Buck Owens - You`re for Me

Bill Miller · Post by **Bill Miller** » 25 Apr 2017 12:34 pm

Was the steel player on this song Ralph Mooney or Tom Brumley? I'm thinking it sounds more like Brumley but I'm not sure. And which of them preceded the other in the Buckaroos? The early pictures I've seen all seem to have Tom Brumley.
Also, didn't Jay Dee Maness play with Buck Owens in later years?
That particular intro and solo make it my all time favorite Buck Owens song. Been trying to nail it.

Jeff Garden · Post by **Jeff Garden** » 25 Apr 2017 1:11 pm

I'll take a shot at it, Bill...
Ralph Mooney played steel on "You're For Me"
https://www.discogs.com/Buck-Owens-Your ... se/1261402

I may have missed somebody but I think Buck's steel players in order were:
Ralph Mooney
Jay MacDonald
Tom Brumley
Jay Dee Maness
Jerry Brightman
Terry Christofferson

Bill Miller · Post by **Bill Miller** » 25 Apr 2017 1:58 pm

Thanks Jeff, I didn't realize there had been that many different players over the years. I came across a more modern looking video on YouTube...can't remember the tune right now, but the steel player was doubling on six string lead. That must have been Terry Christofferson then.

Chris Templeton · Post by **Chris Templeton** » 26 Apr 2017 5:15 am

Here's the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdUmqKug-pg

Ricky Davis · Post by **Ricky Davis** » 26 Apr 2017 7:39 am

That is Ralph Mooney on the clip Chris just posted.

Chris Templeton · Post by **Chris Templeton** » 26 Apr 2017 7:46 am

Yes, my friend and diehard C&W fan in Japan just emailed me this:

Chris,
Yes, "You're For Me" is in Buck's 3rd album 1962.
I believe Ralph Mooney on steel.
I love this song.
Yoshio

Bill Miller · Post by **Bill Miller** » 26 Apr 2017 11:45 am

I think I have the album on vinyl somewhere around here although it hasn't seen the light of day in eons. You don't often hear the players get a chance to stretch out on a long ride like that anymore. As long as there's a pedal steel left anywhere that music will never die.

Gary Hoetker · Post by **Gary Hoetker** » 26 Apr 2017 12:00 pm

Mooney for sure per the liner with that CD. Brumley was a great steeler, of course, but had his own unique style and tone that was very different from Mooney especially when he converted from the Fender to ZB.

Frank Freniere · Post by **Frank Freniere** » 26 Apr 2017 1:56 pm

http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopi ... ght=mooney

Bill Miller · Post by **Bill Miller** » 26 Apr 2017 4:17 pm

Frank, I was looking at that old thread
:

Yeah, it's a two-footer, Jim - it can be done.

I'm trying to figure out why you need the A pedal. I slow it right down with Amazing Slowdowner and I seem to be duplicating that part just pumping the B + C pedals. What am I missing? My C pedal raises the 4th and 5th a full step.

Frank Freniere · Post by **Frank Freniere** » 27 Apr 2017 10:42 am

Hi Bill -

I'm on my tiny annoying iPhone right now instead of my PC. But I think I used C pedal in the 4th measure to preserve the 5th string full raise when I rock off C pedal to get no pedal on string 4. That's how I heard it anyway ...

Bill Miller · Post by **Bill Miller** » 27 Apr 2017 11:46 am

Frank, I get that part but I'm just wondering about the " two-footer' reference. Maybe you were referring to what Mooney was doing on an old Fender guitar that didn't have modern changes? Just using B and C together with one foot seems to do the trick for me on that particular bar. I don't need the A pedal. ...or I don't seem to, but can I trust my ears?

Frank Freniere · Post by **Frank Freniere** » 27 Apr 2017 12:42 pm

"A chacun son gout."

Bill Miller · Post by **Bill Miller** » 27 Apr 2017 2:24 pm

Not doubting you Frank. It's me I don't trust. Just trying to puzzle it out.