"who played steel on __________ "(insert any country song), 9 times out of 10 it will be Lloyd or Buddy. I wonder what percentage of top 10 country hits between.....say....1964 and 1984 were played by these 2 men?

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"Under the post in Steel Players, "Are Lloyd & Buddy????" please advise those interested to visit Walter Stettner's posted web site which lists all of the # 1 records on
which I played during the very years mentioned; 1964-1984. There are about 117 of them.
Also, the specific question was, "How many top 10 records were we on during those two decades"? I have no idea. But since I played on more than 100 #1s, the number of
top 10s would be in the thousands.

Warmest regards,
Lloyd Green"

I have put the link to Walter's page here:
www.lloydgreentribute.com

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[This message was edited by Graham on 18 September 2004 at 04:43 PM.]

.....or.....I guess we could call Michael Jordan "The Lloyd Green of pro basketball!" I think I like that better!

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An interesting fact to add to this ongoing "most hits" subject. Pete Drake is the only steel guitarist from that period to be honored for his studio career over those early decades of hit records. It is the highest honor any Nashville studio player can recieve.

The documentation was accurate when they found that Pete had recorded his steel on more hits over that 60's and 70's period. I doubt if their information was wrong.

Harold Bradley and Rose Drake asked me to put together a steel orchestra to play snippets of Pete's number ones before the award was given. We had the most difficult job picking which hits to use. There were enough hits to fill a small telephone book from the major artists he had recorded with.

Among the many legends in the steelguitorchestra was Hal, Weldon, Lloyd, Sasser, Bill West, Doyle Grisham, Jimmy Crawford, Jernigan, Garrish, Hughey and a few others. Also, Scotty was in attendance at Pete's request. Only a few musicians in Nashville have ever recieved this honor, Chet Atkins, Floyd Cramer, Owen Bradley, and the Jordanairs, I also believe Pig and Grady were later recipients, but I'm not 100% sure about them. I'll check with Harold this week and post more concerning who all has recieved this award.

Also beyond Buddy Emmons influence on us all, he also has possibly the longest continuous, recording career on hit records. His signature is on hundreds, if not thousands of hits since the fifties. Nobody on our instrument has stayed at the top of the charts in the recording world as long as Buddy. Hughey and Garrish are getting close but I believe they started playing on hits in the 60's, also without any break. (Although Buddy left Nashville, he never stopped recording in LA).

This needs to be said. Since ALL of these giants contributed their signatures during those earliest years of PSG, which helped to define the sound of traditional steel playing, Bud Isaacs, Brumley, Mooney, Day, Emmons, Garrett, Chalker, Drake, Hughey, Rugg, Green, Garrish, Weldon, and Buddy C. In my opinion, they all share the title of most prolific. Their playing influenced us all, either directly or indirectly.

Paul

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Bob

Just my .01 cents worth.

Thanks Paul, I guess that statement answers my question.

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