Please ID Jerry Lee Lewis steel player 1972 London R&R Fest.

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robert kramer
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Please ID Jerry Lee Lewis steel player 1972 London R&R Fest.

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Who is the steel player in this image from the 1972 London Rock & Roll Festival? Sorry for the poor photo. I remember this being discussed on the SGF years ago and hope someone familiar with Jerry Lee's career will know. Appreciate any info. Thanks very much.

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Must be Charlie Owens. This image taken May 14, 1972, Brussels, Belgium just a few days before the August 5th London Rock and Roll Show.


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Thanks very much, Jerry, and thanks for the photo. I agree it's Charlie Owens. I was thinking Ned Davis off the band by 1972.

Kenny Loveless is coming here Saturday, July 16 and we're trying not to bombard him with too many questions.

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Looks a bit like Kenny Lovelace to me.
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Skip, The steel player does look like Kenny Loveless. If you look at Jerry Jones's photo, there's a fiddle player behind Jerry Lee, (fretting hand and bow visible on right of JLL and bowing hand and frog visible on left). That's certainly Kenny Loveless.

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I'm sure you're right...
I used to see Kenny every now & then when I was playing with Johnny Rivers, when we did shows with JLL. Good guy...nice to see him getting the recognition he deserves.
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