Good examples of non-pedal in today's Americana Music

Nick Anderson · Post by **Nick Anderson** » 8 May 2018 11:57 am

Electric non-pedal, they is. . .

Completely aware of Jerry Douglas's lap playing, but looking for other examples.

Thanks.

Mark Roeder · Post by **Mark Roeder** » 8 May 2018 12:15 pm

Jeremy Wakefield, his work in Wayne Hancock's band and the Lucky Stars for one.plus his Steel guitar CD "Steel Guitar Caviar"

Bill McCloskey · Post by **Bill McCloskey** » 8 May 2018 1:41 pm

David Lindley,

Paul DiMaggio · Post by **Paul DiMaggio** » 8 May 2018 2:23 pm

Cindy Cashdollar, Eddie Rivers, Tony Locke and Rose Sinclair, jut to name a few.

Mark Eaton · Post by **Mark Eaton** » 8 May 2018 2:52 pm

Up there around the top of this list should be Greg Leisz. Check out this video of Greg and Jackson Browne at Bill Asher's booth playing Warren Zevon's Lawyers, Guns and Money at the 2017 NAMM Show in Anaheim.

I think the guitar Greg is playing is a variation on Bill's Ben Harper Signature Model, with a pair of phat sounding humbuckers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pvKay40ur8

Rick Abbott · Post by **Rick Abbott** » 8 May 2018 3:51 pm

Lee Jeffriess, with West Coast Ramblers etc.

Chris Bauer, with The Farmer and Adele

Levi Gemmell · Post by **Levi Gemmell** » 8 May 2018 3:51 pm

Seconding Jeremy Wakefield, Lee Jeffriess and Tony Locke, big time. Chris Scruggs does great work, maybe more straight-ahead than you're seeking.

Mark Eaton · Post by **Mark Eaton** » 8 May 2018 4:40 pm

Tony Locke is a fine player for sure, but unless I have missed a bunch, the videos I have seen of him are in the realm of "standards" like Stardust and Begin the Beguine. The original poster was asking about Americana. If you were trying to get a gig for your band and the venue owner wanted "Americana" and would like to hear some samples - would you send him a CD with tunes like Stardust and Begin the Beguine? If there are some out there from Tony that qualify for what is defined as Americana or maybe Roots, someone please point me in the right direction.

It goes for players who I would characterize as more of the retro western swing style as well. The music itself is as American as apple pie, but in terms of where it fits genre-wise, if a venue owner thought he was getting "Americana" and you show up and start playing Bob Wills tunes, he might not be real happy.

Even though it may not be truly what we see as contemporary "Americana" since so many of us here grew up listening to the Allman Brothers, I'm thinking in terms of what Nick is asking in this thread, maybe this version of One Way Out by sisters Rebecca and Megan Lovell (Larkin Poe) fits the bill:

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

Levi Gemmell · Post by **Levi Gemmell** » 8 May 2018 5:35 pm

My mistake! I see your point, Mark.

Andy Volk · Post by **Andy Volk** » 9 May 2018 2:46 am

HANK WILLIAMS III
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Le_vHnVPL5c

FRIENDS OF DEAN MARTINEZ:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf7Xhb3R83o

Greg Leisz is all over this under-the-radar CD from Buddy Miller, Marc Ribot & Bill Frisell:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4g9-xPt ... Gm&index=2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frVKf4z ... Gm&index=8

LARKIN POE:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGEjbJkxFhs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aj8c-7OyO84

Joe Burke · Post by **Joe Burke** » 9 May 2018 7:20 am

Becca Mancari is a singer form Nashville. Lots of lap steel. I'm not a big fan of effects, but there used nicely here. Does a great live show.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFf-NZsFFWk

http://hyperurl.co/vuvza3

Mark Roeder · Post by **Mark Roeder** » 9 May 2018 7:32 am

Gary Brandon and his son do some cool stuff as the Vanduras

CD "In the Dark"
I hear there is a follow up CD in the works

Joe Burke · Post by **Joe Burke** » 9 May 2018 7:48 am

"Greg Leisz is all over this under-the-radar CD from Buddy Miller, Marc Rebot & Bill Frisell:"

Andy - Seems that YouTube Canada is blocking the Buddy Miller links. What is the album? Thanks.

Mark Eaton · Post by **Mark Eaton** » 9 May 2018 9:58 am

Joe Burke wrote:"Greg Leisz is all over this under-the-radar CD from Buddy Miller, Marc Rebot & Bill Frisell:"

Andy - Seems that YouTube Canada is blocking the Buddy Miller links. What is the album? Thanks.

The album featuring Buddy (band leader/music director), Marc Ribot, and Greg Leisz is Majestic Silver Strings on New West Records.

It's a pretty good album - and I think I own literally everything Buddy has ever done either as one of the main guys or under his own name. You could say I'm a big fan.

Here is the description from New West:

Majestic Silver Strings is Buddy's reimagination of classic country songs with unrestrained guitars, atmosphere and attitude. Buddy and the three acclaimed guitarists Bill Frisell, Marc Ribot and Greg Leisz (together they are The Majestic Silver Strings) together push each song into a new cosmos warped in reverb. Guest vocalists include Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin, Shawn Colvin, Lee Ann Womack, Chocolate Genius and Julie Miller.

Andy Volk · Post by **Andy Volk** » 9 May 2018 9:58 am

Really great record. Majestic Silver Strings - also comes with a "making of" DVD:

Mark Roeder · Post by **Mark Roeder** » 9 May 2018 10:04 am

Buddy is one of the best

Andy Volk · Post by **Andy Volk** » 9 May 2018 11:44 am

Two of the gems on the CD are a stark, mournful version of "Bury me not on the lone prairie" and a deadly serious version of Roger Miller's originally tongue-in-check tune, "Dang Me."

Bengt Erlandsen · Post by **Bengt Erlandsen** » 14 May 2018 12:38 pm

Thanks to Mark Eaton for making me aware of these two having a ball playing the blues. This clip of Rollin' and tumblin is too good to not be shared.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHm5dd-wPdE

B.Erlandsen

Tom Keller · Post by **Tom Keller** » 14 May 2018 1:27 pm

Michael Witcher, Is an excellent lap steel and Dobro Player. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cz3YFaQ9bjM

Tom Keller

David Mason · Post by **David Mason** » 14 May 2018 11:38 pm

We have a VERY long post up about different styles, 15 pages so far, it's really worth it to bookmark it and check the end for the new add-ons... after you've listened to the 100 or so guys in the first 15 pages! Well there goes the summer... most of the people above are in that thready already, but (fortunately!) ther been no need to collate or indexicise it. We just keep adding stuff on, it's kinda... monstrous by now - there are some real howling gems up there for sure. You could tack all the replies above as a link over there - 16 pages, yay!
https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=208507

THESE guys freak me out, the greatest, totally unknow steel players, like what Daniel Lanois wants to be. In Japan these guys both have reps as composers, but wow. There's SIX videos of them up there.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbLqRh7_aiM

Nick Anderson · Post by **Nick Anderson** » 15 May 2018 3:59 pm

Not really about other styles, just Americana.

Rick Abbott · Post by **Rick Abbott** » 15 May 2018 4:33 pm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americana_(music)

Mike Neer · Post by **Mike Neer** » 16 May 2018 2:58 am

Iâ€™m not entirely sure what constitutes Americana anymore, but a few of the steel players I admired most are Eric Heywood, Greg Leisz, Jon Rauhouse, Jeremy Wakefield and Lee Jeffriess. As you can see, they are pretty different from each other, some pedal steel, and so is the music they make.

I have to add Junior Brown as Citizen #1. Is it Americana? Absolutely.

For Americana, I think itâ€™s super important to listen to pedal steel players.

G Strout · Post by **G Strout** » 28 May 2018 10:35 am

Fats Kaplan does a lot nice stuff... along with Chris Scruggs, and Whit Wright
Gary