The Steel Guitar Forum

Can you think of a song that was just made for steel guitar but didn't have one it it? Bridge over troubled waters comes to mind. I don't think it had steel.

Rick

Good choice

Off the wall, but I hear Chatanoga Choo Choo with steel.

Just about all of them. Except Achey Breaky Heart.

How about Against The Wind, by Bob Seger

A Love Supreme

David L. Donald - Asleep at the Wheel did a great version of Chattanooga Choo Choo with lots of steel - Western Standard Time CD

I'm trying to write steel parts right now for 'Big Iron' by Marty Robbins. Great tune for steelin'

Don

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"You Keep Me Hangin' On" by the Vanilla Fudge

How about "Some Velvet Morning" by Vanilla Fudge as Well?<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Andy Greatrix on 30 September 2004 at 09:06 PM.]</p></FONT>

Don McLean's "Vincent", perhaps.

I agree with Craig about "Against the Wind" I worked in a trio playing both lead and steel and had the option to use whichever I saw fit for each tune. We did that one with the steel guitar. Another great Bob Segar tune for steel is "Turn the Page"..You can really get expressive with that one. Another I like to do on steel is the Eagles "New Kid in Town"...have a good 'un, JH

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Livin' in the Past and the Future with a 12 string Mooney Universal tuning.

CSNY,Wasted on the way. JimP

Today I Started Loving You Again - Hag

Of course the live versions have a lot of steel but the original didn't.

Elton John's "Daniel".

Chris

Just about every one of Roy Orbison's songs. Crying, Blue Angel, A Love So Beautiful, etc., etc., etc.

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Don thanks.
I was thinking in my head of Alvino doing it like Murph
on the original version..

Elton's Candle In The WInd would be cool too.

I am at the moment enjoying Dicky Overby's version of Yesterdays.
But there are tons of obscure but great Beatles tunes that would work too.

The last tune I did with my NYC bluegrass band was,
Here Comes The Sun, featuring the dobro Bob Sadenburg.<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by David L. Donald on 01 October 2004 at 08:46 AM.]</p></FONT>

As far as I'm concerned,I'd like to hear steel on just about any ballad I've ever heard!!

Leigh

"Bad Timing" by Blue Rodeo. Seems odd that there is no steel in this one considering that they have a full time steel player in the band.

Main Street (Bob Seger)
Back in the High Life Again (Steve Winwood)
Razor Boy (Steely Dan - maybe Skunk Baxter did play steel on this?)

Wow some great suggestions here. Anything the Beatles did would sound great with steel. Also Bob Seiger stuff. Maybe someday those songs will get recorded on steel. Can't buy me love would be a good one.

Rick

<SMALL>Anything the Beatles did would sound great with steel.</SMALL>

Yep, the Suite Steel duet of Yesterday by Buddy Emmons and Sneaky Pete is burned into my brain more than the original Beatles tune.

Dust In The Wind: Kansas. Doggone: Marvin Gaye<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by frank rogers on 01 October 2004 at 11:31 AM.]</p></FONT><FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by frank rogers on 01 October 2004 at 11:32 AM.]</p></FONT>

Teach Your Children

I would love to hear Lloyd Green playing on some of the 70's Kenny Rogers stuff ("Lucille", "Coward Of The County")

Kind Regards, Walter

www.lloydgreentribute.com
www.austriansteelguitar.at.tf

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Richard B.: Tsk Tsk.

Did you mean TYC TYC ?<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Jim Peters on 01 October 2004 at 02:23 PM.]</p></FONT>