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Caleb Melo

 

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Porterville, CA
Post  Posted 8 Jan 2021 1:25 am    
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What are some early recordings featuring fuzz pedal steel? I’m specifically looking for songs from the early 1960’s to the late 1970’s. I have already heard stuff like “Christine’s Tune” by The Flying Burrito Brothers, “Silver Threads & Golden Needles” by Linda Ronstadt, “Honky Tonk Woman” by Ricky Nelson, etc., so please let me know all of the songs you can think of! Thanks everybody!
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Joe Krumel

 

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Hermitage, Tn.
Post  Posted 8 Jan 2021 5:51 am    
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"Dont worry 'bout me".......Marty Robbins. Might be the first,not sure. people say it was regular guitar,but those slides sure say C6. But I wasn't there!
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K Maul


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Hadley, NY/Hobe Sound, FL
Post  Posted 8 Jan 2021 7:59 am    
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It was Grady Martin on guitar. The studio limiter had a loose or broken tube. They decided to use that sound for the cut.
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Jeremy Reeves


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Springfield, IL, USA
Post  Posted 8 Jan 2021 8:05 am    
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not steel specifically, but fun
https://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2007/11/country-fuzz-sp.html
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Erv Niehaus


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Litchfield, MN, USA
Post  Posted 8 Jan 2021 8:42 am    
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I was at a steel guitar show and the singer was going to do that Marty Robbins song.
I saw the pedal steel player take a stomp box from his pac-a-seat, plug it in and he sounded just like the record.
I went up afterwards and asked him what he was using and he showed me the "Rat" distortion unit.
It ready did the trick! Very Happy
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Jason Summer


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Shenandoah Valley, VA
Post  Posted 8 Jan 2021 8:59 am    
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I think that these cuts all have fuzzed out pedal steel tones - if I'm mistaken, they are still a fun and interesting listen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP41zn0poJQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFT-jMY1gEg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqG82jVX25E
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Doug Beaumier


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Northampton, MA
Post  Posted 8 Jan 2021 9:03 am    
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Not a "early recording", but this is a short, funky E9 tune I put together a while back. The "fuzz" is amp overdrive (Quilter Steelaire). Video and tablature.

---> https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=358043
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Pete Finney

 

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Nashville Tn.
Post  Posted 8 Jan 2021 1:27 pm    
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Here's a related thread from last year that might be helpful, with some links to examples and some discussion of the history of fuzz-tone steel.

https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=2922625
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Liam Sullins


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Dayton, Ohio
Post  Posted 13 Feb 2021 7:59 pm    
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndcARm9MUDw
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Carey Lainhart

 

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Upstate New York, USA
Post  Posted 15 Feb 2021 7:11 am    
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Buddy Cage! "Death and Destruction" off the Gypsy Cowboy album. One of many many great tunes with Buddy and Boss Tone.
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