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Topic: Little Jimmie Dickens Steel Player |
George Kimery
From:
Limestone, TN, USA
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Posted 22 Jul 2002 5:15 pm |
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| Jimmie is appearing near me very soon. The publicity says Little Jimmy Dickens with the Grand Ole Opry band. I usually only attend these things if they have a steel player. I love Jimmie's balads and it wouldn't be the same without a steel. Does anyone know who might be playing with him or if he uses a steel on his road dates. [This message was edited by George Kimery on 22 July 2002 at 06:16 PM.] |
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Al Marcus
From:
Cedar Springs,MI USA (deceased)
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Posted 22 Jul 2002 6:35 pm
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I don't think Jimmy Dickens would EVER go on stage without a steel guitar player...al  |
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Leslie Elliott
From:
Madison, Tennessee USA
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Posted 22 Jul 2002 7:10 pm
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Tater's steel player is PeeWee Rogers who has been with him for almost 30 years. He played with Jack Greene before going with Tater and I think he also did a stint with David Houston, between Jack and Tater.
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Tim Rowley
From:
Pinconning, MI, USA
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Posted 23 Jul 2002 9:20 pm
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Pee Wee is a great player with a lot of soul, huge tone, and is a great guy as well as a good down-to-earth conversationalist. Plays in sharp-toed cowboy boots and they don't hinder him a bit! You won't be disappointed.
Tim R. |
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John Floyd
From:
R.I.P.
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Posted 24 Jul 2002 4:08 am
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| Tater's steel player is PeeWee Rogers |
AKA Shorty Rodgers.
Leslie
To be Politically Correct, I think we now have to Call Him "Vertically Challenged" Rodgers 
Great Steeler
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[This message was edited by John Floyd on 24 July 2002 at 05:10 AM.] |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 24 Jul 2002 7:29 am
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I went to a Jimmy Dickens show around 1966 and talked to his steel player about getting a pedal steel. He gave me the address for Shot Jackson and Sho-Bud in Nashville. I called Shot and had him make up a guitar for me. Do you know who might have been playing pedal steel for JD at that time?
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Pat Goodbla
From:
Longview, Washington
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Posted 25 Jul 2002 5:20 am
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Erv:
Middle 60's I heard him play in Longview, WA at R.A. Long High School and his steel player was Doug Jernigan. |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 25 Jul 2002 9:14 am
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Pat:
Thanks! It could have been Doug, but I don't remember. All I know is that he was a heck of a nice guy and got me started on the never ending road of the pedal steel.
Erv |
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Bill Ford
From:
Graniteville SC Aiken
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Posted 25 Jul 2002 3:13 pm
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Erv,
You guys ought to hear Doug nowadays.
LOL
B.F.
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Al Marcus
From:
Cedar Springs,MI USA (deceased)
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Posted 25 Jul 2002 6:40 pm
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Jimmy Yates was playing with Little Jimmy Dickens on the road and at the opry, around mid 70's.
He lives right down the road from JD in Hendersonville, TN.
My friend Jimmy still has his Original Emmons PP of around 1966 or 1967, I am not sure of the date.
He has Midi pickups on both necks and now that he doesn't play, he might sell it to a serious buyer.
I have played his guitar, with a Twin and JBL'S, and all I can say, is Wow!...al |
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Roger Miller
From:
Cedar Falls, Ia.
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Posted 30 Jul 2002 11:52 am
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| Bruce Brooks played steel for Tater in the middle 70's. Bruce was with Judy Lynn, and others before. After Tater, he went with Charlie Louvin and Milsap, Paycheck. Bruce now lives in Missouri and records every so often. |
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Lynn Kasdorf
From:
Waterford Virginia, USA
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Posted 30 Jul 2002 6:45 pm
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| From years (decades?) of listening to Eddie Stubbs, I thought I heard him say that Buddie Emmons played with Dickens during the 60's. Certainly Emmons in on some tunes like "When a house is not a home". Obviously Emmons played on many, many sessions in the 60s but I thought that he was a part of Dickens band for a while. |
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Jack Shults
From:
Canadian, Oklahoma U.S.A.
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Posted 30 Jul 2002 7:22 pm
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Elmer Laurance played for Jimmy about that time. He also played on Bill Mack's recordings.
He now lives in Mineral Wells, Texas and plays with Jim Eaves and Pure Country every Saturday afternoon at the Ernest Tubb Record Shop in the Stockyard area of Fort Worth.
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Willis Vanderberg
From:
Petoskey Mi
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Posted 3 Aug 2002 5:51 pm
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Earl williams played steel for two years with Jim.He also played for Tanya Tucker.He is here in Bradenton Florida and pickin right along on the beautiful blue Mullen that was built for Jimmy Day.
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