Tommy White, My favorite steel player

Terry Winter · Post by **Terry Winter** » 5 Oct 2018 8:59 am

We met Tommy at St. Louis some years back...took the time to chat with me and I got a picture. Very much a highlight, well and his playing is second to none!

J R Rose · Post by **J R Rose** » 5 Oct 2018 9:21 am

A lot of great things have been said here about Tommy White so I won't repeat them. Some people are Born destined to be GREAT in life and Tommy White was/is that. Thanks be to Him for that, J.R. Rose

Johnny Cox · Post by **Johnny Cox** » 5 Oct 2018 4:48 pm

The original post was in 2011. It's 2018 and Tommy is still my favorite.

Jerry Overstreet · Post by **Jerry Overstreet** » 5 Oct 2018 5:32 pm

It's all good, but his Wichita Lineman recording is at the top of my all-time favorites. I can easily understand why he would be anyone's favorite player.

Dan Behringer · Post by **Dan Behringer** » 7 Oct 2018 1:23 pm

I think there was a very good reason that someone we all know nicknamed him "Killer"! You just have to listen to understand why.

Donny Hinson · Post by **Donny Hinson** » 7 Oct 2018 3:42 pm

I'm certainly no famous player, but for what it's worth, I think that Tommy is the "King" of playing those folding/bending/morphing chord lines that so may of us try to emulate. It's uncanny how he can tie all that pedal and lever stuff together so seamlessly and smoothly. The notes in his chords flow like trickles of water around the rocks in a stream bed, with each little rivulet dividing, rejoining, and continually repeating the process. It's almost as if the strings had a mind of their own.