All time favorite pedal steel vocalist backing parts
Posted: 6 Dec 2022 7:34 am
No solos, intros, fills, instrumentals etc... We are discussing a part played under or alongside a lead vocal, chorus, etc that compliments it, and just makes the vocal part better.
There are thousands as we know, yet all steel players must have one or two [or more} that we can all appreciate and share .. The 3 I chose were simply perfection first time I heard them decades past, and sounded just as wonderful to me 10 minutes ago as I was putting these links down. I would like to share them with all our friends here on the forum and hear some others that I might have missed, or just never thought about much.
My choices seem to "echo" the vocal parts I am hearing, and move parallel with it..
Rusty's steel on my first pick just soars into the sky as the guys in Poco accelerate into that magnificent harmony
1- starts at 0:55
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPMadlXtfE0
2- starts at 0:20.. a similar part on verse 2 as well.. again, simply perfection that exemplifies the beauty a great steel part adds to a great song . This part was recently discussed on this forum, and I know its a favorite of others.. The tone and execution is just sublime, and Jeff Peterson became an instant hero to me the first time I heard the part he layed down years ago.. Simple but elegant and packed with emotion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB_4AoiRCVw
3- Buddy's wonderful part starts at 2:10 and then again at around 2:60 he lays down a pad under the banjo and fiddle that you could park a truck on..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkpi5bAfVUc
There are thousands as we know, yet all steel players must have one or two [or more} that we can all appreciate and share .. The 3 I chose were simply perfection first time I heard them decades past, and sounded just as wonderful to me 10 minutes ago as I was putting these links down. I would like to share them with all our friends here on the forum and hear some others that I might have missed, or just never thought about much.
My choices seem to "echo" the vocal parts I am hearing, and move parallel with it..
Rusty's steel on my first pick just soars into the sky as the guys in Poco accelerate into that magnificent harmony
1- starts at 0:55
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPMadlXtfE0
2- starts at 0:20.. a similar part on verse 2 as well.. again, simply perfection that exemplifies the beauty a great steel part adds to a great song . This part was recently discussed on this forum, and I know its a favorite of others.. The tone and execution is just sublime, and Jeff Peterson became an instant hero to me the first time I heard the part he layed down years ago.. Simple but elegant and packed with emotion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB_4AoiRCVw
3- Buddy's wonderful part starts at 2:10 and then again at around 2:60 he lays down a pad under the banjo and fiddle that you could park a truck on..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkpi5bAfVUc
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