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David Galloway Member Posts: 30 |
posted 07 January 2000 11:56 AM
Help me, please. Somewhere in a past life, I remember some information I came across about a pedal steel being used on a Dire Straits CD. Am I dreaming this? What album and who was the player? Thanks for your help. |
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Al Gershen Member Posts: 432 |
posted 07 January 2000 12:06 PM
Hi David Galloway: I believe that steel guitarist Paul Franklin actually toured with Dire Straits for a period of time during the early 1990s. He also recorded on several of their albums. Regards, [This message was edited by Al Gershen on 07 January 2000 at 12:07 PM.] |
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Bob Kagy Member Posts: 872 |
posted 07 January 2000 12:09 PM
The one Dire Straits CD I know of for sure with PSG is "On the Night", and it's Paul Franklin on pedal steel. |
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chris ivey Member Posts: 1105 |
posted 07 January 2000 01:35 PM
on every street.......dire straits with great p. franklin stuff all through it! |
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Jay Jessup Member Posts: 345 |
posted 07 January 2000 01:48 PM
And I might add that Paul's playing on this cd is one of the best examples I can think of where the steel is played in a traditional manner ie: without distortion and with typical good PF tone and made to fit the music perfectly just by note selection and proper feel for the music, oh yeah, it's a live recording. There is also a video of a concert that this version of the Dire Straights did of a large concert in England that is quite well done. I believe PF also played on a later Mark Knofler album and while PF's playing is fine I don't think the material was that good on that record. One of those CD's you listen to once and put away. [This message was edited by Jay Jessup on 07 January 2000 at 01:50 PM.] |
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Gregg A Cox Member Posts: 23 |
posted 07 January 2000 07:30 PM
Didn't Paul play on the tune 'The bug'? I heard that Knopfler tune on a local rock station. Sounded like Franklin to me! And didn't some gal named Mary Chapin-something-or-other record that same tune recently? |
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KEVIN WALKER Member Posts: 208 |
posted 07 January 2000 09:11 PM
Paul played on a release Dire Straits' had out 10 years ago or so, called The Notting Hillbillies. I thought it was interesting. Some of the tracks were fairly good. One in particular; Go Your Own Sweet Way. I never got exactly what audience this was aimed at, maybe just the one listening for new ideas. By the way, the song mentioned above was probably played on C-6th, but it lends itself real easily to E-9th. ,Kevin |
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Olli Haavisto Member Posts: 593 |
posted 08 January 2000 12:49 AM
Mary-Chapin Carpenter has recorded "The Bug" with PF on pedabro. ------------------ |
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Rich Paton Member Posts: 686 |
posted 08 January 2000 12:56 AM
I've been noticing a lot lately, on old pop & top 40 type rock tunes, how many had PSG on them. Who played on the tune that goes "Come Monday, it'll be alright. Come Monday, I'll be holding you tight..." ? Great, great PSG on it! |
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Steve Feldman Member Posts: 2983 |
posted 08 January 2000 11:30 AM
Jimmy Buffet tune (oops - was that a trap?). Look up the steel player on www.allmusic.com SF |
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Anders Lindby Member Posts: 62 |
posted 13 January 2000 06:28 AM
I have a sound clip in "Real audio" on my little homepage (Dire straits with Paul Franklin on steel) Click here to listen. ("Real" soundfile) [This message was edited by Anders Lindby on 13 January 2000 at 06:42 AM.] |
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