Which one would you choose?

Ray Montee · Post by **Ray Montee** » 7 Jan 2006 1:18 pm

If you had your choice and could play any style you wanted to, in what order would you choose?
Robert Randolph
Don Helms
Roy Wiggins
Speedy West
Herb Remington
DeWitt Scott
Leon McAuliff
Sol Hoopii

Mark Eaton · Post by **Mark Eaton** » 7 Jan 2006 1:21 pm

Oh no, I can see which path this one has potential to head down...

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Mark

Terry Edwards · Post by **Terry Edwards** » 7 Jan 2006 1:22 pm

My own.

Terry

Billy Carr · Post by **Billy Carr** » 7 Jan 2006 1:29 pm

Well, this one will probably get some interesting replys. I think I would move RR to the bottom of the list and just bump everybody else up one notch. I already play a lot of the Helms/Wiggins stuff, so I'd be comfortable with them at the top and West/Remington running 3rd & 4th. I'm basically a Hughey/Emmons/Green/Tharpe man pretty much but I also like the Jerry Byrd stuff.

kyle reid · Post by **kyle reid** » 7 Jan 2006 1:38 pm

Not an appropriate list to suit me! why no Rugg,Myrick,Emmons,Green,White,Chalker,Johnson,Garrish,Anderson,Mooney, etc?

Rick Alexander · Post by **Rick Alexander** » 7 Jan 2006 2:31 pm

Playing-wise - Herb Remington

Showmanship and stage presence-wise - Robert Randolph

Those are my "top picks", but really I don't want to play or perform like anyone but myself. In his instructional video, Herb Remington stresses developing your own style rather than trying to play like someone else. In reality it's impossible to play the same as another player - you can ape his style, but then you're not an original like him. The closest you can come is to develop your own style, then you'll be an original too.

richard burton · Post by **richard burton** » 7 Jan 2006 3:08 pm

None of those guys are any use to me, as I use pedals.

Mike Perlowin · Post by **Mike Perlowin** » 7 Jan 2006 3:11 pm

Reece and/or Curly Chalker.

Bill McCloskey · Post by **Bill McCloskey** » 7 Jan 2006 3:36 pm

I'll pick Sol Hoopi first, RR next. After that, there is no one else on that list I'd like to play like.

Not that there is anything wrong with those folks.<font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by Bill McCloskey on 07 January 2006 at 03:37 PM.]</p></FONT>

Lawrence Sullivan · Post by **Lawrence Sullivan** » 7 Jan 2006 4:27 pm

I would like to be able to play my choice of tunes with an equal ampunt of ability as those players, along with several others I have heard, do with theirs.
Pedal or non pedal steel is a great instrument and can accomodate a lot of styles and types of music
Respectfully Larry

Robert Thomas · Post by **Robert Thomas** » 7 Jan 2006 5:49 pm

Well, I would have to put my name at the top of the list and that is the one I would most like to emulate. I can't be anyone but me and that is what I try to do, the best that I am able when playing the PSG.

Perry Hansen · Post by **Perry Hansen** » 8 Jan 2006 2:37 pm

Since I already "try", I'll have to say Herb Remington. One, because I like his style. Two, he is a special friend.

Papa Joe Pollick · Post by **Papa Joe Pollick** » 8 Jan 2006 7:59 pm

Jerry Byrd
Roy Thompson
PJ

Jim Walker · Post by **Jim Walker** » 8 Jan 2006 9:37 pm

John Hughey is the MAN

Craig A Davidson · Post by **Craig A Davidson** » 8 Jan 2006 10:02 pm

Richard, Scotty, Herb, Don,and Speedy all played pedals. I have heard them all on pedals. I heard Scotty in Iowa on pedals, Herb in St.Louis on pedals, Don with ET and the Drifting Cowboys on pedals, and Speedy on record with Jimmy Bryant.

David L. Donald · Post by **David L. Donald** » 9 Jan 2006 12:55 am

Learn them all, in whatever order you can.
Then forget them completely,
and play you own stuff.

They then become influnces,
but not over-riding ones.

Donny Hinson · Post by **Donny Hinson** » 12 Jan 2006 8:55 am

Well, on your list, my #1, 2, & 3 would be Don Helms, Herbie Remington, and Leon McCauliff.

John Ummel · Post by **John Ummel** » 12 Jan 2006 9:02 am

Be influenced by all the great players. Be a CLONE of none. You are a unique individual. Express that.

Steve Dodson · Post by **Steve Dodson** » 12 Jan 2006 10:08 am

I think this would be a good question in the non pedal section.

Kevin Hatton · Post by **Kevin Hatton** » 12 Jan 2006 10:18 am

Jerry Garcia.

Ray Montee · Post by **Ray Montee** » 12 Jan 2006 10:24 am

Why won't SOMEONE post a Jerry Garcia tune as I have requested elsewhere, so that those of us who are completely in the dark as to who he is can be enlightened? Isn't that fair?

Bill McCloskey · Post by **Bill McCloskey** » 12 Jan 2006 10:27 am

Ray,

What are you looking for? an example of his playing, or an example of his steel playing?

Crosby Stills and Nash's Teach your children will give you an example of the later and I'm sure you can hear that many places.

To hear his live guitar work, you can go to archive.org which will have more live Greatful Dead concerts than you can shake a stick at.

Andy Greatrix · Post by **Andy Greatrix** » 12 Jan 2006 10:32 am

Lloyd Green, Buddy Emmons, and Ralph Monney, in no particular order.
In Canada, Al Brisco, Steve Smith and Ollie Strong.

Bill McCloskey · Post by **Bill McCloskey** » 12 Jan 2006 10:33 am

Ray, you can hear an excerpt on amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002NUTSI/qid=1137090673/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-9511923-6443909?n=507846&s=music&v=glance

Rick Garrett · Post by **Rick Garrett** » 12 Jan 2006 11:14 am

Bobby Garrett

Rick