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Now, this one sends chills down the spine !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAq8yNQx ... re=related

Yo, Paul, what the heck was that at 2:29 ?

Kool guy you added to your band !

great stuff...

t

ps

I wasn't there on this particular night, I ran across this video last night while doing some UTube surfing. Right now from NC it
is a headache to get over the mountain , I-40 is closed due to a rock slide and it takes an extra hour or two to make the trip.


t :

Absolutely fantastic playing. I just had to watch it a few times.

You could tell how much Vince liked what Paul was playing too! Great job Paul!!

That is absolutely the most beautiful pedal and knee lever work I have ever listened to.

OK. I'm not usually one of those hero worshipping guys that feels the need to jump on every thread and tell you how much I love my idols.

Man!!!

That is the best lesson in slow song backup I am aware of.

That was like a complete example of all the techniques for complementing a slow song on a steel, all rolled into one very tasteful break! He had the knees, the pedals, the slants, the bar shivers, the harmonized scales, the complementary notes moving down as the melody moves up, everything was in there. And all this from a guy who's known for playing fast! It's interesting that a guy with all the knees and pedals, who obviously know how to use them, still understands that sometimes a bar slant just sounds way too cool. And the back up is just as tasteful and impressive. To me this shows just why Paul is on top. I get bored way easier with the fast stuff, as impressive as it is.
Tell me has there ever been a nicer steel break on a slow song than this?
And, it just happened to come in one of my all time favorite tear-jerkers.
Thanks for bringing that to my attention.

kindred spirits

That'll make your hair curl. Great job as usal Paul.

Tony

Wow, that was cool!

We all know Paul is and awesome player but for me the best part about these clips of him at the Station Inn is he looks like he is having fun and a great time!

The emotion in his playing for me comes across 110% when he is having fun! What a gift we have to be able to hear and see it!!!

Thanks for the post and thanks Paul for playing from the heart!

Great playing! What a combination with Vince Gill!
I wish the people in charge would use more lighting so we could see Paul play as well...

Good song and great playing!!!!!!!!

Man it just dont get any better than that. Hope to catch them on the 22nd. of this month. Jim

I heard Paul Franklin back in the late 70's in Reno/Sparks, Nevada with the Mel Tillis band. He was playing amazing stuff then, and he's only gotten better.

Did you notice the audience liked the steel solo so much they started clapping before he was even finished. That's never happened to me!!

He wouldn't be the top dog in N'Ville if he couldn't also handle the slow tunes.

Oh my, that was absolutely delicious. There's some pretty amazing talent on that stage, isn't there?

Thanks for posting that link, Tony. Made my night.

Matt

Bent Romnes wrote: I wish the people in charge would use more lighting so we could see .

The lighting is fine, remember this is a Bar with lots of neon lights all around and behind, the room is not set up for video shoots, the video camera's are auto adjusting for the bright lights that are in direct sight.

There is not a bad seat in the house and you can see everything and everyone from anywhere you plop down.

t

Tony, I realize all this but it is just a tad frustrating when we can hear him so well and barely see him.

As perfect as it gets! Thanx for posting.

Paul has certainly "raised the bar" with this arrangement. With all due respect to all my previous heroes, he simply takes the pedal steel to a new high.

I doubt you will ever hear anything like it on a commercially released song. For some reason, they seem to take all the heart and soul out of a song before it gets radio play. It is great to hear an uncut, unrehearsed, right out of the box performance like this.

I need to get that Franklin pedal!

Thanks for the post. What everyone already said; One of my new heroes.

Look for other songs by The Time Jumpers, with Paul playing steel. Can't see him, but his soulful playing is beautiful; such as, Look At Us, and When I Call Your Name.

WOW GREAT...Thanks for the post..

WOW! OK, gone to the ER to have my jaw re-attached. I think I dislocated it when it hit the floor! Pure PSG awesomeness!!!

nice! that bar slant on that run was sick....

It Does not get any better than that !!!!!!!! Boooooooooooooooooootifull. So reminiscent of Haggard and co, with Bonnie Owens.
That solo was just the business.....
Harmonies, soulful singing, back up fills.....jeeez I wish I was there that night.
Barry

Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Paul's break was awesome!

i realy love them they are soooooo gooood Vince and Paul