Most beautiful steel guitar song

Jerry Roller · Post by **Jerry Roller** » 9 Apr 2007 6:52 pm

I like all those mentioned and would add Tom Brumley's solo on "I Sang Dixie" as another great solo.
Jerry

Mike Weirauch · Post by **Mike Weirauch** » 9 Apr 2007 7:08 pm

"Last Letter" By Buddy Emmons on the Shot Jackson tribute CD. It almost caused me to wreck my car the first time I heard it, seriously!

"Bluesman" done by Lloyd Green. I still wish he had recorded that song on his last album. I am content with "Jukebox Charlie".
though.

Jimmy Day's intro and fills on the Johnny Bush hit "You Ought To Hear Me Cry". Of course his turn around on Bush's "Farewell Party" wasn't too shabby either. It still gives me chills to listen to it.

Charles Davidson · Post by **Charles Davidson** » 9 Apr 2007 8:59 pm

Cold,Cold,heart by Jimmie Crawford and Russ Hicks on their CD [Chicken Pickin' Plus].By the way the whole CD is great also.

Dave Harmonson · Post by **Dave Harmonson** » 9 Apr 2007 9:01 pm

Several of you already mentioned a couple of my favorites, Someday Soon, Together Again. Whenever I hear those tracks I have stop whatever I'm doing and sort of pay homage. But, how about John Hughey on Fifteen Years Ago and Hello Darlin'. They still give me goose bumps.

Brendan Mitchell · Post by **Brendan Mitchell** » 9 Apr 2007 9:09 pm

Darisa , the clever one .

Skip Edwards · Post by **Skip Edwards** » 9 Apr 2007 10:36 pm

My vote goes to "Love Notes" by Lloyd Green, from the Lloyds of Nashville LP.

Richard Gonzales · Post by **Richard Gonzales** » 10 Apr 2007 6:13 am

Doug Beaumier 60 Popular Melodies has some very beautiful songs that I play time and time again.
Here are some of my favorites; As Time Goes By,Autumn Leaves,Indian Love Call, It's Now Or Never,
Moon River,September Song,Star Dust and etc. These are all winners played on steel guitar!!

Rick Nicklas · Post by **Rick Nicklas** » 10 Apr 2007 4:27 pm

If only one choice on the most beautiful steel song for me would be Buddy Emmons live in the 80's, playing his version of "Mansion On The Hill".

Stu Schulman · Post by **Stu Schulman** » 10 Apr 2007 5:11 pm

I change my mind every day about this.Today it's Weldon Myrick's "Always The Same" from Are Code 615!

Gil Berry · Post by **Gil Berry** » 10 Apr 2007 5:20 pm

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Greensleeves or Danny Boy. Maybe out of prominence or boring but they are both beautiful when done by someone like the Big E, Bobbe Semour or Winnie Winston. Awesome.

Les Green · Post by **Les Green** » 10 Apr 2007 5:41 pm

Greenblue by Lloyd Green

John Maggard · Post by **John Maggard** » 10 Apr 2007 8:07 pm

Lots of Emmons & Day tunes & breaks...I'm still discovering work from these gents that most here have known for years. If I had to choose one based on chill bumps every time it's Sneaky on Take It Easy/Our Lady of the Well. Someday Soon did the same for me when it came out and hooked me on *THAT* sound.

John

Mickey Adams · Post by **Mickey Adams** » 10 Apr 2007 9:02 pm

From out of Nowhere, Danny Boy, Lonesome LA cowboy?...I know that one too....

Fred Nolen · Post by **Fred Nolen** » 11 Apr 2007 5:24 am

"I Love you so much it Hurts" Buddy Emmons
"Poor Little Allison" Curly Chalker
Another vote for "Ten Thousand Years" Herby Wallace

Not necessarily in this order.

Ol' Fred

Marc Jenkins · Post by **Marc Jenkins** » 11 Apr 2007 8:12 am

I could probably listen to Ben Keith's solo in Albuquerque by Neil Young a hundred times in a row. Stunning.

Howard Tate · Post by **Howard Tate** » 11 Apr 2007 10:13 am

"Here's That Rainy Day", by Emmoms, Fred Justice, or anyone else.

Micky Byrne · Post by **Micky Byrne** » 11 Apr 2007 10:34 am

Totally agree with Larry...... John Hughey's live version of "Look at us"

Micky Byrne U.K. www.mickybyrne.com

Gary C. Dygert · Post by **Gary C. Dygert** » 11 Apr 2007 11:09 am

Is the Shot Jackson tribute CD still available?

Colby Tipton · Post by **Colby Tipton** » 12 Apr 2007 9:42 am

"Lost In The Feeling" for me.

Brett Day · Post by **Brett Day** » 12 Apr 2007 1:21 pm

"Look At Us" is probably one of my favorites. The song came out way before I started playing steel. There's just so many steel songs out there.

Brett

A. Roncetti · Post by **A. Roncetti** » 13 Apr 2007 3:44 pm

Sleepwalk!

Jon Hyde · Post by **Jon Hyde** » 13 Apr 2007 7:42 pm

I'm with Les on this one... Greenblue by Lloyd is a real sweet instrumental.

Leonard Bick · Post by **Leonard Bick** » 16 Apr 2007 8:43 pm

I'm very surprised to see that Jimmy Day's name isn't mentioned all over the posts here, concerning this topic. Listen to his rendition of A House Is Not A Home, Am I Losing You, Lonely Street(All Those Years album). I Love You Because, I Love You So Much It Hurts Me(Steel and Strings album). Jimmy Day reminds me of someone "making love" to his steel guitar. I've heard stories where he would go into jam sessions without pedals and play all the bar slants you could imagine. There's alot of great players but there's only a handful that make you feel the "magic".

Lem Smith · Post by **Lem Smith** » 16 Apr 2007 8:54 pm

I guess my personal favorite would be Lloyd Green's version of the Lynn Anderson song, "Too much of you." Simply awesome.

Ray Minich · Post by **Ray Minich** » 16 Apr 2007 9:08 pm

"Take Me As I Am or Let Me Go" from the Masters CD by Bobby Seymour and Jimmy Day.

I love to BLAST that one out when I have the sound system set up out doors.... Fills the valley with music

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