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Topic: Which one would you choose? |
Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 7 Jan 2006 1:18 pm |
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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 |
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Mark Eaton
From:
Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 7 Jan 2006 1:21 pm
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Oh no, I can see which path this one has potential to head down...
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Mark
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Terry Edwards
From:
Florida... livin' on spongecake...
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Posted 7 Jan 2006 1:22 pm
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My own.
Terry |
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Billy Carr
From:
Seminary, Mississippi, USA (deceased)
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Posted 7 Jan 2006 1:29 pm
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| 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. |
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kyle reid
From:
Butte,Mt.usa
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Posted 7 Jan 2006 1:38 pm
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| Not an appropriate list to suit me! why no Rugg,Myrick,Emmons,Green,White,Chalker,Johnson,Garrish,Anderson,Mooney, etc? |
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Rick Alexander
From:
Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 7 Jan 2006 2:31 pm
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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. |
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richard burton
From:
Britain
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Posted 7 Jan 2006 3:08 pm
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None of those guys are any use to me, as I use pedals.  |
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Posted 7 Jan 2006 3:11 pm
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| Reece and/or Curly Chalker. |
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Bill McCloskey
From:
Nanuet, NY
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Posted 7 Jan 2006 3:36 pm
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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.[This message was edited by Bill McCloskey on 07 January 2006 at 03:37 PM.] |
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Lawrence Sullivan
From:
Granite City, Illinois, USA
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Posted 7 Jan 2006 4:27 pm
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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 |
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Robert Thomas
From:
Mehama, Oregon, USA
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Posted 7 Jan 2006 5:49 pm
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| 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. |
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Perry Hansen
From:
Bismarck, N.D.
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Posted 8 Jan 2006 2:37 pm
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| Since I already "try", I'll have to say Herb Remington. One, because I like his style. Two, he is a special friend. |
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Papa Joe Pollick
From:
Swanton, Ohio
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Posted 8 Jan 2006 7:59 pm
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Jerry Byrd
Roy Thompson
PJ |
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Jim Walker
From:
Headland, AL
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Posted 8 Jan 2006 9:37 pm
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| John Hughey is the MAN |
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Craig A Davidson
From:
Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin USA
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Posted 8 Jan 2006 10:02 pm
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| 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. |
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David L. Donald
From:
Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 9 Jan 2006 12:55 am
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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. |
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 12 Jan 2006 8:55 am
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Well, on your list, my #1, 2, & 3 would be Don Helms, Herbie Remington, and Leon McCauliff.  |
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John Ummel
From:
Arlington, WA.
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Posted 12 Jan 2006 9:02 am
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| Be influenced by all the great players. Be a CLONE of none. You are a unique individual. Express that. |
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Steve Dodson
From:
Sparta, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 12 Jan 2006 10:08 am
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| I think this would be a good question in the non pedal section. |
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Kevin Hatton
From:
Buffalo, N.Y.
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Posted 12 Jan 2006 10:18 am
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| Jerry Garcia. |
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Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 12 Jan 2006 10:24 am
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| 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? |
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Bill McCloskey
From:
Nanuet, NY
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Posted 12 Jan 2006 10:27 am
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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. |
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Andy Greatrix
From:
Edmonton Alberta
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Posted 12 Jan 2006 10:32 am
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Lloyd Green, Buddy Emmons, and Ralph Monney, in no particular order.
In Canada, Al Brisco, Steve Smith and Ollie Strong. |
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Bill McCloskey
From:
Nanuet, NY
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Rick Garrett
From:
Tyler, Texas
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Posted 12 Jan 2006 11:14 am
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Bobby Garrett
Rick |
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