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cowboytwang · February 20th, 2004, 06:18 AM

Ralph Mooney is one of the pioneers of the Pedal Steel.
He was one of the first west coast players to use pedals, and he used them very effectively.
The tracks that he cut with Wynn Stewart in the fifties and sixties were years ahead of their time. He was also the steel player on the early Buck Owens stuff before Tom Brumley.
And John, if you like his solo on Waylon's "Rainy Day Woman" you should give a listen to Wynn Stewarts 1963 recording of "Big, Big love", its the same Mooney solo, just ten years earlier and on a Fender Steel instead of a Sho-Bud.
If anyone wants to hear Ralph Mooney play he's going to be at the Texas Steel guitar Jamboree next month in Dallas.
Texas Steel Guitar Show

Also Ralph Mooney wrote one of country musics great shuffles, "Crazy Arms".

February 20th, 2004, 06:18 AM	#7 (permalink)
cowboytwang Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: mojave desert Posts: 1,609 14 Photos	Ralph Mooney is one of the pioneers of the Pedal Steel. He was one of the first west coast players to use pedals, and he used them very effectively. The tracks that he cut with Wynn Stewart in the fifties and sixties were years ahead of their time. He was also the steel player on the early Buck Owens stuff before Tom Brumley. And John, if you like his solo on Waylon's "Rainy Day Woman" you should give a listen to Wynn Stewarts 1963 recording of "Big, Big love", its the same Mooney solo, just ten years earlier and on a Fender Steel instead of a Sho-Bud. If anyone wants to hear Ralph Mooney play he's going to be at the Texas Steel guitar Jamboree next month in Dallas. Texas Steel Guitar Show Also Ralph Mooney wrote one of country musics great shuffles, "Crazy Arms". __________________ Alvin http://www.myspace.com/alvinblaine http://www.oldbluesound.com/about.htm _________________________ Originality is just undetected Plagiarism!