Buddy performance/interview video

Mike Ihde · Post by **Mike Ihde** » 4 Feb 2019 11:09 am

I was thinking about Buddy the other day and thought you all might enjoy the performance/interview video I made when I was putting together my most recent book, "The 333 Book" subtitled "333 Licks, Tricks and Techniques That Every Guitarist Should Know."
This was in 2008 in Buddy's basement. A wonderful day with the best there ever was or will be.
www.mikeihde.com

https://vimeo.com/user94714927/review/3 ... 5e5f8c4a01

john buffington · Post by **john buffington** » 4 Feb 2019 1:09 pm

Thanks for sharing this with us.

Bill Ferguson · Post by **Bill Ferguson** » 4 Feb 2019 1:15 pm

Thank you so much for this Mike

Barry Coker · Post by **Barry Coker** » 4 Feb 2019 1:43 pm

Sharing a treasure thank you Mike.

Barry

scott murray · Post by **scott murray** » 4 Feb 2019 2:56 pm

absolutely priceless.

thank you Mike!

J Fletcher · Post by **J Fletcher** » 4 Feb 2019 3:22 pm

Thanks for that video. Great stuff , wish it was longer !

John McClung · Post by **John McClung** » 4 Feb 2019 6:32 pm

Wow, thanks for posting this, Mike!

Ron Funk · Post by **Ron Funk** » 4 Feb 2019 6:50 pm

Mike Ihde -

Thanks so very much for re-releasing this video.

Your visit to Buddy's basement may have been in 2006, as Ernie Renn has photos from the same day.

Your interview is a very special piece of documentary & archival footage.

You can tell by the smile on Buddy's face as he played that he truly loved making music on the steel guitar.

My Best Regards-
Ron

Dean Parks · Post by **Dean Parks** » 4 Feb 2019 7:30 pm

Thank you, Mike. Very nice interview.

Bobby Hearn · Post by **Bobby Hearn** » 4 Feb 2019 7:40 pm

Good stuff!

Chuck Stowe · Post by **Chuck Stowe** » 4 Feb 2019 8:09 pm

Thank you for posting. Very good to see!

Roy Carroll · Post by **Roy Carroll** » 5 Feb 2019 5:49 am

Thanks Mike! What a GREAT piece of history preserved. Buddy was the very best anyone could ask for. Mike Johnson said it best once " everything we play has already been played by the master, Buddy Emmons" All of us are following in his footsteps. If you have any more footage, I'd like to see it.

Roger Rettig · Post by **Roger Rettig** » 5 Feb 2019 6:55 am

Fabulous.

That's got me scurrying to my guitar to work on chiming!

I can't define the essential quality of his single-string playing. His attack is so positive and definitive, somehow. 'Timid' wasn't in his vocabulary.

Dick Wood · Post by **Dick Wood** » 5 Feb 2019 9:40 am

I wish I could have spent a day with him.Thank you soooo much for posting that for us all to enjoy and remember that great man.

Andy Henriksen · Post by **Andy Henriksen** » 5 Feb 2019 10:14 am

That was wonderful! Miles beyond what I can understand, let alone play, but so beautiful to listen to. And so special to get an intimate peak into his personality. I love how he clearly pleases himself a few times while he's playing. The whole things was great!

Sonny Jenkins · Post by **Sonny Jenkins** » 6 Feb 2019 10:46 am

Just watched it again,,,and again,,,and,,well. I guess heros come and go,,,"the king is dead, long live the king" so to speak,,,but to me Buddy will always be "pedal Steel Guitar". Seems like I worked forever on his (and Jeff's)right hand technique,,,finally achieved what I feel is a fairly good facsimile,,then other techniques come along, which are GREAT,,,but I guess I'm just stuck in the sound of that era. I know Buddy is quoted as having said he blocked with whatever means necessary,,,but it seems that the shape of that right hand, the "palm" in such close proximity to the strings was predominant and that thumb and middle finger crossing over at lightning speed,,,that is the sound I hear when I think "steel guitar".

MIchael Bean · Post by **MIchael Bean** » 8 Feb 2019 9:41 am

That was a real treat to watch. Thanks for sharing that, Mike. Those are some good questions too. Do you have any more footage from that day, that you could share with us? As you might guess, we'll take anything with Buddy in it!

Gary Hegland · Post by **Gary Hegland** » 10 Feb 2019 7:16 pm

Thank you Mike. Sure wish there were more of these.