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[EDIT: last updated on 10/31/17. There may be issues viewing on an iPad or iPhone; see related posts from 2014 on page 4.

I attempt to make this, and hope that it is, a one-stop, comprehensive, hyper-linked list of all of Mickey Adams's pedal steel instruction videos available for free on YouTube. I have not included other Mickey Adams videos.

I try regularly to update this original post with all MA vids posted since I first put this up years ago (and delete the ones MA has since removed), but I am very possibly missing some, so I make no promises on completeness anymore. As videos keep getting added, that process will never be totally complete. I do wish to publicly thank Richard Sinkler for his assistance and important role in helping spread Mickey's lessons to all PSG players.

Most of original message below, now with hyperlinks.]

Organized this in Microsoft Word to help my practice routine. Thought I'd post it to help other beginners who are also taking advantage of Mickey Adams's excellent videos on YT:

Mickey, let me know if you want me to take this down and it'll be done.

Mickey Adams
PEDAL STEEL VIDS INDEX
(212 videos as of 10/31/17)

I -- **VIDS FOR E9 NECK**

My Copedent
Split Tuning

BE - Beginner Basic E9 (16):

BE01:Beginners: 3 Moves to Master
BE04: Simple E9 Passage, Single Note
BE06: 4-5-1 In G, Using ABC Pedals
BE07: 1-2-5 Single Note+ 3 Stops
BE09a- Close Intervals in C.mpg
BE11: Beginner Steel Guitar, Cold Cold Heart
BE12: Cold Cold Heart Part II
BE16: Waltz Across Texas
BE24A Big City Turnaround
BE28: Your Man, Josh Turner
BE31: Minor Chords-Moondance
BE34: 3 Moves to Master, Part II
BE36 Harmonics, Overtones
BE40 2M-5-1 Faux C6 Moves for Cherokee Maiden
BE41 Second String Usage
BE-1703-Michelle Intro


BEX - Beginner E9 Exercises (28 ):

BEX1: A+B Repetitious Excercise, Major Key
BEX-1B BLOCKING Techniques 101/102
BEX2 Pick Blocking Dexterity Excercise II
BEX6A-Pick Blocking Exercise B+C, F
BEX7 Speedpicking Lesson 1 Revision 1
BEX12: G Major, Lesson 2-Pedal Changes, Chord Forms
BEX14: D7, G Lever Programming, Speed
BEX16: G Major-Lesson 1
BEX16a G major Descending Exercise
BEX17: Pick-Blocking 101, Beginner Steel Guitar
BEX21-2-5-1 Chord Change
BEX21 Alternating Fingering Excercise
BEX21 Glissando Excercise 1
BEX25 Faux C6 1-5-1 in D
BEX27 C Pentatonic Scale Ex1
BEX27a C Pentatonic Ex2
BEX27b A Blues Pattern
BEX 27C Pentatonic Excercise
BEX28 Pedal & Lever Excercises for Beginners
BEX-29 Single Note 2-5-1 Descending Turnaround.mpg
BEX-30 Scale Melody
BEX 92 D7 Exercise
BEX 93 2 String Exercise, Lever I, Pedal H
BEX-94 Dim & Aug Chords
BEX-94 LKV Ideas.mpg
BEX-108a.mpg 2-5-1 Intro A, Aug+dim
BEX 110 Pentatonic Modes
BEX-1701 2 Multi-Pivoting Runs


BEC - Beginner E9 Cover Phrases (105):

BEC4: Blue Eyes Elton John
BEC-6 Broken Wing Intro.mpg
BEC15: Goin Through the Big "D"
BEC25: I Sang Dixie, Take II
BEC-28a I Never Go Around Mirrors(Gene Watson Version).mpg
BEC 28B I never Go Around Mirrors:Mike Johnson Solo
BEC 28c I never Go Around Mirrors Intro, Beginners!
BEC31: Beginner Steel-Longer, Fogelberg
BEC32: Longer, Flute Solo, Fogelberg
BEC35: Nobody In His Right Mind
BEC41: Too Cold At Home Intro, Mark Chestnutt
BEC45: Teach Your Children: Intro
BEC48: Take Your Memory With You
BEC52 Thinking Thing Intro
BEC54: What A Wonderful World
BEC66: Solo, Look At Us
BEC69: Somewhere Over The Rainbow, Bridge
BEC73: Empty Glass Intro
BEC77: Set-em Up Joe Vern Gosdin
BEC78- So Much It Hurts Me Part 1
BEC78a So Much It Hurts Me Part 2
BEC81, Who Needs You Baby, Clay Walker
BEC82 City Lights
BEC-83 Someone Save the Honky Tonks SOLO.mpg
BEC84 Faux C6, Deep Water Intro, Beginners
BEC85 There's your Trouble Intro
BEC86 Panama Red Intro, Remake
BEC88 Diamond Rio One More Day Intro
BEC89 Turnaround In C
BEC89 Oh Little Town of Bethlehem
BEC90 I Had A Beautiful Time, Solo
BEC91 White Christmas
BEC91a White Christmas
BEC91c White Xmas, Improvising
BEC92 Farewell Party Intro Simplified
BEC92a-Farewell Party Solo-Mike Johnson.mpg
BEC93-This Aint My First Rodeo-Intro
BEC-94 Third Rate Romance Solo
BEC-95 Crazy Arms Intro, Patty Loveless
BEC-96 Bar Room Roses Intro Troy Cassar Daley
BEC-97 Close Up the Honky Tonks-Intro
BEC98-Turnaround 5-1, BC,+E-lever
BEC-99 Single Note Run in D
BEC99-Right Or Wrong Part 1.mpg
BEC-99A Right Or Wrong Part II.mpg
BEC-99 A11 Intro And Turnaround.mpg
BEC 100 Different Light Doug Stone Intro E9
BEC 100 When Love Comes Around Intro Alan
BEC 100 Take It Easy
BEC-100-NEON BLUE INTRO.mpg
BEC-100 Blue Bayou.mpg
BEC101 Fourteen Minutes Old Intro Doug Stone
BEC101 Bars Of Steel Bridge
BEC-101 Beneath Still Waters Mike Johnson-Rhonda Vincent.mpg
BEC 102 Could I Have This Dance Intro
BEC 103 Bars of Steel, Bridge
BEC 106 Legend In My Time
BEC107 When Did You Stop Loving Me Intro
BEC-108 Highway 40 Blues
BEC 109 Getting Over You Again Intro Gene Watson
BEC 110 Baby Thats Cold Intro
BEC 111 Panama Red Solo Part 1
BEC 111a Panama Red Solo, Part II
BEC 111 Where Have I Been All My Life Intro
BEC-112 Help Me Make it Through the Night.mpg
BEC-113 Way To Survive, Lesson 1.mpg
BEC113a Way to Survive Lesson 2.mpg
BEC-114 -3 Minutes at a Time Intro-Gene Watson.mpg
BEC 114B Buds Bounce Part II.mpg
BEC-115 Thats Where My Baby Feels At Home, Intro-George Strait.mpg
BEC-115a No Regrets pt1
BEC-115b No Regrets pt2
BEC-116- Im a Little More Country Than That.mpg
BEC-116 Smoke Gets In Your eyes
BEC116a-Thats Where My Baby Feels at Home-Solo.mpg
BEC-117 Someone Had to Teach You Intro.mpg
BEC-117 Peaceful Easy Feeling, Solo for E9 Steel.mpg
BEC-118 Faux C6-1-6-2-5.mpg
BEC 118a The Girl In The Glass Part 1
BEC 118a Nightlife E9
BEC-119 Heart That You Own Solo.mpg
BEC120a Wills Point Part 1
BEC-120b Wills Point Bridge
BEC 121 Up To My Ears In Tears
BEC-121a-Stars Over Texas Intro
BEC 122 Fooled Around Fell in Love
BEC-123 Tracks of My Tears Solo
BEC130a-1-4-4m-1-5-1 in D
BEC 131a CRY
BE-131b-Cry Part II
BEC 131c Cry, Part III
BE-132 Counterpoint and Pivot for Sweet Memories
BEC-132a-Kelseys Song, Buck Reid
BE 133 Framing a Simple Melody Part 1
BEC 133a Alabama Jubille First Solo
BEC 135a Sleepwalk
BEC 140a Cherokee Maiden
BEC 141 Walk Through This World
BEC 144 Somebody's Baby
BEC-145 What a Way To Live, Mark Chestnutt
BEC 156a Masquerade
BEC 157a King of the Road
BEC 188 Some Fools Never Learn
BEC 190 Panhandle Rag
BEC-1702 Tender Lies/Restless Heart


BEGINNER STEEL GUITAR (9):

Beginner Steel Guitar, Cmajor in 3rds
Beginner Pedal Steel, Cross Picking, B Pedal
Beginner Steel Guitar: San Antonio Rose
Beginner Steel Guitar: Wonderful Tonight
Beginner Steel Guitar: Oceanfront Property
Beginner Steel-When you Say Nothing At All
Memphis Tennessee, Beginner Steel Guitar
Beginner Steel Guitar, Major Scale Excercise
Beginner Steel, Amazing Grace

FAUX C6 (4):

Walking After Midnight Faux C6
All My Ex's Intro Faux C6 for the E9 Neck
Faux C6 Turnaround in A
5 1 Faux C6, Single note Passage

UNCATEGORIZED (44):

Simple Intro in C
Panama Red Intro E9 Pedal Steel Guitar
Danny Boy, E9
Highway 40 Blues Intro, E9
Diatonic Scale Movement In G
1-7-4 1-2-4-5-1 Pedal Steel Guitar Intro
1-4 Counterpoint Move in F, Very Effective
Gene Watson Intro-Got No Reason Now for Going
BIG CITY! Merle Haggard, Simple, Straightforward
Someday Soon!..Simple, Great Solo!
Texas Tornado, Tracy Lawrence, Intro and Solo
Pick Dragging: Technique, Short Clip
Key-A Turnaround, Blues/Diminished Walk
Hello Trouble-JayDee Maness/ Desert Rose-
Memories To Burn, Solo, Gene Watson
When I Call Your Name
Cross My Heart Solo, George Strait
But For the Grace of God, Keith Urban
I Never Go Around Mirrors, Gene Watson!..READ THE NOTES!
Cryin My Heart Out, Ricky Skaggs
Lonesome LA Cowboy Solo, Buddy Cage
Teach Your Children:Quick Solo
1982 Intro:Randy Travis
Check Yes or No
Fire On The Mountain, Marshall Tucker
Buds Bounce, Simplified, Part 1
Tonight The Heartache's On Me, Solo, Dixie Chicks
Heartbroke, Steel Chords
Funny How Time Slips Away
Bars of Steel
Blue, Leann Rimes
Supernaw-Wishing Her well, Intro
Look At Us, Johny Hughey, Intro
Over The Rainbow Verse
Discussion, Right Hand
Verse, Help Me Make It Through The Night
Rolling Pick Technique 2-5-1
3 Octave Descending D7 Single Note Run
Pick Blocking Dexterity Excercise 1
Alone In SanAntone
Kelseys Song, Written by Buck reid
Stairway to Heaven, basic outline.
GD 04 Casey Jones, Grateful Dead...
Jessica Take 1


II -- **VIDS FOR C6 NECK**

BC6 - Beginner C6 (4):

BC6-01 Eastern Swing Intro, Buck Reid
BC6-2a Scrapple-Buck Reid
BEC6 1 Nightlife
BEC6-2 The Waiting Room

Nice Work! I've been trying to organize a similar list. I would be interested in the Word document if you wouldn't mind emailing it.

Cheers to Mickey for providing such a great resource online!

Mickey Adams For President !!!

Mickey Adams is officially the NEW INTERNET.

Fantastic! Thanks, John.

John

Wow John! I would love a copy of the original Word document too.
Thanks!

BEX25 - CLICK HERE

Just because they show up as a link in Word doesn't mean it will enter the BBcode that is required here to make hyperlinks work. Click on the BBCode link under the emoticons when you are in POST REPLY mode, or NEW TOPIC mode for instructions on how to create the links. It requires code tags around the web address to work.

PM me your email addys [EDIT: or just email me directly] and I'll send y'all the Word doc. I can't go back right now and recreate the wheel by putting the HTML tags around every title.

John, great job!...Im all for it!...
The original videos have all been re-indexed in my computers, but doing this on YouTube would take hours, days maybe..I used BE, for Basic E9, BEC for Cover phrases, and BEX for exercises...FYI
As of today, there are 211 videos, and more coming.
I want to thank you all personally for tuning in, and happy to see that some of you have really made some progress in your playing...Peace...ALL..!..Mick

Whew -- ok, good. Was afraid I would be either stepping on toes, or detracting potential book customers.

Yeah, I included only actual playing lessons on PSG which are still up (you may have removed some earlier ones). I didn't include any vids of six string, theory lessons, [EDIT: song performances,] or newsletters.

Still working my way through your book - finally got the determination to conquer some of the more basic building blocks (as opposed to just barely touching on each lesson). For the last few weeks, I have done almost nothing but your first few exercises and first few licks. I sit down, start a stopwatch at 3 minutes, and then do exercise 1 over and over and over again until the stopwatch beeps. Then I do it with exercise 2, then lick 1, then lick 2, and so on. Also throw your speedpicking lesson in there, plus a few others. Then I repeat that whole thing again several times. That takes 30 mins. to an hour per day and you know what? I'm starting to see definite improvement and over a short period of time. Thanks, Mickey.

John , I am so pleased to hear that!!...that just made my day!...Mick

John, They are not HTML tags, but codes used by the bulletin board that the forum uses. Yes, It would take hours to go back and put them all in.

I wouldn't mind having a copy of the word file too.

Thanks

Maybe if get time, I'll get them all linked up here.

I'm a subscriber to the Mickey Adams videos but only get about 19 that show up on my "subscription" list, certainly nothing close to the 211 that are out there. How can I be assured of finding all of them?

@Rick, by emailing me so I can send you my hyperlinked index.

Also, don't look just at your subscription page on your YT account -- I believe that only provides the ones which have been uploaded since you subscribed. Anything earlier would not be on there.
You actually have to go to Mickey's YT account page to see them all. On any of his videos, click on his hyperlinked name, "Singlpilot," where it shows him as the author of the vid, and it'll take you there. Once you're on his page (his "channel"), the right-side column will say "uploads," and have a few videos there. Click either on the word "uploads," or just beneath the 2-3 videos there, on the word "see all."

Beneath the uploads column is "Favorites," which you don't have to worry with.

John, thanks so much for the time and effort in took in compiling these. Mickey too, thank you for the lessons, of course. Great stuff. steve t

I am in the process of converting John's list to links that will work on the forum. Here is the first batch and I will add more as I finish each section.

John, you might want to edit your original post and change the title to something more descriptive like "Mickey Adams Video Index"

Mickey Adams
PEDAL STEEL VIDS INDEX
(145 videos as of 4/25/10)


BE (14):

BE01:Beginners: 3 Moves to Master
BE04: Simple E9 Passage, Single Note
BE06: 4-5-1 In G, Using ABC Pedals
BE07: 1-2-5 Single Note+ 3 Stops
BE11: Beginner Steel Guitar, Cold Cold Heart
BE12: Cold Cold Heart Part II
BE16: Waltz Across Texas
BE24A Big City Turnaround
BE28: Your Man, Josh Turner
BE31: Minor Chords-Moondance
BE34: 3 Moves to Master, Part II
BE36 Harmonics, Overtones
BE40 2M-5-1 Faux C6 Moves for Cherokee Maiden
BE41 Second String Usage

BEX (20):

BEX1: A+B Repetitious Excercise, Major Key
BEX2 Pick Blocking Dexterity Excercise II
BEX6A-Pick Blocking Exercise B+C, F
BEX7 Speedpicking Lesson 1 Revision 1
BEX12: G Major, Lesson 2-Pedal Changes, Chord Forms
BEX14: D7, G Lever Programming, Speed
BEX16: G Major-Lesson 1
BEX16a G major Descending Exercise
BEX17: Pick-Blocking 101, Beginner Steel Guitar
BEX21 Faux C6, 1-4-5-1
BEX21-2-5-1 Chord Change
BEX21 Alternating Fingering Excercise
BEX21 Glissando Excercise 1
BEX25 Faux C6 1-5-1 in D
BEX27 C Pentatonic Scale Ex1
BEX27a C Pentatonic Ex2
BEX27b A Blues Pattern
BEX28 Pedal & Lever Excercises for Beginners
BEX 92 D7 Exercise
BEX 93 2 String Exercise, Lever I, Pedal H

Since this list is so long, and even this amount is taking a long time to post, I am breaking the list up in multiple posts.

EDIT:Please let me know if any link doesn't work. I have not tested them all.

John, Richard (and Mickey, of course!) - this is a fantastic piece of work, and will help a lot of folks for a long time to come. Thanks so much for your willingness to share.

That was my initial subject line, but then I thought I'd go with something more cryptic - I like to keep 'em guessing!

Great work on the hyperlinking!

BEC (57):

BEC4: Blue Eyes Elton John
BEC6 Broken Wing
BEC15: Goin Through the Big "D"
BEC25: I Sang Dixie, Take II
BEC31: Beginner Steel-Longer, Fogelberg
BEC32: Longer, Flute Solo, Fogelberg
BEC35: Nobody In His Right Mind
BEC41: Too Cold At Home Intro, Mark Chestnutt
BEC45: Teach Your Children: Intro
BEC48: Take Your Memory With You
BEC52 Thinking Thing Intro
BEC54: What A Wonderful World
BEC66: Solo, Look At Us
BEC69: Somewhere Over The Rainbow, Bridge
BEC73: Empty Glass Intro
BEC77: Set-em Up Joe Vern Gosdin
BEC78- So Much It Hurts Me Part 1
BEC78a So Much It Hurts Me Part 2
BEC81, Who Needs You Baby, Clay Walker
BEC82 City Lights
BEC83 Save The Honky Tonks, Mark Chestnutt
BEC84 Faux C6, Deep Water Intro, Beginners
BEC85 There's your Trouble Intro
BEC86 Panama Red Intro, Remake
BEC88 Diamond Rio One More Day Intro
BEC89 Turnaround In C
BEC89 Oh Little Town of Bethlehem
BEC90 I Had A Beautiful Time, Solo
BEC91 White Christmas
BEC91a White Christmas
BEC91c White Xmas, Improvising
BEC92 Farewell Party Intro Simplified
BEC93-This Aint My First Rodeo-Intro
BEC-94 Third Rate Romance Solo
BEC-95 Crazy Arms Intro, Patty Loveless
BEC-96 Bar Room Roses Intro Troy Cassar Daley
BEC-97 Close Up the Honky Tonks-Intro
BEC98-Turnaround 5-1, BC,+E-lever
BEC-99 Single Note Run in D
BEC 100 Different Light Doug Stone Intro E9
BEC 100 When Love Comes Around Intro Alan
BEC 100 Take It Easy
BEC101 Fourteen Minutes Old Intro Doug Stone
BEC101 Bars Of Steel Bridge
BEC 102 Could I Have This Dance Intro
BEC 103 Bars of Steel, Bridge
BEC 106 Legend In My Time
BEC107 When Did You Stop Loving Me Intro
BEC 109 Getting Over You Again Intro Gene Watson
BEC 110 Baby Thats Cold Intro
BEC 111 Panama Red Solo Part 1
BEC 111a Panama Red Solo, Part II
BEC 111 Where Have I Been All My Life Intro
BEC-112 Help Me Make it Through the Night.mpg
BEC-113 Way To Survive, Lesson 1.mpg
BEC113a Way to Survive Lesson 2.mpg
BEC-118 Faux C6-1-6-2-5.mpg

John said:

That was my initial subject line, but then I thought I'd go with something more cryptic - I like to keep 'em guessing!

Great work on the hyperlinking

The only problem with that, is many will ignore the post that would otherwise view it. It was there for a while before I read it, and one night I was bored and decided to view it. Had I not been bored that night, I would have never opened it. I assumed by the title, that you had said something bad about Mickey and was apologizing. It is always best to get the point of the post across in the title.

By the way, thanks for doing all the hard work by finding all these links and doing the word doc. What I am doing is squat compared to the work you did ahead of me.

Rewards those curious enough to click on the thread, tho, by intriguing them. Figured most Mickey fans would click.

BEGINNER STEEL GUITAR (9):

Beginner Steel Guitar, Cmajor in 3rds
Beginner Pedal Steel, Cross Picking, B Pedal
Beginner Steel Guitar: San Antonio Rose
Beginner Steel Guitar: Wonderful Tonight
Beginner Steel Guitar: Oceanfront Property
Beginner Steel-When you Say Nothing At All
Memphis Tennessee, Beginner Steel Guitar
Beginner Steel Guitar, Major Scale Excercise
Beginner Steel, Amazing Grace


FAUX C6 (4):

Walking After Midnight Faux C6
All My Ex's Intro Faux C6 for the E9 Neck
Faux C6 Turnaround in A
5 1 Faux C6, Single note Passage

UNCATEGORIZED (41):

Simple Intro in C
Panama Red Intro E9 Pedal Steel Guitar
Danny Boy, E9
Highway 40 Blues Intro, E9
Diatonic Scale Movement In G
1-7-4 1-2-4-5-1 Pedal Steel Guitar Intro
1-4 Counterpoint Move in F, Very Effective
Gene Watson Intro-Got No Reason Now for Going
BIG CITY! Merle Haggard, Simple, Straightforward
Someday Soon!..Simple, Great Solo!
Texas Tornado, Tracy Lawrence, Intro and Solo
Pick Dragging: Technique, Short Clip
Key-A Turnaround, Blues/Diminished Walk
Hello Trouble-JayDee Maness/ Desert Rose-
Memories To Burn, Solo, Gene Watson
When I Call Your Name
Cross My Heart Solo, George Strait
But For the Grace of God, Keith Urban
I Never Go Around Mirrors, Gene
Cryin My Heart Out, Ricky Skaggs
Lonesome LA Cowboy Solo, Buddy Cage
Teach Your Children:Quick Solo
1982 Intro:Randy Travis
Check Yes or No
Fire On The Mountain, Marshall Tucker
Buds Bounce, Simplified, Part 1
Tonight The Heartache's On Me, Solo, Dixie Chicks
Heartbroke, Steel Chords
Funny How Time Slips Away
Bars of Steel
Blue, Leann Rimes
Supernaw-Wishing Her well, Intro
Look At Us, Johny Hughey, Intro
Over The Rainbow Verse
Discussion, Right Hand
Verse, Help Me Make It Through The Night
Rolling Pick Technique 2-5-1
3 Octave Descending D7 Single Note Run
Pick Blocking Dexterity Excercise 1
Alone In SanAntone

Great work, Richard!

I see only one omission: Cryin My Heart Out, Ricky Skaggs

It should go between:
I Never Go Around Mirrors, Gene
and
Lonesome LA Cowboy Solo, Buddy Cage.

Thanks John. Fixed. If anyone knows of any more videos by Mickey that need to be added (Though I think John pretty much got them all.), just let me know and I'll add them.


Mickey, check your private messages. And, let me know about any new videos you post so I can add them to the list. To remind yourself, I recommend nail polish and paint the note on all your fretboards.

Excellent work by all...this is a great index...!!!