who is playing steel behind Loretta ?

Brendan Mitchell · Post by **Brendan Mitchell** » 11 Mar 2018 9:58 pm

Who is this steel player ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_wwP8U ... e=youtu.be

See him from 0.50 seconds in

Uffe Edefuhr · Post by **Uffe Edefuhr** » 11 Mar 2018 11:31 pm

That must be "Stu Basore"

Brendan Mitchell · Post by **Brendan Mitchell** » 12 Mar 2018 12:40 am

Thankyou Uffe
I have seen him a couple of times on youtube snd wondered

Uffe Edefuhr · Post by **Uffe Edefuhr** » 12 Mar 2018 1:03 am

Stu Basore died some weeks ago. He played steel behind a lot of country artists. In my mind he did never got as much credit of nice steelguitar playing as he should!

Per Berner · Post by **Per Berner** » 12 Mar 2018 2:01 am

Totally agree, Uffe.

He played on a 1980 Jean Shepard album on Gusto, with re-recordings of her older hits. His back-up and solo on "City Lights" is perhaps the best steel work I have ever heard, everything by Lloyd & Buddy included.

Tim Russell · Post by **Tim Russell** » 12 Mar 2018 2:09 am

Nice work Stu, and also impressive to see Loretta using bar chords up the neck instead of using a "cheater" like most artists today...

Bob Knight · Post by **Bob Knight** » 12 Mar 2018 2:16 am

GUYS!!
That is DON HELMS

Jon Irsik · Post by **Jon Irsik** » 12 Mar 2018 3:14 am

Definitely Don Helms.

Uffe Edefuhr · Post by **Uffe Edefuhr** » 12 Mar 2018 4:09 am

Don Helms was a good player too but I thought it looked like Stu! My appologuise if I was wrong!
Uffe

Paul Norman · Post by **Paul Norman** » 12 Mar 2018 7:18 am

You can listen to both of them on youtube Under Legends of steel guitar-Jim Vest. He interviews popular players.

Walter Stettner · Post by **Walter Stettner** » 12 Mar 2018 10:56 am

Don Helms for sure. He was a regular on the Wilburn Brothers Show before Hal and Curly.

Kind Regards, Walter

Bobby Nelson · Post by **Bobby Nelson** » 12 Mar 2018 4:26 pm

I thought for sure that was don Helms yesterday when I read this post. I figured there were guys who knew better than me.

Fred Treece · Post by **Fred Treece** » 13 Mar 2018 11:57 pm

Tim Russell wrote:Nice work Stu, and also impressive to see Loretta using bar chords up the neck instead of using a "cheater" like most artists today...

It is easier to get a chunky country swing feel on rhythm guitar if you play barre chords. If you want the ringing sparkly sustain of open strings for a folky country ballad in Eb, you use a capo at fret 1 and play open position chords in D.

The capo is not a cheater bar, it is a very useful tool for making an artistic choice. But it is too bad that country swing is not a stylistic choice among so many modern recording artists.

Tim Russell · Post by **Tim Russell** » 14 Mar 2018 1:20 am

Fred Treece wrote:
Tim Russell wrote:Nice work Stu, and also impressive to see Loretta using bar chords up the neck instead of using a "cheater" like most artists today...
It is easier to get a chunky country swing feel on rhythm guitar if you play barre chords. If you want the ringing sparkly sustain of open strings for a folky country ballad in Eb, you use a capo at fret 1 and play open position chords in D.

The capo is not a cheater bar, it is a very useful tool for making an artistic choice. But it is too bad that country swing is not a stylistic choice among so many modern recording artists.

Yes, I understand, and agree. However, my observation comes from playing years with bands where the guitarists could only play 3 or so chords, and would capo the rest, lol.

Fred Treece · Post by **Fred Treece** » 14 Mar 2018 7:41 am

Tim Russell wrote:Yes, I understand, and agree. However, my observation comes from playing years with bands where the guitarists could only play 3 or so chords, and would capo the rest, lol.

Ah, well in that case, youâ€™re right. I have been in bands where the singer didnâ€™t know their keys, let alone the chords to the song or how to play all 3 of them. Loretta rocks!