Vince Gill’s “sad one comin’ on” - who?

[Derek Blalock]

I can’t seem to find much about this song for some reason. I might just be missing it and I can’t find any live videos or anything. Anyone know who’s playing pedal steel on this song? I love the break.

Also while I’m at it - anyone know how to play it?!?

Sincerely,
Amateur

[Ricky Davis]

That's Paul Franklin on Pedal Steel. Vince wrote and recorded that song for George Jones and it's on his "Down to my last Bad Habit" CD.
Here's that Cut on youtube>

https://youtu.be/6KzK0aY9n4s

Ricky

[John Spaulding]

Video from the actual session as Paul records a pass of the solo: Sad One Comin' On.

Paul shared this on the FB Group a few days ago:

The back-story: After George Jones passed, VG wrote this heartfelt tribute to convey the loss, both musically and brotherly. George hired Vince to open many shows back when Vince only had a single hit record. He gave an upstart kid the chance he needed to get in front of larger audiences. They were close!

We had the final track, so everyone started tweaking their parts. One by one, everyone with fixes "took a number". So, considering the content, I knew this song was an important piece of music which expresses VG's love for George Jones. I also wanted the song to convey my feelings as well. George told me "Choices" was his favorite CD of all time. To be a small part in his career meant so much to me. We were all sad and felt the emptiness.

They loved the tracking solo, so as others fixed their parts, I began learning the melody of the tracking solo so I could ask for another shot. This video shows me trying to beat the original solo "emotionally". Not sure if I beat the original's emotion, but, thanks to them for letting me try... I knew I had given it my all.

The reason I stopped myself was because I started playing from my memory and not the heart. In that instance there was no need to go farther. I wanted to make sure I had given my very best to capture that solo's emotion, so I asked for another shot.

The original solo was improvised during the tracking part. I learned it by singing along to it. That's why I encourage everyone to do the same when learning anything. While others were fixing, I was singing it. In this overdub, I was trying to get back to playing it from the heart.

[Derek Blalock]

Video from the actual session as Paul records a pass of the solo: Sad One Comin' On.

Paul shared this on the FB Group a few days ago:

The back-story: After George Jones passed, VG wrote this heartfelt tribute to convey the loss, both musically and brotherly. George hired Vince to open many shows back Vince only had a single hit record. He gave an upstart kid the chance he needed to get in front of larger audiences. They were close!

We had the final track, so everyone started tweaking their parts. One by one, everyone with fixes "took a number". So, considering the content, I knew this song was an important piece of music which expresses VG's love for George Jones. I also wanted the song to convey my feelings as well. George told me "Choices" was his favorite CD of all time. To be a small part in his career meant so much to me. We were all sad and felt the emptiness.

They loved the tracking solo, so as others fixed their parts, I began learning the melody of the tracking solo so I could ask for another shot. This video shows me trying to beat the original solo "emotionally". Not sure if I beat the original's emotion, but, thanks to them for letting me try... I knew I had given it my all.

The reason I stopped myself was because I started playing from my memory and not the heart. In that instance there was no need to go farther. I wanted to make sure I had given my very best to capture that solo's emotion, so I asked for another shot.

The original solo was improvised during the tracking part. I learned it by singing along to it. That's why I encourage everyone to do the same when learning anything. While others were fixing, I was singing it. In this overdub, I was trying to get back to playing it from the heart.

Yes! Thanks so much for that link. So short and so beautiful. Oh man you can tell he’s feeling it too!

[J R Rose]

Thanks John for sharing that clip. Man, You can feel Paul's hearth in that. Beautiful. J.R. Rose