Steel player in this Ian Tyson performance

Joe Goldmark · Post by **Joe Goldmark** » 26 Feb 2020 8:41 am

There's some good detectives in "The Great White North." This thread is crazy! You had me with Bill H., because his technique looks flawless. Then Bob Lucier blew his cover... good work guys.

Joe

Christopher Chubb · Post by **Christopher Chubb** » 28 Feb 2020 3:09 pm

Thanks for the dogged research. Wow!

Jeff Garden · Post by **Jeff Garden** » 28 Feb 2020 4:04 pm

Didn't mean to hijack your thread but Ian Tyson's name rings a bell with Buddy Cage's career. Didn't Buddy play steel with him at some point in the 1960's?

Bob Blair · Post by **Bob Blair** » 28 Feb 2020 4:10 pm

Hi Jeff. Yes Cage was in Ian and Sylvia's band the Great Speckled Bird and appeared regularly on a weekly TV Show with them. Check out their 1969 album called Great Speckled Bird.

Jeff Garden · Post by **Jeff Garden** » 28 Feb 2020 4:17 pm

Thanks, Bob, I'll check that out

Mike Holder · Post by **Mike Holder** » 28 Feb 2020 6:51 pm

Itâ€™s a great record and quite hard to find in vinyl. The band consisted of Buddy Cage on steel, Amos Garrett on guitar, N.D.Smart on drums and Ken Kalmuski on bass, well worth a listen!

Jeff Garden · Post by **Jeff Garden** » 1 Mar 2020 12:33 pm

Thanks Mike...I just found it on Spotify and am listening to it right now.

Joachim Kettner · Post by **Joachim Kettner** » 1 Mar 2020 1:23 pm

I think it's called The Festival Express in 1970, when Ian and Sylvia along with Grateful Dead and other groups played in Canadian cities. Garcia heard Buddy play and asked him a few months later to join the New Riders.

Craig Stock · Post by **Craig Stock** » 12 Jan 2021 5:29 am

I was just Listening to Jesse Winchester song 'Bowling Green' and always loved that album, and checked to see who played the great steel on it , and it was Ron Dann.

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=yo ... 98FFF3F92F

Searched the Forum and came to this thread, very interesting

Can someone tell me how to rename the link I have above so its not so large? Thanks

Charlie Hansen · Post by **Charlie Hansen** » 13 Jan 2021 4:28 am

I did a couple of sessions on drums with Ron Dann away back when, probably about â€˜75. Great player.

Joachim Kettner · Post by **Joachim Kettner** » 13 Jan 2021 6:53 am

Ron Dann with Murray McLaughlan:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EAa24dJuLw
and as someone mentioned before, with Jesse Winchester:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTpEoaHTUHs

Jim Hoke · Post by **Jim Hoke** » 4 Feb 2021 2:59 pm

I knew Ron in Montreal in the 70's and that doesn't look anything like how I remember him. Are you sure that's him?

Bob Blair · Post by **Bob Blair** » 4 Feb 2021 3:07 pm

It was Bill Herchuk you see in the Tyson video, but Ron that you hearing playing on the track, is what we figured out with help from a "who's who" of Canadian players.

Jim Hoke · Post by **Jim Hoke** » 4 Feb 2021 4:45 pm

I remember Ron telling me once that his favorite steel player was Weldon Myrick. He spoke of him in very reverential tones.