Modern C6 Pedal Players??

Amos Sheehan · Post by **Amos Sheehan** » 14 Jun 2022 2:34 am

Hey You’s! I wonder if anyone can point me in the direction of the worlds leading contemporary C6 pedal players???
Any style of music so please incude players that play D10’s

Bill Ferguson · Post by **Bill Ferguson** » 14 Jun 2022 5:44 am

Jim Cohen

Jack Stoner · Post by **Jack Stoner** » 14 Jun 2022 7:14 am

1. The master, Buddy Emmons
2. Paul Franklin Jr
3. Many others.

Carl Williams · Post by **Carl Williams** » 14 Jun 2022 7:21 am

Mr. Doug Jernigan

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Joe Krumel · Post by **Joe Krumel** » 14 Jun 2022 7:35 am

Doug Jernigan for sure.

Ken Pippus · Post by **Ken Pippus** » 14 Jun 2022 7:48 am

http://www.jimloessberg.com/

Ron Hogan · Post by **Ron Hogan** » 14 Jun 2022 8:13 am

What do you consider modern? Year range?

Post by **Dave Mudgett** » 14 Jun 2022 8:19 am

Norman Evans wrote on the other thread (now deleted)

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_ ... eel+guitar

Ken Pippus wrote ther

https://www.jimcohen.com/videos

This belongs in Steel Players, I'm moving. It is also not a good idea to post the same exact request in multiple sections.

Ian Rae · Post by **Ian Rae** » 14 Jun 2022 8:43 am

Dave isn't just being bossy - it means all the replies end up in the same place.

Roger Rettig · Post by **Roger Rettig** » 14 Jun 2022 10:15 am

I'd add Buck Reid and Tommy White. Another of my favourites is Mike G. Smith.

b0b · Post by **b0b** » 14 Jun 2022 11:28 am

Lionel Wendling
Doug Jernigan
Jim Loessberg
Bobby Black
Paul Franklin
Jim Cohen

Lee Baucum · Post by **Lee Baucum** » 14 Jun 2022 3:54 pm

Mike Johnson

With Buddy Emmons in the audience:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iUo2kZgn2BU

~Lee

Post by **Dave Mudgett** » 14 Jun 2022 5:09 pm

And more ...

Mike Sweeney
Mike Cass
Sez Adamson
Dave Easley
Herb Steiner
Rick Price
Tommy Detamore
Johnny Cox (although he is doing his D13 these days)
Tiny Olson
Bobby Black (although he plays non-pedal too)
Anthony Locke

... there are many more ... go to Texas

Bill Cunningham · Post by **Bill Cunningham** » 14 Jun 2022 5:16 pm

Lots of great players named here who play great music. But a definition from the OP of “contemporary” would be useful.

The best “modern jazz” playing I have have heard is by Maurice Anderson on the hard to find Johnny Case compilation “Jazz Potpourri/Contrasts in Jazz.” It is post bop modal jazz music (the kind that’s hard to hum, at least for me

) and each tune is typically 6-8 minutes. It was recorded in the early 1970’s, but “modern” compared to the swing/bebop based stuff most of us typically migrate to and consider “jazz”. And I’m not taking anything away from my heroes; some of them are my friends; that have been mentioned above.

Lee Baucum · Post by **Lee Baucum** » 14 Jun 2022 7:12 pm

Eddie Lange Is another one.

~Lee

Chuck Hamilton · Post by **Chuck Hamilton** » 14 Jun 2022 9:35 pm

Steve Palousek no doubt, currently. I always think of Curly Chalker but that goes back a ways.

rick andrews · Post by **rick andrews** » 15 Jun 2022 10:38 am

Again, not sure of the definition of modern but Hal Rugg needs to be included. Even if it was D6th.

Will Ellis · Post by **Will Ellis** » 15 Jun 2022 11:44 am

I’ll add Neil Jones! He’s a younger guy (compared to a lot of the names mentioned) who’s been tearing up c6 every time I’ve seen him in town lately.

scott murray · Post by **scott murray** » 15 Jun 2022 12:49 pm

Nikolai Shveitser is another one to look out for.

and a few others:
Rick Schmidt
Christopher Woitach
Richard Nelson
Susan Alcorn
Tyler Hall

some of them are playing 12 string necks in various tunings but I think they fit the bill.

Terry Wood · Post by **Terry Wood** » 15 Jun 2022 8:59 pm

I'm in agreement with bOb on his list on this post. I'll add Doug Jernigan knows and plays as much or more on the C6th as anyone that I ever heard. He is a Steel Guitar Giant! He will play chords and songs on the C Side that will blow anyone's mind. He played a Gospel Steel Guitar Show that I hosted in 2015 and was incredible. I'm honored to call him my Friend!

b0b · Post by **b0b** » 15 Jun 2022 11:02 pm

He's not playing pedals, but I'd add Mike Neer as a modern C6th player. He's making quite a splash in the contemporary jazz world.

Amos Sheehan · Post by **Amos Sheehan** » 15 Jun 2022 11:46 pm

Thanks to all for your replies!! There is plenty of
Listening for me to do here!
P.S By modern I meant “Alive Today”
P.P.S Sorry for posting in 2 threads- I’m a newbie
to the forum and easy sure if “steel players” was an employment directory!!

Bob Watson · Post by **Bob Watson** » 16 Jun 2022 12:36 pm

There's a younger player in my area named Tobin Hess who is an excellent C6 player. I first saw him playing Banjo when he was around 9 years old and soon after that he started playing Lap steel and then eventually got a D10. He took to the C6 tuning like a fish takes to water and loves playing Jazz. He's in college now, or possibly finishing up a degree and, IMHO, has a very promising musical career ahead of him, if he so chooses to go that route.

Steve Cattermole · Post by **Steve Cattermole** » 17 Jun 2022 2:49 pm

RICK Schmidt

Skip Edwards · Post by **Skip Edwards** » 17 Jun 2022 4:40 pm

Steve Cattermole