Kitty Wells - Country Music Time (Decca)

Alan Jones · Post by **Alan Jones** » 15 Sep 2019 1:54 pm

Greetings all,

This seems like the correct subforum to inquire about this record. Specifically, does anyone know who was behind the steel on this one?

Thanks,
Al

Steve Hinson · Post by **Steve Hinson** » 16 Sep 2019 5:10 am

Al,I just listened to a couple of tunes and it sounds like Pete Drake at the steel to me.

SH

Alan Jones · Post by **Alan Jones** » 16 Sep 2019 4:25 pm

Thanks, Steve. I'll see if I can correlate with some other records of hers.

Steve Hinson wrote:Al,I just listened to a couple of tunes and it sounds like Pete Drake at the steel to me.

SH

Donny Hinson · Post by **Donny Hinson** » 17 Sep 2019 8:25 am

Steve's right on, that's Pete on that album, and it features mostly his early C6th stylings. That album was made in mid '64, but by the end of that year, Stu Basore became their steeler, and Kitty's next few album and singles releases featured him instead of the studio guys.

We just lost Stu last year. He was a great guy, and like Pete, he also had a really unique touch and style.

Alan Jones · Post by **Alan Jones** » 17 Sep 2019 2:31 pm

Thanks Donny. I appreciate the detail, and hadn't known about Stu's passing.

Donny Hinson wrote:Steve's right on, that's Pete on that album, and it features mostly his early C6th stylings. That album was made in mid '64, but by the end of that year, Stu Basore became their steeler, and Kitty's next few album and singles releases featured him instead of the studio guys.

We just lost Stu last year. He was a great guy, and like Pete, he also had a really unique touch and style.