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Mark Metdker
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From: North Central Texas, USA

posted 02 September 2004 06:19 AM     profile     
My band has been playing with the great Radney Foster lately. Radney has been one of my favorite songwriters for quite a while. I drug out his Del Rio, TX 1959 cassette tape this week and was really enjoying it. This album has some great steel playing on it. I notice that Steve Fishell not only is playing all the steel, but also produced it. Fishell is a fantastic player, and in my opinion is one of the best. Never hear much about him though.
You guys should pick up the Radney Foster CD I mentioned above. You won't be disappointed.

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Per Berner
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From: Skövde, Sweden

posted 02 September 2004 06:34 AM     profile     
And don't forget Steve Fishell's stellar work on the Trio album by Dolly, Linda and Emmylou...
Bob Blair
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From: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

posted 02 September 2004 08:54 AM     profile     
And with Emmylou's "Hot Band". Steve is a member of the forum and has posted a time or two that I remember. I think I recall reading somewhere that he is pretty active as a producer these days. I also rember reading that he used an old Fender 1000 on "The Pain of Loving You" on Trio - it sounded great.
Peter Siegel
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From: Belmont, CA, USA

posted 02 September 2004 02:40 PM     profile     
Fishell has just recently produced a tribute album on the songs of the great Steven Foster (Oh Susanna, Old Kentucky Home, Camptown Races, etc.). It was written up in the August 7th LA Times.
Kudos to you Steve on such an unusual and interesting project! Keep up the good work.

-Peter

Jerry Overstreet
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From: Louisville Ky

posted 02 September 2004 04:25 PM     profile     
Steve Fishell....I remember him from the '70's on up. What taste and style! Has incredible insight knowing what to play to complment the song and situation.
I saw him on ACL on w/Emmylou about a year ago on a repeat of an old show and was once again blown away by his playiing and taste. He played an S10 Emmons and had wonderful tone. On some tunes, used a distortion effect that just sounded terrific and fit the song perfectly.
Definitely one of the guys that inspired me to take up the pedal steel.
Chris Schlotzhauer
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From: Colleyville, Tx. USA

posted 02 September 2004 09:03 PM     profile     
He's married to Tracy Gershon too..

jim milewski
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From: stowe, vermont

posted 03 September 2004 04:13 AM     profile     
did nice work with McBride and The Ride
Thomas Bancroft
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From: Matawan, New Jersey, USA

posted 03 September 2004 06:40 AM     profile     
Fishell was and is a big influence on my playing as is Dan Dougmore who also worked with Radney. I would also like to recommend the new POCO album "Running Horse". Rusty is truly amazing! Hear that he turned down the chance to tour with the Dixie Chicks last year. He should have struck a deal to have POCO open the show!
Pete Finney
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From: Nashville, Tn.

posted 03 September 2004 07:31 AM     profile     
Steve is also currently head of A&R for Sugar Hill records and has had a hand in a lot of cool records that he didn't perform on (or actually produce).
Fish
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posted 06 September 2004 07:29 AM     profile     
I wanted to take a moment to thank all of you for your very kind words. It’s funny, but I see myself as a perpetual student. I’m always wanting to learn something more about this instrument, something more about the effect that a sliding bar on strings has on people, so to see these words about my own playing was extremely humbling.

A special hello goes out to my old friend Pete Siegel---he’s a good American, an excellent steel guitarist, and as a fellow Commander Cody Band alumni, he knows the redemptive power of “two triple cheese, side order of fries.”

thanks everyone,
Steve Fishell

Olaf van Roggen
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From: Arnhem,The Netherlands

posted 08 September 2004 03:02 PM     profile     
....Pete Siegel????The Pete Siegel who played on Commander Cody's :"Buddy's Cafe"?
This is one of my favorite steel playing on that song.Can't tell Pete,how many times I listened to that solo...Thanks Pete!
Peter Siegel
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From: Belmont, CA, USA

posted 09 September 2004 11:23 AM     profile     
Fish, Olaf,

Thanks for the kind words, I'm pleased someone liked my work.
As far as the Good American part Steve, well you know I was born and raised in Berkeley

-Peter

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