The 70`steel guitar boom

admin · Post by **b0b** » 9 Sep 2012 1:04 pm

Several people have confirmed that it is John Hughey. He was the guy to call for steel in Memphis during that era.

Steve Hinson · Post by **Steve Hinson** » 9 Sep 2012 1:17 pm

John was the guy to call for steel in Memphis at least for American Sound Studios,home of the Memphis Boys...the section made up of Reggie Young and the guys who played on so many hits produced by Chips Moman in the late 60s/early 70s...Dan Penn produced the Box Tops,so it's easy to see how John got the Box Tops call...Dan was a cohort of Chips Moman's...John and Reggie worked clubs together around that time...I used to love hearing different versions of the same stories from those two.
I think Leo LeBlanc did some stuff around Memphis in those days too...albums by Danny O'Keefe and John Prine come to mind...

Franklin · Post by **Franklin** » 9 Sep 2012 11:08 pm

Joachim Kettner wrote:The Box Tops had at least another track with steel on their rendition of "I'm Movin' On" on "Non Stop". It sounds similar to Elvis Presley's version from "Elvis in Memphis" where the steel player was John Hughey.

John Hughey , Jimmy Day and Pete Drake worked with Elvis.....I believe Pete did some of the movie dates.

Paul