Suzi Jane Hokom - Who's the Steel Player?

admin · Post by **b0b** » 4 Nov 2021 7:39 pm

Sounds like an Emmons guitar to me. Jay Dee or Buddy, maybe?

https://youtu.be/FzUyeAVycSI

Also, check out the strange sitar-ish part. Danelectro?

Kenny Davis · Post by **Kenny Davis** » 4 Nov 2021 10:12 pm

Sounds like Sneaky Pete to me. Might be poor YouTube quality, or overall poor mix. Might be product of the times.

Steve Hinson · Post by **Steve Hinson** » 5 Nov 2021 4:58 am

Red Rhodes.

K Maul · Post by **K Maul** » 5 Nov 2021 5:08 am

I was thinking Red, too, but have no proof. Definitely not Sneaky or JayDee. By the way, this woman was Hazelwoodâ€™s girlfriend and the one who â€œproducedâ€œ Gram Parsonsâ€™ International Submarine Band record.

Chris Brooks · Post by **Chris Brooks** » 5 Nov 2021 5:45 am

Love the electric sitar riffs.

admin · Post by **b0b** » 5 Nov 2021 10:20 pm

The sitar + steel harmonies got me wondering if the sitar was actually a sitar bar on steel. It's more likely a Danelectro electric sitar but who knows?

Donny Hinson · Post by **Donny Hinson** » 6 Nov 2021 9:02 am

Not hearing any pedal moves on the sitar-ish stuff, so i'd guess definitely not pedal steel. I agree with Steve on the player, the phrasing early in the song on is typical Red Rhodes stuff.

Back in the '60s when I was playing straight guitar in a rock band, I'd fake the sitar-sound by taking a piece of cut-off guitar string and inserting that (over-and-under fashion) through the strings near the bridge of the guitar. When you don't have the real thing, you have to be inventive.