I'd put John Call right there among the greats no problem, dadmak , after seeing him in concert from the early 70's through 2019 at least 35-40 times. His spontaneity and interaction with the lead guitar was like I had never seen or heard. He took a song from start to finish, whereas others sometimes waited for their part in the song. Call blended right in then boom ! he loose with some outrageous licks , lightning speed, tremendous high end clarity. Vince Gill always picked his guy John Hughey since they played together constantly but played sometimes with Call and said you'd be hard pressed to find someone better. For those who say he's the best, I can;t find fault. To each his own. Call is a monster on the steel and a major influence to steelers, country rock and country music.
YEAH! Pure Prairie League was at its finest at The Sanctuary last Saturday night -- you guys ROCK! Put out a live CD and you'll sell it out at your shows!!!
Dc Outlaw, it would be hard to put JD Call above Buddy Emmons, JD Maness, Lloyd Green, Weldon Myrick, or a few others, but he certainly deserves to be named with them.
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I'd put John Call right there among the greats no problem, dadmak , after seeing him in concert from the early 70's through 2019 at least 35-40 times. His spontaneity and interaction with the lead guitar was like I had never seen or heard. He took a song from start to finish, whereas others sometimes waited for their part in the song. Call blended right in then boom ! he loose with some outrageous licks , lightning speed, tremendous high end clarity. Vince Gill always picked his guy John Hughey since they played together constantly but played sometimes with Call and said you'd be hard pressed to find someone better. For those who say he's the best, I can;t find fault. To each his own. Call is a monster on the steel and a major influence to steelers, country rock and country music.
YEAH! Pure Prairie League was at its finest at The Sanctuary last Saturday night -- you guys ROCK! Put out a live CD and you'll sell it out at your shows!!!
John Call is the best pedal steel player ever, but I'm amazed I can't find any footage of the greatest PPL'er of them all..George Ed Powell.
Donnie Lee Clark played in alot of bands here in Indy...
Dc Outlaw, it would be hard to put JD Call above Buddy Emmons, JD Maness, Lloyd Green, Weldon Myrick, or a few others, but he certainly deserves to be named with them.