{"id":5880,"date":"2017-03-31T00:38:05","date_gmt":"2017-03-31T05:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/garyhayescountry.com\/?p=5880"},"modified":"2023-09-03T21:15:47","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T21:15:47","slug":"steel-guitarists-along-the-road-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/garyhayescountry.com\/?p=5880","title":{"rendered":"Steel Guitarists Along The Road."},"content":{"rendered":"

Austin Tripp<\/a>
\nTravis Egnor<\/a><\/p>\n

Country Music has THREE staple pillars of it\u2019s foundation or it\u2019s backbone if you will. Those are in this order the songwriter, the producer, and the steel guitar in my opinion it takes those three to make a classic Country Music album. My point being Willie Nelson \u201cRed Headed Stranger\u201d and \u201cWanted The Outlaws\u201d as two prime examples that had all three. Shooter will tell you rapidly \u201cWanted The Outlaws\u201d was the first platinum selling Country Music album EVER and defied the sough it was initially given by Nashville in the 1970\u2019s.<\/p>\n

This edition of my series Steel Guitarists Along The Road brings us to the right arm of Whitey Morgan Mr. Brett Robinson. To the right of Whitey night after night sits a slender and talented individual that helps bring such an Outlaw Country sound to the band the 78’s as a whole. Whitey Morgan just absolutely burns up the roads playing a whopping amount of shows across America, and trust me for the door fee you pay you get ONE HELL OF A SHOW!<\/p>\n

He was gracious enough to take some time with me after a show with Dallas Moore at the Nashville Palace<\/a> on his off time. He and I and his wife had a wonderful conversation at the Music City Bar And Grill, Mr. Dallas also stayed until he had to hit the road to the next gig.<\/p>\n

My last edition brought me to talking about Mr. Brett and his involvement in landing Mr. Austin Tripp the current spot of being steel player for Cody Jinks and you can read more on that story HERE<\/a>. This man just absolutely embraces the history of Country Music while embellishing the current local scene with his own history as well, and one day I am going to write a book on the things I witnessed and learned from people like him.<\/p>\n

Local music as a whole contains such a plethora of well rounded steel guitarists and pickers waiting for you to discover them if you are willing to wade through the broken beer bottles and travel the worn out back alleys of America to find them. You have to look in the places most normal people wouldn\u2019t, and you have to listen. You have to brave the heat and cold and discomfort of the fields and farms that spew forth these festivals, mostly you have to study and watch for them.<\/p>\n

This video here I took has a really nice solo of his playing the Nashville Palace show I’m also going to post one of him with Whitey Morgan below it, I STRONGLY URGE you to go support Whitey Morgan And The 78’s<\/a> BUY SOME MUSIC from the band! You can get their newest album Sonic Ranch on colored vinyl LP and trust me it’s AWESOME! Mr. Brett played on Sonic Ranch, The Acoustic album, and LIVE from Flint Michigan all of which are absolute MUST HAVES in any collection.<\/p>\n