Buddy Charleton solo?

Joe Krumel · Post by **Joe Krumel** » 25 Feb 2022 7:12 pm

https://youtu.be/AxadHCqNzHQ sounds like buddy c. To me.

Donny Hinson · Post by **Donny Hinson** » 26 Feb 2022 5:56 am

I agree, Buddy C was one of the best! That's some amazing stuff, a type you never hear these days. The mid-60s was certainly the high-water mark for pedal steel; so many great players, and so many great sounds.

David Nugent · Post by **David Nugent** » 26 Feb 2022 6:41 am

May be Don Worden who was the steel player in Porter's band. The intro was most likely played by Buck Trent on his electric 5 string banjo.

Bill Ferguson · Post by **Bill Ferguson** » 26 Feb 2022 7:43 am

I would almost bet that it is Buddy Charleton.

I don't think Don Warden could have played that solo.

Larry Dering · Post by **Larry Dering** » 26 Feb 2022 8:40 am

That's Buck Trent on his electric banjo with benders. He was a master and his intro and turn around on Porters stuff was incredible. Carroll County Incident on Porters earlier music is a classic.

john buffington · Post by **john buffington** » 26 Feb 2022 8:56 am

The break in the middle of the song is Buddy Charleton. He told me himself years ago when ET and The Troubadours played at Cain's Ballroom in Tulsa. He used a lot of "hammer on's" for that turnaround. Buck did the intro though.

Greg Cutshaw · Post by **Greg Cutshaw** » 26 Feb 2022 3:41 pm

Sho-Bud's legacy is all over the place! It was in Charleton's early guitars and in the custom banjo puller lever system that Shot Jackson designed and installed on Buck Trent's banjo.

Bob Carlucci · Post by **Bob Carlucci** » 28 Feb 2022 4:45 am

I am amazed at the stuff Charleton pulled off.. He played that way on steels that were "dinosaurs" compared to the high tech guitars in use today.. I mean really- Buck Trent on banjo-Buddy Charleton on steel in the same song??.. geez, can't get much better than that.. Great solo, nothing like that being done today. At least not that I am aware of... bob

Pat Moore · Post by **Pat Moore** » 1 Mar 2022 12:37 pm

Buddy C! No doubt about it!

R.I.P. my friend!

Donny Hinson · Post by **Donny Hinson** » 1 Mar 2022 1:54 pm

Bill Ferguson wrote:I would almost bet that it is Buddy Charleton.

I don't think Don Warden could have played that solo.

Not to derail the thread, but you're right - Don Warden's playing skills weren't anywhere close to that. Nonetheless, he did get inducted into the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame for his simple but solid playing, and maybe also for buying and playing the very first Sho~Bud guitar ever built. His real claim to fame in my mind, though (and the source of his millions) was being Dolly Parton's manager until he died about 5 years ago. The way I see it, he did alright on all counts.

Here's a sample of Don's Early playing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEaUl9M90wg