Some great work by Pete Drake on this record..

Joachim Kettner · Post by **Joachim Kettner** » 20 Oct 2016 8:15 am

Maybe this one Jeff?
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xp4gor ... -lay_music

Charlie McDonald · Post by **Charlie McDonald** » 20 Oct 2016 8:43 am

Just thinking about that one yesterday.... Classic.

Chris Schlotzhauer · Post by **Chris Schlotzhauer** » 20 Oct 2016 4:08 pm

That is a great recording.

Glenn Suchan · Post by **Glenn Suchan** » 21 Oct 2016 7:13 am

Pete certainly got around. Aside from the high profile and well known sessions he's played on, here are a few lesser known tracks.

The Holy Modal Rounders from their late '60s album on the Metromedia label, Good Taste is Timeless
"Once a Year"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFxqSIVeV6o
and the ethereal sounding "Love is the Closest Thing"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-BKDB5_kag

On Harvey Mandel's 1968 album on Phillips, Cristo Redentor Pete's pedal steel stylings weave perfectly with Harvey's unique guitar style:
"Bradley's Barn"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldHC22zXwFk&index=8
"Nashville 1 AM"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHw0dOAFqvo

Keep on pickin'!
Glenn

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 21 Oct 2016 7:38 am

Yes, in the early 70's he owned "Pete Drake Productions", producing and recording new artists. He must have played on thousands of records.

Here's a cool video from about 1964. Pete's instrumental "Forever" reached #25 on the pop charts. I remember hearing this on the radio when I was a kid. -----> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R9an8AU3No

Glenn Suchan · Post by **Glenn Suchan** » 21 Oct 2016 7:54 am

Cool, Doug,

'Seems to me that I'd read somewhere that Buddy claimed to have had that idea and Pete picked up on it. Maybe someone on the Forum may be able to 'facts-check' that. Anyway, just a little diversion from Pete. Here is the Big E playing a talk box through his PSG on the Cherokee Cowboys' 1965 album Western Strings with a song titled "Burnt Fingers", Wade Ray sings the lyrics:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guhjDV1XWjw

Now back to this great Pete Drake thread.

Keep on pickin'!
Glenn

Earnest Bovine · Post by **Earnest Bovine** » 21 Oct 2016 8:15 am

Glenn Suchan wrote:I'd read somewhere that Buddy claimed to have had that idea and Pete picked up on it.

The talking steel guitar was invented by a very alarming-looking fellow named Stringy.
https://youtu.be/jPd9cxqKCVg?t=196

Glenn Suchan · Post by **Glenn Suchan** » 21 Oct 2016 8:19 am

Thanks, Earnest! Looks like Alvino was playing a Harlen Brothers Multichord.

Hey, Look what I just discovered!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYeq6aULO7k

Keep on pickin'!
Glenn

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 21 Oct 2016 8:41 am

Yeah, Alvino Rey was first with the talking guitar, 1939, 20 years before Pete Drake. But he used different technology. His wife was offstage wearing a "throat mic". She would mouth the words as Alvino played. What a team!

b0b · Post by **b0b** » 21 Oct 2016 8:52 am

Glenn Suchan wrote:Pete certainly got around. Aside from the high profile and well known sessions he's played on, here are a few lesser known tracks. [...]

On Harvey Mandel's 1968 album on Phillips, Cristo Redentor Pete's pedal steel stylings weave perfectly with Harvey's unique guitar style:
"Bradley's Barn"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldHC22zXwFk&index=8
"Nashville 1 AM"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHw0dOAFqvo

Keep on pickin'!
Glenn

Way! I never realized there was pedal steel on that album. Now that you call it out, it's obvious. Very cool. Pete Drake rocks! Thanks for posting.

Was "Lay Lady Lay" the first use of pedal steel with a Leslie?

Greg Cutshaw · Post by **Greg Cutshaw** » 21 Oct 2016 9:16 am

Pete sang a pretty good straight country song too. Here he is singing on Color of the Blues:

http://www.gregcutshaw.com/Samples/18%2 ... k%2018.wma

Joachim Kettner · Post by **Joachim Kettner** » 21 Oct 2016 9:27 am

Glenn Suchan wrote:
Hey, Look what I just discovered!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYeq6aULO7k

Maybe not so important, but he changed the key of the original which is A, to B- flat.

Greg Cutshaw · Post by **Greg Cutshaw** » 21 Oct 2016 10:08 am

My all time favorite Pete Drake instrumental, Midnight in Amarillo:

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

Not sure about all the piano players but I have heard that Dean Manuel played on a lot of the Starday cuts as well as Pig. Dean was an awesome talent and they did a great job of capturing the piano sound on these old recordings.

Glenn Suchan · Post by **Glenn Suchan** » 25 Oct 2016 12:48 pm

Probably my favorite talking steel guitar song - Pete Drake, of course! It doesn't hurt that it's a Roger Miller ballad....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=No7asZj5esY

Keep on pickin'!
Glenn