Who Played Steel on these Cal Smith Recordings Circa 1967?

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GaryHoetker
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Who Played Steel on these Cal Smith Recordings Circa 1967?

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"The Only Thing I Want (Just Went Home)"

"I'll Just Go On Home"

Sounds alot like Buddy Charleton to me.
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I'm thinking John Hughey.
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CJ: Many thanks. Give our best to Cal will you?
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Pete's brother in California was Bill Drake,he died in a car wreck (Alcohol related )in the 60's....Pete never drank,I dont think Jack did........
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By the way Pete also told me more than once his first cousin was Tom Drake who did a lot of movies in the 50's and 60's
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Post by wayne yakes md »

Lest we forget, Jim "Big Murph" Murphy was one of Carl's Tunesmiths in the 1960's. He recorded on one of their albums his steel instrumental "Big Murph". The ride he did on "Faded Love", Curly Chalker would have flipped over.
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Post by Herb Steiner »

Wayne, my brother: Time for the reading glasses. The thread was about the music of CAL Smith, not CARL Smith, who, as far as we know, never fronted the band for ET, though as Jimmy Day used to say, "he COULD have." Image

Also, although Jim Murphy has the same last name as famous Hollywood song and dance man/Senator George Murphy, Jim never was a contract actor for Warner Bros., nor was he ever Senator from California. And for that matter, neither was either Cal Smith or Carl Smith. Image

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Post by Vern Kendrick »

Well,Yeah,....But he could have...!!
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He jest did'n want to !!!!!
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Post by John Robel »

Where is Big Murph? I just loved his work with Paycheck. John
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Post by wayne yakes md »

Herbster,
I looked at it again and I still see "Carl"!!
Are you sure?? Besides, wasn't it Carl Smith who fronted for ET along with Lloyd "Jolly Green Giant" Greene on drums???
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Post by wayne yakes md »

Isn't "Big Murph" getting his "paycheck" from the "Wheel"??
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