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Topic: Who Inspired You To Play Steel? |
Dennis Manuel
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Quesnel, B.C., Canada
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Posted 29 Aug 2006 7:38 pm |
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My parents were great supporters of me learning to play music. My Mom did babysitting in those days so I could have accordian lessons and I can't even begin to say how much I appreciated the hard work my Mom and Dad placed on those lessons. Although Mom and Dad's thoughtful guidance and the accordian lessons really did get me started into the world of music it was the steel guitar that had me in its grips and still does.
In all honesty it was Buddy Emmons who influenced me as a kid to learn the steel guitar. I wonder how many more he has influenced and has no idea he had. Lets hear it guys.........who inspired you to play steel guitar? |
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Jim Phelps
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Mexico City, Mexico
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Posted 29 Aug 2006 7:49 pm
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Jerry Byrd, Don Helms, Tom Brumley, Curly Chalker, Buddy Emmons, Lloyd Green, Sneaky Pete, Dan Dugmore, Weldon Myrick, Jimmy Day, Herbie Remington, Noel Boggs, Joaquin Murphey, Red Rhodes, Rusty Young, John Hughey...
And a few you've probably never heard of but were just as important to me; my Uncle Bud Phelps, my friends Steve Chet and Richard Edge, and whoever played steel on "Evergreen Jubilee" on channel 11 (or was it 13?) when I lived in Lynnwood, Washington in the '50's and '60's.[This message was edited by Jim Phelps on 29 August 2006 at 10:09 PM.] |
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Skip Cole
From:
North Mississippi
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Posted 29 Aug 2006 7:49 pm
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Hey Dennis, I guess it was Merle Haggard on the jukebox at the NCO club when i was in the Military in '66. Some pals of mine and i was sitting there ,wishing we weren't there, and we were listening to " I Threw Away The Rose ", when the steel break came on and that SOUND just stuck , you know what i mean? 
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Alan Rudd
From:
Ardmore, Oklahoma
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Posted 29 Aug 2006 7:56 pm
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| Dickie Overby, Mike Smith, and Mark Greenway. |
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John Bechtel
From:
Nashville, Tennessee, R.I.P.
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Posted 29 Aug 2006 8:14 pm
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Jerry Byrd, Jimmy Day & Buddy Emmons originally and many others since then! We can learn something from everyone! That's who we all are! (A little of everyone we listen to.)
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“Big John”
a.k.a. {Keoni Nui}
Current Equipment
[This message was edited by John Bechtel on 29 August 2006 at 09:16 PM.] |
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Kevin Hatton
From:
Buffalo, N.Y.
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Posted 29 Aug 2006 8:27 pm
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| Al Perkins and Jerry Garcia in 1971. [This message was edited by Kevin Hatton on 29 August 2006 at 09:27 PM.] |
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Andy Sandoval
From:
Bakersfield, California, USA
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Posted 29 Aug 2006 8:28 pm
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| At the risk of startin a debate here. The biggest and earliest influence on my wantin to play steel guitar was Jerry Garcia's playin on Teach Your Children. At that time in my life I was really into Rock and a lot of it had a country flavor. Now of course, I've grown to love everything from Western Swing to Hawaiian and everything in between on both pedal and non pedal. |
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Jody Sanders
From:
Magnolia,Texas, R.I.P.
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Posted 29 Aug 2006 8:28 pm
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| Little Roy Wiggins with Eddy Arnold. Jody. |
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Bart Maloney
From:
Houston, Texas
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Posted 29 Aug 2006 9:10 pm
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Jody Sanders, Mark Van Allen, Dan Johnson, and Lloyd Green.
No Doubt About It!
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Brett Day
From:
Pickens, SC
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Posted 29 Aug 2006 9:20 pm
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| For me, it was guys like Paul Franklin, John Hughey, Bruce Bouton, Sonny Garrish, Dan Dugmore,Dennis Delorme(Prairie Oyster), Gates Nichols(Confederate Railroad), Don Helms, Teddy Carr(Ricochet), Eddie Gossien(Wade Hayes,Mel McDaniel, Darryl Worley) to name a few. Brett, Emmons S-10, Morrell lapsteel, GFI Ultra D-10 [This message was edited by Brett Day on 29 August 2006 at 10:22 PM.] [This message was edited by Brett Day on 29 August 2006 at 10:23 PM.] [This message was edited by Brett Day on 29 August 2006 at 10:25 PM.] |
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Stu Schulman
From:
Ulster Park New Yawk (deceased)
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Posted 29 Aug 2006 9:42 pm
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| A friend of mine played the "Suite Steel"record for me and it was all over after that,I didn't know anyone else in Flushing N.Y. who played the steel guitar,It was pretty rough at first. |
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Brian Henry
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Posted 30 Aug 2006 12:16 am
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Jack Stoner
From:
Kansas City, MO
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Posted 30 Aug 2006 1:52 am
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It was "Little" Roy Wiggins. I used to buy the new Eddy Arnold records as soon as they came out to hear what Little Roy did. I won't say how long ago but the first ones I bought were 78 rpm's (and I still have some). The first steel guitar instruction book I got was the Little Roy Wiggins book.
It isn't often that you get to work for or with the person that first inspired you, but I was fortunate to work for Little Roy at his "Music City" music store on lower Broadway in the early 70's. And, was his rhythm guitar picker on the jams and shows we did at the store. |
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Ric Epperle
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Sheridan, Wyoming USA . Like no other place on Earth... R.I.P.
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Posted 30 Aug 2006 2:06 am
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| My dad.. The rest of the great players started becoming influences later on.. |
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Nic du Toit
From:
Milnerton, Cape, South Africa
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Billy Wilson
From:
El Cerrito, California, USA
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Posted 30 Aug 2006 2:19 am
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| A guy in Bakersfield Ca in the late fifties playing steel guitar for a supermarket grand opening. I thought to myself: That's impossible. I was right |
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Bill Myrick
From:
Pea Ridge, Ar. (deceased)
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Posted 30 Aug 2006 2:21 am
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| The man hosting the big steel show in St Louis this week end---back in 1969. |
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Paul King
From:
Gainesville, Texas, USA
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Posted 30 Aug 2006 3:07 am
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| I remember as a young lad hearing the sound and falling in love with it. In the 1970,s there was a television show on Saturdays and they had a great steel player. I watched his every move and had my ears tuned in to every lick he played. He was my first television influence and reaaly the first influence that I can recall. His name is Jr. Knight and he played in the "Longhorn Ballroom Band" along with is father-in-law, Dewey Groom. Once I started playing I have listened to and admired so many and I just cannot get enough of that Emmons sound. |
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Dan Haas
From:
Rootstown, Ohio USA
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Posted 30 Aug 2006 3:56 am
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My parents, Rick Troyer, Ralph Mooney.
Just wish I would have stuck with it when I was 15. It's hard getting back into it at 42.
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Lee Baucum
From:
McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 30 Aug 2006 4:04 am
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| Buddy Cage - New Riders of the Purple Sage |
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Ray Minich
From:
Bradford, Pa. Frozen Tundra
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Posted 30 Aug 2006 5:12 am
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Mike Shefrin
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Posted 30 Aug 2006 5:21 am
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| Lloyd Green. |
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Charles Curtis
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Posted 30 Aug 2006 5:31 am
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| Ralph Mooney, Jay Dee Maness and Lloyd Green; of course getting around Jay Dee convinced me to not quit my day job. Back then some guys would not give me the time of day unless I could show them something, but Jay Dee, IMO, was very helpful and wouldn't hesitate with information, or show me musical riffs; a great musician and friend. |
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Jake L
From:
Grapevine, Texas
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Posted 30 Aug 2006 6:04 am
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Drew Howard
From:
48854
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Posted 30 Aug 2006 6:24 am
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The E and Lloyd Green.
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