Remembering Sneaky Pete

Alan Brookes · Post by **Alan Brookes** » 17 Aug 2013 5:38 pm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneaky_Pete_Kleinow

Tuesday would have been Sneaky Pete Kleinow's 79th birthday. A very talented man with a unique pedal steel style.

Jim Palenscar · Post by **Jim Palenscar** » 17 Aug 2013 7:21 pm

He was my hero

Skip Edwards · Post by **Skip Edwards** » 18 Aug 2013 7:20 am

Mine, too.

Chris Boyd · Post by **Chris Boyd** » 18 Aug 2013 12:48 pm

He was a hero to me as well....

John Macy · Post by **John Macy** » 18 Aug 2013 7:46 pm

My first introduction to Sneaky was hearing the brown Linda Rondstat record with Sneaky on the live side, and Emmons on the studio side--went out and bought a steel the next week....

John Macy · Post by **John Macy** » 18 Aug 2013 7:46 pm

My first introduction to Sneaky was hearing the brown Linda Rondstat record with Sneaky on the live side, and Emmons on the studio side--went out and bought a steel the next week....

Russ Tkac · Post by **Russ Tkac** » 19 Aug 2013 8:52 am

I met Sneaky in 2005 at Blissfest in Michigan. Meeting him was like the time I met Chet Atkins ... humbling.

Skip and John - good to see you here. How come I knew you two would already have posted here?

Joachim Kettner · Post by **Joachim Kettner** » 19 Aug 2013 12:51 pm

It's strange, I never thought much about "The Guilded Palace Of Sin" in later years. But this summer I thought alot about the time when I first heard it in'69. I rememeber quite clearly what went down then. My parents, my girlfriend and my school, and the record shop where I found it.
Thank you Sneaky!

steve takacs · Post by **steve takacs** » 20 Aug 2013 6:18 am

And let's not forget some of the other artistic gifts he gave us such as GUMBY and his work "animating scenes for George Lucas' "Star Wars-the Empire Strikes Back". He also did work for Fantasy II Film Effects for the movies "Gremlins", "Dune" and "The Terminator". Interesting short read:

http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.actio ... 4976887004

Thanks, Sneaky, stevet

bruce fischer · Post by **bruce fischer** » 20 Aug 2013 1:19 pm

gone way too soon!

Bob Carlucci · Post by **Bob Carlucci** » 20 Aug 2013 4:36 pm

Jim Palenscar wrote:He was my hero

Same here..... bob

Bob Blair · Post by **Bob Blair** » 20 Aug 2013 7:06 pm

A hero to me as well. The other day I was listening to some of the stuff he did with Ronstadt. Aw man......

Skip Edwards · Post by **Skip Edwards** » 20 Aug 2013 8:20 pm

I played keys on a gig with Johnny Lee the other night.
Had to refresh my memory on his stuff, and gave "Cherokee Fiddle" a listen. Wondeful steel track on that tune, with a really cool solo by Sneaky.
Pure Pete Perfection...

John Macy · Post by **John Macy** » 20 Aug 2013 8:22 pm

That was a very cool solo...I played on the original version by Michael Martin Murphey and it had a totally different feel...

Skip Edwards · Post by **Skip Edwards** » 20 Aug 2013 9:19 pm

Yeah, John...J Lee was talking about how MMM's version was slow and ballad-like. That's cool that you played on it.

Russ Tkac · Post by **Russ Tkac** » 21 Aug 2013 12:12 pm

Hey Skip! The Norritos.

Skip Edwards · Post by **Skip Edwards** » 21 Aug 2013 1:04 pm

Yeah, Russ...that's what they were. No wonder Pete split...

Jeremy Threlfall · Post by **Jeremy Threlfall** » 24 Aug 2013 9:04 pm

I listen to Sneaky Pete at least once a week

Niels Andrews · Post by **Niels Andrews** » 25 Aug 2013 12:48 am

Don't forget this one. This is a true inspiration to me.

http://youtu.be/4CjwjPcM_9w

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