Jimmy Day - Pick Me Up On Your Way Down from ISGC

[ErinDay2]

that's my grandpa Jimmy too :)

[billypauhana]

Im Proud to say I have Jimmy Day On My CD Texas Rose WE Miss You Billy Paul

[TheCINDYBATES]

HE'S AMAZING AND WE MISS HIM! THANKYOU FOR SHARING THIS VIDEO!!

Cindy Bates

[samanathax3]

My name is Samantha Smith & my mother name is Deborah Day & this is my grandfather !!

[Steelpicker]

@samanathax3 Wonderful. I knew your grandfather for many years.

[samanathax3]

@Steelpicker Barbara , his wife was my Grandmother & her daughter Debbie or Deborah in my mother . She played with Willie Nelsons children on Willies farm . Of course this was when he played for Willie Nelson .

[rzsdad1]

@samanathax3  What a wonderful man he truly was!

[TurbinePower69]

Bill, Just want to say THANK YOU for all your efforts in preserving the True Greats of Steel...and something to be cherished forever. I have a question for you,that I'm hoping you can answer....I was looking elsewhere on Youtube and come across Buddy Charlton playing next to Billy Cooper...WHY, don't we hear more of Billy...he has got to be Thee SMOOTHEST & Cleanest Steel player I've ever heard...why is he So "obscure" ?? Has he ever played with any "notables"? Thank You.

[Steelpicker]

@TurbinePower69

You are welcome about the video's. I have been very fortunate to be in the right place at the right time to get involved with the great steel guitar shows.

About Billy Cooper. I do not know anything about him other that what I have seen on YouTube. Sorry, Bill

[TurbinePower69]

@Steelpicker Hi Bill, Thank You so much for taking time to reply to my message..I appreciate it. I've done some more "digging" on the net since I first wrote to you, and Billy Cooper seems to be very close friends with Daryl Jernigan(presently) & and with Buddy Emmons (in their early years, at least)...and was also, with Buddy C. and Jeff Newman among others. Apparently he played with Bobbe Helms years back, at the time that Jingle Bell Rock was recorded. He resides in Orange,VA. and owns....

[banjodad1]

Fantastic. Words fail me.

[charltonwalker]

I'm Charlie's son and what is weird is my wife's maiden names is Day. When he first met her he made sure to tell her that Jimmy Day was the steel guitarist on Pick Me Up on Your Way Down

[Steelpicker]

@charltonwalker Hi Charlton. I never got to meet your dad, even though he was absolutely one of my favorite singers. I get to play many of his songs in our dance band. I was good friends with Jimmy Day and also Larry Sassser who played on the re-cut of Pick Me Up. We have worked many steel shows together.

Thanks for posting.

Bill Ferguson

[jibba411]

Ah, Jimmy Day .....The best of the best

[brssgirl]

lovely steel...we don't hear enough of it.

[geena6]

This was GREAT.Enjoyed listening very much.

Thanks Mike (sessnazx) for sending to me.Thanku to the poster.

[Corrie121]

This is just wonderful. Great song. Great musicianship.

Thans for sharing, and thanks to sessnazx for sending.

[pedalhogg]

Jimmie looks a little nervous. I know the feeling! It's a real rush pickin with all of your peers looking on...but man!...it is hard on the nerves!

[GracieFleury]

One of my favorite Steel Guys!

[7potatochip]

One of the most memorable highlights of my life was playing music with Jimmy in high school for several years and seeing him again at Roswell N.M with Willie in the 1960's. Our class of 1951 remembered him at a recent reunion. I miss him and think about him many times with pride for who he was.

[moon575757]

I had the privilege of Jimmy being in Ray Prices Cherokee Cowboys when we booked him at the Ocean Opry back in the 1980's. A thrill to get to mix house sound for both shows. I'll never forget it.

[meehall121]

Live from the International Steel Guitar Convention in St. Louis, MO, 1994.

[meehall121]

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[badbrian1]

I have two version of Charlie Walker doing this. Did Jimmy Day play on both? Or is Emmons on the newer one?

Thanks,

Brian

[Steelpicker]

@badbrian1 Jimmy played on the original. I believe Larry "Wimpy" Sasser played on the remake.

[badbrian1]

wow, I'll have to look him up, thanks

[SpeedyNeutrino43]

Wow..this is some goooood pickin'.....For others who enjoy the steel guitar, check out "davepedalsteel"....he's one of the best i've heard.

[brazilgrass]

Wow!

Thanx a lot for this one, Steelpicker!

[Houndstooth2001]

This is fantastic, Bill. Thank you. Could you post some more Jimmy Day ? I'd love to see him play a really slow and soulful ballad.

[welshhillbillyful]

Another favourite of mine.Always loved it since the Charlie Walker hit.

[catchthuwaves]

He makes it look easy. But we know better.

[johnsaxsteel]

This is great stuff!

[cdetexas]

Jimmy Day's resume as far as I know. Ray PRice, Webb Pierce, Hank Williams, Red Sovine, Jim Reeves, Lefty Frizzell, Elvis Presley, E.T., Willie Nelson, Johnny Bush, Ferlin Husky, George Jones, Sammy Smith, Leon Russell, Tracy Nelson & Mother Earth, Big Daddy Don Walser, & Skeeter Davis.

I'm sure there are more but These I know to be acurate. Wow, what a resume.

[davidamills]

Fabulous job on the steel. This is the same Jimmy Day that played for Gentleman Jim Reeves. It's great to see him again.

[ginmillsinger]

That was awesome! Thanks for posting it!

[was5249]

I loved all this steel playing. You don't here much of this anymore. I went to a Martina McBride concert last summer and she had a real good steel man when she was singing some of the songs from her timeless album. Bill

[allap600]

Iwould just like to thank the Steelpicker, For sharing all of these vary valuable videos

Thanks again

[342wg]

DAY, and EMMONS laid the ground work for steel guitar as we know it today.

[greyxwolf]

my uncle played this song so long ago..thank you

[pnkgmdrop]

awsome

[resopicker]

Thanks to Scotty for allowing us to share the beauty of this instrument. Thanks to Bill Ferguson for posting them here.

I wish Joannie was still here to feed you roast beef sandwiches and beer Scotty.

[adamgoodale]

#1.period.

[baldrickmccoy]

I want to thank you for posting these really amazing PSG clips, I have just subscribed to your feeds and I even want to get behind my old MSA Sidekick and get back to practicing again !!!

THANK YOU...you are an inspiration bringer to the steel starved masses!

[daymon66]

Bobbe, Thanks for sharing this. Jimmy Day, Mr. Honkey Tonk, my all time most favoortie steel player. Jimmy Day and Junior Knight really know how to make that steel walk... Your still the man Bobbe... :~)

Daymon LaPoint

[Steelpicker]

Daymon, Who is Bobbe.  This is Bill Ferguson and I am the Poster of this video.

[tequilaal]

JIMMY DAY.............man he"s slicker n" snot on a door handle Thanx for sharing!

[honkeytonker]

In the top five stel players of all time..my opinion

loved when he played with Ray Price

[elvischevy]

very good steel player

[cettyboy]

What a player!

[jimkenslu]

Great psg playing...thanks for sharing.

[adamgoodale]

i still beleive he is the best ever. i got to see him live several times in austin tx. he makes it look so easy. watch him work those knee levers.

[alcarg]

Fabuloso Jimmy. Remember the recors with Willye Nelson in you beginning

[eightstring]

Fabulous ! Finally got to actually see the great Jimmy Day perform...and he is fabulous. Thanks Bill for the posting

[1pedalsteel]

Thankyou Scotty for letting these videos go out on the You Tube. I go to this convention every year and folks if you have not gone- you are missing some fabulous entertainment.

[jjoe123]

Wow!!! Thank you so much Bill for sharing this with us. Jimmy was always my hero.