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re: The Steel Guitar Thead
Posted on 4/13/25 at 1:42 pm to OWLFAN86
Posted on 4/13/25 at 1:42 pm to OWLFAN86
I’ve had the privilege of performing with three outstanding steel players in SW Louisiana: Lake Charles’ Joe Rogers, Lafayette’s Richard Comeaux, and Duson’s Peewee Whitewing. Peewee is a member of the International Steel Guitar Hall of Fame and toured with Lefty Frizzell, Ray Price, and Hank Thompson. We lost him about five years ago at the age of 86. Here’s a classic he recorded with Hank.
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Posted on 4/13/25 at 2:34 pm to cgrand
It’s not too late. Sub C Leavell for Hopkins .
I guarantee it would be magic.
I guarantee it would be magic.
Posted on 4/13/25 at 3:21 pm to Fiddler crab
I talked with Marty Muse (steel player for the Derailers, Robert Earl) for a bit last night . He plays a regular gig at Sam's in Austin and there are 3 other steel players that play regular gigs at Sam's as well. Said they may try to do a little Steel Festival at some point.
Posted on 4/14/25 at 11:47 am to Zappas Stache
quote:
Said they may try to do a little Steel Festival at some point.
Nothing could compare to Scotty’s International Steel Guitar Convention in St. Louis, where all the best players showcased their talents. Unfortunately, the convention is dormant, as is the Hall of Fame award.
1978 — Jerry Byrd
1978 — Leon McAuliffe
1978 — Alvino Rey
1979 — Herb Remington
1979 — Sol Hoopii
1980 — Joaquin Murphey
1980 — Speedy West
1981 — Noel Boggs
1981 — Buddy Emmons
1982 — Jimmy Day
1982 — Dick Kaihue McIntire
1983 — Eddie Alkire
1983 — Ralph Mooney
1984 — Don Helms
1984 — Bud Isaacs
1985 — "Little" Roy Wiggins
1985 — Curly Chalker
1986 — Harold "Shot" Jackson
1987 — Pete Drake
1988 — Lloyd Green
1989 — Billy Bowman
1989 — Hal Rugg
1990 — Bob White
1990 — David Kelii
1991 — Zane Beck
1992 — Tom Brumley
1992 — Dewitt Scott
1992 — Bob Dunn
1993 — Joseph Kekuku
1993 — Buddy Charleton
1994 — Doug Jernigan
1995 — Freddie Tavares
1995 — Bobby Garrett
1996 — John Hughey
1997 — Al Perkins
1997 — Weldon Myrick
1998 — Johnny Sibert
1999 — Barney Alvin Kalanikau Isaacs Jr
1999 — Jeff Newman
2000 — Jimmie Crawford
2000 — Paul Franklin
2001 — Tom Morrell
2001 — Herbie Wallace
2002 — "Pee Wee" Whitewing
2002 — Santo & Johnny Farina
2003 — Walter Haynes
2003 — JayDee Maness
2004 — Bobby Koefer
2004 — Jody Carver
2004 — Bobby Black
2005 — Orville "Red" Rhodes
2005 — Leonard T. Zinn
2006 — Rico Turchetti
2006 — Tom Bradshaw
2006 — Maurice Anderson
2007 — "Sneaky" Pete Kleinow
2007 — Roy Ayres
2008 — Julian Tharpe
2008 — Norm Hamlett
2008 — Don Warden
2009 — Bud Carter
2009 — Barbara Mandrell
2009 — Ron Elliott
2010 — Winnie Winston
2010 — Bobby Caldwell
2010 — Dick Overby
2011 — Bobbe Seymour
2011 — Larry Sasser
2011 — Russ Hicks
2012 — Terry Bethel
2012 — Kayton Roberts
2013 — Rusty Young
2013 — Tommy White
2013 — Lynn Owsley
2014 — Joe Wright
2014 — Sonny Garrish
2014 — Jim Vest
2015 — Gene Fields
2015 — Chubby Howard
2016 — Del Mullen
2016 — Neil Flanz
Posted on 4/15/25 at 9:32 am to Kafka
quote:
I don't know who's playing on this
That’s Pete Drake playing his C6 with Rusty and Doug.
Posted on 4/17/25 at 7:11 pm to Kafka
Ralph Mooney w/Wynn Stewart
Posted on 4/17/25 at 8:48 pm to Fiddler crab
quote:
Nothing could compare to Scotty’s International Steel Guitar Convention in St. Louis, where all the best players showcased their talents.
I don't think this festival would have ambition like that. It's Austin for Christ Sakes.
Posted on 4/17/25 at 9:28 pm to cgrand
Likely the most well known Lap Steel solo.
Posted on 4/17/25 at 10:00 pm to Kafka
quote:I stand corrected
But Elvis didn't have one (possibly b/c he couldn't afford one).
Steel Guitar Forum (2002)
quote:Wiki:
And you know, that Jimmy Day was a part of Elvis' band in -55 and Elvis asked Jimmy to stay with him when he signed with RCA! Jimmy decided, that he wanted to be country instead.
quote:Despite all I've read about EP, I've never heard of Jimmy Day before.
Day's first job after high school was performing on the Louisiana Hayride as a sideman accompanying developing country artists including Hank Williams, Webb Pierce, Willie Nelson, Jim Reeves, Ray Price and Elvis Presley.[3] He recorded and toured with all these artists and was featured on hit records by many of them, including Ray Price's, "Crazy Arms" and "Heartaches by the Number". He was a member of Elvis Presley's band for about a year, but, along with fellow bandmate Floyd Cramer, resigned after Presley requested them to re-locate to Hollywood
I was kinda sorta half-right: when Day left, EP didn't replace him.
Posted on 4/17/25 at 10:04 pm to Kafka
quote:Same thread. This guy (Vernon Hester) played w/Bill Haley in 1952:
Steel Guitar Forum (2002)
quote:
Bill Haley was doing "rock" in 1952 with Billy Williamson on a D8 Fender with only 5 strings on his Cth neck. we play quite a few jobs with them during 1952,1954 era. Billy would let me use his Fender Pro amp as I was using an old Rickenbacker amp with my D8 Ricky.
Posted on 4/17/25 at 10:18 pm to Kafka
Steel Man For Bill Haley's Comets
Billy Williamson w/Bill Haley, 1953
Billy Williamson w/Bill Haley, 1953
quote:Wiki:
I think Williamson and Haley had a serious falling out--much later on in the 1960s. Haley's career was on the ropes and he got Williamson to take out a second mortgage on his home to finance a comeback attempt by Haley. Williamson is said to have lost his home as a result.
quote:
Williamson left the Comets in early 1963 and reportedly never played another note
Posted on 4/18/25 at 6:00 pm to Fiddler crab
Posted on 4/18/25 at 6:11 pm to Kafka
Harding "Hop" Wilson (April 27, 1921 – August 27, 1975) was an American Texas blues steel guitar player.
Posted on 4/18/25 at 8:49 pm to Telecaster
Sounds awesome, very soulful.
Posted on 4/18/25 at 9:35 pm to footswitch
quote:
Cowboy Eddie Long
I think he's with Jamie Johnson now.
Posted on 4/20/25 at 7:30 pm to Kafka
quote:1952
Billy Williamson w/Bill Haley, 1953
Billy gets the third solo
Guitarist Danny Cedrone gets the first solo; two years later Cedrone would redo it in "Rock Around The Clock". He would not live to see it become a worldwide sensation, as he died from a downstairs fall at home a few weeks after it was recorded.
Posted on 4/21/25 at 6:30 pm to Kafka
Posted on 4/22/25 at 9:21 am to SingleMalt1973
quote:
Likely the most well known Lap Steel solo.
David Lindley
Posted on 5/6/25 at 7:38 pm to Kafka
quote:
Steel Guitar Forum (2002)quote:Wiki:
And you know, that Jimmy Day was a part of Elvis' band in -55 and Elvis asked Jimmy to stay with him when he signed with RCA! Jimmy decided, that he wanted to be country instead.quote:
Day's first job after high school was performing on the Louisiana Hayride as a sideman accompanying developing country artists including Hank Williams, Webb Pierce, Willie Nelson, Jim Reeves, Ray Price and Elvis Presley.[3] He recorded and toured with all these artists and was featured on hit records by many of them, including Ray Price's, "Crazy Arms" and "Heartaches by the Number". He was a member of Elvis Presley's band for about a year, but, along with fellow bandmate Floyd Cramer, resigned after Presley requested them to re-locate to Hollywood
Posted on 12/12/25 at 8:24 pm to Kafka
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