Kayton Roberts Steel Guitar Moments 1933 - 2017 solos & improvisation
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- Kayton Roberts (1933 - 2017) is an influential non-pedal steel guitarist and member of Hank Snow’s Rainbow Ranch Boys band from 1968 Until Hank's death in 1999, Kayton died Thursday (July 13) He was 83.
Roberts recorded with acts such as Marty Stuart, Randy Travis, Ricky Skaggs, Alison Krauss, the Cox Family, Aaron Tippin, Riders in the Sky and Billy Joe Shaver, among many others.
Kayton was Inducted into the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame in 2012, Roberts’ citation read, in part, “Smooth bar slants, singing, harmonics and Hawaiian bird calls created Kayton’s signature sounds.”
Born Nov. 25, 1933, in Ona, Florida. He told an interviewer he got his first guitar when he was “10, 11 or 12” and began playing in his father’s country band. During the early 1950s, after he left the family combo, he performed with bands on radio and TV stations in Gainesville and Jacksonville, Florida.
Roberts toured the world with Hank Snow and performed regularly with him on the Grand Ole Opry. He often noted in interviews that he was better known abroad than at home. He said Skeeter Davis once told him that her fans in Singapore asked if she knew Kayton Roberts lol.
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Kayton is amazing. A Chris Scruggs interview led me here. What a treasure I found!
Truly a master on the "lap steel". Kayton didn't need pedals to accomplish sounds many pedal steel players wished they could replicate.
Kayton was one of the best steel guitar players to walk on this planet. He had an amazing and distinct style and every note came out from his soul. Nobody can ever replace a genius like Kayton. Rest in peace, maestro!
yu hear clearly his style differs from others. great stuff
Well said, he was truly a giant talent on steel guitar.
You are correct. Kayton could play ANY song ever written. His style has never been duplicated. He could make sounds no other player has ever made. When he got married back in the 50's, his wife bought him a Fender custom double 8 steel guitar.
He NEVER played another steel guitar but that one. And he would say, "She gave me this and I will never play another steel guitar!" And he didn't. When Kayton died, the guitar was approaching 60 yrs old. And the same thing for his volume control. AND his Fender amp. I know of no other case where this happened.
Yes he was one of THE greatest steel guitar players that will ever have lived.
He was a dear friend of mine. I will miss him forever, and may Jesus bless his precious soul.
pat dee Not to take anything away from the other great players of the non pedal steel guitar, but to me, Kayton was the best of the best.
@@MrPatdeeee I think one of his children got him the blonde Dual Professional seen in one of these clips here. Even though he had that, he always preferred the one he had been using all of his career! Very few people use one instrument for such a long time.
I love the fact that people like Andy Gibson and Chris Scruggs have in some ways followed in his footsteps. It shows how amazing a musician Kayton really was. He has really inspired me too to become a better steel guitar player. I have always kinda seen Kayton as a musician with the "why should I get a new thing when I can just do the same with this one?" attitude. Most steel guitarists switched to pedal steel guitars but he did all of what they did and way more on his old Fender Dual Professional. What a pioneer!
Definitely had an awesome and unique style! Rest in peace to a steel guitar legend.
What a wonderful steel player. He made Hank-Snow songs to the fullest. Great musician. One of the best.
He was the greatest! A very nice person too. Had the honor of singing at a jam session once where he was one of the musicians. R.I.P. Mr. Roberts.
Awesome steeler! R.I.P Kayton!
Truly a master, and incorporated elements of the instrument's potential beyond what most do. Wow.
Such a great instrumentalist and such an important part of Hank Snow’s sound. Heard him play Bell’s of St. Mary’s on the opry on TV once and it was amazing. Never found it again.
Smooth as silk butter on satin pancakes. WooooEeeeee!!!
thanks
Fantastic talent, and greatly missed.
He makes a lot of music without pedals or knee levers!
Those ‘behind the bar’ bends are superb.
I didn't know he passed. I'm bummed to learn that.
Excellent presentation..... Supported.....Please stay connected. Thank you.
Chris Scruggs played Kayton's guitar with Louie Roberts, Kayton's son, at Kayton's funeral and did that ole' thing justice. I wish someone would put it on UA-cam.
legend
God bless you
Wow what a talented steel player
I have never heard a steel player get tones and colors like that, or have that kind of control.
R.I.P.
He appeared on the Marty Stuart show.
Are we waiting on a 3rd? RIP!
Like surfing, the Hawaiian guitar is another example how the kama'ainas involuntarily impacted American' culture and lifestyles.
I can't imagine what country music might of evolved into without it's introduction.
Interesting observation. I never put the two together, but you are right.
He played for Hank3 also
we want to thank his family for the invitation 4 his funeral service