Lynn Anderson: Red River Valley Shuffle with great steel!

Duane Becker · Post by **Duane Becker** » 22 Apr 2022 11:29 am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1kqaMu7lpw

Paul King · Post by **Paul King** » 23 Apr 2022 8:55 am

That was some hard shell country. I wonder who played steel guitar on the project. I also noticed the guitar player playing licks you hear on Merle Haggard songs.

Charlie Hansen · Post by **Charlie Hansen** » 23 Apr 2022 9:55 am

This is what I dug up, but I'm no expert.

Dan Dugmore – Steel Guitar
Chris Leuzinger – Guitar

The only thing is that there's no fiddle listed.

Another source says, Marty Stuart guitar & mandolin.

David Mitchell · Post by **David Mitchell** » 25 Apr 2022 6:08 am

That song was on her 1992 Cowboy's Sweetheart album. Yes, interesting that there was no mention of a fiddle player. Keyboard players can do fiddle now to some degree. Maybe that was the case but I don't think sampled fiddles were that good back then. I had one of the first in 1985 and it was only 8 bit sampling. I've got a canned midi fiddle now people think is real but I could win no fiddling contest with it. Liner notes get messed up all the time. I produced 2 vinyl albums for Joe Paul Nichols at Sumet-Bernet in Dallas in 1992 and the first one I was listed as the engineer but I didn't engineer it, I produced it and he had his backer as producer on the album and he never came to the studio. I guess a backer is a producer in a roundabout way. Joe was a good man and he did call and apologize. No biggie. He payed me well.
Lynn Anderson – Vocals
Dan Dugmore – Steel Guitar
Jack Hale – Arranger, Keyboards, Leader
Jim Horn – Flute
Jelly Roll Johnson – Harmonica
Ralph Jungheim – Producer
Chris Leuzinger – Guitar
Gary Prim – Piano, Keyboards
Mike Rojas – Piano, Keyboards
Milton Sledge – Drums
Bob Wray – Bass

Larry Dering · Post by **Larry Dering** » 25 Apr 2022 9:49 am

Wow, that's a swinging rendition and nice take on this old tune.

ken collins · Post by **ken collins** » 25 Apr 2022 4:33 pm

Sure sounds like John Hughey to me.

Rick Campbell · Post by **Rick Campbell** » 25 Apr 2022 7:00 pm

There's two fiddles on the intro, but it could be the same guy doing both. Only one fiddle on the break. If it was recorded in Nashville, I think the fiddler might be Hoot Hester. Could be Kenny Sears too. Maybe somebody that knows will chime in.

RC