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Samuel E. White Member From: Greeneville TN. |
posted 09 November 2002 06:56 PM
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I seen John Hughey with Vince Gill and John is just a great steel player. Right after that Porter Wagoner was on and then I heard a steel player that just blue my mind. Does anyone know who he is. Man he could really play the heck out of that steel. Sam White [This message was edited by Samuel E. White on 09 November 2002 at 06:58 PM.] |
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Jim Vogan Member From: Ohio City, Ohio 45874 |
posted 09 November 2002 06:59 PM
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That is Fred Newell. Don't know if I spelled it right. Jim [This message was edited by Jim Vogan on 09 November 2002 at 07:00 PM.] |
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SKIP MERTZ Member From: N.C |
posted 09 November 2002 08:10 PM
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Sam , I must have missed him. Who was he playing with? |
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Charles Tilley Member From: Princeton, Texas USA |
posted 10 November 2002 05:14 AM
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I didn't see the show, but l heard that Jaydee Manness was with Vince on some road shows and it might have been him. Charles Tilley |
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Jim Vogan Member From: Ohio City, Ohio 45874 |
posted 10 November 2002 05:22 AM
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Fred is a member of Porter's band. For a while, he worked for Waylon. Fred used to play lead guitar on "Nashville Now". That was when Larry Sasser played steel on that show. Fred sounds a lot like Mooney. ------------------ |
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Roy McKinney Member From: Imnaha, OR |
posted 10 November 2002 05:28 AM
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You are right, whoever that steel player was on the Willie set sure sounded like Ralph M. and was playing a GFI also. John H. saved the first part of the show, but after that it was down hill all the way. Too bad the sound people can't get it together on the Opery, or maybe it is just my satalite feed, but the sound mix is terrible up here in Imnaha. |
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Bob Snelgrove Member From: san jose, ca |
posted 10 November 2002 07:53 AM
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Anyone know what kind of amp Vince Gill (and Willie) were playing through? It was the green one up on an Anvil case that said "Willie Nelson" on the case. Could it be a Standel |
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Jim Smith Member From: Plano, TX, USA |
posted 10 November 2002 08:25 AM
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Did anyone notice that Fred was playing Mooney licks on the back neck (like Mooney) and Dobro licks on the front neck? Wonder if he has his guitar set up like Mooney?  |
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Kenny Foy Member From: Lynnville, KY, USA |
posted 10 November 2002 08:28 AM
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So was it Fred Newell playing Good Hearted Woman on the Willie set playing a GFI ????? |
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Jim Smith Member From: Plano, TX, USA |
posted 10 November 2002 08:51 AM
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Yep! |
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Charlie Vaughn Member From: Carrollton, Georgia |
posted 10 November 2002 09:00 AM
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Good question Jim, I have thought of doing that with my steel. I have the setup but haven't fully decided if I want to lose the C6th tuning. Maybe Fred will tell us if he does that. |
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SKIP MERTZ Member From: N.C |
posted 10 November 2002 10:10 AM
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Big John told me Fred has E9 on back nwck and 6 string on front that he plays the Buck Trent licks on |
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Roy McKinney Member From: Imnaha, OR |
posted 10 November 2002 10:17 AM
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I think Blackie Taylor down in Riverside, CA has a steel set up something like that with the E9th on the bottom neck and a "fret board" on the top neck and I think it is a GFI also. |
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Paul Graupp Member From: Macon Ga USA |
posted 10 November 2002 11:03 AM
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So what ever happened to Wally Murphy ?? Regards, Paul |
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Fred Jack Member From: Bay City Texas |
posted 10 November 2002 12:23 PM
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Fred Newell came to Ft Worth a few months ago and spent a couple of days with The Moon. Rubbed off on him didn't it! Wish some of it would rub off on me! regards, fred |
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SKIP MERTZ Member From: N.C |
posted 10 November 2002 10:17 PM
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Paul , isn't Wally with Walt! |
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Smiley Roberts Member From: Hendersonville,Tn. 37075 |
posted 11 November 2002 12:10 AM
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Last time I spoke w/ Wally,he was doin' somthin' at DisneyWorld. ------------------ |
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Bill Hamner Member From: Hueytown,AL USA |
posted 11 November 2002 07:50 AM
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Samuel, Yes indeed, Fred is a hell of a steel player but would you believe he is even a better on lead guitar !!!? Bill |
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Jerry Hayes Member From: Virginia Beach, Va. |
posted 11 November 2002 11:37 AM
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Guitar Player did an article of Fred while he was on Nashville Now where he said he came to Nashville with Christy Lane. He said the thing which gave him his big break was that he did the session with the Kendalls and played the licks on the record of "Heaven's Just a Sin Away". He said that after that a lot of people started asking who did that intro and he got a lot of session work from that one song. He also did the vast majority of the guitar work on Alabama's record. Jeff Cook said one night on TV that they'd record the songs and then Fred would teach him the guitar parts. At the Convention this year, Gene Fields told me that Fred had two GFI's with that same set up which has the Dobro neck on the front. He has a red and black one and a blue and black. The GFI which Blackie Taylor plays has a six string "fretted" neck on the front in regular guitar tuning which is played overhand ala Thumbs Carlisle. Gene F. plays one which is an 8 string and tuned in an open chord. I think it's E but I'm not sure. ------------------ |
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Joe Casey Member From: Weeki Wachee .Springs FL (population.9) |
posted 11 November 2002 12:39 PM
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A year o the last time I went to Orlando Wally was at Downtown Disney Off of I-4 and sounding great. ------------------ |
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Paul Graupp Member From: Macon Ga USA |
posted 11 November 2002 02:52 PM
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If Wally is with Walter Disney, did he give his beret to Fred ??? Regards, Paul |
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Mark Durante Member From: Illinois |
posted 11 November 2002 05:00 PM
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Bob, Willie played his old Baldwin transistor amp, I didn't notice what Vince was using. What a disaster for Vince and all the musicians having to deal with the sound problems. |
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