Buddy Merrill plays "South" on the Fender Steel Guitar
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- Опубликовано: 26 авг 2024
- Buddy Merrill is a fantastic guitarist and steel guitarist best known for his many years on the Lawrence Welk show. Few people know just HOW good he really was, and we are going to put a few clips on youtube to help set the record straight.
Here Buddy plays the western swing classic "South" on his Fender quad-neck Stringmaster Steel Guitar.
Buddy Merril has always been criminally underrated.
Smile for the people when you play like Speedy West, Buddy!
"....Back-off, Lawrence..."
There is a reason you don't see steel players smiling when they play. Try it some time. There simply is not enough processing power in the human brain to put a smile on top of all that effort. Buddy was/is damn good.
Watch Speedy West's Welk performance... smiling the entire time. Probably the only way to do it... just fix your face in a smile and keep it there.
You can tell That's what Welk told him to do, and Buddy tries. Not so much during the more technical runs though. ;-)
That can be so true... They added pedals to them for smile time! haha...
if im not smiling while playing, its not sounding right. But ill tell ya, not even harmony vocals would come close to happening while playing steel. It certainly is another set of brain pathways compared to regular acoustic guitar. Many Blessings to you and your loved ones.
I met him today what a great guy loved hanging out with you today buddy!!!
that kid was so good that he could play like that and remember to put on a smile and look at the camera whenever possible, which is a goofy direction, just let him play. great clip thank you for the post
Unbelievable talent. He knew his instrument so well.
*GENIUS*
Deke, thanks for putting this up. After 50 years of trying, I still can't play guitars half as well as Buddy did in his teens. Bravo!!!
That was awesome! Buddy is great here. I want one of those four-neck Stringmasters!
Rest in peace Buddy Merrill.
Re: Welk telling Buddy to "smile", there's an old story that Welk told his musicians "Look like you're having fun....but don't"...
Tony Marcus 😂
@@JohnWilliams-ee5ly This song ... on these instruments pretty well took all the concentration any person could muster, let alone smiling through it!
Thank You Lawrence Welk for introducing Buddy Merrill. Just saw that same "4 slide guitar" brought in for sale on "Pawn Stars" 10/14/17
What a monster! Thanks for posting all of these clips!
@soundsfromnothing The technique using the tonepoti is called BooWah! Rick Alexander(he died 2009!) demonstrates it here on you tube. I' m sure, many musicians
miss him. He was really a great guy. R.I.P. Alex!
Yeah, Buddy plays here excellent! Another true musician!
A lot of Telecaster players turned the pot rack around 180 degrees to be able to do the same effect on the Telecaster.
Pure genius. An awesomely talented guy.
seriously the best steel playing i’ve ever seen on video
Thank you for posting this ... This was a fantastic piece or musical workmanship, using all four necks and darn near ever note on each one! This is some tough stuff, especially for someone his age. Buddy was very talented on this show, just incredible. And FENDER all the way! THAT ... from a guitarist of 59 years ...
Thanks for posting. What a talent! Heard about Buddy with respect & kudos from Brooklyn duo Ratatat. He is indeed respected and remembered by many.
Smile, Look at the camera and smile.......
Adair Torres I was just about comment on that! He immediately put his head down to look at what he was doing after smiling for a bit.
or your fired......tiny bubbles makes me feel fine take it away a 1 uh and ah 2
It's my show dammit smile
That was some outstanding playing, and all you can comment on is whether he smiles or not?
He's thinking I'm kind of busy here Lawrence
Awesome!
Wooooow.... amazing sound..... Leo Fender was a genious
INCREDIBLE-----------------
Thankyou for postiing these videos, I hadn't realized what an amazing talent Buddy was. truly mindblowing ability.
Absolutely one of the best early lap steel musicians. Love your stuff Buddy jr.
Absolutely amazing!
Seriously great playing, and he just NAILS it. Love this.
I can't get enough of the harmonic at 1:08!!
Damm I just love this recording... I watched it at least a dozen times in the last year alone...
My Uncle is learning pedal steel. Indeed a very cool instrument. I could listen to it all day.
What a great player!
This guy broke the mold for steel guitars,........wow.
Welk stepped in asked him to smile after he played his opening notes.
That's a cool tune
Man I’ve never heard anything like it. Great!
Dang this guy is the Eddie Van Halen of the steel guitar; really good!!!
Excellent !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
simply awesome
Wow that was really great. Mr. Buddy❤
still alive in Cal. one great player
this is my grandpa :D
Does he still play?
@@rondalee2451 I’m un sure if this, last time I talked to him was summer 2013. My birth parents passed and I was adopted into another family.
He is/was a genius fantastic musician you must be very proud ❤️
@@wideawakenotwoke6178 yes, he passed recently
@@Athena21 we have lost a legend so versatile very sad.
I love watching him on RUclips. You must be so proud of him ❤️
I hope he had a great life. He was a wonderful musician and entertainer. Cheers and RIP.
Mr. Welk directs, “Smile at the camera, Buddy”!
The invention of the scratch sound, amazing 1:24
Noel Boggs was the first to scratch on his Fender quad neck steel - well before Speedy and Buddy.
Freakin amazing!
mais , comment est ce possible d'avoir autant de talent ? !!!!!!!!
Man this was absolutely perfect! Bravo sir
Amazing!
This is awesome!
I hope Buddy Emmons got to meet this fine young man.
Wow, probably his best video performance! 4 necks!! Take that Jimmy Page!
This is just *fucking amazing*
Very talented, beautiful!
Increíble, mas al contemplaŕ la época . Fue único.......
superb!
Fantastic... thank you for share.
This is good, real fine guitar player.
Fantastico molte bene
craaazy ! lovin' it
Curly Chalker on acid! Great stuff, very inventive.
A difficult instrument to play, and even harder to carry. But OH, so sweet.
What's really different and difficult is Buddy playing on that top neck with string diameter like telephone wires.
a master....
0:20 "Remember to smile buddy!" And he did.
Great technique. He’s having fun.
@soundsfromnothing He is rolling the tone knob back and forth to get a wah-wah effect.
just awesome. cool stuff
The best ever
Beautiful
Extraordinário esse Buddy, seus arranjos são muitos bons. Gostaria de ter um LP, CD ou vídeo dele.como eu consigo?
As the great Tommy Emmanuel's dad used to say, "Smile, look at the audience, and DON'T PICK YOUR NOSE!!
Our jazz group has played in restaurants / clubs where the owner has requested we all smile..problem is, I play Alto Saxophone... not everyone can produce a Benny Goodman smile whilst performing....Paul Desmond opined, "No one's that happy!"
This is what true MUSICIANSHIP is all about. Take note, aspiring musicians: don't expect technology to do all the work for you.
@grandstef
Hi you!
A few days after posting my comment here I' ve got my blonde Fender Quad. It was offered as a 1957 Q8 but it' s dated 8-55 ! If I put down all knobs together(!!!) with the palm, all necks are active but there is less volume. On e-bay you will find sometimes such guitars, mine is from Oklahoma. Expensive shipping to AUSTRIA. But' s it' s an amazing instrument. My other main steels are 2 Fender Triple necks; a 02/54er 26" long scale and a "white blonde" 09/55 T 8 (22,5scale).
The tone gets pretty thin too... I've got a '58 T8, all necks on is thin... and you have to worry about muting the other necks! Buddy was a master of this, at such a young age.
ok, WOW! that was awesome!
What did LW whisper in Buddy's ear? "Be sure to smile and look at the camera" Maybe? Cause that's just what he did.
Fantastic!
Pretty good camera close ups for the refrigerators they used as cameras.
WOW!! 😮😮😮
Not sure how one could not like this, unless you're a soulless drone...
There seems to be a lot of soulless drones around, unfortunately. To varying degrees, of course.
Class musician!
wow.... I mean.... WOW!
Fantastic, sounds good to me...
gee.. does anyone play country & western swing anymore today?
Terrific!! The man can really play those 'musical snack.trays.'
Muh Buddy
Teenage star
Buddy" swing out"
reminds me of my father Cy Brown
Lawrence: "smile Buddy"
The more I watch old lap steel players the less I'm impressed with the guitarists that came after them.
Wow didn't know they tapped on steel guitar , and way back then :)
Wunnerful, wunnerful !!
Pedals really took the technique out of steel playing, this is good stuff here, real skills.
"Don't forget to smile," huh Larry? Buddy's playing a hugely complex tune on a guitar with FOUR GUITARS ON IT, and your finger-poppin' schlock takes precedent, huh? LET THE MAN PLAY!
Ah well, at least he had Buddy on at all - otherwise, I'd never have heard of him! Thanks for the vidya, Deke.
Pure JAZZ. !!!
Man, that cat could steel !
No pedals…great picking 👏👍🇨🇦
Ol' Lawrence was a TASK MASTER. He demanded the Best ALL THE TIME . Wife read an article on Him. He even made the men wear corset's Seriously. You had to look good along with sounding good. Imagine telling some of the SUPER STARS of today how dress, act,& speak. That's why I don't pay a lot of attention to modern entertainment. . Picture Porter Wagoner in torn jeans. Hahahahahahahah
The great Larry Hooper behind him on piano. "Sam, you made the pants too long"
Sounds totally awesome. Masterpiece. Are these instruments and style of playing gone by now?
Check my channel... we do a big jamboree every March in Dallas, show up if you can!
An education, thanks.
I wonder what all those are tuned to
It is the same guitar that it was for sale in the "Gold and Silver "?
This song is from the 20s. I first heard the Bennie Moten version.
Second only to Speedy West's style!