Carl Smith's steel

Neil Hilton · Post by **Neil Hilton** » 21 May 2001 1:27 pm

I've been listening to alot of great old Carl Smith songs lately, primarily from 1951-56 - the old albums don't have specific picker credits, but there is reference on one about his "steel guitar player, Johnny Sibert" - did he indeed do most of Carl Smith's steel work?? and did he play for others of that era? The steel in Smith's song "There She Goes" is awesome... assume it must have been Sibert?

Jason Powers · Post by **Jason Powers** » 21 May 2001 1:46 pm

Neil
Yes, it was Johnny Sibert on Carl Smith's record of "There She Goes" and I must agree, his work on there is AWESOME. Jason

Jason Powers · Post by **Jason Powers** » 21 May 2001 1:49 pm

I'll also add that I have read on the forum that Mr. Sibert is now a security guard at the Tennesseean newspaper in Nashville.

Travis Bolding · Post by **Travis Bolding** » 21 May 2001 11:22 pm

About 10 years ago I saw an old film clip of Carl Smith singing on a stage. The only musician visible was a guy litterally hanging off the edge of a chair (knees almost touching the floor) playing a lap steel. I never knew who that guy was, but I will never forget how stunned I was at what he was playing. It was incredible! I don't know what the song was, but it was real up-tempo, and this feller was R-I-P-P-I-N'. I had always only been interested in pedal steel, but after seeing that I started looking for a lap steel, too. It was truly a "steel guitar moment" for me. I would love to see him again. He looked like he was in his 40's and had dark curly hair. Would this have been Mr. Sibert?<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Travis Bolding on 22 May 2001 at 12:24 AM.]</p></FONT>

c c johnson · Post by **c c johnson** » 22 May 2001 3:23 am

If you can get ahold of some of the old half hour opry videos that carl smith is on, they show many closeups of Johhnie on a fender stringmaster. He always uses his A6 neck for Carl, it appears to be aC6 for Goldy Hill and I believe E7 for the other singers. In later yrs Carl used Curly Chalker on a few recordings and live shows such as Panther Hall in Ft Worth.

Jon Light · Post by **Jon Light** » 22 May 2001 11:45 am

As always, all are welcome to visit this photo gallery. There are some pics of Mr. Sibert (Siebert, Seibert--I've seen all the above spellings).

<center>Photo Gallery</center>

Paul Graupp · Post by **Paul Graupp** » 22 May 2001 6:39 pm

I recall a beautiful slant position Johnny used on Carl's hit of Mr. Moon. It just seemed to flow into the next position and I have never forgotten it. Regards, Paul

Post by **b0b** » 23 May 2001 9:08 am

It's not often that I move something to Bar Chatter, but this definitely belongs there. Here goes...