Tammy Wynette's steel player

Richard Lester · Post by **Richard Lester** » 24 Jul 2018 4:54 pm

Hello Y'All,
Question: Who played steel on Tammy Wynettes' recording of Apartment Number Nine?
thank you,
Rich Lester

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 24 Jul 2018 5:05 pm

Pete Drake

Bobby Nelson · Post by **Bobby Nelson** » 25 Jul 2018 1:35 am

Huh... Seems like Pete Drake must have been one of Billy Sherill's go to guys.

Richard Sinkler · Post by **Richard Sinkler** » 25 Jul 2018 6:30 am

Bobby Nelson wrote:Huh... Seems like Pete Drake must have been one of Billy Sherill's go to guys.

Yup.

David Mitchell · Post by **David Mitchell** » 27 Jul 2018 8:15 pm

If Billy Sherrill produced it Pete Drake played steel on it. That's how much Billy thought of Pete's playing. I have to agree with Billy. Pete's signature licks put a stamp on all records that set it apart from all the rest.

Jeff Evans · Post by **Jeff Evans** » 27 Jul 2018 10:24 pm

Lloyd Green . . . according to Lloyd Green.

. . . August 29, 1967 I recorded D-I-V-O-R-C-E with Tammy with my new pedal. — LLG

scott murray · Post by **scott murray** » 27 Jul 2018 10:37 pm

Lloyd on DIVORCE, Pete on Apartment #9.

Walter Stettner · Post by **Walter Stettner** » 28 Jul 2018 10:53 am

Just FYI for those who haven't seen it:

I still have my extensive listing of "Who Played On..." accessible through the Lloyd Green-Tribute website.

http://www.lloydgreentribute.com/Austri ... foNews.htm

This page contains alphabetical listings of songs, the singer and the steel player. Many of the songs are hyperlinked, so you can click on it and go to the YouTube page with that song (apologies if some of the links are dead, this is mostly because the YT track was removed.

Kind Regards, Walter

David Mitchell · Post by **David Mitchell** » 28 Jul 2018 6:03 pm

Divorce is the oddball one. The other oddball is Pete Drake playing steel on Lynn Anderson's Rosegarden after Lloyd had played steel on most of her previous albums.

Marco Schouten · Post by **Marco Schouten** » 29 Jul 2018 4:04 am

David Mitchell wrote:Divorce is the oddball one. The other oddball is Pete Drake playing steel on Lynn Anderson's Rosegarden after Lloyd had played steel on most of her previous albums.

Lloyd did a few more songs:
D-I-V-O-R-C-E
Crying Steel Guitar
Satin Sheets
Gentle On My Mind
All Night Long
Kiss Away
Most of the rest was Pete Drake.

David Mitchell · Post by **David Mitchell** » 29 Jul 2018 1:42 pm

Marco thanks for that correction. The truth is in the details!

David Mitchell · Post by **David Mitchell** » 29 Jul 2018 4:14 pm

Me and my friend Sandy Dean recorded a Tammy Wynette song for an album we did of old classic country about 10 years ago. Sandy sang it and I played all the instruments. Recorded in my home studio. You can follow my YouTube link for more of our work.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYbAVfkEXMI