Buddy Emmons Warming up at Jeffran College, Hermitage, Tenn., '86.
Jeff Newman plays rhythm

Buddy Emmons With Jeff Newman

Buddy Emmons plays pedal steel @ Jefferan College, Hermitage. TN., 1986
Sid Hudson- Guitar
David Smith- Bass
John Stacy- Drums
Recorded on a 2 speed  4 track cassette recorder with a direct line out of Buddy's Peavey Session 500

Aura Lee

Buddy @Jefran College playing a classic, "Nightlife".
A direct line out of his Session 500 amp.
Pic was taken of Buddy@The Cape Cod Melody Tent when he worked for the Everly Brothers, just getting back after soundcheck . The Batman movie was out and the roadies snagged this cardboard Batman and placed It sitting in his chair.

Nightlife-Buddy Emmons, Jeffran College, '85

Buddy Emmons on pedal steel & Phil Baugh on guitar sitting in at Bobby's Night Club, in Farview Heights, IL '87, recorded on cassette.

What a nice slow shuffle beat.

BE PB 25

I Just Destroyed The world

Kenny Davern-Clarinet
Flip Phillips-Sax
Ralph Sutton-Piano
Milt Hinton-Bass
Gus Johnson Drums
Recorded at the Taos Ski Valley Lodg on a Tascam 2 speed recordere, Taos, NM. 1985

After You've Gone

Buddy Emmons handed me these tape he made on his 8 track TEAC 1/2" machine, razzing people always asking him what brand of steel he played.

Rags & Big E At The Whispering Skull Club

A duet with John Ely
Recorded at Stepbridge Studios in Santa Fe in 1989.
David Toland- Bass (Bill & Bonnie Hearne)
Ian Wallace (King Crimson)-Drums
Chris- Pedal Steel
John Ely (formerly with Asleep At The Wheel)

I Love You So Much It Hurts

A Tapper practice session.
The Tapper is a pedal steel with a raised fretboard that I can Fret or use the tapping technique.

Love Is How Close (one is held to mind)

Sid Hudson- Guitar
David Smith-Bass
John Stacy- Drums
Jeffran College, Nashville, 1986

Take Me Out To The Ballgame

Jeff Newman - Together Again feat. Tom Brumley, Lloyd Green, Paul Franklin - Produced By Jeff Newman

Tog. Again (pic-Jeff Newman, Speedy West, Lloyd Green)

Buddy Emmons playing pedal steel with a MIDI pickup playing Organ

Buddy IVL

Buddy Emmons @ Jeffran College-1986 David Smith-Bass, Sid Hudson-Guitar, John Stacey-Drums

Raisin' The Dickens

Buddy Emmons @ Jeffran College 1986 David Smith-Bass, Sid Hudson Guitar, John Stacey-Drums

I Love You Because

Buddy Emmons Plays "B Bowman Hop" @ Jeffran College 1984
red Newell-Guitar, David Smith-Bass- Drums, John Stacey?

B Bowman Hop

Love Is How Close (One Is Held To Mind) SC

Buddy Emmons Plays "Killer Joe"  Jeffran College , Nashville 1985
Sid Hudson Guitar, David Smith-Bass, John Stacey-Drums

Killer Joe

Up and Down Blues

Recorded @ Jeffran College, Hermitage, TN 1985
Buddy Emmons- Pedal Steel, David Smith-Bass , Sid Hudson-Guitar, John Stacy-Drums.

Blues At The Factory

Buddy Emmons plays "Greensleeves" at Jeffran College 1985

Greensleeves

Buddy Emmons plays "Right Or Wrong  at Jeffran College
Jeff Newman- Pedal SteelBob Browning Vox, Sid Hudson-Guitar , David Smith -  Bass, John Stacey- Drums

Right Or Wrong @ Jeffran College 1983

Fred Newell-guitar, David Smith-Bass, Larrie Londin-drums

"Mansion On The Hill" Buddy Emmons At Jeffran  College. 1983

Jerry Byrd Trio live at The House Without A Key @  The Halekulan iHotel, Waikiki
Hiram Olsen-Guitar, Kalani Hernandez-Bass

Hapa Haole Hula Girl

The Jerry Byrd Trio live @ The Halekulani Hotel, Waikiki.1985- Jerry Byrd-steel guitar, Hiram Olsen-Guitar. Kelani Hernandez- Bass

Pearly Shells

I  had an  "Illegal" Jerry Byrd  Frypan  that was made by Bobbe Seymour, in Nashville. He had gotten the Sho~Bud molds of the limited edition frying pan  lap steel guitar, and made a few copies, one of which I was given for working at his store, Steel Guitar Nashville.
I had put a guitar fretboard on it and played it using  standard right and left hand picking and the tapping technique.  
In San Francisco, I was hired by Novato Frank to play on this track, that John Cipollina (Quicksilver Messenger Service) had played on, . called "Searchin' Blues".  I auditioned my "laptop Tapper" and was given the OK to use it for the recording.

The NOVATO FRANK BAND w/JOHN CIPOLLINA - "Searchin' Blues"

The Jerry Byrd Trio at the The House Without A key-Waikiki 1986

Honolulu I'm Coming Back Again

Yellow Bird

My recording of Stu Basore play at Jeffran College,  1984.

The  Last Letter

Stu plays "Steelin' The Blues" @ Jeffran College - 1983
Jeff Newman plays a little

Steelinn' The Blues

Buddy Emmons & Phil Baugh sitting in at a club in East St. Louis 

It's Over/Let's Be Lovers

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