Lefty Frizzell Steel Player?

Marc Weller · Post by **Marc Weller** » 24 Mar 2001 2:31 pm

Group,

Who is that playing steel on all of those great early 50's recordings by Lefty Frizzell
("Always Late" for example)?

MW

Ricky Davis · Post by **Ricky Davis** » 24 Mar 2001 3:08 pm

Curly Chalker

Jason Odd · Post by **Jason Odd** » 25 Mar 2001 12:41 am

1950- Jimmie Curtis, Jimmy Kelly.
1951- C.B. White (Bob White's dad), Curly Chalker, George McCoy, Pee Wee Whitewing.
1952- Herby Hall.
1953- Paul Blunt, Lou Millet.
1954- Paul Blunt, Dale Gilley, Harland Powell.
1955- Bob Meadows.......

Email me for details if you want, although there are a couple of gaps in the info I have.

Marc Weller · Post by **Marc Weller** » 25 Mar 2001 8:30 am

Jason,Ricky,

You guys are amazing. Thank you.

MW

Tim Rowley · Post by **Tim Rowley** » 25 Mar 2001 10:40 am

I'm pretty sure that's Curly Chalker on "Always Late". Sure sounds like his touch to me. And yes, you are right about Lefty having some GREAT records back then. You can still hear the same formula being used today (in exagerated form) by a few of the young "retro-sounding" groups.

Tim R.

Jason Odd · Post by **Jason Odd** » 25 Mar 2001 6:57 pm

Yeah guys, you are right, from the session info I have Curly was the steelman for 'Always Late.'
Ricky, you da man!

Tim, I like your summation of the retro-tonker sound, "You can still hear the same formula being used today (in exagerated form) by a few of the young retro-sounding groups."
Nicely put, and that's something I like about them too.