Joachim Kettner wrote:Sneaky Pete on Never Going Back on the Lovin Spoonfuls last album. I was endlessly listening to it with my earphones on.
Was that Pete or Red Rhodes?
Love the Spoonful's version of John Stewart's Never Goin' Back. But the version from Stewart's California Bloodlines featuring "Gentleman Lloyd Green" is pretty cool, too.
I don't have an offering here but I want to thank you all for giving a PSG Newbie a great Spotify playlist.
Even after many years of lap-steel, PSG is a hill to climb so I named the playlist after the first song mentioned in the article, referenced in the first post:
Now that you've said this Jack, I'm not so sure anymore 'cause I always thoght that it was Sneaky.
Was that Pete or Red Rhodes? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9P4hlMzjUQ4
What do the others think?
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Now that you've said this Jack, I'm not so sure anymore 'cause I always thoght that it was Sneaky.
Was that Pete or Red Rhodes? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9P4hlMzjUQ4
What do the others think?
It sounds like Pete till the solo-then it sounds like Red...
I've always thought it was Pete, I suppose partly because pedal steel with Octafuzz is pretty Sneaky Pete-Esque. However, it could really go either way. The steel player isn't credited on the album sleeve, so I suppose there's no way to be sure. And, as Mr. Hinson suggested, it could plausibly be Pete playing the fills and Red on the solo. In any case, that's always been one of my favorite Lovin' Spoonful tunes.
I'm waitin' for the pardon that'll set me free,
But this ain't the movies, so forget about me.
I may have replied to a similar thread some years ago, but Buddy Emmons said that his favourite solo of all time was Dan Dugmore's solo on Linda Ronstadt's version of Blue Bayou.
For me. Tommy Detamore takes some beating, but the King is Red Rhodes. Check out his playing on Mike Nesmith's 'And the Hits Just Keep on Coming'. Outrageous.
I think Ricky Skaggs' version of "Raisin' The Dickens" deserves mention here. The steel ride (in this old Emmons' composition) is played by Terry Crisp, and you really have to be accomplished to fully appreciate what he's doing in this song. His playing is simply awesome! So good that I doubt that there's more than a a dozen players in the world that could copy it faithfully and at that speed.
His solo begins at 2:04, and it's really that good.
If we dip into Ricky Skaggs... well, we have to mention, "No One Can Hurt You (Like Someone You Love)"....which dedicates the whole end of the song to Mr. Green.... so very, very nice.
... and then that brings up Conway Twitty's "Lost In A Feeling" featuring the unbelievable Mr. Hughey.
... I forgot "Rainbows All Over Your Blues" and "Someday Soon", 2 of Buddy's west coast recordings....
Oh my.
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