Real early Connie Smith, steel player

John Palumbo · Post by **John Palumbo** » 22 Aug 2022 3:16 pm

I was wondering if someone may know who the steeler is here, I've also seen Faron Young on this same show with the same steel player. It certainly does go way back.
Thanks in advance. I love these old time clips.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaUX08tJM80

Johnny Cox · Post by **Johnny Cox** » 22 Aug 2022 4:45 pm

That is Howard White on steel acting like he's playing. He wasn't working for Connie though. I'm trying to remember who's band that was. Been a minute since I've seen those videos.

John Palumbo · Post by **John Palumbo** » 22 Aug 2022 4:54 pm

Thanks Johnny!

Donny Hinson · Post by **Donny Hinson** » 22 Aug 2022 6:16 pm

That clip is from the 1965 movie, "Second Fiddle to a Steel Guitar", which features a couple dozen of Nashville's hottest stars of the 1960's. I believe that all the performances in the movie were lip-synced versions of earlier recordings. The movie is a great snapshot of the stars of the early 1960s doing some of their biggest hits, and the steel on that particular Connie Smith cut sounds like it was done by Pete Drake.

Herb Steiner · Post by **Herb Steiner** » 23 Aug 2022 4:17 am

I'm pretty sure the steel on "Once..." was Weldon Myrick.

I only met Howard one time, at an ISGC sometime in the late 1990's. He told a joke that had about a half dozen steel monsters soiling themselves with laughter, unfortunately inappropriate for Forum publication.

Ricky Davis · Post by **Ricky Davis** » 23 Aug 2022 4:39 am

Yes Herb is correct of course. Here's Weldon Myrick behind the Sho~bud Permenant he cut on "Once a Day" and the earliest Connie Smith stuff and Bill Anderson.
Anyone know what happened/where this Sho~Bud is now???

Ricky

Steve Hinson · Post by **Steve Hinson** » 23 Aug 2022 6:28 am

Donny Hinson wrote:That clip is from the 1965 movie, "Second Fiddle to a Steel Guitar", which features a couple dozen of Nashville's hottest stars of the 1960's. I believe that all the performances in the movie were lip-synced versions of earlier recordings. The movie is a great snapshot of the stars of the early 1960s doing some of their biggest hits, and the steel on that particular Connie Smith cut sounds like it was done by Pete Drake.

Howard White=steel man shown in the clip in question...

Pete Drake=steel man who is actually playing what we hear on the track in the clip...

Weldon Myrick=steel man on Connie's original record...

SH

John Palumbo · Post by **John Palumbo** » 23 Aug 2022 7:31 am

Thanks again all for your comments!

Ricky Davis · Post by **Ricky Davis** » 23 Aug 2022 7:36 am

Thanks Steve Hinson: I reckon there is actually 3 answers to the original question....ah...ha....Awesome.
Ricky

Bill Rowlett · Post by **Bill Rowlett** » 23 Aug 2022 8:07 am

Who played on this Connie Smith recording? It's a gem...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VckfUuBT5lI

Bill

Ricky Davis · Post by **Ricky Davis** » 23 Aug 2022 9:10 am

Who played on this Connie Smith recording? It's a gem...

Bill that is Lloyd Green doing all the recording at Columbia Recording Studio in Nashville with Connie there in 1974 and around that era.
If you listen closely; that is Lloyd Double recording that solo.

AS that steel guitar recorded twice from my Mentor is what inspired me later on, to double record this intro and last half solo with my Ex-Miss Leslie>

https://youtu.be/KcAD-WhSfdg

then doing double twin harmony steel guitar with myself and this song Leslie Wrote>

https://youtu.be/w5SJQbtPbNo

There ya go a little more history then just an answer to your question....ha.....LOL.
Ricky

Bill Rowlett · Post by **Bill Rowlett** » 23 Aug 2022 9:22 am

Awesome Ricky! Thanks for all the info and tracks

At my age, I'm just reliving history...

Bill

Herb Steiner · Post by **Herb Steiner** » 23 Aug 2022 10:32 am

Oh, BTW... that was Merle Kilgore introducing Connie on the clip.

Bill Cunningham · Post by **Bill Cunningham** » 23 Aug 2022 5:40 pm

I haven’t watched that one in years, but in that one or another movie, same timeframe and genre, there is a lot of Stu Basore in the video.

Donny Hinson · Post by **Donny Hinson** » 24 Aug 2022 12:59 am

You're right, Bill! Stu can be seen in the same movie playing for Kitty Wells. Stu played in her band from about 1963 to 1967, when he went with Ray Price's band. He was also featured playing in the Robert Altman movie "Nashville", and his steel playing is also the first thing you hear in the Stanley Kubrick film "Full Metal Jacket", as Johnny Wright's song "Hello Vietnam" was used as the opening theme.

John Palumbo · Post by **John Palumbo** » 24 Aug 2022 2:12 am

After doing a google search, here is a link to the movie "Second Fiddle to a Steel Guitar", Donny referenced. https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x21wox7

Floyd Lowery · Post by **Floyd Lowery** » 24 Aug 2022 5:57 am

Ricky Davis wrote:
Who played on this Connie Smith recording? It's a gem...
Bill that is Lloyd Green doing all the recording at Columbia Recording Studio in Nashville with Connie there in 1974 and around that era.
If you listen closely; that is Lloyd Double recording that solo.

AS that steel guitar recorded twice from my Mentor is what inspired me later on, to double record this intro and last half solo with my Ex-Miss Leslie>

https://youtu.be/KcAD-WhSfdg

then doing double twin harmony steel guitar with myself and this song Leslie Wrote>

https://youtu.be/w5SJQbtPbNo

There ya go a little more history then just an answer to your question....ha.....LOL.
Ricky

Wow, Ricky this is fantastic country music. I love everything about it.