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I sure hope they vote him in, as he is very deserving of the honor. His playing is/was listened too, inspired, and influenced a bunch of us.

Sincerely,
Tommy Minniear

Anita, what I want to know is, when you call him to dinner, do you say "Dinner's ready, Sneaky", or "Dinner's ready, Pete"?

...oh, and he gets my vote, too, in case anyone's looking in.

Or does he say "Dinner's ready, Anita...."? (Which is more like the way it works around our place!)

Sneaky has been one of my musical heroes for thirty-odd years, and is deserving of any and all honours the steel guitar community can bestow.

I say "Dinner's ready Daddy!" Hhahahha!

I just received a letter from Scotty to confirm receipt of my nomination and that he will be giving it to the nominating committee at their next meeting on August 31, 2006. So the wait is on. I think I will send them a copy of this post as an addendum.
Thanks again, guys.

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As a relative newbie to steel it seems to be me to be a pretty glaring ommission not to have Pete in the HoF. He was one of the few steelers I could readily identify by his style before I even took up the instrument. He probably got more of the younger crowd interested in the steel than just about anyone else I can think of.
Before joining this forum the only two pedal steelers I had ever even heard of by name were Buddy Emmons and Sneaky Pete.
Regards,
Joe

"Daddy's Ready!" ...ready for the SGHF. Way to go Anita!

Sneaky is a totally unique player who could also fit the steel into non-country music better than anyone. He was also interesting and humble, the few times we met. I think he will get in to the SGHOF soon.

I've been wondering why he wasn't already in.

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Klaus Caprani

MCI RangeXpander S-10 3x4
www.klauscaprani.com

A truely one of a kind player who listened to his own voice and played it the way he thought it should be played. One of a handful (maybe only a couple others) that when you heard his playing on a recording you knew right away who it was. An amazing signature musician!! His recognition as a Hall of Fame player has been long over looked. Let them set the record straight and put Pete in the SGHF!!

I don't have a vote, but if I did I'd vote for Sneaky Pete.

Mr. Kleinow is absolutely a Hall-of-Famer.

I know that this has been explored a bunch of times on this forum (players like Pete not being in the hall of fame) but it surprised me (again) that he isn't already there. It seems so obvious to me. He is certainly one of the most unique voices that has ever played this instrument. His contribution is immense, his discography is second to nobody, in terms of breadth of genres and the importance of the recordings.

Who else has recorded with:

Frank Zappa
Little Feat
Stevie Wonder
The Byrds
FBB
Joe Cocker
Jackson Brown
Joni Mitchell
Yoko Ono
Fleetwood Mac
Linda Ronstadt
Gram Parsons
Little Richard
Bobby Womack
Delany and Bonnie
Billy Joel

and so many more.

Pete is on my all time favorites list, that's for sure.

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www.tyack.com

Here is another list I got from his website. The man deserves to be in the SGHOF.

JOAN BAEZ
SKIP BATTIN
THE BEE GEES
BARBIE BENTON
LYNN BLESSING
BOOKER T. JONES
BOOKER T.
and the M.G.s
DENNY BROOKS
DEBBIE BOONE
PAT BOONE
JOHN BRADDON
BONNIE BRAMLETT
DELANEY BRAMLETT
BREWER and SHIPPLEY
JACKSON BROWNE
THE BYRDS
BRIAN CADD
CHEROKEE
GENE CLARK
JOE COCKER
LEONARD COHEN
COLD STEEL
RITA COOLIDGE
CROWBAR
SPENCER DAVIS
SANDY DENNY
DILLARD and CLARKE
DOUG DILLARD
MICHAEL DINNER
THE DILLARDS
DION and the
BELMONTS
ROGER DOLLARHIDE
ELLIOT DOZIER
THE EAGLES
MARC ELLINGTON
DON EVERLY
MIMI FARINA and TON JANS
RICHARD FARINA and MIMI
FINNIGAN and WOOD
FLEETWOOD MAC
FLO and EDDIE
THE FLYING
BURRITO BROTHERS
GALE FORCE
LOWELL GEORGE
BOB GIBSON
JON GIBSON
JANE GETZ
(MOTHER HEN)
GLENDA GRIFFITH
GOLDEN PALOMINOS
GRAPES OF WRATH
THE HAGERS
HENRY GROSS
LARRY GROCE
CHICO HAMILTON
THE HARLOTS
LEE HAZELWOOD
HEDGE & DONNA
DON HENLY
BARBARA HILL
& CHRIS E.
BOB
"CATFISH" HODGE
HOWDY MOON
ROSIE GAINES
GERMAINE JACKSON
BILLY JOEL
OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN
CASEY KELLY
TOM JONES
KALAPANA
JOHN KALE
BARBARA KEITH
AL KOOPER
THE KNACK
GLADYS KNIGHT
JOHNNY LEE
JOHN LENNON
THE LEMON HEADS
LORI LIEBERMAN
GORDON LIGHTFOOT
MARK LINDSAY
LITTLE FEAT
LITTLE RICHARD
TRINI LOPEZ
LTD
MANDY MARTIN
DAVE MASON
BARRY McGUIRE
MEDICINE
BILL MEDLEY
TERRY MELCHER
STEVE MILLER
MILLINGTON
JONI MITCHELL
DANIEL MOORE
MARTIN MULL
GRAHAM NASH
RANDY NEWMAN
HARRY NILSSON
KENNY NOLAN
DANNY O'KEEFE
DAVID OLNEY
YOKO ONO
ROBERT PALMER
WAYNE PARKER
PAUL PARRISH
GRAM PARSONS
PEACHES & HERB
SHAWN PHILLIPS
PHIL'S HARMONIC ORCHESTRA
RAY & GINO
THE RAVE UPS
HELEN REDDY
JIM RINGER
ED REEVES
MINNIE RIPERTON
KENNY ROGERS
THE ROLLING STONES
LINDA RONSTADT
LEON RUSSELL
DOUG SAHM
NEIL SEDAKA
SEEMON & MARIJKE
CARLY SIMON
SILVERADO
BOBBY SOLO
JOEL SONNIER
JIMMY SPHEERIS
SLY and the
FAMILY STONE
DAVID SOUL
POTTER-ST. CLOUD
RINGO STARR
JAMES LEE STANLEY
SUITE STEEL
MIKE STEWART
RON STONE
JOHN MICHAEL TALBOT
BERNIE TAUPIN
TRIBUTE TO GRAM PARSONS
THE VENTURES
BOBBY VINTON
JIMMY WEB
MENTOR WILLIAMS
PAUL WILLIAMS
BOBBY WOMACK
STEVIE WONDER
FRANK ZAPA

Not to mention a couple of great cuts on Pacific Steel Co.

Y'know what the sad thing is? Sneaky Pete should have been in the SGHF a -long- time ago. . .

The list of artists he's played with is AMAZING.

Surely, he exposed the sound of steel guitar to the most unlikely of audiences.

To name a few... The Knack!!!, Booker T. and the M.G.'s, Stevie Wonder, Sly and the Family Stone!!, Joe Cocker!!, Tom Jones, etc.

(side note: Tom Jones is cool. I don't really like his singing, but he is cool. 1). He sang "baby it's cold outside" with the beatiful, lovely, fellow Wales native and singer Cerys Matthews, on an episode of "'Later' with Jools Holland. 2). He had a really funky band in the 70's).
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Back to subject:

Pete should be inducted because he had so much to do with a countless number of rock fans (and rock musicians) falling in love with the country sound, in the late sixties and early seventies.

If it weren't for Pete's playing in FBB, I would not have, at my young age, fallen in love with classic country music, (and then solo steel stuff), both of which I now love, and continue to seek out).

I would have found the music eventually perhaps, but no telling what I'd be listening to now if not for Gram Parsons and "sneaky" Pete. And I'm grateful for it. <font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by Cody Campbell on 28 November 2005 at 11:58 PM.]</p></FONT><font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by Cody Campbell on 29 November 2005 at 12:01 AM.]</p></FONT>

They had to get the country steelers first,now maybe they will pick steeler that play none country music. Yes- Pete should be next.Joe

I agree with you guys as I'm sure many do. That is why I nominated him. I think he was such an obvious choice that he was overlooked all this time. He's really blown away by all the fuss and that just makes me SMILE!

His fills and ride on FBB's "Devil in Disguise" is one of the coolest PSG parts ever. He goes from making his instrument sound like an E9 PSG (Almost more E9 than E9!), an overdriven lap style slide guitar, and a twangy Telecaster without missing a beat.
He is one of my all-time favorites.

beside Sneaky Petes creativity in so many areas, I'm impressed with his daughter

I first bought Pete's self titled album when I was in High School along with the Burrito stuff that was available at the time.

Just got the new Burrito Deluxe CD "The Whole Enchilada" which I really like, and especially the instrumental song "Sister', real classic 'Sneaky' sound.

He gets my vote for the Hall of Fame.


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Regards, Craig


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People do say I rePETE myself alot . Sorry

Craig


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Hey Craig...that looks like two votes!

Russ

heehee...!