Steel Player on Webb Pierce: "There Stands The Glass" ???

[robert kramer]

Does anybody the steel player on Webb Pierce's "There Stands The Glass" cut 3/25/53 in Nashville. It's non-pedal and not listed anywhere I can find. Thanks in advance for any answers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uyuub51sPCM

[Craig A Davidson]

Possibly Billy Robinson or Bud Issacs

[robert kramer]

Thanks Mr. Davidson. Billy Robinson is living in the Nashville area. I will contact him. These are great leads - and it could be Bud Issacs before pedals. Wonder why such an important record is not documented that good.

[Craig A Davidson]

Robert if Billy didn't play on it, he probably knows who did.

[Ian Worley]

Praguefrank is usually the most reliable source for credit info on old recordings. That page is here: http://countrydiscoghraphy2.blogspot.co ... art-1.html

It lists only a "?" for steel on that session. The steeler on the previous session a couple of months prior was Bob Moore, most of the other players are the same. The next session a couple of months after it was Don Davis.

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30 January 1953 [09:15-12:15] Castle Studio, The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Ave. North, Nashville, TN - Webb Pierce (Webb Pierce [vcl], Hank Garland [gt], Chet Atkins [gt], Bob Moore [steel], Ernie Newton [bass], Tommy Jackson [fiddle], Farris Coursey [drums])
056 83887/NA 2922 DON'T THROW YOUR LIFE AWAY unissued
057 83888/NA 2923 BROKEN ENGAGEMENT BCD-15522 CMF 019
058 83889/NA 2924 WE'LL FIND A WAY unissued/ BCD-15522
25 March 1953 [14:20-17:20] Castle Studio, the Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Ave. North, Nashville, TN - Webb Pierce (Webb Pierce [vcl], Grady Martin [gt], Chet Atkins [gt], Ray Edenton [rhy gt], ? [steel], Ernie Newton [bass], Farris Coursey [drums], Owen Bradley [piano], Dale Potter [fiddle], Tommy Jackson Jr [fiddle], poss Jack Kay [fiddle])
059 84253/NA 3021 IT'S BEEN SO LONG 9-28725 ED 2145/DL 5536 DL-8295 CB-20025 BCD-15522 088 112 442-2
060 84254/NA 3022 DON'T THROW YOUR LIFE AWAY 9-28725 ED 2144/DL 5536 DL-8295 CB-20025 BCD-15522
061 84255/NA 3023 TOO LATE TO WORRY NOW DL 8728 BCD-15522
062 84256/NA 3024 THERE STANDS THE GLASS 9-28834 ED 2144/DL 5536 DL-8295 BCD-15522 088 112 442-2
7 May 1953 [13:30-16:30] Castle Studio, The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Ave. North, Nashville, TN - Webb Pierce (Webb Pierce [vcl], Hank Garland [gt], Chet Atkins [gt], Doyle Wilburn [rh gt], Don Davis [steel], Ernie Newton [bass], Jack Kay [fiddle], Farris Coursey [drums], Owen Bradley [organ])
063 84511/NA 3049 IF YOU WERE ME unissued
064 84512/NA 3050 THERE'S A BETTER HOME unissued/ BCD-15522
065 84513/NA 3051 MOTHER CALL MY NAME IN PRAYER 9-29155 ED 2355/ BCD-15522
...

[Ian Worley]

oops...

[Craig A Davidson]

When I checked LP Discography it gave me these:
Billy Robinson, Jimmy Day, Bob Foster, Bud Issacs, Sonny Burnette. So out of those I guessed Billy or Bud.

[robert kramer]

Thanks to all for your replies. As I recall The Bear Family Box Set didn't list the steel player,either. I always assumed "Bob Moore" was an error - that they were mixed up with the bass player. Don Davis is a good candidate, too. I try and contact Billy today. Thanks again.

[Jordan Stern]

I am reading Kenneth Barker’s dissertation on steel guItar, and he credits the steel on “there stands the glass” to Bud Isaacs.

[robert kramer]

Mr. Stern, Thanks for your reply. Where can I find Kenneth Barker’s dissertation on steel guItar? Thanks. Bob Kramer

[Jordan Stern]

Hi Robert,

Just sent you a PM.

[Jeremiah Wade]

I seem to recall that as being played by Curly Chalker.

[Brett Day]

Bud Isaacs played steel on "Slowly". I love the steel on "There Stands The Glass"