Sonny Curtis Video

[Dustin Rigsby]

You tube video of my good friend Sonny playing with Tammy ! Enjoy !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rscFckDx ... ata_player

[Daniel Policarpo]

Sonny Curtis! Oh man, can't say enough about your friend's sound. I collect George Jones vinyl from the Musicor era, and Sonny Curtis is one of the, if not the, biggest reason I decided to take the plunge into pedal steel. I wish him and his family well.

[john buffington]

I have known Sonny 35+ years and a fine gentlemen, great player. Still sounds as awesome today.
jb

[Ray Montee]

Thanks for exposing your friendly and talented steel player with the rest of the world. Enjoyed it very much.

By any chance was that a young ROGER MILLER on the blond rhythm guitar?

[Kim Miller]

I bought my first PSG from Sonny in Columbus Ohio 35 years ago. It was an MSA Red Baron. I was in the Air Force at the time. Took that guitar along for a one year tour of duty in Korea and hooked up with a GI band and had a blast playing in Airmen's Clubs and Officer's Clubs.

[Joachim Kettner]

Ray, I'm quite sure it's not Roger Miller.

[Dustin Rigsby]

The info on the video says its Freddie Haws on guitar

[Mike Cass]

great vid, thanks!
Sonny has always been a great help to me. A fine fellow and great picker as well. I'll always remember him showing me the lick @ 0:34 when I visited his shop one day. Sonny has always had very cool chops, and his E9 pedals work backwards!!
I have his first Emmons guitar; ser#7/64/003 ES. Loved seeing that clip.

MC

[Dustin Rigsby]

Hey Mike,
I bought my first guitar from Sonny with my paper route money. He is a great picker and a super fun guy to be around too ! If memory serves me right wasn't that one of the first Emmons guitars to be built ?

[Larry Bressington]

Is that the same guy that played for buddy holly?

[Walter Stettner]

Great video! I have never seen that one before. Thanks for posting!

Kind Regards, Walter

[Dustin Rigsby]

Larry, no that is a different guy....but they used to get each others royalty checks every once in a while.....LOL

[Steve Hinson]

Charlie Justice-rhythm and fiddle
Freddie Hawes-drums
James Holly-bass
Charlie Carter-electric guitar
Sonny Curtis-steel

This is George Jones'band,The Jones Boys...later Tammy's band,The Country Gentlemen...she got'em in the divorce...

Tune had a little tempo on it,no?

Great stuff!

[Bob Cox]

Sonney should have been inducted in the hall of fame years ago.

[Dustin Rigsby]

I nominated him a couple of years ago....... Sonny deserves it just as much as anyone else.....

[Gary Preston]

Sonny was our first member of the Ohio Steel Guitar Association . We love him here in the '' Buckeye State '' . Sonny lives just down the street form me . We can't say enough about his playing and the tone he gets . Yeah for Mr. Curtis . OH by the way I don't understand those on the committee that decides who goes in the steel guitar hall of fame ,they should have voted Mr. Curtis in long ago . Whats the problem here ??? This man has played with great country stars and been all around the world . I just wonder how many on the committee can say that ? Just a thought !

[Mike Cass]

Dustin,
yes, its #3.

[Leslie Ehrlich]

Good steel playing,:D but I was never a fan of Tammy Wynette's squeaky high voice. But young or older, she was always nice to look at.