There was a little discussion about Hal on another topic. A lot of his licks from the 60's were so good and he did a lot of those with the Wilburn Brothers on their albums and TV shows. Actually, I believe those licks were done first for the Wilburns before Loretta Lynn.
Back then and through the 70's, anytime I could get my hands on a Wiburn Brothers album, I'd jump on it. I cut my teeth on those.
Anyway, the intro on this live one I do a teach-in on it. So CLASSIC Rugg.
I love the Hal Rugg style of picking. The group I work with now has a young lady that sings a number of Loretta Lynn songs. I love playing them so I can play some of Hals intros and picking styles.
Haha. Is that an outtake or the actual record? Back when Reed was still a session player I guess?
At probably 8 years old, before I even thought about playing steel guitar, I never missed the Wilburn Brother show just to get to hear Hal and Spicher or Curley and Jimmy Capps play the instrumental when they returned from the commercial. Great
Memories 😀
For you Rugg fans (and we all should be) there's a vinyl album by a studio group called the "Concrete Cowboys" that you can buy cheaply. Bobby Black told me it's one of his favorites and I tracked it down. Stock cover tunes by a group put together by a producer to cover the hits, and Hal plays beautifully on it.
