Pete Drake and his talking steel guitar - Forever
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Uploaded by Gatorrock787 on Jun 2, 2010
The man who invented the talking steel guitar
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sublime ..
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@woodbell67 I was just about to say that !
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@Gatorrock787 Thanks . The movie looks to be interesting ...ah but finding it...
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@Geepsterr If you lived in the South in the mid-sixties, you could have seen "Second Fiddle to a Steel Guitar" at a Drive-In theater near you. It was a theatrical release in 1966. You can read the details for yourself on IMDB dot-com. This was the second movie (after "Country Music on Broadway") produced and financed by Hank Williams widow, Audrey.
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@Gatorrock787 Which is why I qualified my statement with "probably" of the single so..... I don't know exactly when this was but the apparent time period and color quality would dictate film. You say a movie : Was it in theaters or a made for TV movie ? Oh and what year was this ? Alvino Rey plays "St. Louis Blues" with Stringy the talking steel guitar! is from a film in 1944 and appears to be live sound on the set with close ups edited in .
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@Geepsterr You got everything right, except: 1) This is a movie - "Second Fiddle to a Steel Guitar" 2) All the songs were lip-sync'ed for the movie, but not to the original recording. The artists made new versions of all the songs specifically for the movie soundtrack.
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@sfratpack Funny thing is this a LIP SYNC probably of that very 45 single . In order for this type of talk box to be heard live he would need a microphone pretty close to his mouth & no lapel nor overhead mikes are present on the set anyway. Typical for 60's TV.
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Just great ain't he? Now no disrespect but He did not invent it : Alvino Rey beat him by well over 2 decades to the talking steel guitar, albeit by another more advanced means (and better too). In 1939 Alvino began using a vocodor that he adapeted for musical use as the Sonox on his steel guitar . Also Alvino was a Big Band leader and developed the first good pickup protptype for Gibson .
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@sfratpack oh man this totally sexes me up actually :)
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I remember it well and bought Pete's 45. This video recalls an ancient time when people were still making music to soothe the soul rather than to sex you up or incite violence.
sfratpack 1 year ago 15
Trippiest video on youtube.
bascombferd 5 months ago 12