What is your favorite steel song ?

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Earl Hensley
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What is your favorite steel song ?

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Mine would be " The Lords Prayer " by Ron Elliott. Best use of pedals and knee levers you will ever hear.
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"Steel Guitar Rag" as played by composer Leon McAuliffe during his time with Bob Wills and The Texas Playboys https://youtu.be/ehnxV5SL2Cw
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Post by Tommy Shown »

I have several
Got No Reason Now For Going Home . Tiny Olson, playing steel.
Moe And Joe Good Ole Boys
Weldon Myrick playing steel.
Marty Stuart & Travis Tritt doing This One's Gonna Hurt You John Hughey on steel.
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Neosho Waltz..Tom Brumley
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Midnight in Amarillo by Big Jim Murphy on a Heybale recording!!!
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Lloyd Green playing “Nothing can hurt you” by Ricky Skaggs.
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The "Big E" on John Hartford's Gentle On My Mind:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbZHIoaapmE
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Post by Terry Winter »

Hands down for me is Lost In The Feeling. Okay not totally a steel song but most of the song has John playing huge crying swells and a feeling that most of us only wish we can copy.(well at least me)
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My Favorite

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Buddy Emmons "Once Upon a Time in the West"
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my favorite steel song.

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For once in my life. Curly Chalker,
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My favorite steel player.

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The BIG C. Curley Chalker.
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At E's
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Cowboy Peyton Place..Doug Sahm with Tommy Detamore on steel. Its inspiring.
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Re: What is your favorite steel song ?

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Earl Hensley wrote:Mine would be " The Lords Prayer " by Ron Elliott. Best use of pedals and knee levers you will ever hear.
Hi Earl,
Do you have a link to this? I’m not familiar with it. Thanks!
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Post by Brett Day »

As far as instrumentals go, "Look At Us" that John Hughey played is a favorite , but I found out recently one of my favorite songs with steel is Lorrie Morgan's version of the eighties song "It's A Heartache", which Sonny Garrish played steel on. I talked with Lorrie one time about how Sonny had played on "Half Enough", and several other songs, and she said she'd never heard of Sonny at one time, but when he played on the "Watch Me" record that Lorrie did, Lorrie really liked his playing! Sonny plays a great steel solo on "It's A Heartache"
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Venus Moon by Lloyd Green
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Post by John De Maille »

For me, there are too many to mention, however, the one that touches my heart the most is Look At Us played by John. My wife and I have adopted that song as our tune.
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same as it was 50+ years ago..
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Buddy Emmons Night Life.
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Wichita Lineman- Buddy Emmons
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Dire Wolf - Grateful Dead/Jerry Garcia
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Post by Don Euton »

I Fall to Pieces-- In the early 1960`s, Jimmy DAY plays for 2 minutes and 47 seconds, from intro to the finish, on that Ray Price song. He is featured all the way through and I can`t hear a fiddle on the song. Superb job!

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" Take it away Leon" by Leon McAuliffe.
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Sneaky Pete - "Beat the Heat"
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Post by John Larson »

I'll narrow it down to three from my favorite steel players

Lloyd Green on The Byrds' "You Ain't Goin Nowhere" from Sweethearts of the Rodeo (1968)
Eric Heywood on Son Volt's "Creosote" from Straightaways (1997)
Greg Liesz on Whiskeytown's "Dancing with the Women at the Bar" from Strangers Almanac (1997)

Honorable mention to Eric Heywood on the live cut of Ray LaMontagne's "Empty" and Buddy Cage on New Riders of the Purple Sage's "Death and Destruction" from Gypsy Cowboy (1972)
Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous; praise is meet for the upright. Give praise to the Lord with the harp, chant unto Him with the ten-stringed psaltery. Sing unto Him a new song, chant well unto Him with jubilation. For the word of the Lord is true, and all His works are in faithfulness. The Lord loveth mercy and judgement; the earth is full of the mercy of the Lord.
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