Pete Townshend on 10-string dobro

scott murray · Post by **scott murray** » 2 Apr 2023 10:04 am

sir Pete released a new song & video recently and can be seen/heard playing a 10-string dobro (!) which surprised me... I've never known him to dabble with the steel bar. the song is called Can't Outrun The Truth: https://youtu.be/M7nGSBBxdu0

I'd love to know why he went with 10 strings and how he's tuning it. maybe someone will ask him, or already has?

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 2 Apr 2023 10:20 am

I've never known him to dabble with the steel bar.

He dabbled with pedal steel back in the day. Looks like an old Sho-Bud on a recording session.

scott murray · Post by **scott murray** » 2 Apr 2023 10:30 am

cool Doug! I have seen that photo come to think of it.

do you know of any other recordings with Pete on steel?

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 2 Apr 2023 10:49 am

There's some interesting info in this thread: viewtopic.php?p=2023450

scott murray · Post by **scott murray** » 2 Apr 2023 11:13 am

thanks again Doug!

so here are the songs with Pete on psg:

Time Is Passing

The Love Man

Cookin'

and apparently this one by Thunderclap Newman, Pete produced the record:
Hollywood Dream

Brendan Mitchell · Post by **Brendan Mitchell** » 2 Apr 2023 7:38 pm

I remember reading somewhere that he threw that Sho-Bud into the mud on the banks of the Thames in disgust .

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 2 Apr 2023 9:19 pm

I read an interview where he said he “gave up” on pedal steel a long time ago.

Joachim Kettner · Post by **Joachim Kettner** » 3 Apr 2023 4:24 am

The Who Sell Out
That album has interludes of Talkbox steel in between songs. It seems that they had been recorded formerly as Radio jingles in the States. They sound like Pete Drake to me.

Jack Hanson · Post by **Jack Hanson** » 3 Apr 2023 5:58 am

Joachim Kettner wrote:The Who Sell Out
That album has interludes of Talkbox steel in between songs. It seems that they had been recorded formerly as Radio jingles in the States. They sound like Pete Drake to me.

Much was recorded by Alvino Rey at PAMS Studio in Dallas, TX circa 1959-1960.

viewtopic.php?t=350538&highlight=pams

Jack Hanson · Post by **Jack Hanson** » 3 Apr 2023 8:22 am

Arguably the finest album cover in popular music history, The Who Sell Out: