Ben Keith with Graham Nash

Nicholas Cox · Post by **Nicholas Cox** » 7 Aug 2020 7:51 am

Ben Keith did some great work (as usual) on Graham Nashâ€™s album Wild Tales. Anyone who hasnâ€™t listened to that album should check it out. Hereâ€™s a sample:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4GWJtYAo-eI

Bruce Bouton · Post by **Bruce Bouton** » 19 Aug 2020 8:57 pm

Very cool. I never heard this.

Edward Efira · Post by **Edward Efira** » 21 Aug 2020 4:16 pm

Number 1 in my rotation when it was published

Douglas Schuch · Post by **Douglas Schuch** » 21 Aug 2020 5:16 pm

Interesting that the style he uses on that cut is very similar to what you hear on current "pop country" and more rockish stuff with pedal steel on it - single-note stuff that soars up and down, versus speed-picking.

Steve Hinson · Post by **Steve Hinson** » 21 Aug 2020 7:06 pm

Between Neil's guitar and Big Ben's playing,this sounds as if it could have been a lost"Harvest"track,with a different lead singer.

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Nicholas Cox · Post by **Nicholas Cox** » 21 Aug 2020 7:12 pm

If you guys havenâ€™t heard the album Tuscaloosa, that was released not that long ago as part of Neilâ€™s archive series, itâ€™s a live album with the band from Harvest and Ben plays some really nice stuff. I love that Neil period. So good!

Pat Severs · Post by **Pat Severs** » 21 Aug 2020 8:43 pm

One of the best nights of my life.... November 2005 I was on tour with the Everly Brothers, we were in Manchester, Graham Nash was there, hanging out back stage.... Pete Wingfield introduced us, he told me pedal steel was his favorite instrument.... I was so star struck! Then during the show, he came up on stage and sang a high part above Phil on â€œSo Sadâ€....