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what was the first song, you learned on the pedal steel ? for me it was. I"ve overlooked an orchid. I was not real good at it,but i was in the ball park.[might not have been in the seats or the field,maybe the bathroom] steel a beginner , 4 years now on the steel.[ hope not to offend anyone with this post] Tk

Fräulein

Wild side of Life

"Crazy Arms".

I was just hummin' it this morning.
"Slowly"
Learned it on my old Fender 1000 with a chromatic D-9th tuning. Ooooo that sound was gooood!

Mansion on the hill.

Together Again.

Apartment #9

With an average 13 minute reply time, I predict this thread will be the next biggie after Show of your Steel!
Keep'em coming!

Your Cheating Heart

The Steel Guitar Rag!!

Red River Valley complete with D-string sevenths and everything.

Joe Drivdahl wrote:Red River Valley complete with D-string sevenths and everything.

red river valley for me too.....
then as I became mo better....I progressed
into "Red River Rock"......remember RRV with a rock beat....not sure of who recorded it....it was great.
love this instrument.....wish I could really play with some of you guys....have listened to your work...wow....maybe some day...
ch

red river rock...johnnie & the hurricanes..
http://www.mamarocks.com/red_river_rock.htm
http://www.garyrog.50megs.com/midi2.html

Louie Louie

or Gloria

I can't remember

"Last Date"

Amazing Grace

I'll be sure and let you know.

"Put your A pedal in and let your B pedal out put the bar on the strings and you shake it all about." I think it was something like the "Hokey Pokey". My style hasn't changed much.

I worked through the Neil Flanz E9 Instruction method. After I got most of that "pedal mashing" down... I started attempting to apply it to various songs. A lick here and a lick there. I think "Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man was the first complete song I ever managed to make it through.

Crazy Arms

Bo Legg wrote:"Put your A pedal in and let your B pedal out put the bar on the strings and you shake it all about." I think it was something like the "Hokey Pokey". My style hasn't changed much.

This is off topic, but when I played for the late Jerry Eugene, he sang the Hokey Pokey, and instead of playing on the tune, I would leave the stage and join the dancers. Then at one point Jerry would sing "You put your steel player in you put you steel player out..."

The first song I played was either Red River Valley or Streets of Larado, which ever came first in Winnie's book. The first song I ever figured out on my own was She Thinks I still Care.

Carroll
I think Red River Rock was done by Johnny and the Hurricanes.
The 1st song that I could play as a solo was "Bummin' Around".

Together Again and The Other Woman about the same time I do not remember which one was first I think Together Again.

For me, it was probably "Cold, Cold Heart", and "Look At Us" after "Cold, Cold Heart".

Brett

I guess my teacher thought I needed something simple, "Blue Eyes Cryin' in the Rain".......