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Viz unregistered |
posted 11 October 2001 02:12 PM
Hi, I just picked up a copy of John Fogerty and the Blue Ridge Rangers, a real nice album. Does anybody know who's playing the steel on it, there's no credits anywhere. If you've never heard it before, there's some real nice steel work, and John is great. Thanks! |
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Steve Stallings Member From: Bremond, Tx, pop 876, Home of the fighting Bremond Tigers |
posted 11 October 2001 02:26 PM
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This is from 1973 and has only one person playing every instrument. This is all John Fogerty. (Even the steel) ------------------ |
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Jason Odd Member From: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
posted 11 October 2001 05:49 PM
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Yep, Steve is right, John plays fiddle, drums, bass, dobro, etc, etc. A real talent. That album is a real classic, there's some backing singers (maybe just one overdubbed a few times) on songs like "Workin' On The Building." |
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rayman unregistered |
posted 11 October 2001 09:48 PM
It is John Fogerty on everything. I read an interview at the time this album came out. Great album. Fogerty said that the only instrument that gave him a problem was the pedal steel. He said that it was so frustrating getting an overdub with the steel that he put his fist through a wall trying to get the damn thing to intonate. Been there, done that. |
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Jim Eaton Member From: Santa Susana, Ca |
posted 12 October 2001 08:56 AM
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I had a young student at the time the BRR album came out, who loved it! He wanted me to figure out the steel parts for him, he wanted to learn all the songs on the record. When he ask me when they might be "doing a concert in LA" so he could go see them, I realized he didn't have a clue that it was all JF and there wasn't ever going to be a live show! JE:-)> |
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Brandon Roper Member From: Carrollton, TX, USA |
posted 12 October 2001 10:08 AM
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Sorry for my ignorance on the subject, but why would fogerty have trouble getting the steel to intonate while dubbing? Just wondering.(mabey I am incorect on what intonating is) -Brandon |
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Brandon Roper Member From: Carrollton, TX, USA |
posted 12 October 2001 10:09 AM
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Sorry for my ignorance on the subject, but why would fogerty have trouble getting the steel to intonate while dubbing? Just wondering.(mabey I am incorect on what intonating is) -Brandon |
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Jim Smith Member From: Plano, TX, USA |
posted 12 October 2001 10:14 AM
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Probably because he couldn't just sit down and play it like other instruments!   |
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Ziggie Member From: Freeland, Mi. USA |
posted 12 October 2001 11:11 AM
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I just did a gig with Nashville songwriter Bernie Nelson a couple of weeks ago and the first thing he asked me was if I had a copy of The Blue Ridge Rangers LP. I had lost track of it over the years and it was a major influence on both of us years ago when we had a band together. Anyway it got me thinking so I found a copy on CD. It's got some great moments on it. It's the nicest John Fogerty album I ever heard. IMOHO Ziggie |
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rayman unregistered |
posted 12 October 2001 04:10 PM
Fogerty was not adept at moving the bar accurately. Everytime he played the tape back after the overdubs he was terribly either sharp or flat (dis-intonated)with the rest of the recording tracks. |
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Jason Odd Member From: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
posted 13 October 2001 12:32 PM
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Hi Rayman, yeah that's it... I think that the CCR fans among us would know the James Burton inspired dobro playing that John would add to the CCR album cuts. I imagine he thought the steel wouldn't be too much harder than the dobro when he first started the project! |
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PAUL WARNIK Member From: OAK LAWN,IL,USA |
posted 13 October 2001 08:16 PM
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Having had the wonderful opportunity to spend some hours with John doing some playing and dealing in guitars-when I asked him about his pedal steel playing on that album he told me that he played the steel parts on a Sho-Bud Maverick |
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rayman unregistered |
posted 14 October 2001 11:28 AM
That explains that perfectly. Has anyone ever seen a Maverick that would stay in tune? I haven't. |
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PAUL WARNIK Member From: OAK LAWN,IL,USA |
posted 15 October 2001 01:38 PM
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Rayman-having had done set ups on more than a few Mavericks I can say that they can function as a basic instrument when they have been properly set up and tuned-the earlier maple finished body models with the wood neck and standard Gumby keyhead (preferibly with nut rollers)can be made playable |
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Bobby Lee Sysop From: Cloverdale, North California, USA |
posted 15 October 2001 02:40 PM
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Right. My Maverick plays in tune. I don't ask much of it, though. No more than one pull per string. Also, I added a roller nut. That helped a lot. I haven't heard "The Blue Ridge Rangers" in many years. I don't remember even noticing the steel parts. They must have been pretty unspectacular, as I was soaking up all the steel I could find back then. ------------------ |
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PAUL WARNIK Member From: OAK LAWN,IL,USA |
posted 16 October 2001 09:56 AM
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Bobby Lee-when the Blue Ridge Rangers album came out-the song Jambalaya was released as a single and got some limited airplay as a crossover in country and rock-the song also featured Johns most memorable pedal steel solo on the album-sounds like he only used pedals 1 and 2 |
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Jim Eaton Member From: Santa Susana, Ca |
posted 16 October 2001 11:49 AM
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It's all A + B ped's, I worked it out for the student I mentioned in an earlier post. JE:-)> |
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