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Posted: 8 Apr 2018 10:03 am
by Dennis Montgomery
Very nice, though his steel part in 'Soon' wasn't written for pedal steel and can be played on regular steel. Here's Steve playing it on his Fender Dual Pro 6:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eb04hwavJ3I
In his early 90's book, "The Steve Howe Guitar Collection" he says, "I've used the Dual 6 for many, many recordings. One of the earliest was the gentle, spacey finale of 'Gates of Delirium', a section we usually referred to as 'Soon' because that's what Jon is singing most of the time."
Regarding his Sho-Bud D10 he says, "On record, I first used the Sho-Bud on 'To Be Over' from 'Relayer'. At the 37:25 mark of the following vid from the same show as the 'Soon' video, during the beginning of the 'To Be Over' solo you can see him mashing those pedals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRWorSM6wX4
I'm a bit of a Steve Howe nut (obviously) and I could be wrong, but AFAIK he only brought the Sho-Bud D10 on tour in '74 and '75 when they played 'To Be Over'. The rest of the 70's tours he usually played all his slide parts on the Fender Dual Pro 6 or on rare occasion a Fender Stringmaster 4 neck
Posted: 8 Apr 2018 12:29 pm
by Joe Goldmark
One of my favorites, Floyd Smith doing "Floyd's Guitar Blues" with Andy Kirk's Orchestra.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j3EjpDyQN4
Posted: 8 Apr 2018 4:32 pm
by Bob Ricker
Mason Proffit
Poco
Edgar Winters Round and Round
Posted: 8 Apr 2018 5:05 pm
by David Mitchell
The old rockers loved pedal steel and some so much they bought and recorded with one themselves like guitar player Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin. He was one of the early MSA players. The pop artist back then like Elton John found them useful too.(B.J Cole) Like Donnie said steel fell from grace in the 80's for all except for a few of the biggest artist like Strait, Twitty and Jackson. Looks like producers would have learned the biggest hit makers used steel guitars but evidently not.
Posted: 8 Apr 2018 7:44 pm
by Anthony Lis
Jim Fogarty wrote:David Gertschen wrote:Jeff "Skunk" Baxter's playing on the Doobie Brothers "South City Midnight Lady" has always been one of my favorites.
Even better....on Steely Dan's "Pearl of the Quarter"
https://youtu.be/9CbL2-nvalE
That's a fine one, too.
Posted: 9 Apr 2018 5:16 am
by Brett Lanier
Here are a couple I did that came out recently.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tsn22-BgdVQ
Analog Evi led jazz group
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0f0rprMMiw
Synthy pop record. There are a couple obvious steel sounds but some that aren't. i.e. pillowy delays in the 2nd chorus...
Posted: 9 Apr 2018 6:24 am
by Craig A Davidson
Godfrey Arthur wrote:Joseph Napolitano wrote:Paul Franklin on " So Nice to be With You", the AM pop hit. I think Paul was around 14 y/o when he did that session.
Was this the song by
Gallery sounding like "Gerry and The Pacemakers meets Herman's Hermits?"
Rarely do we get info from the musical directors of many songs/albums as to why they chose a certain instrument.
My thinking is they used steel on non country songs to cross genre and get a wider audience and sales.
I have been told that was Paul's first session.
Posted: 9 Apr 2018 6:56 pm
by Russ Tkac
Very nice Brett and unique use of steel. I like your playing on the Brett Hughes stuff as well. Great playing and tone from the Marlen.
Posted: 9 Apr 2018 9:18 pm
by Bob Hoffnar
Brett, Great work ! Super musical.
Posted: 10 Apr 2018 10:15 am
by Brett Lanier
Hey thanks guys. That Green Empire session was fun. In the end, Taylor said he didn't want any fixes or overdubs, and he left everything we played. Also only had one knee lever (F) on the guitar I used which forced me to play differently.
Posted: 10 Apr 2018 7:13 pm
by David Gertschen
That was new to me, thank you Joe!
The wildest song I heard all day...
Posted: 10 Apr 2018 8:26 pm
by Bob Hoffnar
Lets not forget the always astonishing work of Dan Tyack and Chas Smith !
And Joel Martin
http://www.joelmartinmusic.com/
And Austin's own Mr. Gary Newcomb
https://www.reverbnation.com/garynewcombtrio
and lest we forget...
Posted: 15 Apr 2018 5:48 am
by Rick Kornacker
How about the fabulous Lloyd Green on Peter Cooper/Eric Brace "Master Sessions" as well as the "Lloyd Green Album" w/Peter Cooper. I wouldn't necessarily call these projects country, but "Americana" possibly at its best. Found the "Master Sessions" CD at a second-hand music store for $3.99. Still awesome every time you listen! Respectfully submitted, RK
Posted: 1 May 2018 10:36 am
by Ross Koeberl
A lot of fun surprises in this topic, thanks to all for sharing! Happy to see some credit going to Mr. Hoffnar's work with Hem, I used to play those tunes all the time on college radio.
I went digging for answers as to Paul Franklin's work with Megadeth, and a
topic from '01 suggested it was the song "Cryptic Warnings", you can definitely hear the evidence towards the end:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6B6afWqjSwQ
I've really been enjoying this tune, a cover of the 80's Japanese electronic band Yellow Magic Orchestra, that's Will Van Horn on the steel:
https://khruangbin.bandcamp.com/track/firecracker
BJ Cole did some fun work with prog rockers, the first video is with Byzantium and the second is with Uriah Heap
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHv_Pk-QiXs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Q39Om8sC4k
My favorite recent use of steel however is probably Susan Alcorn's work with Flock of Dimes. Very synth-poppy but integrates the steel beautifully, I can't stop listening.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-p0KpuHufY[/url]
Posted: 10 May 2018 1:25 pm
by Robert Rogers
Weldon Myrick played on seven bridges road
Posted: 13 Jul 2023 1:49 am
by Filipine Helu
Kapena - Talofa Teine
*sounds like it could be the C6 neck, but I’m pretty sure it’s pedal steel
https://youtu.be/bjKD81_EHIU
Posted: 13 Jul 2023 2:39 pm
by John Larson
Posted: 24 Jul 2023 3:00 am
by Joachim Kettner
"Every Thing Must Change" by Paul Young. In my opinion one of the most beautiful songs ever written and recorded. I guess it's B.J. Cole on steel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLPeRDJGKvQ
Posted: 29 Jul 2023 5:38 pm
by Joe Goldmark
This is a bit off the topic of why non-country producers add a steel guitar. However, this link shows steel guitarists from around the globe, who often insert the steel into their countries music. For example, Demola Adepoju from Nigeria.
http://vinylbeat.com/album-44-SteelGuit ... Globe.html
Taken from my website
www.Vinylbeat.com
Posted: 30 Jul 2023 8:21 am
by Fred Treece
That’s really cool, Joe. Like Santo and Johnny go to Bollywood.
And, leave it to the French for coming up with the least boring album cover
Posted: 30 Jul 2023 12:08 pm
by Mike Polansky
It was only on the Japanese version of RAM, but the song Horizon has some really beautiful playing by Mr. Leisz:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBvJUdBeY5s
The new 10th anniversary edition has the song as a bonus track.
Posted: 1 Aug 2023 9:14 am
by Brett Day
Paul Franklin also comes to mind because he toured with Mark Knopfler and Dire Straits and a few months ago, I was doing some research about records and songs he's played on, and I found out he played steel on a record by R&B artist Toni Braxton on a song called "If I Have To Wait For You". I found out, he also plays steel on a record by a band called PFR, which stands for Pray For Rain, and he's also played on a record with Peter Cetera, former lead singer and bass player with the rock band Chicago
Posted: 2 Aug 2023 4:41 am
by John Larson
Mike Polansky wrote:
It was only on the Japanese version of RAM, but the song Horizon has some really beautiful playing by Mr. Leisz:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBvJUdBeY5s
The new 10th anniversary edition has the song as a bonus track.
Agreed, I was listening to the anniversary edition while driving and was dismayed we didn't get that track on the original edition. Superb playing.
Posted: 2 Aug 2023 7:50 pm
by Jim Fogarty
My power/pop band Travel Lanes put out a cd a week before the pandemic closed everything down. Duh-oh!!! So, it never got the attention it deserved, IMO. Anyway, I played PSG on a couple pop tunes, and like how it worked out. Not country at all!
Solos on this:
https://youtu.be/5T3sUtVy_nU
Ambient steel in the intro and verses:
https://youtu.be/MRi2xBRmO1k
