Favorite Footwear That You Wear To Play Steel

[Chris Templeton]

Do you have favorite footwear that you wear to play steel and could effect your playing if you didn't have them?

[Doug Taylor]

I wear Converse Tennis shoes!

[Chris Templeton]

Was supposed to be a "poll", but it's here now

[John Macy]

Manly?

[Fred Treece]

Round-toe Justin or Tony Lama boots with a soft shank and at least 1” heel. No tennies or other flats.

[Lee Rider]

Thick socks for my size 15 feet....

[Lee Baucum]

Sketchers

[Fred Treece]

Part of my excuse for wearing boots is I double on guitar. Socks or sneakers or slippers with jeans, dress shirt n vest —- not a great look when yer in the upright position.

[Terry Winter]

This was a topic years ago when I started and thought to myself that I would play in whatever I had on(hell or highwater). I can practice in sock feet but play in cowboy boots, shoes, running shoes even boots when I have to.

[Chris Templeton]

Often, a little adjustment to the rear legs can compensate for heel size, but if one has two left left knee levers, for example, one accessed like normal and a second one further in towards the pedal rack, consistent leg position might be be an issue for some, leading to wanting to use the same footwear.
I wonder if there's any steeler that wears two different shoes?

[Kenny Davis]

Reebok Club C 85. I find I get best tone from the black ones.

[K Maul]

Manly?

Did you know that “Manley Footware” was the moniker given to BJ Cole when he played with the satirical(but very good) British Country group Hank Wangford Band? Everyone in the band had a “secret identity”. I saw them at Dingwall’s in London when I was knocking around England in 1982.
I like wearing loafers or running shoes(if they have fairly thin soles) while playing. I don’t feel great in cowboy boots because they restrict ankle movement and the hard leather soles make it difficult to feel the pedals. Glad I never played with Ernest Tubb!

[Brett Day]

I wear Hey Dude shoes to play steel now and they're great shoes for playing steel!

[Chuck Lemasters]

Saturday night I wore a pair of those square toed cowboy boots that make your feet look like those of a duck, but boat or deck shoes work better for me…so I don’t end up mashing three pedals at a time…

[Jack Hanson]

Minnetonka Moccasins:

[Rick Abbott]

Minnetonka Moccasins:

This is exactly what I have worn for 20 years. Same brand, same style.

Heck, I wear them all the time at home.

[Ronald Sikes]

I like these. Also have a black pair.
https://www.cavenders.com/twisted-x-men ... DM003.html

[Jon Jaffe]

Twenty-year-old Ropers. They are as soft as loafers or boat shoes or sneakers.

[Dave Hopping]

Wore various cowboy boots for years and years. Finally had to go to Skechers due to aging feet, but they're black so as to be inconspicuous. Been dressing somewhat western on the gig all this time and white sneakers aren't a good look for that..

More cowboy, less cosmic please.

[Larry Dering]

Sketchers for me now. Not the Tennis shoe but a slip on casual.

[Jon Voth]

I am hooked on Stacy Adams shoes with cap toe.

On my Mullen, ankle twists such as A pedal only with E lever right or B pedal only with E lever left and others-this is the shoe that works best for me.

[Ricky Davis]

Me and Dicky Overbey wear/wore just socks, to play our wide waffle pedal Sho~Bud's.
Ricky

[Lee Baucum]

Sketchers

I have 3 pairs of Sketchers, black, gray, and brown.

My feet love them. I even wear them to the office, with Dockers.


~Lee

[Dale Rottacker]

I've mostly worn boat shoes for years, but the last few I've been using a variety of slippers or moccasins from Canada, you know the Moose Hide variety... but then I got these off Amazon in August ... "Minnetonka Men's Sheepskin Hardsole Moccasin Slippers" ... because my feet are cold most of the time, especially in the winter. And with the harder soles than typical moccasins my tender feet can push on the pedals a bit more positively.

[Kenny Davis]

Official footwear of the '70's:




We're all sissies now!