The Steel Guitar Forum

I am looking for some C&W recordings with a lot of clear back up and fills on the lap steel in C6. Actually the more simple and basic it is the better. This is for learning purposes to get some basic ideas on early phrasing. I find that backup licks are a lot easier to learn in context. To start, I am trying to avoid fancy. Any Ideas?

Thanks

James

If it's melody playing you want to hear....... including great backpup to a variety of vocalists, I'd strongly urge you to visit the JERRY BYRD Fan Club site and give it a long LISTEN.

There are new songs posted there each month and also a page with a bunch of great songs (Jukebox) thereon for you listening pleasure.

I hope you'll take advantage of this opportunity to expand your playing knowledge and skills. Good Luck.

http://www.jerrybyrd-fanclub.com/

James, here's 2 motherloads of free/rare old Western Swing/country, and almost all the dload links work.

http://therockingipsy.blogspot.com
http://westernswing78.blogspot.com

Hank Williams, Sr. had two of the best: Jerry Byrd and Don Helms. Don Helms did most of his work in an E13 tuning which is essentially a C6 tuning transposed up a major third. On Hank's records, the fills, etc. are not overly complicated but they're beautiful and are the essence of solid old-school country playing.

Check out youtube videos featuring Wayne Tanner. There are some where he plays really nice backup on some Ernest Tubb-type tunes with vocals. Then there are a couple where he explains some of the positions and fills he uses.

Hi,

I strongly recommend the Bear Family series Dim Lights and Thick Smoke: Hillbilly Music. This series of CDs spans a couple of decades (by year) of hits by various artists, almost all of which up until 1954 feature lap steel. The excellent booklet notes list all band personnel, including a great variety of steel guitarists. Cool photos, too.

I have three of these from the 1950s and each is excellent. They are not cheap, but to me, are well worth the price.

Here's a link:
http://www.amazon.com/Lights-Thick-Smok ... 469&sr=8-2

Enjoy!

Bob

There is no song that is played on a lap steel that can't be played on a pedal steel, either with or without the application of pedals.

Both are steel guitars! Use your imagination! Experiment! That's where the excitement lies.

Ron,

I guess I have to register at the rockinggipsy site?

I'm loath to register for sites as one always generally receives waves of spam and advertising - it there another way?

John

No, there's no registering, however, it seems the one site encountered a problem with it's dload links just after I posted. Give it a try again later and keep your fingers crossed! I still have pages left to dload and will keep tabs on it as well.

Ron Whitfield wrote:James, here's 2 motherloads of free/rare old Western Swing/country, and almost all the dload links work.

http://therockingipsy.blogspot.com
http://westernswing78.blogspot.com

WHOA!

Ron Whitfield wrote:James, here's 2 motherloads of free/rare old Western Swing/country, and almost all the dload links work.

http://therockingipsy.blogspot.com
http://westernswing78.blogspot.com

Holy cow, that's a lot of good stuff! Thanks a bunch, Ron!

Yeah, Bob, and amongst it all the 78 site has some cool Joaquin Murphey in it.
If there's more sites comparable to these that anyone knows of, please share!

I already had most of the Joaquin, but there was a lot of Bob Dunn and Moon Mullican I'd heard about but never heard before... and, needless to say, about a metric ton of other stuff.

Here's another site http://unclegil.blogspot.com/ and starts off with some classic JB as the latest posting. The link is ****

''Here's another site http://unclegil.blogspot.com/ and starts off with some classic JB as the latest posting. The link is ****''

Hello Ron,

Another interesting looking site. My French is woeful and, I can't actually see where I should click to hear stuff. I clicked on JB's photo expecting something, but just got a bigger picture.

Thanks,

JK

hi
there is this stars looking icon ***** underneath each lp sleeve.
Just click on this and it will take you to the downloading site
Pascal