DevO Posted June 11, 2007 Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 The Iron & Wine and Calexico EP has some sweet pedal steel on it.. "In The Reins" and "16 Maybe Less" come to mind. That Lanois album 'Belladonna' is amazing! Phish's studio version of "Roggae" has some cool pedal steel by Gordon Stone.For something different, the song "Not Your Enemy" by The Slackers heavily features pedal steel and they are a reggae band.I'm gonna check out that Ryan Adams album! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevO Posted June 11, 2007 Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 Has anyone out there ever heard Ben Keith's solo album? It's called 'To A Wild Rose' and it came out in 1984. Here's some info on it: 1984's To A Wild Rose (En Pointe), featured his steel along with the guitar of J.J. Cale and Paul Butterfield's harmonica (it would be the legendary bluesman's last recording). I also learned that that's Ben Keith alongside Patsy Cline on "I Fall To Pieces". http://www.thecoolgroove.com/ben.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted June 12, 2007 Report Share Posted June 12, 2007 Junior Brown is the most original and entertaining pedal-steel guitarist of the last 20 years.How much pedal steel stuff has he done? His guit-steel is combination of a regular guitar and a lap steel, not a pedal steel.Aloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hartamophone Posted June 12, 2007 Report Share Posted June 12, 2007 My first few choices have been taken, but "Down in the Boondocks" as performed by New Riders of the Purple Sage has some pretty rippin' pedal steel in it, courtesy of some dude named Garcia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoodRev Posted June 12, 2007 Report Share Posted June 12, 2007 I forgot to mention the countless Drive By Truckers tunes that have memorable pedal steel parts, courtesy of one John Neff. 'The Deeper In', the first tune on Decoration Day, has probably my favourite Truckers steel moment, an 8-bar break. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayr Posted June 12, 2007 Report Share Posted June 12, 2007 (edited) Soul Food Man - Mike Gordon Edited June 12, 2007 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deranger Posted June 12, 2007 Report Share Posted June 12, 2007 ditto on the Junior thing, he plays a lap steel.How about anything off of Blue Rodeo's Five Days in July? The freakin' pedal solos on that record smoke like it's nobodies business. Still havn't found out if that was Bob Egan, though I doubt it as he joined Rodeo in 2001 or 2002, well after Five Days. (someone here I know can track that down....)Anything that Buddy Emmons plays on.Neil Franz III who played with Gram Parsons in the Fallen Angels (who was also from Toronto) is also a sick good steel player. You could also go with the very obvious (yet not mentioned except via The Word) anything by Robert Randolph....CSN Teach your Children is also/actually Jerry playing steel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenenbaum Posted June 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2007 How about anything off of Blue Rodeo's Five Days in July? The freakin' pedal solos on that record smoke like it's nobodies business. funny you mention that because that's how this whole thing got started; i was just in Vegas visiting an old college sweetheart and she was playing that album in the car... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwa. Posted June 12, 2007 Report Share Posted June 12, 2007 I Need More Love - RR and the Family Band Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggo Posted June 12, 2007 Report Share Posted June 12, 2007 How about anything off of Blue Rodeo's Five Days in July? The freakin' pedal solos on that record smoke like it's nobodies business. love this album Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hal Johnson Posted June 12, 2007 Report Share Posted June 12, 2007 Cake - Mexico"I had a match, and she had a lighter..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Not Bob Posted June 12, 2007 Report Share Posted June 12, 2007 Winona - Matthew Sweet ... the great Greg Leisz on pedal steel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted June 12, 2007 Report Share Posted June 12, 2007 Is there pedal steel or lap steel on Jackson Browne's "Running On Empty"? I know David Lindley played it (originally), but can't remember which type of instrument it was done on.Aloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Not Bob Posted June 12, 2007 Report Share Posted June 12, 2007 To Be Over by Yes, Steve Howe on pedal steel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoodRev Posted June 12, 2007 Report Share Posted June 12, 2007 ditto on the Junior thing, he plays a lap steel.How about anything off of Blue Rodeo's Five Days in July? The freakin' pedal solos on that record smoke like it's nobodies business. Still havn't found out if that was Bob Egan, though I doubt it as he joined Rodeo in 2001 or 2002, well after Five Days. (someone here I know can track that down....)Anything that Buddy Emmons plays on.Neil Franz III who played with Gram Parsons in the Fallen Angels (who was also from Toronto) is also a sick good steel player. You could also go with the very obvious (yet not mentioned except via The Word) anything by Robert Randolph....CSN Teach your Children is also/actually Jerry playing steel. Anything pre-Egan in Blue Rodeo would have been Kim Deschamps, who now makes his living in Austin as a hired gun. Incidentally, I take steel lessons from Bob, he's an awesome dude and an incredible player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tungsten Gruvsten Posted June 12, 2007 Report Share Posted June 12, 2007 I recorded Kim for a country album I recorded in the late 90's for a Kitchener guy named Trevor Casemore... recorded in my dank basement 'studio' beside me with his amp in another room...He is a stellar player - one listen through the tune and he could nail it...I still have all the raw tracks actually, just listened to a few of them the other week when I was going through archives looking for something...stellar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted June 13, 2007 Report Share Posted June 13, 2007 If you can find it, check out the album Minors Aloud, by Buddy Emmons and Lenny Breau. It's on the Flying Fish label. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esau. Posted June 13, 2007 Report Share Posted June 13, 2007 I like Jerry's swirling sound in the song, 'The Farm' from Jefferson Airplane's "Volunteers" album. That Lanois album 'Belladonna' is amazing! Agreed.'Panorama' is an awesome pedal steel track from that CD - damn, its good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevO Posted June 13, 2007 Report Share Posted June 13, 2007 If you can find it, check out the album Minors Aloud, by Buddy Emmons and Lenny Breau. It's on the Flying Fish label.Just checked and its on OiNK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prost Posted June 22, 2007 Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 Venutian Lady - Paul Pena feat. Jerry Garcia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevO Posted July 9, 2007 Report Share Posted July 9, 2007 If you can find it' date=' check out the album Minors Aloud, by Buddy Emmons and Lenny Breau. It's on the Flying Fish label.[/quote']Just checked and its on OiNK.I must say, this isn't my cup of pedal-steel tea. While I can appreciate what Buddy Emmons did for the the instrument, I guess I like my pedal steel more countryfied and less jazzy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevO Posted July 9, 2007 Report Share Posted July 9, 2007 The Ryan Adams record Jacksonville City Nights is riddled with heart-wrenching steel and the song Hard Way to Fall boasts one of my absolute favourite steel lines ever recorded, even though it's so simple. It's the line under the lyric, "That she doesn't have to worry, and it'll be alright." Take it from a real-life steel player - it's a heavy tune.Great tune and a great album, thanks Rev! The chorus in the song "Dear John" (w/ Norah Jones) is also a heavy. Funny enough, that song has no pedal steel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted July 9, 2007 Report Share Posted July 9, 2007 But KevO, you'll have to pick your jaw off the floor after you check out this rare video clip of Danny "The Humbler " Gatton dueling with Buddy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoodRev Posted July 9, 2007 Report Share Posted July 9, 2007 Glad you dug the record KevO. His new one has some good steel playing on it too, nothing like Jacksonville though.Jaimoe I'm just letting this video load up, it looks killer.(ahem) If I may be so bold, have a listen to the Surly Young Bucks' tune Edmonton, there's a live version available on our MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/thesurlyyoungbucks . That's me on the steel. I'm particularly happy with this performances, it's way better than the one we recorded last year. Still a little raw (it's live after all) but all the elements are there I feel. My friend Max wrote the tune and I think it's a monstrously heavy song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevO Posted July 9, 2007 Report Share Posted July 9, 2007 Very true Jaimoe, the Redneck Jazz Explosion is hard to beat! Too bad Emmons' solo is cut short. Danny Gatton is a monster. I'll check that out Rev. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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