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Corey Woodcock · Post by **Corey Woodcock** » 20 May 2007 5:00 am

I found a really cool version of Truck Drivin Man done by NRPS on youtube

http://youtube.com/watch?v=wyHMUhdeF0c

His style never ceases to amaze me!

Corey[/url]

Charles Curtis · Post by **Charles Curtis** » 20 May 2007 5:58 am

IMO, great technique; one of the best ever!

Larry Robbins · Post by **Larry Robbins** » 20 May 2007 7:59 am

Nice clip, Corey.
Thanks for posting it!

Corey Woodcock · Post by **Corey Woodcock** » 20 May 2007 9:23 am

Perfect palm blocking. Cant wait for another lesson from him!

William Matthews · Post by **William Matthews** » 20 May 2007 9:32 am

I believe he is listed in the Sttel Players Directory. IIRC he is somewhere in NY.. Which is good for me

Fred Justice · Post by **Fred Justice** » 20 May 2007 9:32 am

Buddy sounds great here, but wish they had not picked his ride to do the band advertising right over his intire play chores.

Dennis Schell · Post by **Dennis Schell** » 20 May 2007 1:11 pm

Thanks for the heads up Corey! Great stuff!
I "discovered" Buddy Cage when he used to be in Ian & Sylvia's "Great Speckled Bird"....
(Although the logo looked like some kinda "demented duck"!)

Dennis

Corey Woodcock · Post by **Corey Woodcock** » 20 May 2007 1:49 pm

Yes, not surprisingly they pick his solo to fill the screen with logos. Most of the people watching probably didnt know what he was playing anyway.I dont know how many people asked me after a gig if I was "playing some sort of keyboard or something?"

His stuff with the Great Speckled Bird was also very good (Truckers Cafe); I got into him through nrps though. Theres something about his style that always attracted me. Truthfully it was 'the wheel' by Garcia and NRPS that made me go out and buy a steel.

Corey

Bernie Gonyea · Post by **Bernie Gonyea** » 20 May 2007 4:31 pm

Hey There, Corey; Thanks for posting this clip of the NRPS. One of their great tunes of that time period, on their road to Fame.The song which caught my ear and made my hair stand on end was " PANAMA RED ". NRPS were my number one played albums, after hearing them do that fabulous tune.. I was a die-hard C/W Classic Country Steel Picker, but soon became an admirer of this young group and their music. When Panama Red was riding high on the charts, a young group of musicians were attempting to do NRPS material, here in my geo. area. They had no steel player, but heard my band and I, at a Jamboree, doing our version of Panama Red. As I was only doing one Sat. Nite "GIG" per week, This group contacted me and asked if I'd care to sit in sometime and let them do some NRPS tunes. Wow, what a time we had; The most fun and enjoyment that I'd had in a long time. I was double any one of these lads ages, but surely brought life back into my Forty-Some Years body. Comments from other steel players, when working with these young men, were the most compliments I'd ever rec'd, during some 20 years as a strictly country music steel picker.This was one of the Hi-Lites of my active playing years. Thanks for allowing me to share this experience with you all..Regards, Bernie

Dennis Schell · Post by **Dennis Schell** » 20 May 2007 4:40 pm

I'll bet Panama Red brought the sound of pedal steel to more "rock" listeners than any other song. What a great old tune!

Wish I'd heard ya Bernie, bet you smoked 'em up! (The audience not the "weed")

Dennis

Corey Woodcock · Post by **Corey Woodcock** » 20 May 2007 5:56 pm

well might as well post this!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=JJuqMzBJYV4

cool c6th solo at the end

Corey

Andy Sandoval · Post by **Andy Sandoval** » 20 May 2007 8:41 pm

Corey, I think your link took a wrong turn somewhere

Fred Glave · Post by **Fred Glave** » 21 May 2007 5:05 am

I just bought the Brooklyn Cowboys CD "Doin Time on Planet Earth". It's from about 1999. Great band and Buddy is always hot. He is, in my opinion, one of the all-time steel greats..hands down.

Charles Curtis · Post by **Charles Curtis** » 21 May 2007 5:23 am

I wonder if Buddy ever got his old D12 Emmons back? I often thought, it would be great to find it in a pawn shop for him.

Corey Woodcock · Post by **Corey Woodcock** » 21 May 2007 11:40 am

i messed up that last link-its a new version of truck drivin man-cool stuff

http://youtube.com/watch?v=JJuqMzBJYV4

Corey

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