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Topic: Whats your favorite tune? |
Joe Drivdahl
From:
Montana, USA
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Posted 20 Aug 2005 9:04 pm |
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I'm just wondering, whats your favorite tune on the PSG. Mine is Crazy Arms in 'F'... Then again, it might be whatever song I'm playing at the time.
What'dya say fellas?
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Charles Davidson
From:
Phenix City Alabama, USA
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Posted 20 Aug 2005 9:41 pm
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| I like any tune[even Feelings]if it's played on steel. |
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Bob Carlucci
From:
Candor, New York, USA
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Posted 21 Aug 2005 4:49 am
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| I love Crazy Arms in any key!!.. I am not a big fan of Pedal Steel instrumental music, just as I am not a big fan of guitar instrumental music.. I really prefer the interplay of both,along with good lead and harmony vocals bass,drums,keys,horns, whatever... I KNOW thats weird, but I prefer "self contained" bands with steel guitar to steel guitarists with a back up band.. I cannot say why... I you listen to the live version of "Walk of Life" by Dire Straits, with Paul F on steel, you'll see what I mean about guitar/steel/keys/vocal interplay...bob |
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Frank Parish
From:
Nashville,Tn. USA
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Posted 21 Aug 2005 6:42 am
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For fast tunes I never get tired of The Bottle let me Down or Swingin" Doors played without the shuffle. (like the record!)
Lately I'm working with the writer Monte Holmes who wrote Never Again Again and that's become my latest slow tune favorite. |
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Jon Zimmerman
From:
California, USA
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Posted 21 Aug 2005 6:51 am
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| I go with that 'interplay' and counterpoint delivery, Bob, --it Drives the Dynamic of the ensemble, rather than an 'outfront' steel (or other soloist) isolated from the 'accompanists' in the background..that gets tedious. Guess my preference stems from a love of Bluegrass/Newgrass--e.g. the contemporary sound of Nickle Creek, and other up'n comers. JZ |
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Jon Zimmerman
From:
California, USA
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Posted 21 Aug 2005 7:34 am
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Joe, sorry if I strayed from topic. My Fave steel tune of all is 'Witchita Lineman' on the Suite Steel 70's vinyl--even tho I can never 'nail' the entire thing as BE does, the music never fails to wrap me up in nostalgia, --the Isolation of 'a lineman', with miles of wires to work on, while I, lookin at the 'wires' on my fretboards, trying to work them--a dash of irony and kismet..
..and BE was always masterful at double-tracks--toward the end of this tune, great example of a harmonized 'duet'. Timeless stuff. JZ |
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James Cann
From:
Phoenix, AZ
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Posted 21 Aug 2005 11:12 am
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| My Fave steel tune of all is 'Witchita Lineman' on the Suite Steel 70's vinyl--even tho I can never 'nail' the entire thing as BE does . . . |
Well spoken on my behalf, too, but I must add that I've spent as much time trying to nail Curly Chalker's "Alberta Bound" on his "Nashville Sundown" Gordon Lightfoot tribute.[This message was edited by James Cann on 21 August 2005 at 12:14 PM.] [This message was edited by James Cann on 13 September 2005 at 08:44 PM.] |
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Ray Riley
From:
Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted 21 Aug 2005 7:06 pm
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Guys, I have been listening and playing 50 years and every thing from Cousin Jody to Lloyd Green and Highway 40 Blues and Show Me The Way to The circus are Great. I just wish my brain was as fast as my PULSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Sho-Bud S-12 and a brand new N112
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Pat Carlson
From:
Sutton, Nebraska, R.I.P.
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Posted 22 Aug 2005 6:35 pm
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Farewell Party  |
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Jim Bob Sedgwick
From:
Clinton, Missouri USA
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Posted 22 Aug 2005 10:00 pm
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| Jimmy Day on the 24th hour. (I know, I'm dating myself) It was the first time I ever heard tape echo used on a steel guitar. This song can be found on the Ray Price Night Life album for those who are unfamiliar with the tune. KNOCKED ME OUT! |
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Charlie McDonald
From:
out of the blue
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Posted 23 Aug 2005 2:24 am
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| There's no way to say; but mention of the image-filled 'Wichita Lineman' done by Buddy Emmons makes me want to go out and look for that album. |
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Ray Minich
From:
Bradford, Pa. Frozen Tundra
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Posted 23 Aug 2005 12:19 pm
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| In the tune "Cold Cold Heart" in the Ray Price box set, Ray Price does a wonderful job of backing up Buddy Emmons. You gotta hear Mr. E. to believe it. Absolutely awesome, my personal favorite. |
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John Ummel
From:
Arlington, WA.
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Posted 23 Aug 2005 2:30 pm
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| There's so many different styles & players, 'don't know if I could ever pick one favorite but, when I hear Doug Jernigan pick "Leather Britches"...that sounds so great to me. (I know Doug is great at jazz stuff but I really admire his ability to play the fiddle/banjo style on pedal steel). |
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Darvin Willhoite
From:
Roxton, Tx. USA
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Posted 23 Aug 2005 3:00 pm
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I have to go for "The Shadow Of Your Smile". I probably have 5 or 6 steel versions, and 8 or 10 guitar versions, and one vocal version by Chuck Brown (from an Eva Cassidy and Chuck Brown album), in my collection. I hear Stan Hitchcock had a nice vocal version with Curley Chalker on steel, but I have not been able to get a copy of it. I'm still looking.
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Darvin Willhoite
Riva Ridge Recording
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Billy Carr
From:
Seminary, Mississippi, USA (deceased)
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Posted 23 Aug 2005 3:40 pm
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| Today I would have to say it's a toss up between the Ray Price 60's era with BE playing and the Conway days when JH was being featured on a lot of his stuff. Song > Rp - Way To Survive & CT > Just Destroyed The World I'm Living In. Now tomorrow it could easily change since my tastes in steel styles and sounds changes all the time. |
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Roger Edgington
From:
San Antonio, Texas USA
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Posted 24 Aug 2005 8:14 am
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| My favorite steel song changes by the minute. I have a lot of songs that I play over and over when they come up. At this moment it would be "Cold Cold Heart" by J. Crawford and R.Hicks. I too have run a needle through "The 24th Hour" a few times and "Witchita Lineman" |
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Ad Kersten
From:
Beek en Donk, The Netherlands
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Posted 24 Aug 2005 10:06 am
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Joe Drivdahl
From:
Montana, USA
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Posted 24 Aug 2005 10:33 am
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Thanks for the response, guys. You have mentioned so many really great tunes. As much as I enjoy "Crazy Arms", I think my favorite tune is whatever I am playing at the time. There are just too many good songs to choose one favorite.
joe |
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Randy Reeves
From:
LaCrosse, Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 24 Aug 2005 12:19 pm
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that's a tough one. Crazy Arms is tops.
although not an instrumental, I really like Almost Persuaded.
another favorite is Room Full of Roses.
I have the Buddy Emmons CD on Verve, I think, it's jazz. all of that is great. |
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Farris Currie
From:
Ona, Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 24 Aug 2005 2:52 pm
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OK GUYS i'm old so be easy on me!!I like the ALABAMA JUBLIE, with fiddle and steel rolling those fingers.yep i like the old time music.
anyone remember miss DELL WOODS on piano??
i probaly didn't spell anything close to right. farris |
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Nathan Delacretaz
From:
Austin, Texas, USA
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Posted 24 Aug 2005 8:02 pm
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I'm on a Jimmy Day kick. His renditions of "Coconut Grove", "Indian Love Call", and "I Love You Because" are always playing... I love his approach to the slower, scoopy, phrasing-heavy stuff. I'm about 30 years late to the party on that account, though.
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Rick Nicklas
From:
Verona, Mo. (deceased)
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Posted 26 Aug 2005 4:40 am
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| My favorite song changes semi-annually. Currently I love to hear and play "The Other Woman" with those pretty and tricky little things that Emmons painted in there. I wish Emmons or Green would do a version of the main song they feature in the play "Joseph and His Amazing Technicolor Coat". I think the name is "Any Dream Will Do." That is a beautiful song. [This message was edited by Rick Nicklas on 26 August 2005 at 05:45 AM.] |
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Ray Minich
From:
Bradford, Pa. Frozen Tundra
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Posted 26 Aug 2005 8:13 am
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| I love his approach to the slower, scoopy, phrasing-heavy stuff |
Nathan, several of the tunes towards the end of the Jimmy Day's "Steel and Strings" compilation are just unbelievable. I think that he came just one hairswidth away from making the Blue Darlin' speak words. The pick attack on "I love you 'cause you're you" raises the hairs on the back of my neck. |
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Ray Riley
From:
Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted 26 Aug 2005 10:32 am
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Farris, I too remember Dell Woods
Try this song on for size, " I Can Live With It , If You can Live Without It" by Whisperin Bill Anderson And Picked to death by " I think" the great Sonny Garrish. Ray
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Sho-Bud S-12 and a brand new N112
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Nathan Delacretaz
From:
Austin, Texas, USA
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Posted 26 Aug 2005 11:14 am
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Ray Minich, you hit it right on the head! There are some phrases in "I Love You Because" and "I Love You So Much It Hurts" that deliver chills every time.
Here are a couple of clips that should work if you have Quicktime on your computer:
http://www.alamosaics.com/ND/Day_ILYB.mp3
http://www.alamosaics.com/ND/Day_ILYSMIH.mp3 [This message was edited by Nathan Delacretaz on 26 August 2005 at 12:39 PM.] [This message was edited by Nathan Delacretaz on 26 August 2005 at 12:41 PM.] |
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