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Joe Casey Member Posts: 3402 |
posted 16 March 2000 05:29 PM
I don't know if this has been done ,but why not, there are so many really greats and we all have our favorites.lets list our top ten wheter alive or deceased. I will commit first. And these are my favorites. 1;without a doubt ,Buddy Emmons,2Loydd Green 3Tie,Ralph Mooney,Jimmy Crawford 4Curly Chalker 5;Paul Franklin,6;Jimmy Day;7;Tie John Hughey,Tommy White;8Tie,Weldon Myrick,Russ Hicks;Doug Jernigan9Tie,Hal Rugg.Tom Brumley,JDee,Maness10;Tie;Herby Wallace,Johnny Cox.Sonny Garrish. Now I realize this is not everyones favorite list ,this is mine, Notice how I squezzed in more than ten. But I have more than ten favorites.Opps I forgot Smilry whats his name.I have or may omited others I truly love. [This message was edited by Joe Casey on 16 March 2000 at 06:20 PM.] |
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Richard Sinkler Member Posts: 2896 |
posted 16 March 2000 05:55 PM
1. Buddy Emmons 2. John Hughey 3. Lloyd Green 4. Jimmy Day 5. Paul Franklin 6. Hal Rugg 7. Jay Dee Maness 8. Ralph Mooney 9. Curly Chalker 10. Bobby Black 11. ME!!! Oh that's right. You only wanted 10. Oh Well ------------------ |
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Jerry Hayes Member Posts: 3306 |
posted 16 March 2000 06:01 PM
This is by no means in the order of being my favorites! 1...Ralph Mooney Ol' #10 ain't as famous as the others but he's got as much tone, feel, and soul as any of 'em................. ------------------ |
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Johnny Cox Member Posts: 935 |
posted 16 March 2000 06:24 PM
well here we go #1 Joan Cox The following fall in at 2 thru 15 Curly Chalker, Tommy White, Lloyd Green, Tommy Morrell, Gene Crownover, Hal Rugg, Buddy Emmons,Buddy Charlton, Maurice Anderson,Doug Jernigan, Jr. Knight, Bobby Keoffer,Weldon Myrick,Pete Drake. (Not Necessarily in that order). Then There is , Walter Haines, Jerry Byrd, Big Jim Murphy, Joaquin Murphy, J.D. Maness, Tom Brumley. This is too hard, ten just isn't enough.
[This message was edited by Johnny Cox on 16 March 2000 at 07:45 PM.] [This message was edited by Johnny Cox on 17 March 2000 at 05:56 PM.] |
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Joan Cox Member Posts: 305 |
posted 16 March 2000 06:28 PM
OK Johnny, quit goofing around. But thanks for saying that.. My favorites are: Johnny Cox (#1), then: Tom Morrell Tommy White Curly Chalker Doug Jernigan Maurice Anderson Herby Wallace Buddy Emmons Billy Bowman Bob Delaloye (the guy who taught me how to play) ------------------ |
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Robert Todd Member Posts: 351 |
posted 16 March 2000 06:47 PM
1. Bobby Black 2. Buddy Charlton 3. Lloyd green 4. Al Perkins 5. David Lindley 6. Jeff Newman 7. Curly Chalker 8. everyone else |
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db Member Posts: 680 |
posted 16 March 2000 07:02 PM
I'm not sure of the order; 1.) Bruce Bounton 2.) Paul Franklin 3.) Weldon Myrick 4.) Sonny Garish 5.) Lloyd Maines 6.) Danny Dugmore 7.) Jerry Garcia 8.) Jeff "Skunk" Baxter 9.) Al Perkins 10.)David Lindley Plus one honorable mention to: Steve Fishell and Jeff Peterson These guys have all been very influential in forming my style. The "non-pedal" guy perhaps the most. ( But people say that I sound like Jerry Garcia, so maybe he should be on the list too.) I know it's a very different list, so am I. As for the top ten best players, that's another list, I'll leave that to the final tally. (Good thread!) [This message was edited by db on 24 March 2000 at 04:12 PM.] |
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Mike Weirauch Member Posts: 3528 |
posted 16 March 2000 07:14 PM
1. Buddy Charleton 2. Buddy Emmons 3. Jimmy Day 4. Pete Drake 5. Lloyd Green 6. Hal Rugg 7. Johnny Cox 8. Junior Knight 9. Jeff Newman 10. Joe Wright |
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Hill Phillips Member Posts: 185 |
posted 16 March 2000 07:23 PM
1 Jerry Roller 2 Buddy Emmons 3. Jimmy Day 4. Pete Drake 5. Lloyd Green 6. Hal Rugg 7. Johnny Cox 8. Junior Knight 9. Jeff Newman 10. Joe Wright |
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Don Discher Member Posts: 359 |
posted 16 March 2000 07:42 PM
I agree with all of the above but they are all #1 in my book "cause they all have their own distinctive style and hopefully the numbers beside the names is just that and not who is the #1 player and who is the 10th best because that ain't gonna work. IMHO. |
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Kenny Dail Member Posts: 2583 |
posted 16 March 2000 07:42 PM
1 Buddy Emmons 2 Buddy Charlton 3 John Hughey 4 Lloyd Green 5 Tom Brumley 6 Ralph Mooney 7 Curly Chalker 8 Tom Morrell 9 Jimmy Day 10 Pee Wee Whitewing/Bobbe White 11 Jerry Hayes Sorry you had to take #11 Jerry...You could be in the top 10 if you would try to play psg instead of the B@njo and Mandolin. You have the talent but you is toooooo (2) versatile.
[This message was edited by Kenny Dail on 17 March 2000 at 11:00 AM.] [This message was edited by Kenny Dail on 17 March 2000 at 11:18 AM.] |
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Terry Wood Member Posts: 1205 |
posted 16 March 2000 07:56 PM
Here are my top ten favorite steel players, but also have others that I really relish their pickin' prowess too! 1) Julian Tharpe You know come to think of it, guys your right this is really tough. I tried it before on my own and it is really tough because there are so many greats! Terry Wood |
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Richard Sinkler Member Posts: 2896 |
posted 16 March 2000 08:02 PM
Smiley Roberts  Smiley Roberts Smiley Roberts Smiley Roberts Smiley Roberts Smiley Roberts Smiley Roberts Smiley Roberts Smiley Roberts Smiley Roberts Bill Clinton  ------------------ [This message was edited by Richard Sinkler on 16 March 2000 at 08:03 PM.] |
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marley hay Member Posts: 149 |
posted 16 March 2000 08:06 PM
What about Buddy Cage? |
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David Wright Member Posts: 1863 |
posted 16 March 2000 08:26 PM
Maurice Anderson 1-10 |
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Marty Pollard Member Posts: 392 |
posted 16 March 2000 08:39 PM
1. Lloyd Green 2. John Hughey All due respect to Mr. Hughey, there's just something about Lloyd Green's playing... After those two, it doesn't matter that much to me. The rest are great but Lloyd? Audio ambrosia!!! ------------------ |
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Kenny Davis Member Posts: 779 |
posted 16 March 2000 08:49 PM
This is hard - (No particular order) Lloyd Green O.K. - Who's going to come up with the 10 worst??? |
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Ricky Davis Moderator Posts: 6522 |
posted 17 March 2000 01:57 AM
Tommy Morrell Curly Chalker Lloyd Green Buddy Emmons Gary Carpenter Tom Brumley Ralph Mooney John Hughey Jimmy Day Tommy White ------------------ |
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DALE WHITENER Member Posts: 192 |
posted 17 March 2000 03:31 AM
Here goes in no particular order: 1.Lloyd Green 6.Sonny Garrish 2.Buddy Emmons 7.John Hughey 3.Pete Drake 8.Jimmy Day 4.Ralph Mooney 9.Jay Dee Maness 5.Tom Brumley 10.Paul Franklin Jr And special recognition to Rusty Young whose playing with Poco first turned me on to this wonderful and sometimes frustrating instrument |
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Smiley Roberts Member Posts: 4424 |
posted 17 March 2000 03:36 AM
Sinkler,you are NUTS!!  (thanks,anyway)1-Bud Isaacs (the guy who started it all) 2-Buddy Emmons 3-Lloyd Green 4-Buddy Emmons 5-"Reese" Anderson 6-Buddy Emmons 7-John Hughey 8-Buddy Emmons 9-Jimmy Day & last,but not least, 10-Buddy Emmons ------------------ [This message was edited by Smiley Roberts on 17 March 2000 at 03:38 AM.] |
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Bruce W Heffner Member Posts: 328 |
posted 17 March 2000 04:32 AM
My 10 favorites are Buddy Emmons, Jimmy Day, Lloyd Green, Jeff Newman, John Hughey, Weldon Myrick, Jimmy Crawford, Hal Rugg, Tommy White and Paul Franklin. ------------------ www.pedalsteel.net [This message was edited by Bruce W Heffner on 17 March 2000 at 04:37 AM.] |
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RickRichtmyer Member Posts: 2522 |
posted 17 March 2000 05:18 AM
My personal list always has, and probably always will have, Buddy Emmons as #1 and Doug Jernigan as a very close #2. Beyond that, I'd have a hard time choosing from most of the other names already mentioned above for the other 8 slots. Maybe I could come up with a top 100, but even then I'd never figure out what the order should be. ------------------ |
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Dave Van Allen Member Posts: 5369 |
posted 17 March 2000 05:56 AM
well at least there seems to be some concensus in the listings so far Here's my prediction of C Dixon's top 10: 1. Emmons and I would have to agree: almost anywhere a steeler wants to go, from C&W to Swing to Rock to Jazz, Buddy was there first and did it so well that he set the standard. (God bless you Carl; you too Buddy) [This message was edited by Dave Van Allen on 17 March 2000 at 05:57 AM.] |
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C Dixon Member Posts: 5912 |
posted 17 March 2000 06:03 AM
Dave, You aren't going to believe this. But as I live and breathe it is true. Last night before I went to bed, I read this thread. Decided not to post. As I laid in bed, I kept thinking about what I would say. And what I would have said is EXACTLY what you thought I would have said. So I decided not to say it for fear of getting doused so heavy with flames that even the walls of "Ft Knox" could not have kept me from being burned! So I am not going to say it!! Thanks pal. God bless you, Buddy and all the rest. carl |
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Mitch Daniels Member Posts: 48 |
posted 17 March 2000 08:49 AM
I would have to go with the stylists, innovaters, pioneers, and those that dared to be different, etc., that everybody else has been chasing for the last 30+ years. 1. Alvino Rey 2. Jerry Byrd 3. Herb Remington 4. Jouquin Murphey 5. Noel Boggs 6. Speedy West 7. Curly Chalker 8. Buddy Emmons 9. Jimmy Day 10.Don Buzard 11. Ray Noren 12. Maurice Anderson 13. Bobby Koeffer 14. Tom Morrell 15. Zane Beck 16. Julian Tharpe 17. Ralph Mooney 18. Bud Issacs 19. Lloyd Green 20. Hal Rugg Not neccessarily in that order, but just about everything I have heard in the past 30 years or so, I heard one or more of these guys play it before. [This message was edited by Mitch Daniels on 17 March 2000 at 08:55 AM.] |
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Jack Stoner Sysop Posts: 8119 |
posted 17 March 2000 09:13 AM
Some of my favorites (I've got too many to name them all. 1. Buddy Emmons The rest in no particular order: Weldon Myrick, Hal Rugg, Paul Franklin Jr., Bruce Bouton, Little Roy Wiggins, Herby Wallace and Bobbe Seymour. I could go on and on, and my apologies to anyone I missed. |
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wayne yakes md Member Posts: 650 |
posted 17 March 2000 09:34 AM
1st Generation:Jerry Byrd, Joaquin Murphy, Herb Remington, Noel Boggs,Speedy West,Billy Bowman,Lefty Nason,Billy Robinson("Candy Kisses"),Little Roy Wiggins,Bobby Koefer,Bud Isaacs, Don Helms. 2nd Generation:Buddy Emmons, Bobby Garrett, Jimmy Day, Curly Chalker,Ralph Mooney, Buddy Charleton, Gene Crownover, Bobby White, PeeWee Whitewing, Scotty. 3rd Generation: John Hughey, Lloyd Green, Hal Rugg, Weldon Myrick, Doug Jernigan, Freddie Roulette, Jim "Big Murph" Murphy, Sonny Garrish, Neil Flanz, Julian Tharpe, Terry Bethel, Buzz Evans. 4th Generation:Paul Franklin, Bruce Bouton, J.D.Maness, Terry Crisp, Tommy White, Wally Murphy, Herb Steiner, Chuck Lettes, Donna Hammett, Sara Jory, Joan Cox, Johnny Cox, Lynn Owsley, Robby Turner, Sneaky Pete Kleinow. I know there are a few more I'm forgetting right now, sorry. But I think this terminology of generations is more appropriate. |
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Kenny Dail Member Posts: 2583 |
posted 17 March 2000 10:57 AM
Since we are including Jerry Byrd in the PSG group, I will have to say that he is the #1 of all my preferences...Big E takes #2, (sorry Buddy,no offense intended). The rest of my list still stands but not in the order listed. I still have a lot of preferences that fit the 10 group...Paul Franlin, Tommy White, Herby Wallace, Walter Haynes and the list goes on and on and on and on...... ------------------ |
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Eddie Lange Member Posts: 662 |
posted 17 March 2000 04:17 PM
1. Buddy Emmons 2. Jimmy Day 3. Lloyd Green 4. John Hughey or Ralph Mooney 5. Jim Murphy 6. Weldon Myrick 7. Hal Rugg or Tom Brumley 8. Jimmy Crawford 9. Bud Issacs 10. Al Udeen, Curt Olson, Dave Schmitz ------------------ |
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Gary Steele Member Posts: 1201 |
posted 17 March 2000 05:43 PM
Sure lets me know i need to practice more!!! |
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Jimmy Youngblood Member Posts: 352 |
posted 17 March 2000 05:50 PM
I'd have to put my ol' buddy Norman Hamlett in there somewhere! I've been listening to Merle Haggard "Live at Billy Bob's" all week...Norm is at his best there! |
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Garland Nash Member Posts: 143 |
posted 17 March 2000 07:07 PM
I wiil go with Terry Wood. This lineup is for pure original steel playing |
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Mike Perlowin Member Posts: 6731 |
posted 17 March 2000 07:11 PM
1-Curly Chalker 2-Curly Chalker 3-Curly Chalker 4-Curly Chalker 5-Curly Chalker 6-Curly Chalker 7-Curly Chalker 8-Curly Chalker 9-Curly Chalker 10- Jeff Newman |
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C Dixon Member Posts: 5912 |
posted 18 March 2000 06:02 AM
Normally I would never ever do this. But I just gotta say this. There are many, many great steel guitar players out there. There are some fantastic players. There are a limited few incredible players. And there is danged few really "best ever been" players But, there is ONLY one that is so far ahead of ALL the rest as to not even be close. There simply is NO contest wnen considering him. I venture to say that ALL the above players would agree totally, if really truthful. How ANY one could ever leave him off a list defies all logic to me. But with MAN's logic as apposed to HISlogic, I suppose the impossible could be possible carl |
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Donny Hinson Member Posts: 9192 |
posted 18 March 2000 07:45 AM
Emmons, Chalker, Myrick, Rugg, Brumley, Drake, Mooney, Day, Jernigan, and Green. These are the guys that "made it happen" (at least for me) 35 years ago. A lot of younger players are hot now, but these are the guys that made me want to do it! [This message was edited by Donny Hinson on 18 March 2000 at 07:47 AM.] |
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Johan Jansen Member Posts: 2207 |
posted 18 March 2000 07:53 AM
BB PF CC BB LG Sneaky Pete, all on one! JJ ------------------ |
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Bob Taillefer Member Posts: 656 |
posted 18 March 2000 08:12 AM
No particular order: Buddy Emmons Jimmy Day John Hughey Paul Franklin Rusty Young LLoyd Green Hal Rugg John David Call Bobby Black Ron Halldorson There is many more! Regards Bob |
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Pete Nelson Member Posts: 19 |
posted 18 March 2000 04:43 PM
As an influence on me: Lloyd Green and Paul Frankin--hands down. Close second: Jay Dee, Hal Rugg, Weldon Myrick Also digging: Dan Dugmore, Robby Turner Ooops==almost forgot Tom Morrell. And a tip of the hat to Mr. Emmons, too. [This message was edited by Pete Nelson on 18 March 2000 at 04:47 PM.] |
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Dan unregistered Posts: 19 |
posted 18 March 2000 07:32 PM
I will expand this thread a little. Who are, in my opinion, the best 1,000,000 psg players? rang 1 to 999,999........everyone else rang 1,000,000...........myself:-( But I won´t give up. Greets Dan |
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willie waits Member Posts: 106 |
posted 19 March 2000 04:40 PM
1. Buddy Emmons 2. Jimmy Day 3. John Hughey 4. Bruce Bouton 5. Buddy Charlton 6. Herb Steiner 7. Lloyd Green 8. Ralph Mooney 9. Tom Brumley 10) Bobby Garrett These are just a few of my favorits, but you asked for 10. |
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