Sneaky Mother Lode!

Silverface · Joined: 23 Aug 2006 Posts: 259

There's not a lot of bender on these tunes, but Greg Harris does a great job on guitar....and as one of my cohort Fender steel players said, we found the mother lode.

Video of Sneaky is exceedingly rare, and suddenly an entire German club gig with one of the mid-80's band iterations - Sneaky, Harris, Skip and Jim Goodall - just friggin' drops out of the blue!

FWIW I think this is a superb rendition of Bugler (obviously the guy who posted it must be German...might have been the opening act). If you click "related videos" you'll find the rest - there are over a dozen songs, including Sneaky's take on Spittin' Image, which I only heard a few times (Cannonball Rag was often the opener for shows around this time.

This is just surreal. In one video you can see Sneaky flip the fuzz on and off.

When the link showed up on the Fender Steel Forum I think about 200 jaws hit the floor.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4cRAKPWY6c&feature=related

Don Miller · Joined: 23 Aug 2006 Posts: 215 Location: Anchorage, Alaska

Holy cow!

thanks Jim!!

Savalas · Joined: 23 Aug 2006 Posts: 227 Location: United Kingdom

wow, thanks for sharing Jim, pretty rare footage!

Johnny Isaacs · Joined: 27 Aug 2006 Posts: 29 Location: Las Vegas, NV

Man that's great! That's one of my fav Clarence songs ever! Sneaky sounds great!

Johnny Isaacs

Dogbear · Joined: 23 Jun 2007 Posts: 238 Location: Florida

Outstanding, made me smile..... Streets Of Baltimore is also great..

http://www.youtube.com/user/d1e2s3c4h5#p/u/19/E1u7Xd5FAHI

getbent · Joined: 11 Sep 2006 Posts: 116 Location: San Benito, CA

Are there any FBB albums with Greg Harris on them...

I reallly like the way the band sounds in these vids....

Aubrunner · Joined: 25 Aug 2006 Posts: 18 Location: Austria

Greg released a fantastic solo album last year. More info:

http://www.gregharrismusic.net/gregharrismusic.net.html

Aubrunner · Joined: 25 Aug 2006 Posts: 18 Location: Austria

Forgot to write, only FBB LIVE albums were released with Greg, one of the best is "Close encounters of the west coast" aka "Live in Tokyo".

Greg recorded some great studio demos with the Burritos 1979, but all are unreleased. One duet with Gene Parsons "Please notify someone" written by Larry Murray. Greg also sings "Makin' it right" and "Ease on by you". Other musicians are Gib Guilbeau, Gene Parsons, Skip Battin, Sneaky Pete and Ed Ponder. Other songs lead vocals by Gib, Gene and Skip.

getbent · Joined: 11 Sep 2006 Posts: 116 Location: San Benito, CA

thanks for the info... are there boots of the unreleased material?

I'd be interested.

Johnny Isaacs · Joined: 27 Aug 2006 Posts: 29 Location: Las Vegas, NV

I just picked up the Flying Burrito Brothers Relix Collection which is BOTH Live from Tokyo (Same band in the video's here plus Gil Gilbeau which is a great addition) and Live in Europe same band minus Gib. Greg Harris is on both of these records. The Relix Collection put both of these live records on one CD. Great stuff. Sneaky sounds fantastic.

Johnny Isaacs

http://www.amazon.com/Relix-Collection-Flying-Burrito-Brothers/dp/B002BZ0HDM/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1264135694&sr=8-2

getbent · Joined: 11 Sep 2006 Posts: 116 Location: San Benito, CA

Thanks Johnny! I just ordered it!

I'm gonna get both of Greg's records too....

Holy Moly, I got the relix collection for .87 and 2.98 shipping... oh man!

Bill Hisle · Joined: 23 Aug 2006 Posts: 77 Location: East Oz

That's got to be the biggest tone bar I've ever seen. Jim, do I recall you saying once that Sneaky's bar weighed over a pound? His tone is second to none, and his playing just makes you fall in love with pedal steel all over again.

Streets of Baltimore is as good as it gets in my book. Fantastic song!