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One of my favorite CSNY factoids is that Jerry Garcia played the amazing pedal steel guitar part on "Teach your Children" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teach

One of my favorite CSNY factoids is that Jerry Garcia played the amazing pedal steel guitar part on "Teach your Children" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teach_Your_Children https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teach_Your_Children

seandoe 5y ago
And they helped the dead with vocal harmonizing during recording of working man's dead and American Beauty. Cool stuff.
- jacquesm 5y ago
  Their vocal harmonies are out of this world. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyquqw6GeXk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyquqw6GeXk
scarecrowbob 5y ago
That was the first thing I learned to play on the pedal steel guitar. I've been playing about 6 years now, and I'm stoked that things are opening up here so I can perform a bit. Right now I am working on Garcia's parts for Dire Wolf. He's not the best pedal steel player, but he's my favorite.
- BeniBoy 5y ago
  Yes! An incredible "hippie player" (the derogatory term used by classical steelers for players that took the pedal steel outside of the classic country style). He really has a very unusual style.. He also was the first steel player of the New Riders of the Purple Sage, before leaving his seat to Buddy Cage, which is my favorite pedal steel player :)
osullivj 5y ago
Jerry is on Crosby's wonderful 1969 solo LP If Only I Could Remember My Name. The article mentioned Neil's early 70s solo output: Harvest and Goldrush. No mention of the brilliant stuff from Stills: Stills I & II, and two astounding Manassas albums. If you love the Stills tunes on CSN & Deja Vu, the Manassas LPs are a must. Finally, for Stills fans, here's the prototype for Southern Cross [1]: Curtis Brothers with Buckingham & Nicks on Seven League Boots in 75. [1] https://youtu.be/TNEpFrOWooE https://youtu.be/TNEpFrOWooE
BoxOfRain 5y ago
Blows Against the Empire by Paul Kantner and Jefferson Starship is another album that's a bit of a lineup of counterculture icons including Jerry Garcia, David Crosby, and many others from among Jefferson Airplane's contemporaries.

seandoe 5y ago

And they helped the dead with vocal harmonizing during recording of working man's dead and American Beauty. Cool stuff.

jacquesm 5y ago
Their vocal harmonies are out of this world. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyquqw6GeXk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyquqw6GeXk

scarecrowbob 5y ago

That was the first thing I learned to play on the pedal steel guitar. I've been playing about 6 years now, and I'm stoked that things are opening up here so I can perform a bit. Right now I am working on Garcia's parts for Dire Wolf. He's not the best pedal steel player, but he's my favorite.

BeniBoy 5y ago
Yes! An incredible "hippie player" (the derogatory term used by classical steelers for players that took the pedal steel outside of the classic country style). He really has a very unusual style.. He also was the first steel player of the New Riders of the Purple Sage, before leaving his seat to Buddy Cage, which is my favorite pedal steel player :)

osullivj 5y ago

Jerry is on Crosby's wonderful 1969 solo LP If Only I Could Remember My Name. The article mentioned Neil's early 70s solo output: Harvest and Goldrush. No mention of the brilliant stuff from Stills: Stills I & II, and two astounding Manassas albums. If you love the Stills tunes on CSN & Deja Vu, the Manassas LPs are a must. Finally, for Stills fans, here's the prototype for Southern Cross [1]: Curtis Brothers with Buckingham & Nicks on Seven League Boots in 75. [1] https://youtu.be/TNEpFrOWooE https://youtu.be/TNEpFrOWooE

BoxOfRain 5y ago

Blows Against the Empire by Paul Kantner and Jefferson Starship is another album that's a bit of a lineup of counterculture icons including Jerry Garcia, David Crosby, and many others from among Jefferson Airplane's contemporaries.