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My 3 favorite steelers on Danny Boy are listed here.

Buddy Emmons on E-9th

Curly Chalker on C-6th

Julian Tharpe on his Universal Tuning

Buddy Emmons E9th
Curly Chalker C6th
Maurice Anderson Uni

Winnie (Julian) Winston.

EJL

Curly Chalker hands down! Neal Yeagley

I never heard a steel version I didn't like. Same with "Shadow Of Your Smile".

Buddy Emmons and Jerry Byrd are my favorites.

JERRY BYRD AND LLOYD GREEN![/b]

Jody Cameron on E9

If you have some time, check out Jimmy Day's intro and turnaround on Johnny Bush's cut of "Danny Boy."

E

I say E 2

What you guys said AND the Chalker version he did on Charlie McCoy's 197x album where the first verse is just Charlie and Curley.

Does anyone have a copy of Buddy playing Danny Boy/Londonderry Aire they can email me?? I seem to have lost the tape I had of it.
thanks

I'd like to hear Curly's version, but Buddy's version on the "Black Album" is a classic to me.

CURLY!!!

Paddy Long wrote:Does anyone have a copy of Buddy playing Danny Boy/Londonderry Aire they can email me?? I seem to have lost the tape I had of it.
thanks

The black album CD is available from the Forum Catalog.

#C-062 Buddy Emmons "Emmons Guitar Company" CD $16

I saw Reece Anderson play Danny Boy with 4 picks on his S12 Bb6-Maj7 tuned MSA in 1968 at Tom Bradshaw's first West Coast Pedal Steel Show in Napa, California. I'll have to admit, I was amazed .

Since then I heard Buddy and Curly's Versions and liked both of them too.....al.:)

Big E on the black album, followed by Chalker on the 70's album with Charlie McCoy. Julian Tharpe's open string version also. (I believe it was open)

OOps, Billy, How could I forget Julian Tharpe's version, I got the album. It was great too...al.:)

Bobby -- done mate thanks

All of the above and add Jimmy Day to the mix. Bobby

I heard an unaccompanied version of Danny Boy today by Julian Tharpe on Steel Radio . Is this the version you are talking about ? To me it sounds almost painfully out of tune. Great chords,inversions,substitutions, but.....
Is there another version maybe ? The one I heard could have been a live tape or something like that.

I agree with you Bobby. I saw Jimmy Day perform it solo live at the Austin Opry House. I think of it everytime I play that song. Sweet.

My two favorite versions are Jerry Byrd = C-Diatonc and John ‘Keoni’ Bechtel = C-Diatonic! (Just kidding about the sec. choice!) It took 7-tries, but; I never did get it quite right!