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One more comment concerning Leona's 'I Love You Because' CD.....not only the great steel playing by Dicky but also the wonderful fiddle of Bobby Flores. The first time I heard the title song, I was in my car going home from the store listening to it on XM. I was a half mile past my house before I realized it........we had the only house on our road and I missed it.

Dicky is on a number of Justin Trevino's CD's as well...(so is Bobby)

Dickey can also be heard on Johnny Bush's "I'll Be There" and also on some of Darrell & Mona McCall's albums.

Loving this post! I'm getting some great ideas for some music I hadn't explored before. Thanks for all the album suggestions, forumites! I think Dicky has now become one of my favourite steel players of all time. He gets so much emotion out of that bar.

Ricky Davis wrote:This is how I set Dicky's last LDG up with

Hey Ricky, way, way back in the year 2007 you discussed helping him set up his Bud:

https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtop ... 0b10fc6631

b0b commented on the originality of his RKL, and you mentioned that you added the half stops and splits:

Ricky Davis wrote:Yes b0b; I was suprised when Dickie said he had that change on his RKL all these years.
He actually plays only the 4 knees; I'm putting the vertical on per his request....but everything else is just like he's always played it(well except I'm adding half stops and split tuning per his request also; as he said he's always wanted them; but never had them).
Ricky

Just wondering what he had on there before you added the half stops? Did he raise string 1 to G and lower string 2 to D, and then you helped him to add the G# and C# respectively? Or did he raise string 1 to G# and lower string 2 to C#?

RIP Dicky - one of the great underrated players

Thanks Greg; and yes, Dicky has always had RKL pull string 1 to G# and lower string 2 to C# and when I told him I can put a feel stop half way for those two changes; and he loved it. Also told him he can lower 6th string a whole tone from the pedal down A note and he said he would love that cause he only lowered the open G# to F# ; cause that was the only way it would tune properly....ha.....I told him: "Dicky; that's why I'm standing in front of you; I'm here to make your steel guitars do what you always wished they would do"..ha...he laughed and then gave me a hug.
He was one of the great souls I've ever met.
Ricky

Great story! Thanks for sharing, Ricky!

You're welcome Greg.
Ricky