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I'll also add my vote for John Hughey backing Dawn Sears singing "Sweet memories" at the Station Inn. That Time Jumpers DVD I have is going to get worn out from being played!

John's version of "My Weakness Is Too Strong" on the same DVD is also capable of making me stop breathing pretty much every time I hear it.

Great post Herb...

"Tara's Theme" by Lloyd Green on the "Slide" album and Ron Elliott playing "Lucinda's Prayer" are on top of my list....

Kind Regards, Walter

Larry, mighty good thread. For me it happened one late snowy nigh in Colorado in 1966 driving home from my work about 2:30 AM listening to WBAP Bill Mack Trucker show, he played Faded Love by Rose Maddox with Tom Brumley on it and I literally had to pull my 63 Ford Gallaxy off the road for tears in my eyes, Toms fills and turn around were a perfect compliment to the sincerly emotional vocals by Rose. The record was on STARDAY it is # 634-s9179, the flip side is The Bigger The Pride and was Arranged by Tom Brumley. Tom Told me that there was a complete album by Rose with Tom on it. He never did send me a copy. Maybe Rolene can chime in here. I still have the 45 RPM record, but it is worn out.

Once I was playing at Jubitz and we were doing Wicked Games by Chris Isaak. It was just one of those nights I was sitting there thinking, what would Buddy of John H do to this song. I hunkered down, squeezed the pedals, milked the notes, and sucked the air right out of the room. That much work left me breathless and emotionally drained, especially with they say "take it again".

There I could turn up and really get my gear working, you know, touching people where they live and all of that.

Larry Behm

Bobby Black playing Hawaiian style on non pedal guitar many years ago.

Lloyd Green playing Farewell Party at the ISCG.

John Hughey's recording of "Sweet Memories" always gets me. Imagine bringing in the casket with that on! What a send-off!

I cant get past this one:

Buddy Emmons - Rose Colored Glasses

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfYfQ24sdBQ

Anything played by Ron Wood from the Rolling Stones brings tears to my eyes

His Push Pull sounds as though it hasn't been tuned since it left the factory.

Buddy Emmons, "Once Upon A Time In The West" performed at the ISGC:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXdPDrCXMdg

Most everything Emmons plays is classic, Next to Jennifer by Day, Look at Us by Hughey, Neil Flanz's Danny Boy. Sweet Memories by Adair Torres. There are so many by all the great steel players that have teared me up, it is impossible just to name a few.
Anne

Another one for Jimmy Day. I think that there were players with more technical ability than Jimmy, but nobody could wring as much raw emotion out of a steel guitar as he could. I still remember his set at the West Coast Steel Guitar Show in 1995. At one point, he finished playing "Danny Boy", and almost everyone in that room, including me, was weeping openly. It was an amazing thing to behold.

I often wonder what it must feel like to be able to do an instrumental performance that can move so many people as profoundly as that.

I don't think there was a dry eye in the house when Herby Wallace returned to the Norwalk show after recovering from his stroke. He played beautifully and many of us were deeply touched by the man's great will to perform again. It was a special moment.

Jimmy Day, "I Love You Because" at ISGC one year. Speedy West was sitting over at the side of the stage about to lose it. You could have heard a pin drop in the ballroom.

i see a lot of older players being posted here.. but no one from this era
I nominate david hartley.. The way he's playing his psg..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lS3bfdUR ... F8B17A8DF8

Sometimes when im behind my psg and get frustrated that it wont go how i want it to go, i just put on one of davids video's...

Instead of quitting i got remebered why i started to play the psg..

Rusty Young on Bad Weather

Being raised in Europe, spending a lot of my Sundays in old churches where organplayers on those huge pipeorgans could bring tears to your eyes by playing Bach, there is not a lot that can bring that emotion.

Bach’s Bouree is a piece that is up tempo and probably not created to loosen emotions. If you are not familiar with it, just search youtube for this piece and you see what I mean.
But on the “Minors Aloud” album by Lenny Breau and Buddy Emmons , Lenny starts it of with a very gentle touch and than Buddy comes in! Bach’s genius through Buddy’s fingers, old world notes with a new world touch.

In Europe, if you play a steelguitar you always have to explain that there is more to this instrument than the “cheap emotions” of the country song. To demonstrate that, I always play them this piece and it always silences them up and it never fails to bring tears to my eye.

John Hughey & Rabbit Easter playing 'Steel Heaven'
also, Jimmy Day playing 'Farewell Party'
terry

Soon after John Hughey passed, Vince did the Opry with Tommy playing steel. They did a tribute to John with Look At Us. Tommy played the solo note for note.
very touching. The look on Vince and Tommy's face said it all. Class players honoring another class player.

I got to admit, Sarah Jory puts tears in my eyes on two of her songs.

Here are the links for two of her songs that bring tears to my eyes from time to time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6b-rXnkd ... re=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skjHDT2EvUo

Erv Niehaus wrote:My playing will bring tears to your eyes, also.

Just me showing up will

Right at this moment, while listening to Sneaky Pete in the other thread about "Hot Burrito Nr.1"

Kelly Joe Phelps' 'Goodnight Irene'- simple and masterful steel- beautiful subdued touch-great vocals- relatively rare to hear steel as a solo singer/songwriter instrument.


Asa

John Hughey playing "Lost In The Feeling"