Favorite SLOW steel solos

Donny Hinson · Post by **Donny Hinson** » 27 Apr 2020 6:46 am

I couldn't let this thread go without recognizing Dicky Overbey!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jF215SyGZ8

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Mike Bacciarini · Post by **Mike Bacciarini** » 27 Apr 2020 7:03 am

Olafâ€™s right about Neil Flanz. Great playing... really complimented Gram.

One of my favorites is Rusty Young with Poco.... â€œWhat Am I Gonna Do?â€

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jUFKFCMsmj8

Jim Palenscar · Post by **Jim Palenscar** » 27 Apr 2020 8:05 am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1Db6R-1zic

Barry Blackwood · Post by **Barry Blackwood** » 27 Apr 2020 8:11 am

PF solo on 'Whenever You Come Around' - Vince and Sting rendition on the Crossroads tv special.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1Db6R-1zic

John Drury · Post by **John Drury** » 27 Apr 2020 9:05 am

Here is an outro by Lloyd Green that will make you want to feed your steel into a limb shredder!

Album is: The other side, from East Nashville. Song is "Wish Me Away" by Chely Wright.

Listen to Lloyds outtro 3:52 to 4:56 Better pour a stiff one first!

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

Mike Bacciarini · Post by **Mike Bacciarini** » 27 Apr 2020 9:44 am

Thatâ€™s it... Iâ€™m calling the equipment rental place now:

â€œHow much for a chipper shredder for about 15 minutes?â€

John Drury · Post by **John Drury** » 27 Apr 2020 10:08 am

Mike Bacciarini wrote:Thatâ€™s it... Iâ€™m calling the equipment rental place now:

â€œHow much for a chipper shredder for about 15 minutes?â€

Ha! Ha! Ha! Mike! Don't do it man! Its not the guitars, its us! He could do that with either one of our axe's! LMAO!

That is one sweet 60 seconds of E9, yeah?

John Drury · Post by **John Drury** » 27 Apr 2020 10:13 am

Barry Blackwood wrote:PF solo on 'Whenever You Come Around' - Vince and Sting rendition on the Crossroads tv special.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1Db6R-1zic

Barry,

P.F. is too much!!! Wow!

Larry Baker · Post by **Larry Baker** » 27 Apr 2020 3:04 pm

Neosho Waltz.. Done by Tom Brumley. its on the
Tom Catin CD. great song.

Matt Elsen · Post by **Matt Elsen** » 27 Apr 2020 4:35 pm

Ralph Mooney's sweet ride on Waylon's "The Last Letter"....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhQYzNj9IGY

Joe Goldmark · Post by **Joe Goldmark** » 27 Apr 2020 4:47 pm

Josh, you opened up a big can... Hope you're doing well buddy.

Dawn Sears and The Time Jumpers: "Leaving & Saying Goodbye" with the always pleasing John
Hughey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhiyEoGC1xw

Mo Pitney with Mike Johnson on steel "Borrowed Angel"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUD73xc0OUE

Joe

Post by **Dave Mudgett** » 27 Apr 2020 7:17 pm

Absolutely - John Hughey was totally sublime on slow material. But I can hardly believe nobody has mentioned Tom Brumley's playing on Together Again, and many other songs. I Sang Dixie with Dwight comes to mind - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMQI-L8Pf8k

Jack Stanton · Post by **Jack Stanton** » 27 Apr 2020 7:24 pm

Buddy Emmons on Linda Rondstat's In My Reply. Perfection

Josephus Vroomans · Post by **Josephus Vroomans** » 27 Apr 2020 11:09 pm

John Spaulding wrote:
Ron Funk wrote:Paul Franklin solo on Dawn Sears "If You're Gonna Do Me Wrong, Do It Right"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cixiEyfeJSg
TAB for that solo available here: If You're Gonna Do Me Wrong

The page is still there, but the tab PDFs are no longer available it seems. Getting 404 error.

Roy Heap · Post by **Roy Heap** » 28 Apr 2020 1:02 am

Not forgetting Buddy's "Mansion on the Hill.
https://youtu.be/PfKlJawUbvI

Per Berner · Post by **Per Berner** » 28 Apr 2020 1:07 am

John Hughey's Hello Darlin' and I'm not Lisa
Lloyd Green's Farewell Party, Bars of Steel and Summer Clouds
Paul Franklin's Song for Sara and Pretty Things
Nashville Bar Association's The Air That I Breathe

Ronald Moore · Post by **Ronald Moore** » 28 Apr 2020 7:37 am

Mike Johnson's CD "Almost Midnight". Gene Watson sings "Take Me As I Am" and Mike plays an amazing solo in which he changes keys several times. That cut alone is worth the price of the CD.

John Spaulding · Post by **John Spaulding** » 28 Apr 2020 7:44 am

The page is still there, but the tab PDFs are no longer available it seems. Getting 404 error.

Hi Josephus- Thanks for that, we've got it fixed...link should work now, be sure to refresh before trying it.

We emigrated Paul's Blog to a new server recently, and a few things didn't make the trip!

John

Cody Stewart · Post by **Cody Stewart** » 28 Apr 2020 8:30 am

Dickey Overbey's Together Again at 55sec. The faces he makes shows the connection between his soul and that old Bud.

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

Olaf van Roggen · Post by **Olaf van Roggen** » 28 Apr 2020 12:26 pm

Great songs and steel solo's here,I just wanted to add another favorite " Lloyd Maines with Joe Ely" because of the wind.
https://youtu.be/jLyvHZoBa9Q[/url]

Josephus Vroomans · Post by **Josephus Vroomans** » 28 Apr 2020 12:41 pm

John Spaulding wrote:
The page is still there, but the tab PDFs are no longer available it seems. Getting 404 error.
Hi Josephus- Thanks for that, we've got it fixed...link should work now, be sure to refresh before trying it.

We emigrated Paul's Blog to a new server recently, and a few things didn't make the trip!

John

Thank you, that was quick!

Glenn Suchan · Post by **Glenn Suchan** » 29 Apr 2020 8:00 am

Jimmy Day, "Rambling Man"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWxbhLXtpHE

The following contain understated but beautiful playing.

Jimmy Day's intro chimes on Lee Clayton's "Rainbow in the Sky":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvBd5QKlWLE

Jimmy Day's playing on Townes Van Zandt's "Flying Shoes":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1iy0Q8jur8

Lastly, Lastly Buddy's intro and turnaround on Steve Young's cover of the Buddy Starcher song, "Sweet Thing":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jLBZHo7mLo

Keep on pickin'!
Glenn

Jack Hanson · Post by **Jack Hanson** » 29 Apr 2020 9:57 am

I Threw Away The Rose by Moon.

Jeff Harbour · Post by **Jeff Harbour** » 29 Apr 2020 4:47 pm

Though I have admiration and respect for slow steel solos, it is not often that one really grabs my attention. But, one exception that definitely comes to mind is George Strait's version of "So Much Like My Dad". There is some very beautiful playing on that one. It's from about 1991 or 1992... and I'm pretty sure George used Buddy Emmons for most of that album, including that song.

Glenn Suchan · Post by **Glenn Suchan** » 29 Apr 2020 6:31 pm

Another one of my fav slow solos, this time by Lloyd Maines:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLyvHZoBa9Q

Keep on pickin'!
Glenn