Peggy Green And Boston Steelers In The 80's

[Chris Templeton]

One my first steel teachers was Peggy Green, around Boston. She played a nice blonde, double neck Sho~Bud.
Anyone know what she's up to?
Other steelers that I looked up to in the Boston area in the 80's were, Jeff Peterson, Donny Dion, Darrell Scott (he wrote "A Great Day To Be Alive), Mike Ihde at Berklee, Mike Johnson, who played a homade sing neck and was with a group called "Rocking Horsee"
There was also a great steeler who taught pedal steel at the Music Emporium, in Cambridge. I don't remember his name.
There was also Pete Adams who played with The Cobble Mountain Band, in Western Mass..
I hadn't heard of Bill Hankey then. The Mass Bash was to come.

[Brett Day]

Not sure what Peggy Green is up to, but I saw a video where she had a Franklin pedabro

[Chris Templeton]

Thanks Brett,, I forgot about the that..

[Lee Baucum]

Thanks for the post. I've often wondered whatever became of Peggy.

~Lee

[Chris Templeton]

I remembered the steel teacher at The Music Emporium. Peter McCardle.

[Doug Beaumier]

Wow, you're going back 40 years, Chris!

I met Peggy Green back in the 80s at the pedal steel shows in western Mass and in the Boston area. It's been decades, but I heard that she left the area years ago. I see that she's recorded a couple of albums but I don't know where she is.

Jeff Patterson also left the area a long time ago. I heard that he moved to New Hampshire, and I haven't heard anything since.

Donnie Dion passed away quite a few years ago.

Mike Ihde died about a year ago.

Pete Adams is still very active here in western Mass and CT. He plays with several bands and he does recording sessions. I played in a band with Pete for 15 years... Pete on steel and me on guitar. A lot of good times.

[Chris Templeton]

My friend's cousin, Walter Palmer (Tyringham), was lead singer in The Cobble Mountain Band and Pete played with them.
Jeff Patterson was/is excellent! There's a JP in Nashville and I thought it might have been him.
A favorite hangout for me was The Blue Star Lounge in Saugus. John Penny hosted a weekly jam there.
Peggy played there and Bob Stanton played smokin' Telecaster and now teaches at Berklee.
When Ned Steinberger and Sierra made my Tapper, a pedal with a second compensated bridge to keep the fretting or "tapping" in tune, Mike Ihde invited me to go a give a talk and demonstration at Berklee.
I never heard Him play.

[Mike Holder]

I met Peggy Green in Toronto around 1993, I helped her record her”My Voice” CD. At that time she had a gorgeous trio of matching Franklins. A D-10 pedal steel, D-9 Pedabro and C-6 Pedabro. We lost touch after that however her Franklins came up for sale from a music store in Wisconsin and it was divulged to me that Peggy had passed away and had no family so her estate was purchased and being sold, this was around 2020. The prices were quite high on the Pedabro’s and not sure if they sold but that’s what I heard about Peggy. I remember her as a very good musician and a very pleasant person. Sad she passed alone in that manor. Wish I had a better story about her. R.I.P.

[Chris Templeton]

Awwww, RIP, Peggy. Thanks teacher.. Thanks.

[Doug Beaumier]

Sad to hear about Peggy Green. Regarding the Blue Star in Saugus, I went to the Tuesday night jam there once (I live two hours from Boston), and I sat in with the band, and met Bobby Stanton, John Penny and others. I was later hired to play a bunch of gigs with the Robin Right band, playing with Bob Stanton, and later Mike Ihde and Chuck Parish. Those were fun times, but that 100-mile drive to Boston and back got old after a few months.

[Bob Blair]

Thanks to Mike Holder for the sad update on Peggy. I enjoyed meeting her way back when in St. Louis (1999 or 2000 probably) and touched base a few times after that but lost touch. She recoded some really cool compositions on her pedabros - "Songs from Naka Peida" I think was the name of the record.

[Gary Mahalak]

I don't know Peggy Green, but those are some serious names you've dropped there.

[Chris Templeton]

Ah yes, Robin Right and Chuck Parrish. There was also another great guitar playe,r along with Bobby Stanton, at the John Penny jams. I don't remember his name, but He had guitar that was lighter brown. with a unique knurl where the strap attached to the upper bout.
There was also a great country club in Somerville, MA called Johnny D's Uptown Lounge.

[Doug Beaumier]

Another Boston pedal steel player from those days was/is forum member John Macy. He played with John Lincoln Wright back in the day, and then he moved to Colorado. I saw him play in the late 70s. He may have moved out west by the 80s.

[Chris Templeton]

I think that guitar player I was wondering about's first name was George.
Oh, how can we forget John Lincoln Wright & TSMB.
Darrell Scott , who wrote Travis Tritt's, "Great Day To Be Alive" played steel in John's band, for a bit.
Here are his All Music credits: https://www.allmusic.com/artist/darrell ... 87#credits
I lived in his house in Mt. Juliette. One of the most talented guitar players I've heard.
He was in Robert Plant's. "Band Of Joy"

[John Macy]

I was more early ‘70’s. I left JLW’s band (I was a founding member) and moved to Colorado the first of February 1976 to play with Michael Murphey. Jeff Peterson was around and moved to Texas about a month later and had a long run with Clint Black. We still stay in touch. Some great times back then! Tommy Cass was the best in town, and helped me buy my first guitar (a ‘69 Emmons I still have and he rebuilt last year) and gave me my first lessons in ‘72. Hal Higgins (in Louisiana these days)was with John Penny and Ed Steeves was with Wheatstraw. Geoff Patterson and Josh Dubin were around some, too. I know there are more I am missing.

[Chris Templeton]

Oh yeah! Chuck McDermott & Wheatstraw. A great band, a fave.
Did John Penny ever sing or was he just the host, I can't remember?

[John Macy]

I know some people used to confuse Jeff Peterson and Geoff Patterson. Geoff was coming in about the time I left and didn’t know him very well (I think he played with JLW at some point). Jeff was from
New Hampshire and we were friends. He moved to Texas the month after I left in 1976 and ended up with Clint Black (played on those great records like Killing Time) and resides outside of Nashville.