Stars of the Steel Guitar

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 15, 1994)
• Label: Hollywood
• ASIN: B0000005H2
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #481,047 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Abilene

2. Sunday in Dixie

3. Road Stop

4. Columbus Stockade

5. Rancher's Stomp

6. Honolulu Nights

7. Gear Shiftin'

8. Pedal Jumpin'

9. Fort Worth Drag

10. I'll Leave the Front Door Open

11. Hilo Steel Guitar

12. High Boots

13. Penguin Strut

14. Twistin' the Steel

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Steel Guitar History, October 4, 2003

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Walter Stettner (Vienna Austria) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stars of the Steel Guitar (Audio CD)

On this album you can hear the players who made the Steel Guitar what it is today, the ones who developed the instrument itself, the tunings and the different styles of playing, from Country and Western Swing to Blues and Hawaiian.

You'll hear Buddy Emmons and Jimmy Day who both played for Ray Price, Pete Drake, one of the most used session players in the 60's and 70's, Jerry Byrd and Leon McAuliffe, the early masters and Ralph Mooney who actively participated in the development of the West Coast Sound, playing for singers like Buck Owens, Merle Haggard and Wynn Stewart.

The recordings were made in the 50's and 60's and originally issued on the Starday label. It's good to have this material available on CD!

5.0 out of 5 stars steel guitar heaven, October 11, 2007

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COMPUTERJAZZMAN "computerjazzman" (Cliffside Park, New Jersey United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Stars of the Steel Guitar (Audio CD)

This CD features all of the great steel guitar session guys from the 1950's and 60's, Buddy Emmons, Jimmy Day, Pete Drake, and, of course, Leon Mcauliff, who got his start in Bob Will's band way back when. If you want to hear some great steel guitar, listen to this CD. I have always loved the sound of the steel guitar, starting with the great Hawaiian music from the 1920's and 30's, on up to the discovery of incorporating the steel guitar into country music. This is a great CD.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars You can't get this on Amazon, apparently, October 10, 2005

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Z. Woodruff - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stars of the Steel Guitar (Audio CD)

I ordered this from Amazon hoping to hear some cool old steel guitar.

Instead I waited for two and a half months and nothing happened. Finally I got an email from Amazon informing me that they could not find a supplier for this CD. This happened in the summer of 2005. Maybe things will change but don't count on it anytime soon.