Steel Guitar Strings
Strings & instruction for lap steel, Hawaiian & pedal steel guitars
http://SteelGuitarShopper.com
Ray Price Shuffles
Classic country shuffle styles for Band-in-a-Box, by BIAB guru Jim Baron.
http://steelguitarmusic.com

This Forum is CLOSED.
Go to bb.steelguitarforum.com to read and post new messages.

Note: This is an archived topic. It is read-only.
   The Steel Guitar Forum
  Bar Chatter Archive
  Where are they now?

UBBFriend: Email This Page to Someone!

profile | register | preferences | faq | search



This topic was originally posted in this forum: Wanted To Buy
Author Topic:   Where are they now?
Jack Mansfield
Member

Posts: 105
From: Reno, NV
Registered: FEB 2000

posted 21 June 2001 04:28 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Jack Mansfield     
Was looking thru some old steel guitar material, and was wondering the whereabouts of Sonny Burnette, and Sonny Curtis. Are they still alive?

Jerry Brightman
Member

Posts: 757
From:
Registered: FEB 2001

posted 21 June 2001 04:42 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Jerry Brightman     
Hi,

Sonny Curtis is alive and living in the Columbus, Ohio area. Great player and great guy!

Jerry

Paul Graupp
Member

Posts: 3199
From: Macon Ga USA
Registered: JAN 2001

posted 21 June 2001 06:28 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Paul Graupp     
Jerry;

If you know or could ask Sonny, does he still
have his E9th setup to where he tunes to an A and then lowers it to a G# opposite to the usual setup ? I was always intrigued by the way they said he did it back when he was with George and Tammy.

Best Regards, Paul

Al Marcus
Member

Posts: 7471
From: Cedar Springs,MI USA
Registered: MAY 99

posted 21 June 2001 08:36 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Al Marcus     
Hi Paul- That is a long pull from high A to G#.
I tried that way, liked to have A6 open then pedals down put you in E9.
As you say just the opposite of the normal way.
That way I could play all the A6 stuff, instead of B6. But It just did not work out for me.....al

nick allen
Member

Posts: 653
From: France
Registered: MAR 2000

posted 22 June 2001 01:06 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for nick allen     
Excuse my ignorance, but I've seen mention of Sonny Curtis as a steel player a few times. Is this the same Sonny Curtis who sometimes played with the Crickets, and wrote (I think) "I Fought The Law", etc, or another one?
Nick

Rick Johnson
Member

Posts: 727
From: Wheelwright, Ky USA
Registered: JAN 2001

posted 22 June 2001 04:50 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Rick Johnson     
Nick,
I don't think this is the same guy with
the Crickets. Sonny played with George
and Tammy. He played a Clark pedal steel.
He and his son Rick operated a pretty
successfull store in Columbus in the 70's
and early 80's. I haven't seen him in years.
Kenny Krupnick lives in Columbus. He is on
the forum, he may know where Sonny is now.

Rick

------------------
Rick Johnson


Paul Graupp
Member

Posts: 3199
From: Macon Ga USA
Registered: JAN 2001

posted 22 June 2001 05:35 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Paul Graupp     
Al;

Yeah, that would be a long pull ! No, actually the way I recall it, Sonny tunes his third and sixth strings to "A"s and then lowers them a half tone to "G#"s. That is what I meant by opposite of the normal way.
I have often wondered how that affected the life expectancy of his third string.

Regards, Paul

Smiley Roberts
Member

Posts: 4424
From: Hendersonville,Tn. 37075
Registered: DEC 99

posted 22 June 2001 05:43 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Smiley Roberts     
Sonny Burnette now lives in Smithville,Tn. Looks to be about 50 miles,West of NashVILE.

------------------

  ~ ~
            ars longa,
  mm         vita brevis 
-=sr=-



Richard Sinkler
Member

Posts: 2896
From: Fremont, California
Registered: AUG 98

posted 22 June 2001 10:44 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Richard Sinkler     
Sonny Curtis I believe, also played a ZB for many years.

Roger Edgington
Member

Posts: 999
From: San Antonio, Texas USA
Registered: MAR 2000

posted 23 June 2001 09:43 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Roger Edgington     
I live in Texas now,but I was born and raised in Cols. O. and watched Sonny Curtis play many times. Sonny is as smooth as silk and a super guy. In the early 60s I would go listen to Sonny and Jimmy Crawford playing twin steels with Donny Young(Johnny Paycheck)doing the vocals. Sonny was still playing a Fender 1000 then. I really got hooked on steel.

All times are Pacific (US)

This is an ARCHIVED topic. You may not reply to it!
Hop to:

Contact Us | Catalog of Pedal Steel Music Products

Note: Messages not explicitly copyrighted are in the Public Domain.


Ultimate Bulletin Board 5.46

Our mailing address is:
The Steel Guitar Forum
148 South Cloverdale Blvd.
Cloverdale, CA 95425 USA

Support the Forum