Heartaches by the Number

Dana Blodgett · Post by **Dana Blodgett** » 25 Nov 2019 1:07 pm

who played the steel on Harlan Howardâ€™s â€œ Heartaches by the Number?â€

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pSH_fVp5J ... rt_radio=1

Jim Park · Post by **Jim Park** » 26 Nov 2019 2:02 pm

I couldnâ€™t find any credits for this track, but it sounds like Jimmy Crawford, or maybe Dickey Overbey, possibly early Sonny Garrish.

Dana Blodgett · Post by **Dana Blodgett** » 26 Nov 2019 6:33 pm

thanks , I kinda thought it might have been Lloyd Green!?

Rick Campbell · Post by **Rick Campbell** » 27 Nov 2019 7:46 pm

I think it might be Pete Drake.

RC

David Mitchell · Post by **David Mitchell** » 28 Nov 2019 4:56 am

Sounds like Jimmy Day to me. The same guy that played on the Price record. Jimmy kinda squeezed the sound out of the steel and that's what I hear on the Harlan Howard record.

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

Bob Carlucci · Post by **Bob Carlucci** » 28 Nov 2019 8:19 am

Love that classic tone.. Real old school.. I will take it over any modern steel sound... bob

Joseph Barcus · Post by **Joseph Barcus** » 29 Nov 2019 5:00 am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlSL_Zu4uyo

Joseph Barcus · Post by **Joseph Barcus** » 29 Nov 2019 12:09 pm

I think its Jimmy crawford, listen to lots of faron young stuff you will hear all this unique stuff being played

Dana Blodgett · Post by **Dana Blodgett** » 7 Jan 2020 7:02 pm

Thanks guys for your thoughts and Thanks Joseph for the video lesson, love that old stuff!
David, any relation to Guy Mitchel

David Mitchell · Post by **David Mitchell** » 8 Jan 2020 6:59 am

Dana Blodgett wrote:Thanks guys for your thoughts and Thanks Joseph for the video lesson, love that old stuff!
David, any relation to Guy Mitchel

Everybody in my family is poor so unfortunately not.

In the early 60's Owen Bradley at Decca and Chet Atkins at RCA used only Pete Drake and Jerry Byrd with an occasional wild card. In the mid to late 60's they started using other players. Walter Haynes told me it took him forever to convince Owen to try Buddy Emmons. Pete would be the most likely candidate but unfortunately the union hall in Nashville had all those session records destroyed.

Joseph Barcus · Post by **Joseph Barcus** » 8 Jan 2020 12:14 pm

didnt don helms write it or am i thinking of a different song he wrote

Joseph Barcus · Post by **Joseph Barcus** » 8 Jan 2020 1:09 pm

no that was crazy arms

Dana Blodgett · Post by **Dana Blodgett** » 8 Jan 2020 5:35 pm

Crazy Arms was Ralph Mooney, Heartaches by the Number was written and recorded by Harlan Howard

Joseph Barcus · Post by **Joseph Barcus** » 9 Jan 2020 2:31 pm

thats right I had me a dumb moment there didnt i lol

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