Blasts From The Past - 50S,60S And 70S Music

[Tippaporn]

Live from their 1969 debut LP.

 

 

[Tippaporn]

Beautiful pedal steel.

 

 

[SplitInfinitive]

Blue Eyes

[bannork]

More sweet pedal steel guitar

 

[bannork]

Tippaporn, I prefer the Byrds' version  to Sandy's of The Ballad of Easy Rider because it's got that sense of open space which you just can't get in the UK due to its small size. Hell, what a landscape you have in the States!

Here's another song about coal miners- something the UK and US have/had in common.

 

[bannork]

 

[bannork]

A lovely melody

[Tippaporn]

13 hours ago, bannork said:

More sweet pedal steel guitar

 

You picked one of my all time favorite pedal steel songs, bannork.    I love pedal steel guitar.  Here are a few excellent songs featuring pedal steel.  Of course most of it will be country-ish.

 

Merle Haggard from 1966.

 

 

Another Byrds favorite.

 

 

A great song by Tammy Wynette from 1969.

 

 

This one is interesting.  George Jones, big name country singer, from 1979 featuring guest artist . . . Elvis Costello!!  What?!?!?

 

 

Linda Ronstadt from 1972.  Nice pedal steel on this one.  Bit of fiddle, too.

 

 

Rolling Stones were no sluggards when it comes to the pedal steel.  Ronnie Wood from 1978.  Mick needs to work on his southern drawl a bit, 55555555.

 

 

Waylon from 1975.

 

 

Beautiful Eagles classic from 1972.

 

 

And we'll come full circle with a 1970's Grateful Dead number.

 

 

[Tippaporn]

Well, now, just one more worthy song that I just ran across.  Stones doing a Waylon cover of his tribute to Bob Wills.  This one falls outside this threads parameters but it's interesting to compare the band members on this vid to the vid posted above.  Thankfully I haven't aged as they have.  

 

 

 

[Tippaporn]

A beautiful number from Dickey Betts (of Allman Bros. fame).  Recorded in 1974.

 

 

[Tippaporn]

I know I posted this one before but since I'm onto pedal steel this song is one of my tops.

 

 

[Tippaporn]

This is simply a repeat of one of the above posts but it has video of the show.  As I said, I having a little trouble picturing George Jones on stage with Elvis Costello.  They seem to me to be strange bedfellows but what do I know?

 

 

[Tippaporn]

This ain't no country song!

 

From 1978.

 

 

[Tippaporn]

Nope, this ain't country neither.

 

 

[Tippaporn]

Try this one.

 

 

[Tippaporn]

It ain't country but I love it.

 

 

[Tippaporn]

Strawberry Alarm Clock from 1968.

 

 

 

[Tippaporn]

  This is a formal apology for posting the Strawberry Alarm Clock above.  That song was terrible.  Ah wel, there goes my reputation I worked so hard to build.    

[bannork]

Jerry on pedal steel in the background

[bannork]

And now for something completely different

 

 

[Tippaporn]

From 68's Beggar's Banquet.  Primo album.

 

 

[Tippaporn]

11 hours ago, bannork said:

And now for something completely different

 

 

 

55555555, thanks for the warning, bannork.  Now that's progressive.  I rather like this one.

 

 

[Tippaporn]

More progressive rock from '71.

 

 

[Tippaporn]

Gong's Daevid Allen in 1977.  Etheral, ain't it?

 

 

[Tippaporn]

Very nice laid back tune from krautrock group Ash Ra Tempel recorded sometime between 1970 and 1976.  The guitar picking is sweet.

 

 

[Tippaporn]

Django Reinhardt on St. Louis Blues recorded sometime before you were born.  Maybe before your pappy was born, too.  Wonderful guitar pickin'.

 

 

[bannork]

I'm not sure when I'll be landing back on mother earth, could be a few days yet. 

[bannork]

Far out.

[bannork]

One of their greatest numbers imo

[bannork]