Becky Hobbs steel player

Ron Ross · Post by **Ron Ross** » 27 Sep 2010 7:14 pm

Anyone know who played steel for Beckaroo on the road???Im pretty sure Sonny Garrish played on her records..who ever it was he is a MONSTER player

Brett Day · Post by **Brett Day** » 27 Sep 2010 7:33 pm

Purley Curtis, who is a multi-instrumentalist played steel and dobro with Becky and Sonny Garrish played on her records.

Brett

Ron Ross · Post by **Ron Ross** » 27 Sep 2010 7:36 pm

Thanks Brett..i knew if anyone would know you would..your a walkin talkin wealth of knowledge.

David Nugent · Post by **David Nugent** » 28 Sep 2010 2:54 am

I believe that Perley(the spelling on the album credits)Curtis is originally from Maine, I remember him playing Bluegrass Dobro with Fred Pike and the Kennebec(sp?)Valley Boys years ago.

Pat Dawson · Post by **Pat Dawson** » 28 Sep 2010 4:51 am

No but I love her voice. Thanks Sirius/XM for showing me who the "real" country stars are.

Ray Montee · Post by **Ray Montee** » 28 Sep 2010 8:41 am

There's a current television commercial for some car company, possibly Subaru, where the guy and gal are out in the outback and can't locate their new car.
They keep honking its horn but due to echoes, cannot locate the car.

The voice in the background is of a female singing a little country song. She sounds really country. Any idea WHO she might be or if she's already made her mark? OR, was she merely a walk-on off of the street? THIS WAS SUPPOSED to go SOMEWHERE ELSE. Sorry!

Marty Lutes · Post by **Marty Lutes** » 28 Sep 2010 9:33 am

Ray Montee wrote: The voice in the background is of a female singing a little country song. She sounds really country. Any idea WHO she might be or if she's already made her mark? OR, was she merely a walk-on off of the street? THIS WAS SUPPOSED to go SOMEWHERE ELSE. Sorry!

Ray, not real sure about this, but it sounds like a lady by the name of Robin Ella. We had her down one year for our annual Flatbed Jam. Funny you mentioned this, because we were just talking about this the other night. Sorry for the hijack Ron.
Marty

Wayne Cox · Post by **Wayne Cox** » 16 Oct 2010 7:09 pm

Well, I certainly don't want to take credit for someone else's hard work' but I did work with Becky for a number of months on the "Charlie Douglas Road Gang Tour". She was a fine singer and performer,even then.
~~W.C.~~

Paddy Long · Post by **Paddy Long** » 16 Oct 2010 8:26 pm

I worked with Becky on several TV shows out here in NZ in the mid 80's, and also did a couple of festivals with her as well - she was a great singer, and really good piano player too - has written some awesome songs.

Tony Dingus · Post by **Tony Dingus** » 17 Oct 2010 4:19 pm

I saw Perly playing steel for Loretta Lynn on ACL a few years back. The man can play !

Tony

LJ Eiffert · Post by **LJ Eiffert** » 20 Oct 2010 6:19 pm

Becky Hobbs is a great talent. I played Guitar with her and Rattle Snake Annie in the mid 70's at Norwalk High School in California. Boy,how time flys.Leo J.Eiffert,Jr.

Ray McCarthy · Post by **Ray McCarthy** » 21 Oct 2010 12:57 am

I saw Perley Curtis live here in New Hampshire a couple of years ago--spoke to him--top notch picker. He is from Maine originally and he did play for Loretta for a few years. He told me he wasn't playing for anyone steadily, but had his own projects in the works. I haven't heard anything about him since.

Stephen Gregory · Post by **Stephen Gregory** » 21 Oct 2010 6:32 am

Looks like Perley is an Andy Williams fan: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbPcQS0VvNI notice the Becky Hobbs quote in the comment section. Here's another: http://www.youtube.com/user/nashvillesh ... Wbb2LfYjZ0

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