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Topic: Ray Price steeler |
ESnow
From:
Berryville AR USA
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Posted 19 Jan 2004 9:45 pm |
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| Can anyone name the steelers who have been a member of Ray Price's band? There have been alot of big shoes to fill. ESnow |
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Bill Simmons
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Keller, Texas/Birmingham, AL, R.I.P.
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Posted 19 Jan 2004 9:59 pm
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| At the present time...the great Johnny Cox. |
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Jussi Huhtakangas
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Helsinki, Finland
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Posted 19 Jan 2004 10:00 pm
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| On the classic Columbia recordings they were: Don Helms, Jimmy Biggar, Jimmy Day, Jack Evins and Buddy Emmons. |
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Mike Sweeney
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Nashville,TN,USA
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Posted 19 Jan 2004 11:46 pm
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you can add to the list, Julian Tharpe, Dave Musgrave, Danny Mohammad, Steve Palousik, Mike Cass, Mike Sweeney, Jim Murphy, Stu Basore. I know there have been alot of other guys but I'm too tired to think of any of them now.
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Craig A Davidson
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Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin USA
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Posted 20 Jan 2004 2:54 am
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Don't forget Curly and Hal. That is if you want to include the studio guys too, as in an above post.
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[This message was edited by Craig A Davidson on 20 January 2004 at 02:55 AM.] |
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Buddie Hrabal
From:
Arlington,Texas USA
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Posted 20 Jan 2004 5:33 am
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Are you talking about recording players or those who have worked in the band on the road?
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Fred Shannon
From:
Rocking "S" Ranch, Comancheria, Texas, R.I.P.
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Posted 20 Jan 2004 7:12 am
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Here's some trivia for the topic. How many individuals do you know that played more than one instrument for Price, steel guitar being one of them?
fred
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If it aint got a steel, it aint real
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Ray Jenkins
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Gold Canyon Az. U.S.A.
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Posted 20 Jan 2004 7:33 am
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Johnny Paycheck...Bass...Steel
Ray
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 20 Jan 2004 8:36 am
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Man, that's a lot of different steelers!
Just what is it with this Price character that he can't keep a steelplayer?  |
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Herb Steiner
From:
Briarcliff TX 78669, pop. 2,064
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Posted 20 Jan 2004 8:53 am
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| Jim Loessberg, Tommy Detamore, Billy Phelps, Buddie Hrabal, ? ? ? [This message was edited by Herb Steiner on 20 January 2004 at 08:54 AM.] |
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Evelyn Whitney
From:
Muskegon, MI 49441 USA
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Posted 20 Jan 2004 9:23 am
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Frank Rogers played a tour with Ray.
Was asked repeatly to stay in the band, but could not because of other demands on his life at the time.
He said he did like being a Cherokee Cowboy for a little while. Evelyn |
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Walter Stettner
From:
Vienna, Austria
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Posted 20 Jan 2004 9:53 am
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Fred,
I think Jimmy Day also doubled on Bass. Did BE also play guitar with Ray Price (like he did with ET?)
Here is an interesting list of musicians that were in the studio with Ray Price, some of them hard to believe:
Johnny Bond (Guitar)
Leon Rhodes (Guitar)
Walter Haynes (Guitar)
Eddie Hill (Guitar)
Paul Buskirk (Mandolin)
Earl Scruggs (Banjo)
Charlie Louvin (Guitar)
Roger Miller (Guitar)
Johnny Paycheck (Guitar)
Willie Nelson (Guitar)
Darrell McCall (Guitar)
Pretty impressive list!
Walter
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Lynn Owsley
From:
Hendersonville, Tennessee
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Posted 20 Jan 2004 11:22 am
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| Tommy Morrell,Curley Chalker are 2 more that comes to mind... |
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Craig A Davidson
From:
Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin USA
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Posted 20 Jan 2004 4:08 pm
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| Lynn, You are too late. I already got Curly. He is on the "For The Good Times" album. |
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Ben Lawson
From:
Brooksville Florida
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Posted 20 Jan 2004 4:21 pm
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Buddy Hrabal was too humble to include himself is that prestiges list. Thanks Herb for including him.
The only time I have ever seen Buddy was in St. Louis in '86 or '87, he played and sang great. I especially enjoyed his humor; after singing a few Price songs he said there was another guy in the band who generally sang those songs. |
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Fred Shannon
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Rocking "S" Ranch, Comancheria, Texas, R.I.P.
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Posted 20 Jan 2004 4:38 pm
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Well I certainly don't know about Day or Paycheck, but I do know that Reece Anderson was Price's steeler and Julian Tharpe, who was one of Reece's best friends, came back to Dallas and was badly in need of a job.
Reece went to Blondie Caldrone and volunteered to go on bass, because the bass player was leaving, and that would open up the steeling job for Julian. In short Blondie agreed, and away they went.
The last time I talked to Blondie, before he passed, was in '97 or '98 at the Red River Valley Exposition in Paris, Texas, and he introduced me to his bass player at that time. If I'm not mistaken, and I could very well be, the bass man was Blondie's Nephew, or was kin to him some way. One hell of a musician in any case.
fred
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The spirit be with you!
If it aint got a steel, it aint real
[This message was edited by Fred Shannon on 20 January 2004 at 04:42 PM.] |
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Mike Sweeney
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Nashville,TN,USA
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Posted 20 Jan 2004 6:25 pm
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That bass player was Fernando Calderon. He waa Moses' brother. He now plays drums for Ray.
Curley did alot of work for Cam Mullins who, was the arranger for tunes like "For The Good Times", "Danny Boy", " I Won't Mention It Again" etc.. Curley playes steel on some Price things but most of the time he played rythm guitar on those sessions.
On some alternate cuts that weren't released untill the Bear family box set such as one cut of "Danny Boy" Pete Drake played steel.
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Fred Shannon
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Rocking "S" Ranch, Comancheria, Texas, R.I.P.
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Posted 20 Jan 2004 6:45 pm
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Mike, I now remember his first name. He was a super player, as I remember and they even featured him on a long solo ride on one song. I talked to him later on the phone and I believe he was living in San Antonio perhaps. A nice guy at least. Thanks for reminding.
fred
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Mike Sweeney
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Nashville,TN,USA
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Posted 20 Jan 2004 8:21 pm
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Fred,
Both Moses and Fernando are from Del Rio Texas. Ferdie was who I roomed with on the road and he was a trip to be around. He kept me in stitches.
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Steve Hinson
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Hendersonville Tn USA
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Posted 20 Jan 2004 9:48 pm
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| I played guitar for Ray for about 6 months and left to work with George Jones...the guy who got me the job with Ray was Bobbe Seymour...when he left,Steve Palousek joined us...Buddy Emmons did a couple of shows during that time as well...I played steel on one show with Ray-it was after I had gone to work for George and Blondie called and asked if I could meet them at the Executive Inn in Paducah to play steel as someone had to bail on them...Hank Singer(he was with GJ by then too)and I drove up and played the show...it was really fun! |
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Mike Cass
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Posted 20 Jan 2004 10:05 pm
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| If Im not mistaken, JD Maness played on Ray's album: "Say I Do". Also, JD played some shows over the years with Ray Price & The Cherokee Cowboys. I know for sure he played with them @ the Crazy Horse Steak House in Orange Co.Ca. a couple of times. |
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Jim Loessberg
From:
Austin, Texas U.S.A
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Posted 20 Jan 2004 11:07 pm
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| Don't forget two great steel players, Lynn Frazier and Gary Carpenter and of course the current great player, Johnny Cox. |
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Craig A Davidson
From:
Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin USA
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Posted 21 Jan 2004 3:07 am
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| I forgot one. That would be Walter Haynes. He was on the "Make The World Go Away" session. He played because Buddy was out with a broken ankle. That of course is another story. |
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Bobby Flores
From:
Blanco, Texas, U.S.A. (deceased)
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Posted 21 Jan 2004 7:28 am
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| Randy Reinhard also worked with Ray, and was it ever cool! |
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Corky Owens
From:
Owensboro, KY USA
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Posted 21 Jan 2004 1:01 pm
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| Two more that come to mind are Gary Hogue and the man that started me on pedal steel, Bob Tuttle. Corky. |
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