A Steel Guitar and a Glass of Wine

Darrell Criswell · Post by **Darrell Criswell** » 31 Jul 2018 7:31 am

I just happened across this song...thought it was interesting "A Steel Guitar and a Glass of Wine" by Paul Anka

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tK6mZmR6YrE

Joachim Kettner · Post by **Joachim Kettner** » 31 Jul 2018 11:25 am

I believe that he was backing up John Prine and Steve Goodman to get a record contract in the the early seventies. Slight topic drift I know, but these two had steel on their records.

Bill Sinclair · Post by **Bill Sinclair** » 31 Jul 2018 12:12 pm

Pretty schmaltzy - and features a mandolin instead of a steel guitar! Swing it, add a steel guitar and lose the "uh" syllable added at the end of every line and you've got a hit!

Rich Upright · Post by **Rich Upright** » 31 Jul 2018 12:27 pm

A tad hokey.

Kevin Fix · Post by **Kevin Fix** » 31 Jul 2018 6:56 pm

Bobby Nelson · Post by **Bobby Nelson** » 1 Aug 2018 3:15 pm

I wonder if he got his glass of wine, because it doesn't seem like he got his steel guitar.

Darrell Criswell · Post by **Darrell Criswell** » 1 Aug 2018 3:53 pm

I heard a lot of the guys back in those days would sit in the studio all day and record new songs just in the hope they would find one that would catch on.

Herb Steiner · Post by **Herb Steiner** » 2 Aug 2018 9:28 am

Frank Sinatra sang about "stars and steel guitars" in his great song "It Happened in Monterrey." But there was nary a steel guitar on the recording.

Didn't matter one whit to me. It's a great performance. Actually most of my favorite music to listen to nowadays doesn't have a steel guitar within miles.