#Buddy emmons steel guitar jazz album movie#

Sure, I was okay playing Merle HaggardвЂ™s вЂњMomma TriedвЂќвЂ¦ I know the intro to thatвЂ¦ вЂњYeah thatвЂ™s what you play!вЂќ But, I had a a Hagstrom Swede guitar I brought to Nashville. Yeah, so I did it anyway, because I knew the other stuff. That was the whole way I perceived Nashville (laughs).ДonвЂ™t play the jazz stuff вЂ“ your phone wonвЂ™t ringвЂ¦Don Kelly (Nashville bandleader famous for recruiting the hottest new young TeleвЂ™ players) told me thatвЂ¦Д«ob: I saw that interview where you recounted that. Guys like Hank Garland, they did their sessions all day, but then would sneak out and play вЂњjazzвЂќ down in Printers Alley. ThatвЂ™s what they all play in the night when they go out. When I came in Nashville, I thought of Buddy Emmons. So it was a good eclectic collection.Д«ob: You seem to dive deep in whatever style you decide to jump intoвЂ¦ Not only did I have country music but I also had Ray Charles, Louis Armstrong (oh man!) in the house too. Mom sang Connie Smith and Loretta Lynn songs. My mom and dad had a country band and they played stuff like Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, Conway Twitty, and Loretta Lynn. We had a lot of different kind of music in the house so I always refer to country music. Every morning there was a Buddy Rich solo downstairsвЂ¦ Yeah, my brother loved Buddy RichвЂ¦ I did too! Things kind of parlayed from there, itвЂ™s kind of how I got in the jazz.ДЄlso, my brother (Nashville drummer Randy Mason) always played Buddy Rich solos in the basement. after Buddy Emmons, I got a Pat Martino album вЂ“ then became a fan of Pat. So then I wondered, вЂњwhat does Buddy Emmons listen to?вЂќ I know he said something about Pat Martino at some point so thenвЂ¦. Real active, energetic and very interesting notes. When I first heard Buddy Emmons, WOW! It was just such finesse and flash. But I listened to Buddy Emmons just as much in those early years because although my dad didnвЂ™t play steel, he was a steel guitar fan. I listened toВ Jerry Reed and always talk about Jerry Reed. They were always playing a lot of jazzy stuff.Д«uddy Emmons, I need to give him a more credit than I do, I think because IвЂ™m always talking about well-known guitar players. I was always a fan of Buddy Emmons and Roy Nichols. And of course, there was Texas swing вЂ“ which is jazz from Texas, you know big band music with strings. There was Merle Haggard and my dad loved Bob Wills. I was a fan of Nashville musicians,В of course my parents played country music.

Well, I yeahвЂ¦ I had some of that in my arsenal and I picked up a lot (laughs) along the way. So Brent Mason on the cover of Jazz Guitar Today? Absolutely!Д«ob:В I would like to hear about when you first came to Nashville from Ohio.В How much of your вЂplayingвЂ™ arsenal was already developed and how much did you pick up along the way? We love straight ahead jazz players no doubt, but we also celebrate the players that use the language of jazz in other genres. His guitar vocabulary is stupefying and he is exactly the kind of player we at Jazz Guitar TodayВ want to highlight. I had heard Brent was a big fan of Pat Martino and George Benson and in fact, he is. I was warming up backstage and I noticed Brent was warming up across the room вЂ“ playing a ton of red-hot bebop lines. I was fortunate to be performing at the show, as well. I met Brent at the Little Walter Tube Amp show at the City Winery in Nashville last year.

His licks, solos, and kickoff intros have been on thousands of country records and hits. Brent is known for his country licks and chicken pickinвЂ™.

His client list is the вЂњWhoвЂ™s WhoвЂќ of country stars and producers.

#Buddy emmons steel guitar jazz album movie#

Bob Bakert, Editor of Jazz Guitar Today:В Brent Mason has played guitar on literally thousands of records, lots of movie soundtracks, many television shows and commercials.