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J R Rose
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Ordered this week and just got the Pure Prairie Leaque Greatest Hit's CD. Has most of the songs you guys have mention. Enjoying very much. I think I missed most of this due to Ray Price and Buck Owens and Haggard. But there is a lot to be said about them. They had their own thing going on. J.R.
Black Performance SD-10, 2002. Peavey LTD 400 with 15" Eminence EPS 15-C, Sho-Bud Seat, Goodrich L-120 Pedal, Sho-Bud Bar, Picks, Cords. Nothing else.
Dave Morrison
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John lives about 30 miles from me and we talk some when he’s not too busy. PPL is still touring and doing several shows. He told me that he went direct on a lot of the stuff they recorded into a Neive console. The guitar he used was a red Pro 111 sho bud. He plays the Day set up with his E to F# change on a knee lever(no C pedal). He was a tremendous influence on me when first started and still is. He also told me Paul Franklin Sr and Dwayne Marrs built that guitar. I keep telling him he needs to get on the forum here. Maybe some day😁
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Mark Dershaw
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I heard PPL playing live on WMMS in Cleveland one night. I went and bought their album the next day. When I heard the first track,(Tears) I knew I had to learn pedal steel. Worked the entire summer on 3 different farms bailing hay and picking vegetables to buy one. Ended up with a Fender student model. About 3 years later I got to hear John play in a band called Six Shooter in Athens OH. Great memories and I can't say enough about how friendly John was and how much he influenced me.
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