What was the first Steel Guitar Song you learned?

Glenn Demichele · Post by **Glenn Demichele** » 31 Aug 2021 7:40 pm

Ha ha. I don’t think I ever really “learned” one!!! I can hunt and peck my way through lots of tunes, but I would flame out at a steel guitar show…

Jack Hargraves · Post by **Jack Hargraves** » 4 Sep 2021 8:26 am

Broken down in tiny pieces

Andy Volk · Post by **Andy Volk** » 5 Sep 2021 4:00 am

"I think it's gonna work out fine" by Jerry Douglas. I copped it (sorry of)figured it out in a simple way by ear in open A on a Gibson EH-150.

Ken Mizell · Post by **Ken Mizell** » 5 Sep 2021 1:29 pm

Honky Tonk Angels, from the old Sho-Bud instruction book with a young Jeff Newman on the cover.

Andy Volk · Post by **Andy Volk** » 5 Sep 2021 2:48 pm

"I think it's gonna work out fine" by Jerry Douglas. I figured it out in a simple way by ear in open A on a Gibson EH-150.

Jeremiah Wade · Post by **Jeremiah Wade** » 6 Sep 2021 1:26 pm

On C6 lap steel I first learned "I'm so lonesome, I could cry." When I purchased my first pedal steel I learned "How great Thou art" from standard notation from a hymnal.

Wesley Medlen · Post by **Wesley Medlen** » 7 Sep 2021 4:59 am

Steel guitar rag

Tommy Shown · Post by **Tommy Shown** » 8 Sep 2021 11:02 am

Farewell party.I had one vinyl wrapped Mavericks back on 79. I listened Lloyd Green pick it and made look so easy for a beginner such as I.

Bruce Heffner · Post by **Bruce Heffner** » 8 Sep 2021 2:11 pm

the Steel Guitar Rag

Wally Pfeifer · Post by **Wally Pfeifer** » 8 Sep 2021 5:04 pm

About 1939,-I was 8 years old. First song played was "Nearer My God to Thee" Single sheet of music in the diagram method.

Dick Chapple Sr · Post by **Dick Chapple Sr** » 17 Feb 2022 12:41 pm

Just saw this older post.
My first 3 professional arrangements by Oahu Music in 1947-48. Have I told You Lately That I Love You, Harbor Lights, and steel Guitar Rag.
I played these at a school function, I was 7 years old at the time.
On pedal steel my first was Sleepwalk.

Larry Hutchison · Post by **Larry Hutchison** » 17 Feb 2022 12:56 pm

Danny Boy

Samuel Phillippe · Post by **Samuel Phillippe** » 17 Feb 2022 3:04 pm

Quinton's Theme......from the tv show Dark Shadows
wife hums it as a lullabye fro the great grand kids

Paul Wade · Post by **Paul Wade** » 17 Feb 2022 3:55 pm

Sleep walk on 6 string then 1 0 string shobud maverick 3-1 out of tune

Archie Walpole · Post by **Archie Walpole** » 17 Feb 2022 4:05 pm

Born to Lose arranged by Mr. Billy Cooper

Fred Treece · Post by **Fred Treece** » 17 Feb 2022 8:35 pm

Samuel Phillippe wrote:Quinton's Theme......from the tv show Dark Shadows
wife hums it as a lullabye fro the great grand kids

Those kids are gonna be messed up in a really good way.

Samuel Phillippe · Post by **Samuel Phillippe** » 18 Feb 2022 7:47 am

Fred Treece wrote:
Samuel Phillippe wrote:Quinton's Theme......from the tv show Dark Shadows
wife hums it as a lullabye fro the great grand kids
Those kids are gonna be messed up in a really good way.

LOL, and they are.

Sam

John De Maille · Post by **John De Maille** » 18 Feb 2022 1:27 pm

When I first got my pedal steel in 1974, it was near Christmas, so, I taught myself to play Silver Bells. It seemed to fit perfectly to the E9th tuning. I had no access to any pro tutoring, so, I had to learn everything myself.

Larry Baker · Post by **Larry Baker** » 18 Feb 2022 3:28 pm

A Fool such as I.

Tom Gorr · Post by **Tom Gorr** » 19 Feb 2022 6:28 pm

I can recall my first 3 but not the order. Steel guitar Rag. Somewhere My Love. Rose Garden. I think I found tab on in scattered on steel guitarist personal pages on the Interwebs circa 2000.

Per Berner · Post by **Per Berner** » 20 Feb 2022 1:17 am

Summer Clouds from Lloyd Green's Shades of Steel.

Jim Sliff · Post by **Jim Sliff** » 20 Feb 2022 11:04 am

The Byrds' "You Ain't goin' Nowhere" with Lloyd Green playing steel (by ear on my first pedal steel, a POS black Tolex-covered Fender S10 student model - probably the most cheaply-constructed version of the ShoBud Maverick.

Made me quit pedal steel for about 15 years!

Bob Carlucci · Post by **Bob Carlucci** » 20 Feb 2022 1:03 pm

This one-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9G0emfp87E

I think I learned major and minor chords first before I learned any songs per se', and then just doodled around to the country rock songs of the day,, but this one is the one that got me down to hard core, big time sheddin'... I could play it after only playing a few days. I could play it acceptably well after about 10 years. bob

Arty Passes · Post by **Arty Passes** » 22 Feb 2022 2:48 pm

On Top of Old Smokey
from the Sho-Bud(?) book with Jeff Newman on the cover. First one I really figured out was Teach Your Children

Dennis Detweiler · Post by **Dennis Detweiler** » 22 Feb 2022 4:34 pm

Bud's Bounce on a D-8 Fender with a changer that bolted onto the end of the guitar(raise only). A and B pedals. No rollers and broke a string every day. Caveman's guitar.

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