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What great classic songs where recorded in C6th and who was playing pedal steel on them?

"Night Life" by Ray Price played by the one and only Buddy Emmons......a Classic!

"I Love You Because" by Carl Smith, with Curly Chalker on steel. One of my favorites.

"I Love You Because" by Carl Smith (?) with I believe Curly Chalker

Dang Bob, You just barely beat me to it.<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Richard Sinkler on 27 August 2003 at 09:40 AM.]</p></FONT>

Good Deal, Lucille Carl Smith Curly Chalker

Nightlife truly was one of the best but I agree with these three on the Carl Smith recordings with Curly playing that started in 1969 with "Lucille". The double album that was released afterwards with that and several others were so great. Big Jim Murphey also played some great C6 stuff on the same package. Chalker also did some mind blowing stuff behind Travis, Hitchcock, Gibson, Thompson, Dickens, Bush and several others that are unmatchable today.

Some pretty good songs, but I don't think you'll log very many "hits" if any, on this one!

The Shadow of Your Smile by Stan Hitchcock and Mr Chalker on steel. One of my all time favorites.

I've read that Pete Drake played a lot of C6, at least for his instrumentals - were any of his famous hit back-ups done on C6?
Nick

Weldon Myrick played a nice up tempo solo on George Straits version of "Right or Wrong".

Mike: Got to agree with you on the Stan Hitchcock version of Shadow Of Your Smile. I especially like the intro he made at the turn around: Ladies and Gentlemen; My good friend, CURLY CHALKER !! They don't make 'em like that anymore !!

And lest we forget. Johnny Cox did a fine tribute to his "Good Friend" on the same song and on C6th as well with a nice talk over intro too !!

Regards, Paul

I am not trying to be argumentative but offer the following comments to support my belief that we as musicians, steel enthusiasts, or general non-commercial specialty music lovers are not like the majority of folks that buy albums.

Nobody loves great C6th artistry more than me, but the title of the thread is C6th Hits. I am almost certain that none of Curly’s work with Stan Hitchcock or Johnny Bush charted. Great work by great artists, appreciated by musicians, steel enthusiasts, and a few other cults, YES! Hit record, NO.

Did the Carl Smith tunes chart? I am too young to remember for certain but I believe they did. I seem to remember a song “Red Door”?

I agree that “Right or Wrong” is a good example. A few others that came to my mind are PF’s work on Strait’s “Something Special” and “All My Ex's”. And how about John Hughey on Alan Jackson’s “I Don’t Even Know Your Name?” How about Buddy on Steve Warner’s "Burnin’ The Roadhouse Down"?

We now return to your regularly scheduled program…………


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<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Bill Cunningham on 28 August 2003 at 12:07 PM.]</p></FONT>

Are the Curly Chalker tracks previously mentioned available on CD anywhere? I'd love to hear them - 'hits' or not!

RR

All My Ex's Live In Texas
Ace In The Hole

Jim Phelps posted Curly's intro to "I Love You Because" a while back. Here's the link:
http://www.jimphelps.com/sounds/lyb.ram

Bill C. two of Carl Smith's songs,"Good Deal Lucille" and "I Love You Because" were on the charts in '69 and were all over the radio. Smith also did these songs on the old Bill Anderson TV show in '69 or '70.
"Red Door" also got a lot of play and I was sent a video clip of him doing that on the old Wilburn Brothers TV show and Curly was spectacular.
Don Gibson did two of Smith's recordings "Lucille" and "Bonapart's Retreat" in '69 with Curly playing also.
Johnny Bush's song "Tennesee To Texas" was also pretty hot on the air sometime in the '70s with Curly doing his incredible thing. Dickens also rerecorded some of his previous hits in about '69 or '70 with Curly also C6ing the whole time that lit up the radio.
Roger, I don't whether there are any CDs with any of this or not but I'm sure something is available.

Anything off of Big Hits on Big Steel by Curley Chalker, King of the Road stands out.

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Oops..... I meant to say "All My Ex's" instead of Ft. Worth! I'll edit the post above.

Gary, thanks for the info on Carl's hits. I remembered seeing he and Curly on TV but didn't remember the show. What is the price to get a copy of that Wilburn Bros. show?

Thanks,
Bill

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Danny Boy by Charlie McCoy and Curley taking a big cut...........

Although it wasn't done with pedals, can we include Jerry Byrd's "Steelin' The Blues?" And how can we forget John Hughey's "Deep Water?"

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C6th has always struck an inner chord with me being my favorite sound. It's a sound that just commands my attention for some reason. I have often wondered why it hasn't become the "Universal" neck for all music? There has been an enormous amount great C6th stuff done through the years. My mind probably goes first to Bert Rivera and all the work he did for Hank Thompson; prior to him would be Bob White and Bobby Garrett. After Bert left Hank's band, Jim Murphy came on board and also did a great job on C6th stuff. Prior to his doing so, he recorded his "Big Murph," C6th song while with Carl Smith on one of his albums. Certainly Curley and Buddy have their place in my mind also. Best regards.<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Larry Harlan on 28 August 2003 at 05:17 PM.]</p></FONT>

One of my favorite memories of Curley Chalker's C6 work was his part in the turn-around on Hank Thompson's recording of “Sturring Up The Ashes”

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The first big play on radio with Curly playing was on the Travis album in '61. He blew everyone away on a Fender 1000 D-8. Another hit was Ferlin Huskey's song, "Money Greases The Wheel" with Curly on the Fender in the mid 60s. Roy Clark also got a lot of instrumental play on his album done in '63 with Chalker playing C6. This was in the days when radio used to play instrumentals plus the mentioned "Stirring Up The Ashes" and "Twice As Much" with Hank Thompson in about '63 also with CC

I have an 30 year old cassette copy of a badly scratched "Travis" album. Has it been reissued on CD?

It's heresy I know and I should not admit it, but when I was a beginner in 1973 this album along with Doug Jernigan's Uptown To Country and Maurice Anderson, was much more appealing than the great commercial playing on the current hits.


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<SMALL>"And how about John Hughey on Alan Jackson’s “I Don’t Even Know Your Name?”</SMALL>

I suspect a typo here.
Paul Franklin played on this, aka "The Watress Song".
First is solo E9, second is C6.