The Steel Guitar Forum

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

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

Brett

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

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.

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

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!

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

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.~~

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.

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

Tony

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.

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.

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