Your Pick For The Big "E" Of Today
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Your Pick For The Big "E" Of Today
My pick for the spot that the "Big E" left vacant is, Paul Franklin Jr. Paul, to me, is a big contribution and inspiration to all of us now, just like Buddy was and still is a big contribution and inspiration to all of us. I also am a big fan of Lloyd Green. Lloyd was a massive inspiration to me and many. The wealth of knowledge just keeps flowing continuous from Paul.
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It was mid 90's at St. Louis. In large hall off the main room, Jeff Newman was conducting a round robin performance
with Tommy White, Paul Franklin and Hal Rugg. Jeff would start a song and the others would take a run at it.
I was new to steel guitar and very impressionable. But after the show it seemed to me the "only" person on stage was Tommy. This may sound like hyperbole. But I didn't know much about any of them. It was unbiased ears that listened.
My pick is Tommy White with the understanding that discussing another steel player and Buddy at the same time is folly.
with Tommy White, Paul Franklin and Hal Rugg. Jeff would start a song and the others would take a run at it.
I was new to steel guitar and very impressionable. But after the show it seemed to me the "only" person on stage was Tommy. This may sound like hyperbole. But I didn't know much about any of them. It was unbiased ears that listened.
My pick is Tommy White with the understanding that discussing another steel player and Buddy at the same time is folly.
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There are some really superpickers today but no one, in my opinion, is in the class of Emmons. Its not a knock on any of the current "big name" pickers.
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The Big "E" of Today?
To fill the hole in the PSG world left by The "Big E"?
There are several great players today who might be on the
level of Buddy in the preforming area. White, Franklin and Jhonson are all supper player who can mach the notes and play the music but Buddy was so much more.
There is very little about the PSG we play today that Buddy didn't have somthing to do with. What the A,B,C pedals do the addition of knee leavers the F#, D# at 1 & 2.
It is easer to "Immitate" than to "Intovate".
IMO There will always be an empty spot and shoes to BIG to fill.
There are several great players today who might be on the
level of Buddy in the preforming area. White, Franklin and Jhonson are all supper player who can mach the notes and play the music but Buddy was so much more.
There is very little about the PSG we play today that Buddy didn't have somthing to do with. What the A,B,C pedals do the addition of knee leavers the F#, D# at 1 & 2.
It is easer to "Immitate" than to "Intovate".
IMO There will always be an empty spot and shoes to BIG to fill.
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I've deleted my post which served no purpose.
I refer you to Steve Hinson's and b0b's posts on the next page.
I refer you to Steve Hinson's and b0b's posts on the next page.
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Right, there's Tommy and Paul. They are tops. I was so floored when I did Buck's seminar and concert at the PSGA gathering, two Falls ago,
I'm not that familiar with Russ Pahl's playing.
Also great players who play a most excellent Buddy style, Nashville's Mike Daly, Mike Cass, Jay Ganz and I totally forgot Mike Johnson. Also, Steve Palousek. way down Texas way.
I believe Mike Neer has also put a paw or two into Buddy's bag.
Buddy did a great job spawning steelers.
I'm not that familiar with Russ Pahl's playing.
Also great players who play a most excellent Buddy style, Nashville's Mike Daly, Mike Cass, Jay Ganz and I totally forgot Mike Johnson. Also, Steve Palousek. way down Texas way.
I believe Mike Neer has also put a paw or two into Buddy's bag.
Buddy did a great job spawning steelers.
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...a bit like asking who are today's beatles. buddy came along at a time when the instrument was in its infancy, but also its immediacy. much like the beatles, his creativity was fuelled by the time and place, which i'm doubtful could be recreated. while there are some giant players out there right now, it would be hard to have the same impact that buddy had given the instrument's maturity and the backseat it has taken in popular music.
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I've always thought of the black album as the steel guitarists' Sgt. Peppers. It showed us what was possible.Dave Campbell wrote:...a bit like asking who are today's beatles. buddy came along at a time when the instrument was in its infancy, but also its immediacy. much like the beatles, his creativity was fuelled by the time and place, which i'm doubtful could be recreated. while there are some giant players out there right now, it would be hard to have the same impact that buddy had given the instrument's maturity and the backseat it has taken in popular music.
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Nobody will have the impact on the development of the instrument that Buddy Emmons had...
Those conditions don't exist today...
There are some phenomenal talents around,but it will take more than that to completely revolutionize the instrument playing-wise,mechanically,tonally,etc...
I don't see it happening...
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Those conditions don't exist today...
There are some phenomenal talents around,but it will take more than that to completely revolutionize the instrument playing-wise,mechanically,tonally,etc...
I don't see it happening...
SH
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Steve, I don't think that you could have stated it any better.Nobody will have the impact on the development of the instrument that Buddy Emmons had...
Those conditions don't exist today...
There are some phenomenal talents around,but it will take more than that to completely revolutionize the instrument playing-wise,mechanically,tonally,etc...
I don't see it happening...
SH
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If this discussion were limited to playing, it might be a little easier to make a choice. Buddy took the C6 neck into bebop. Many others have followed and continue to do so, maybe even playing as well as he did. Robert Randolph has taken whatever that tuning is that he uses into hard rock like Hendrix did with guitar, and nobody comes close to his level of playing...yet. Will others follow? That would be the true test of an innovator’s playing style. Otherwise, it is unique and interesting and entertaining, but it may not have an impact on how players actually approach the instrument.