This Ain't My First Rodeo ?

Jerry Overstreet · Post by **Jerry Overstreet** » 16 Jun 2023 9:01 am

One of the guys in our little jam group does this Vern Gosdin tune and so I've been tasked to do an intro for him.

I searched around the credit sites but didn't find who the played the steel on this recording.

I think Big Jim Vest might have still been playing with Vern about this time, but don't know if that's him. I believe I hear some of Jim's signature low note bends here and there in the tune.

All I found was it was a single from 1990 and included on a greatest hits album.

Anyway, listen to the opening of this tune and then the incredible second part steel in the intro.

This might just be above my learnin'! Maybe if I break it down into parts I can come up with something acceptable. I can already imagine everybody just looking at each other and saying "What?" because it's kind of unexpected considering the guitar opening.

Who thinks of this kind of stuff? Who does this? These session players just knock it out every time. I don't know how in the world they come up with these kind of things.
https://youtu.be/DdTkeqdm1QA

Ian Worley · Post by **Ian Worley** » 16 Jun 2023 11:03 am

Cool steel part. The best source for recording credits that I've found is Praguefrank's Country Discography, it lists Jim Vest on steel, w/ Brent Mason on git: https://countrydiscoghraphy2.blogspot.c ... osdin.html

Jerry Overstreet · Post by **Jerry Overstreet** » 16 Jun 2023 12:07 pm

Ah cool Ian! Thanks. I thought it might be Big Jim. Lot of work ahead of me though. Cool site. I forgot about it.

Lee Baucum · Post by **Lee Baucum** » 16 Jun 2023 12:59 pm

Here's a good place to start:

https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=149929

~Lee

Jerry Overstreet · Post by **Jerry Overstreet** » 16 Jun 2023 1:11 pm

Thanks Lee.

Lee Baucum · Post by **Lee Baucum** » 16 Jun 2023 4:04 pm

Jerry Overstreet wrote:Thanks Lee.

You are welcome.

No excuses now!

~Lee

Jerry Overstreet · Post by **Jerry Overstreet** » 16 Jun 2023 4:49 pm

...uhhh, yeah...I'll post a clip

....NOT!

Henry Matthews · Post by **Henry Matthews** » 20 Jun 2023 11:04 am

I’ve got a tutorial on YouTube if you can find it. Maybe type my name and song title. The secret to whole kick off is knee when to slide down. It’s not really hard. I’ll see if I can find link

Henry Matthews · Post by **Henry Matthews** » 20 Jun 2023 11:07 am

https://youtu.be/g9if5dJceck

Here it is
Now I play Day setup, pedals, C B A, unlike Emmons which is A B C.

Jerry Overstreet · Post by **Jerry Overstreet** » 21 Jun 2023 8:46 am

Thanks for the tute Henry. I appreciate it.

Ron Funk · Post by **Ron Funk** » 21 Jun 2023 8:01 pm

Good Job Henry

anyone know who the steeler was in this live clip?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK0B7v3cFus

Ron

Henry Matthews · Post by **Henry Matthews** » 21 Jun 2023 8:29 pm

I’m not sure but sorta looks like Jim Vest and if that’s Vern’s band, it is Jim. Think he’s one that on record cut.

Jerry Overstreet · Post by **Jerry Overstreet** » 21 Jun 2023 10:01 pm

Fuzzy video but yeah, I think that's Jim. He was with Vern in the 90s. They picked up the tempo here, quite a bit from the recording but otherwise he's [Jim] is playing it the same as.