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 Not so long ago the number of steelguitar CD´s was very limited. Is it that the attention for the steel guitar was going down, sales bad, or was it commercially al wrong? No one can give a simple answer to that. However, more and more new material is brought out by well known and lesser known steelers alike. According to DeWitt Scott, steelpromotor in the U.S., sale expectations are good. Particularly on steel guitar shows sales are booming. This in contrast to Europe and especially the Netherlands. Only on steel guitar meetings sales are ok. Internet sales are good as well. Are CD´s too expensive? Have we reached a point of saturation? Or are you waiting for a new CD of your favorite steelplayer? I know steel guitarists who will order only when people like Buddy Emmons, Lloyd Green or Paul Franklin bring out something new. We would like an answer to this question. Any answers or remarks will be published here in this website. Please use this emailaddress: info@pedalpro.co.uk Bill Stafford In all the reading I do about national (European) and international steel guitar players and the (pedal) steel guitar in common including the (small) talks I have with some of them, the name Bill Stafford always comes up as one of the most respected steel guitar players in the world. I remember someone told me that the great Jerry Byrd
Hermann Lammers Meyer Hermann Lammers Meyer? "Hermann The German". Not everybody will know, who HLM is. But here in Europe and especially in Germany he is first of all a well-known singer-songwriter and above all a fine pedal steel guitar picker. His music can be described as "classic country music". Over more than 32 years he toured with his band
Mike Headrick Mike Headrick, up to the Gills. A CD filled with Vince Gill hits on steelguitar. Mike is a multi-instrumentalist, plays 8 different instruments among which the steelguitar.
Jerry Brightman Jerry Brightman sees himself as a man with a mission. He wants to show the world the inexhaustible possibilities of the steelguitar. He attempts a mixture of rock, blues,
Various When I think of a lap steelguitar, legends like Sol Hoopii, Roy Smeck or Tom Morrell come to mind. The 14 lap steelplayers on this CD are a little less known, but Herb
Dicky Overbey Dicky Overbey sets the tone on his steelguitar on this CD by honky tonk country singer
Russ Hicks Russ Hicks is a completely other kind of player. Best known is his steelwork with Barefoot Jerry from '72 untill '77. His cooperation with steeler Jimmy Crawford (LP:
Mike G.Smith In 1977 I was advised by a befriended American steeler to buy a longplay record by the than unknown steeler Mike G. Smith. Fingerpicking was much talked about and a hot
Tommy White Better known probably is Tommy White, staffsteelplayer in the Grand Ole Opry. He's
Mike Sweeney There is not much known about Mike Sweeney. The added textbooklet does not reveal much either. He probably published this CD on his own because both the booklet and the printing on the CD are sparse. The paper is far too thick and the picture is somewhat
Bobby Black For those who grew up in the '70s, the names Commander Cody, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Eagles, Poco, Asleep at the Wheel and Pure Prairie League, the name of steelguitarist Bobby Black should mean something. He got great fame in the band of Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen. He put color in the repertoire of
Hal Rugg
Herb Steiner
Bob Lucier
Junior Knight Junior Knight has played the steelguitar for a long time in the band of countrystar
Billy Robinson Billy Robinson must be in his seventies by now and still he playes lap, steel and dobro with a lot of enthusiasm. According to himself he is still learning every day. As far as I know he has, apart from this CD, another two cassette tapes to his name. Beside
John Hughey Gospel Favorites is, I think, already his third gospel CD. To be honest it is not my kind of steelguitar gospel. The choice of repertoire is for most steelplayers almost always identical. Often it's a variation upon a variation. But I like to listen to Hughey's steel playing. I do like his typical style of playing. His warm colour of sound and pure play is
Bert Rivera For anyone who loves jazz-swing standards Bert Rivera and his Ramblers is a very good tip. On his last CD, a year old already, we find a couple of beautifully arranged jazz standards by a.o. Miles Davis: "Four", Charlie Parker: "Yarbird Suite" and other different swingtunes like "Jersey Bounce", "Stompin' at the Savoy" and "The Moonlight
Various Anyone who is familiar with the work of country singer Connie Smith knows she has had a fine selection of steelplayers in her band, like Weldonn Myrick, Russ Hicks, Mike Jones, Jack Smith and Johnny Cox. These five topsteelers have rearranged all well known and lesser known hits by Connie Smith into instrumental versions. There are 14
Doug Jernigan & Gary Adams Doug Jernigan has, together with guitarist and singer Gary Adams produced a new instrumental CD on his own account. On his own account? Yes, probably. Because like always in these cases sleeves are often of a very bad quality, like they are in this case. Two simple pictures and a little writing with a feltpen. But be that is as it may, do
Mike Headrick A while ago I wrote something about Up To The Gills by Mike Headrick. That CD is an instrumental version of known and lesser known numbers by Vince Gill. Mike does have his heroes! Not so long ago the CD Old Hag came out as a tribute to Merle Haggard. And now Steels on Wheels; with instrumental versions of numbers by Chris Hillman
Randy Beavers Randy Beavers is an American steelguitarist, surely in the same league as the big boys Tommy White, John Hughey, Doug Jernigan, Robby Turner and others like them. Beavers is a brilliant player who playes since he was 9 year old and I guess he's around 40 now. He lives somewhere in Tennesse, and was able to turn his hobby into his profession. I only know that he worked with Clay Walker, Freddy Fender, Roy Clark
John Hughey The title "E9th" already gives away that what one can expect of the steelsounds on this 8th instrumental CD by John Hughey. Especially the pure steelsound without the use of any electronic aides is what makes John Hughey so special. Not so amazing though if you think of which country artists he has worked with. That list is endless. The last
Jimmie Crawford In remembrance and as an honour this CD is dedicated to Jimmie Crawford, who died of cardiac arrest in februari 2005, age 69. Jimmie Crawford too was a member of the "Steelguitar Hall of Fame". He got his worldfame as a steel guitar back-up man for a.o.
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happens to be a big Stafford fan and that Bill himself was influenced by the style of the late Curly Chalker. The two of them were good friends. Bill is one of the few who plays a single superb EXCEL-14 string model. He only uses this steel on this CD. The title of his latest CD is fully correct; "smooth melodies" And smooth it is! The 11 instrumentals go from the easy listening type of instrumental to Hawaiian and some, lets say half up-tempo swing. He shows himself a true master on that 14-string pedal steel guitar. To be honest; there is not one instrumental on this CD that sounds boring in the way; "Where did I hear that same instrumental before?" Bill Stafford has his own typical style of playing. So, no fast finger picking or some ingenious or cunning riffs like Paul Franklin or Terry Crisp, no just "lazy easy sit-back" music. Beautiful! Beside of that; Bill has a very good taste of picking excellent musicians to accompany him. Clinton Gregory on violin is one of them. He is a very tasty fiddle player and a fine country & western singer, who made several CD´s. But also John Heinrich, whom I know from the time he stayed in Europe. At that time he played his double neck pedal steel guitar in a way that knocked everyone out. A very nice guy, whom I consider the fasted finger-picker I ever met. He is a multi-instrumentalist who plays on Stafford´s CD the sax, clarinet and bass guitar. All instruments are played in good proportion. I´m looking forward to Bill´s next project.
"The Emsland Hillbillies" all over Europe as also Texas-USA. So now you might think; what is a singer-songwriter doing in the ´steel guitar´ section? Well, he produced over more than a dozen CD´s using for instance Jimmy Day and Buddy Emmons on pedal steel guitar. Other session players are, to name a few: Johny Gimble, Pig Robbins, Pete Wade, Buddy Spicher and many more. And that makes it interesting. Admirers of Emmons and Day should definitely check out some of his CD´s. On a great deal of his CD´s I noticed that the steel and fiddle sound take a great part in every song. Hermann must have said to them: "just go ahead and do your thing!". Well they did! On his latest CD: 1961-A Love Song, Buddy Emmons is on steel. And once more he is all over every song. This CD is recorded at The Fiddle House in Nashville. This CD has 16 tracks with a good mix of up-tempo and swing songs like "What goes on" and "Nashville Cats Boogie" (with Becky Hobbs), to the Bakersfield sound from Owens and Haggard "Just between the two of us" and some slow-shuffle and waltzing. What can I say more about Buddy´s pickin? As always ... awesome!
Together with his wife Terri he owns Country Discovery Records, and he writes and produces "real countrymusic songs" all the time. He thinks country music should sound authentic with heartbreaking ballads and there is no place for synthesizers and the like. Vince Gill seems to be one of his great examples. On his Emmons LeGrande LDG he plays 11 Gill instrumentals, on three of which John Hughey plays along taking care of the C6 tuning. Mike limits himself here to the E9 tuning. Production and technique is of a very high standard. Highly recommended!! Tracks: Kindly keep it country, Don't come cryin'to me, Never knew lonely, I'll take Texas, Look at us, Take your memory with you, No future in the past, Liza Jane, Pocket full of gold, Don't let our love start slippin', Go rest high on that mountain.
ballads, smooth jazz and country. He is the only musician on this CD. All other instruments like strings, horns and piano are produced through a midi synthesizer. The only thing that sounds somewhat "tinlike" is the drums. Personally I would have chosen a live percussionist. There is also a Buck Owens medley on his CD. The fact that he was the principal steel guitar player in the band of Buck Owens is clearly audible. Generally, Jerry Brightman is recognized a worldclass steelpicker, and that is not exeggarated. On the 2nd track already (Wanna hear it again) he shows this clearly. On this CD Jerry clearly shows that the steelguitar is not a specific countryinstrument anymore.
Remington, Kayton Roberts and Bobbe Seymour can be considered as known. Anyway, there are 2 players on this CD whom I will follow in the future. On of them is Gary Brandin. He plays both lap- and pedal steelguitar. The song In the dark would make a great soundtrack for a movie. I had never heard of Harry Manx. On a Martin D35 with a hightened nut he plays and sings a fantastic gospel-blues. He plays several bottleneck guitars as well. Other lapsteelers are: Orville Johnson, Bob Brozman, Greg Leisz, Stacy Phillips, Cindy Cashdollar, Ken Emerson and Jeff lang. There are no dull tracks on this CD. It gives an outstanding image of the time of what is produced today in the field of dobro, national resonator and (lap) steelguitar.
Justin Trevino. Especially the last 2 CD's by Justin Trevino are filled with easy lay-back shuffles and ballads. A steelguitar belongs to this kind of repertoire. Besides the steelguitar, he writes succesfull songs for Trevino. (Two empty Glasses). On Honky Tonk Memories.com Dicky Overbey does it all again in a lay-back way. So, many steelshuffles and little upbeat instrumentals on this CD. Three of the thirteen tracks have lyrics by Trevino (Till all these dreams come true), Dicky (The last Waltz) and Johny Bush (The Deepening Snow). The other tracks are: Another bridge to burn, Yesterday, We could you and I, Wrong number, I'll be there, Farewell party, Sound of the a heartache, Darlin' are you ever coming home, Half a mind, When they ring those golden bells.
chicken pickin' good) was very succesfull too. Also he played guitar and steel in the band of Wynn Stewart, Tom T. Hall and Charlie McCoy. His wellknown chicken picking style, the fast single string picking style is put more in the background here. Obviously he wants to show that he can do more, and that is a fact. He has been a professional player for such a long time already, that he certainly belongs in the very top. There is much variety on this CD: C6 swing, shuffles and uptempo instrumentals. Tracklist: Panhandle Rag, Soft rain, Walk don't run, Moon river, Two mile pike, Nashville nectar, Mounce Bounce, Do it right, Georgia, High noon, I dream, he does, Laney's loft.
item for that time. Then and now it's a challenge for every steeler to master this technique. This American promised a bit to much though, old and new stuff played in a modern way, changing getween E9 and C6. Still, by the third number I was very impressed by his fingerpicking style. I liked Weldon Myrick, Hal Rugg and Buddy Emmons already very much, but this Mike Smith had developed his very own style. At last, this lp is now available on CD. Two bonustracks have been added, among them "Creek Walk". In this song he proofs to be a master of the fingerpickingstyle still. The other tracks are not very standard. Jazz/Blues and country-like instrumentals alternate. It's a must-buy!!
often compared to Paul Franklin. And just like Franklin he is a busy steelplayer. Only after other steelplayers pressed the matter, he went into the studio to record 12 tracks. The title: "By Request". The result is great. A variety of Waltzes, C6-swing en uptempo instrumentals. It's a modern kind of steelguitarplaying. Paul Franklin seems somewhat more creative, but that remains a matter of taste. Very good tracks on this CD are "Walk Through This World With Me, Pick Me Up On Your Way Down, and Tesa's Waltz". Aside from this CD I recommend his video ($30) where he plays live with Lloyd Green.
amateurish. Be that as it may, the music is of good quality. Mike Sweeney obviously has only one hero and that is Lloyd Green. He totally plays his style and Lloyd Green thinks very highly of him. Mike Sweeney has a beautiful tone. He plays pure and varied. In most of the songs you hear those typical Lloyd Green sounds and musical lines, and above all the emotions. The Emmons sound completes the whole thing. For those of you, that miss new material by Lloyd Green (hes retired now and not allowed to make any commercial productions any more: ed.note: this review was written before LG's welcomed come back.) this CD is a welcome alternative. Tracklist: Mom and Dad's Waltz, Red is the Rose, I'm so afraid of losing you again, I just came Home to count the Memories, Brand new Mr. Me, Paper Mansions, Lovin on Backstreets, Please don't tell me how the Story ends, Two Dollars in the Jukebox, Shenandoah.
Commander Cody. Both in ballads and rock and swing he played fantastic. As far as I know he made only 2 lp's/CD's, the last one in the early 80's. And now finally #3. To be honest it took a bit of getting used to when I listened to it. No more beautiful country swing slidings anymore. On the contrary. Among others he plays a Carter D10, a lap steel and a dobro. The 13 numbers are a mix of jazz evergreens, Hawaiian, Bossa Nova and film music. Remarkable are numbers like Besame Mucho and Santa Lucia which were hits in Europe for German singers like Rex Gildo and Heintje. As terrible as I thought of it then, as much I like it now. Because Bobby plays these hits with so much passion and feel it's reason enough to like it. But the Hawaiian instrumentals, like On the Beach At Waikiki, Falling In Love and Lovely Hula Girl are really exceptionally well performed. Other tracks are: Paradise, Brazil, Ebb Tide, Shagri-La, Quit Village, Always, Colours of my Life, Mambo, On a little Street in Singapore.
Ever since Hal Rugg "takes it easy" (ed.note: this review was written before Hal was diagnosed incurable ill) he constantly produces music. At the moment I only have Rise Again. It's a pity because on the other CD (Resocasters) he's joined by Brad Paisley, Joe Diffie and Mike Auldridge. Rise Again is a gospel project. Why these steelers always have to add a gospel CD to their repertoire is beyond me. I do not want to play down his skills as a steeler, but it has the same instrumentals on it, What A Friend We Have in Jesus, How Great Thou Art, The Old Rugged Cross, Amazing Grace etc.
Herb Steiner on the other hand, remains loyal to his Texas Western Swing. With his Retro Billies Band he is often found in the Texas dance halls. He's also very active on the steel guitar forum on the internet and he's producing steel guitar courses all the time. A long time ago he played the steelguitar in the band of Linda Ronstadt and later he played with Alvin Crow, Jerry Jeff Walker and Asleep at the Wheel. There are 12 old style western tracks on this CD. It's great, uncomplicated music. Back-up players are Terry Hale from the band of George Strait and on piano Floyd Domino.
Bob Lucier (Can) plays the steel already since the 50's and 60's. To be honest I don't know much about him. One lp comes to mind with Shot Jackson (dobro). However, if you play that long, you must be doing something right! The way he plays Pick Me Up On Your Way Down, Fraulein, Workin'Man Blues and Magnum is really awesome, with very good fingerpicking. Not really necessary but not cumbersome are the female chorusses in the background. Most pieces are played in E9. In short, a very good steel guitar player with a varied repertoire.
LeAnn Rimes. Like many others LeAnn Rimes went on in the popscene, with succes at that and Junior was out of a job. Nowadays he has his own recording studio. If you are familiar with the older work of Junior, then you know that Junior is not your average steel guitar player. He accompanies her in an unobtrusive and well timed way. His intro's, fills and solo's are tasteful and played with passion. Texas Steelman is 100% pure steelguitar. Personally I think his style concerning tone and feel comes closest to Lloyd Green. Examples are Tara's Theme and You Make Me Feel More Like A Man.
Country and Hawaiian he likes to play jazz, Latin and poptunes. He has played, among others, with "the Great" Hank Williams, Hank Snow, Little Jimmy Dickens, Carl Smith, Red Foley and George Morgan. In 1996 he became a member of the "Steel Guitar Hall of Fame", and he is found every year on Scotty's "International Steel Guitar Convention" in St Louis. Billy playes on a Derby 10-string lapsteelguitar, tuned D-G-E-C-A-G-E-C-A-F. On this CD you find a varied offering of slow and uptempo instrumentals. Every tune is played very skillfully and his sound is full and warm. I hope he doesn't stop after this CD. Billy Robinson surely is a steelguitarist worthy of hearing again and again. Numbers on this CD: Moonglow-Theme from Picnic / Borne to lose / Wildwood / Flower-Sugar Footrag / Deep Purple-Flamingo / Fiddling Around / Old Rugged Cross / On the Sunny Side of the Street / Robbin's Nest / Fascination One Rose / Tico-Tico / Mambo Jumbo and Moonlight Serenade.
really outstanding. His last gospel steelguitar project from 2001 is, together with this CD, lovely music to listen to very carefully or use as backgroundmusic during work. It radiates peace and quiet. Normally there are always a few numbers that stand out, but in this case al 10 numbers are equally fine. However, "Beyond the Sunset" is more familiar to me done by Pete Drake (Steel Away). Hughey plays this number in a more modern way to which he has added all possible modern playing tricks. Very good! Still I like Pete's version best, simply because Pete plays the number in a more basic way. The last number though, "Just a Closer Walk with Thee" is a slow swing C6 tune, lovely! Other numbers: It is no Secret / Peace in the Valley, Lily of the Valley / There is a River / Leaning on the Everlasting Arms / When He was on the Cross / Family Bible / Where we'll never grow old.
Serenade". Also on this CD you find the instrumenal "Tenderly". No one besides Curley Chalker could play this better and more refined until Bert Rivera came along. Absolutely fabulous!! "Ave Maria" by Franz Schubert is exceptional too. Most of us will remember Bert Rivera as a steelguitar player in the Hank Thomson and the Brazos Valley Boys Band. From '61 until '71 he carried the band until he, like many others, became tired of travelling and returned to Austin, Texas. Today he still performs, mainly with his band "the Ramblers", in and around Austin. Their repertoire is a mix of country, pop, big band and jazz. Sometime ago I had the pleasure of seeing him perform at the Art of Artz Rib House in Austin, Texas, a steakhouse with life music. Mainly jazz, but to my surprise there were mainly country musicians walking around there, who all got an opportunity to play in his band. If you ever get a chance to be there I strongly advise this club. Other tracks are: Tippin' it / We've gone to far / Godfather Medley / Panhandle Rag / The very thought of you / Yarbird Suite / Cancion Mixteca.
great tracks on this CD. The 14th number is "Once a day", sung by Connie and was her only #1 hit in the country charts. These five gentlemen play strictly in the '60s and '70s style. Both playing and recording techniques were different in those days. Solo's like "I'll Come Running" (Weldon Myrick on steel) sounds almost identical as in the song by Connie Smith. The same goes for almost any other track. The whole CD has a true '60s country feeling: uncomplicated, straight from the heart country music, to what I long for very much after hearing the likes of Keith Urban, Kenney Chesney and Shania Twain. Other tracks on "Steel Pickin'" by Connie Smith: Ain't had no loving / Darling are you ever coming home / Tiny blue transistor radio / Then and only then / I don't know why I keep loving you / I'll come running / The hurtin's all over / I can't remember / If I talk to him / I'll never get over lovin' you / Cry cry cry / Nobody but a fool / Deepening snow / Once A day. Produced by steeler Russ Hicks, the CD also features Gregg Galbraith on lead guitar and Bob McCracken on drums. If you're looking for fine country steel, it just doesn't get any better than this!
write something usefull and informative. Doug Jernigan is wellknown, Gery Adams is not. A pity! For the money you have to pay for a CD today, I want to read more background information. It's little trouble to write something I think. But alright, let's not nag. If only the music is good, and that is the case with Jernigan, it's ok. Already on the first number, "Sugar Foot Rags", superfast fingerpicking is evident. This is his speciality. I saw him at work one day, flying his fingers over the strings, seldomly missing a note. Both on the E9 and C6 tuning he undoubtely belongs to the superpickers of the world. Much diversity in slow and uptempo numbers. Especially "They'll Never Take the Love from Me" is a very nicely played slow tempo tune. But there are swingtunes like "Red Wing" and "Lovesick Blues" that are technical highlights. In short, a CD with a varied repertoire by two grand masters.
and Gram Parsons from the time both were in the Byrds and the Flying Burrito Brothers. There are 15 numbers on this CD. In the beginning I was a bit comprehensive. In the past more artists have tried to copy numbers by Gram or Chris. And none of them I found a real success. But these instrumental versions of their wellknown songs do sound allright. On the contrary. Mike makes his steel sound almost identical to those of (Sneaky) Pete Kleinow, Neil Flanz or Jay Dee Maness, and absolutely in the character of the seventies sound. For example: in One Step Forward and Glass hearts his sound and picking is close to Jay Dee, and in Brass Button and Sin City he comes close to Pete Kleinow. (8-string Fender, with a lot of chorus). Beside this very good steelplaying Mike plays various guitars (Nashville Tele B Bender) and mandoline outstandingly as well. One lesser point: Mike plays on a Zum D-10 Steel, a Emmons Legrande and a Fender 8-String. In some of the numbers he plays all 2 or 3 steels more or less simultaneously, which gives me the feeling of driving around in Paris with cars all around you, speeding. Exceptional! I have played this CD 2 times now and there is not one number that bores me! And that means something. Other numbers on this CD: Devil in Disguise - Hickory Wind - Juanita - Desert Rose - One Hundred Years From Now - Hot Burrito #1 - Summer Wind - Wheels - I Still Believe In You Now - Hot Burrito #2 - Start All Over Again.
and Lynn Anderson. He is one the steelplayers who is not so prominent, like Robby Turner and John Hughey. Nonetheless one finds his name often on the lists of participating players on various steelguitar seminars and conventions. If I am well informed he made 3 or 4 Cd's, of which the last one, as he says, was made in a professional studio. There is little information to be found about him, both in magazines and on the internet. But it is the music that counts and that is in one word great. It is easy to hear that this last CD was recorded in a professional studio. All arrangements are well worked out. His Zum D-10 has a nice and pure, and above all a warm sound. He uses alternatively the E9 and C6 tuning. The background is kept simple, little or none guitar or piano-intermezzo's. Simple and pure Steel! He does have many wellknown instrumentals like Cry, You've got a Friend, Crying and Somewhere. This is professionalism, with a capital P. Do not expect some dazzling superlicks like Paul Franklin, but as said, easy on the ears musical arrangements, played with passion. One lesser point: Despite the use of this professional studio there is enormous foul up where singer Laney Hicks in the end performs very out of tune. But, who cares, Beavers makes it all up with his exceptional play.
one, as is wellknown, was Vince Gill. Before that he has worked with Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn. In 1996 he was taken in in "the Steelguitar Hall of Fame". In fact, the 72 years old John Hughey retired a long time ago, but he cannot sit still. He still produces a new CD every year. Interesting, especially for steelguitarplayers is, that you can order the rythmtracks seperately for almost all of his CD's. Concerning "Pure E9th", personally I think John Hughey is, after Lloyd Green, the most tasteful steelguitarpicker, with very pure licks, a nice warm sound and a pure country sound. Most instrumentals are from the Conway Twitty repertoire. Listen and shiver!! 1. Bitter They Are, Harder They Fall. 2. Fifteen Years Ago. 3. You Take Me For Granted. 4. What A Way To Live. 5. Farewell Party. 6. Don't Come Cryin'. 7. I Love You Because. 8. Undo The Right. 9. They'll Never Ever Take Her Love From Me. 10. No Future In The Past. 11. It Keeps Right On A Hurtin' 12. Don't You Ever Get Tired Of Hurting Me.
Johny Paycheck, Kitty Wells, George Jones, Loretta Lynn and Dolly Parton. After that he took, as he said, a timeout and started his JCH Project. Together with John Hughey and Russ Hicks he built the JCG Steel Guitars. Among steelguitarplayers these guitars are highly recommended. In the beginning of the 90's he let himself being talked into going back on the road again by Randy Foster. There are only 8 tracks on this CD, but every one worthwile. After all, not the most unknown steel guitar players take part on this CD. The ones that jump out are: "The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face" and "Clod Hopper" with Lloyd Green as 2nd man and "Let Me Talk To You" with Buddy Emmons on steel. Other tracks: Traffic Jam-Changin Lanes - Time after Time - Talk of the Town - Paradise - Stay her with me.