Jeff & Sheri Easter steel player

C. Eric Banister · Post by **C. Eric Banister** » 18 Apr 2023 4:15 am

Anyone know who plays steel and dobro on the newest Jeff & Sheri Easter recording, Treasures?

Ricky Davis · Post by **Ricky Davis** » 18 Apr 2023 7:12 am

Well their boy Steve Easter plays pedal steel on many of their recordings and of course Mike Johnson has recording on some albums....
Is there a specific song you are wondering about?? You would have to put a clip of it from youtube up here for us to hear. Their whole "Treasures" album is on youtube.
Ricky

Rick Campbell · Post by **Rick Campbell** » 18 Apr 2023 9:57 pm

Ricky Davis wrote:Well their boy Steve Easter plays pedal steel on many of their recordings and of course Mike Johnson has recording on some albums....
Is there a specific song you are wondering about?? You would have to put a clip of it from youtube up here for us to hear. Their whole "Treasures" album is on youtube.
Ricky

Steve "Rabbit" is Jeff's brother. I remember playing on a session at Steve's studio in NC in the early 80's, before I owned a steel guitar. I was asking Steve about it, and he told me how easy it would be for me to learn to play. Wrong!!! If he could hear me play now, he'd realize how wrong he was.

Steve is a monster player. His father and uncles had a great gospel group. When I was kid, I'd watch them on Sunday on a Bristol, VA station that we could get. They were the singers on Rev. Leonard Repass program. I miss those times so much.

RC

Ricky Davis · Post by **Ricky Davis** » 19 Apr 2023 6:47 am

Yeah sorry Rick; it's been a LONG time since I saw Steve...he always looked YOUNGER than his brother Jeff...so I just figured he was kin somehow.
Ricky

Brett Day · Post by **Brett Day** » 19 Apr 2023 1:29 pm

I saw a video where Steve played a beautiful steel instrumental of "The Lighthouse" on his Emmons D-10 a few years ago. He got the nickname "Rabbit" because his last name is Easter and when he worked with the Happy Goodman Family, he got the name from somebody in the group. Steve's brother Jeff sings and plays keyboards

Samuel Rogers · Post by **Samuel Rogers** » 19 Apr 2023 3:18 pm

Mike Johnson played pedal Steel and Josh Swift played Dobro on the Treasure album.

Bill Cunningham · Post by **Bill Cunningham** » 19 Apr 2023 6:12 pm

Here is one Rabbit played on a while back with Jimmy Fortune. I believe he lives in eastern Alabama very close to Georgia now. He has subbed a few times at a little Opry show around Carrollton, GA.

https://youtu.be/JYdu3bTTvkU

C. Eric Banister · Post by **C. Eric Banister** » 20 Apr 2023 4:34 am

Thanks Everyone!

Rickey, there wasn't a particular track, I liked the steel and dobro on the whole thing!

And now that I know if it Mike Johnson and Josh Swift, I'm not surprised. Thanks for the info Samuel!

Samuel Rogers · Post by **Samuel Rogers** » 20 Apr 2023 10:06 pm

No problem Eric!

as mentioned already, please check out Rabbit Easter and also I believe it’s his cousin Russel Easter and Jared Easter. All Killer steel players!

Charley Adair · Post by **Charley Adair** » 18 May 2023 5:21 pm

Jeff's nephew travels with them and plays steel and other instruments. I had asked him if Rabbit was his brother and he confirmed that. But he likes to use Mike Johnson on recordings. Jared Easter is the nephew. You can hear him on recordings by a gospel group called Redeemed Quartet.