I don't know from Red's equipment, but one of my favorite steel solos of all time is one Red did on a Richard Thompson song called "Shady Lies" from an Iain Matthews album.
The longer I live, the more I appreciate the west coast steelers. I know I should own the Tommy White/Lloyd video, but I'm gonna get the Jay Dee video instead.
Red Rhodes
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Jerry Hayes R.I.P.
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Hey Jason,
I worked some casual gigs with the Eddy Drake Band in the early 80's before I left California. Also before that we were the house band at a club in Covina called "Next Time Country". We had Eddy on lead guitar, me on steel, Bruce MacLachlan on Drums, and Dennis Coates on Bass. We consumed a very large amount of beverages as they were free along with our wages. Eddy was a great singer and had a sparse and simple but very effective style on lead guitar. He played fewer notes than most players did but they all counted. I really enjoyed his playing. I remember when we took the Covina gig. Eddy called me and said he was going into a house gig and needed a band. He said it didn't pay much ($250 per week) but it would work up into something and it was a nice club. We worked for a while and Dennis the bass player got close with one of the lady bartenders who also paid the band. One night she had the band money and Dennis found out that the band made $1500 a week. So ol' Ed was makin' $750 a week and the other 3 of us were splitting the other $750. Needless to say we all quit and took another gig and the following Tuesday he had an all new band. I thought Sammy Masters was the only one who paid like that! I still liked him though and we did a couple of gigs together after that.
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Livin' in the Past and the Future with a 12 string Mooney tuning.
<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Jerry Hayes on 13 September 2002 at 10:53 AM.]</p></FONT>
I worked some casual gigs with the Eddy Drake Band in the early 80's before I left California. Also before that we were the house band at a club in Covina called "Next Time Country". We had Eddy on lead guitar, me on steel, Bruce MacLachlan on Drums, and Dennis Coates on Bass. We consumed a very large amount of beverages as they were free along with our wages. Eddy was a great singer and had a sparse and simple but very effective style on lead guitar. He played fewer notes than most players did but they all counted. I really enjoyed his playing. I remember when we took the Covina gig. Eddy called me and said he was going into a house gig and needed a band. He said it didn't pay much ($250 per week) but it would work up into something and it was a nice club. We worked for a while and Dennis the bass player got close with one of the lady bartenders who also paid the band. One night she had the band money and Dennis found out that the band made $1500 a week. So ol' Ed was makin' $750 a week and the other 3 of us were splitting the other $750. Needless to say we all quit and took another gig and the following Tuesday he had an all new band. I thought Sammy Masters was the only one who paid like that! I still liked him though and we did a couple of gigs together after that.
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Livin' in the Past and the Future with a 12 string Mooney tuning.
<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Jerry Hayes on 13 September 2002 at 10:53 AM.]</p></FONT>
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Jim Bob Sedgwick
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Just an aside. The last guitar I saw Red play was at the California Country Club in Ontario (Jack Lox's place). He had his strings blocked at the roller nut and had jury rigged minute adjustment on the fingers of his changer. He was a keyless nut, but did not like the looks of a keyless guitar. His guitar was keyless, with a key head. I miss him, he was a great guy and always had a solution for any mechanical problems a person might have with his equipment.