Cryin' Steel Guitar

[John Larson]

Son Volt "Creosote"
Eric Haywood's solo is just sublime
Desert Rose Band "Story of Love"
Jay Dee Maness' licks are beautiful
Dire Straits "Brothers in Arms" (live version from On the Night)
Paul Franklin makes that steel absolutely weep
Eagles "Ol '55"
Al Perkins playing throughout is absolutely beautiful.

Honorable Mention
Keith Whitley "When You Say Nothing At All"
It's not a solo but Franklin's pedabro hook on this just does things to me.

[Joe Krumel]

Great post, The one that always did it for me Lloyd Green‘s solo on Ricky Skaggs ‘Nothin can hurt you’ it makes me jump up go Yes yes yes!!!

I have to say Yes to this also!! That solo is so cool.Lloyd sets the bar high! His vol.pedal work/emotional playing will make the eyes run over for sure

[Craig A Davidson]

This would be one of my all time favorites

https://youtu.be/ES6dOxN3mEo

Solo at 2:08

[Russ Hicks]

Thanks Audie and to all you guys who 'chimed in', giving tribute to our heros. I'm sure they all appreciate knowing the inspiration they've dished out to all of us during our 'tearful' moments, hours, days, weeks, months, years, whatever the case may be. Most of you, unlike me, mentioned more than one favorite, and I would be remiss not to do the same, as there are so many out there, past and present. In the early seventies 'Mr. Green' played on a record by Bobby Wright, the son of Kitty Wells and Johnny Wright, called 'It happens in the very best of families'. I was working the road with them at that time so it was my job to play Lloyds solo. GOOD LUCK !!!! I don't have that recording anymore; wouldn't know how to post it for you on here if I did, but if you can, find that record. You absolutely will not believe it.

[Bob Watson]

I mentioned Blue Jade earlier and thought that I might as well add to the list. I was visiting Jimmie Crawford once, a few weeks after I had seen him at the Steel Show in St. Louis, and along with a friend of mine, there were also a couple of pedal steel players from Europe that were still in the states after attending the Steel convention that were hanging out with us in Jimmie's basement. Jimmie tuned his 10th string on the E9 neck down, I can't recall how far, and played an amazing arrangement of Loch Lomond that had everyone present awestruck, you could hear a pin drom when he finished. Another very memorable performance that I recall was a performance by you Russ, playing Blue Jade at a steel show in Davenport IA. You really made it your own and I have never since heard anyone else but Buddy put that much emotion into performing it. One more that comes to mind is hearing Curly Chalker play Danny Boy at the Steel convention in St. Louis in the late 1970's, when it was at the Chase Park Plaza, that was a real tearjerker. It's nice taking a trip down memory lane reminiscing about all of these great pedal steel performances.

[Shaun Marshall]

Jimmy Day's version of "Let It Be Me".

The subject matter of the song fits Jimmy's soulful style so perfectly. He set's an incredibly sincere mood with just the softest phrasing and touch on the first few notes with lovely melody from the heart.

A real tissue taker.

[Donny Hinson]

...I'll never get over Buddys' solo on John Hartfords' "Gentle on my Mind". It brings me to tears; tears of regret because I know I never could play like that, can't play like that now, and will never be able to play like that. But mostly it brings tears of pure joy when I hear it, realizing that he could.

Fabulous ain't it? Great imagination, and Buddy doing his extraordinary "schtick" as only he could do it.

Also, one of the many times I'm glad that someone didn't key the mike in the control room and say..."Uhhh, Buddy, could we do that once more...and this time try to stay a little closer to the melody?"

(p.s. Russ is a great player.)

[john buffington]

Found an old song by ET and the Troubadours "Nothing is Better Than You". Buddy Charleton's break in the song is very note worthy IMO.. Too bad it never got the air play it should have had IMO.

[Roger Crawford]

Buck’s arrangement of “Cry” is one of my all time favorites. It just sends chills all over my body. But as for actually bringing tears, I was driving and actually had to pull off the road when Buddy’s arrangement of “Bitter They Are” came on. Yeah, it’s that good.

[Roger Andrusky]

Just wondered if anyone heard his rendition of the song, Somewhere Over the Rainbow? The chord patterns and the smooth melody as he played them are just beautiful, and always touches me.

[Wayne Brown]

Actually Mr Hicks it's not a solo... they are complete songs. The ones that are always played in our house and brings everything to a stop and remains two of the most beautiful steel songs i have ever heard are two that you and Mr Crawford did. The album was Chicken Pickin Plus and the songs were "Cold Cold Heart" and "When i Dream"...
thanks for the tunes
wayne

[Tom Vollmer]

Response to Brint re Till I Gain Control Again, Super tune written by Rodnet Crowell ? I was lucky enough to see he Everly Bros when Buddy and Albert were in their band. Priceless!!