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Topic: Mystery Steel Man |
Ray Montee
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Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 20 Oct 2005 8:42 am |
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Tune up your EARS and fine tune your memory of sounds..........and help us all out by providing the answer to this question: "Who is this steel player"?
This is from a way back; no pedals involved.
This is what we olde timers used to have to do all the time, in order discover someone/something NEW in the music field.
I hear sounds of Sol Hoopii; Joaquin Murphy; as well as some others. There is split slants and three finger slants? Is he Hawaiian?
This great performance can be heard on the jerrybyrdfanclub.com site on the all about Ray page. It's at the very bottom of the page.[This message was edited by Ray Montee on 20 October 2005 at 09:43 AM.] |
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Walter Stettner
From:
Vienna, Austria
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Roy Thomson
From:
Wolfville, Nova Scotia,Canada
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Posted 20 Oct 2005 2:49 pm
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I opened it with no problem.
It's outstanding playing considering the
era,,,,,,,considering any era.
Jouquin was a generation before me but what I have heard of him since joining the Forum
and acquiring two of his albums I would say it was his playing on this cut.
The C#Minor tuning has a Hawaiian flavour
no doubt. The solos I would say were influenced by high register clarinet jazzy
breaks.
Great playing! |
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Bob Strum
From:
Anniston Alabama
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Posted 20 Oct 2005 3:24 pm
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| Sure sounds like Joaquin, but didn't Noel Boggs do some stuff with the Sons Of the Pioneers in the late 40's. Was it Jimmy Wyble on vocal? My mind forgets yesterday!! |
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 20 Oct 2005 3:31 pm
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| Ray, is this a trick question? There's only one song at the bottom of the page (Valley of Roses), an it says right there it's performed by Jerry Byrd? |
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Eric West
From:
Portland, Oregon, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 20 Oct 2005 3:46 pm
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I was going to say Larry Bird.
I think Donny Got the cookie on this one..
EJL
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Mitch Drumm
From:
Frostbite Falls, hard by Veronica Lake
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Posted 20 Oct 2005 5:40 pm
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Ray:
Assuming you are talking about the tune "Anytime", that sounds to me like Foy Willing--maybe with Freddy Tavares on steel, mid to late 1940s?
Great style and ride, whoever it is. Echoes of both Joaquin and Byrd at times.
A pity this stuff is out of fashion for the last 50 years. |
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Brad Bechtel
From:
San Francisco, CA
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Al Johnson
From:
Sturgeon Bay, WI USA
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Posted 20 Oct 2005 6:22 pm
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| well I agree with Mitch, Foy Willing doing the solo singing Riders of the Purple Sage the trio singing and I believe the great Freddy on the steel guitar. He played on a number of their recordings. I have also seen photos of Foy Willing with a bar in his hand and picks on his fingers. Also read one article that said Foy Willing on steel guitar with a band before the Riders of the Purple Sage, really a great group/ |
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Jody Carver
From:
KNIGHT OF FENDER TWEED
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Posted 21 Oct 2005 2:57 am
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Yes the steel player on Foy Wllings of Anytime was Freddy Tavares.The original was done on Capitol Records.
Some great single string typical Hawaiian licks Freddy had his own style. I have the original 78 speed. I dont hear any Joaquin influence nor Jerry Byrd.[This message was edited by Jody Carver on 21 October 2005 at 03:59 AM.] |
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Charles Curtis
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Posted 21 Oct 2005 11:32 am
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| Here I go down memory lane; I remember playing that song on a "six-string", with a raised "nut" at a bowling alley in Pasadena, Tex. I think it was an old "Stella" guitar with a DeArmond pickup. |
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Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 21 Oct 2005 12:05 pm
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THANKS EVERYONE! I've had this old Red Label
CAPITAL AMERICANA disc for decades and always believed it was "Murph" until someone here on the Forum mentioned "Tavares" a short time back. This steel man does a phrase therein where he slides up/down quickly and that sounds like an olde Joaquin signature type sound as does the vibrato in places.
THANK YOU Jody and Mitch. I'll fly with your decision. Much appreciated. Sorry DONNY, it was no trick! |
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