2
012 PD-2253 HOG SLOPPIN’ TIME Starday 45-211/CD-1 CD-2 Cactus OFF-CD-5065
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Andy Volk


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Post  Posted 11 May 2015 8:46 am    
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Hmmm. Doesn't really sound like Jerry or Herb but given the TX connection, very unlikely to be JB.
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