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Steel guitariste Country US né 9 Juin 1926 à
Meshawaka (Indiana). Herb Remington a fait parti des Texas Playboys de
Bob Wills. Il est decédé le 27 Octobre
2018.
Not to
sound like a product placement, but this is a case where having an identical
name for a product and an artist makes sense. Remington stainless steel razors
and Herb Remington and his flawless pedal steel artistry are a combination that
deserves to be housed in the same building. If so, the shed out back would be
stockpiled with Remington pedal steel guitars which are engineered, designed,
and manufactured by Herb Remington, of course. The steel, as in steel guitar,
first came into Remington's life while he was in high school. It wasn't his
first instrument. He had been playing piano since the age of five, and those who
feel mastery of the keyboard would not expand the abilities of a pedal steel
player should provide some other explanation of why no one has ever sounded like
this man on that instrument.
Following the second World War, he went to California and wound up in the
Bob Wills' Band, which to a
pedal steel player is the same as arriving at St. Peter's gate. Ironically, his
trip West had been to audition not for
Bob Wills, but for
Luke Wills, his brother. The better-known
bandleading brother snatching him away is one of the few examples of sibling
rivalry involving pedal steel players in music history. Thus Remington became
one of the fabulously swinging and inventive players associated with Western
swing, assuring him a place of reverence similar to that granted to the greatest
baseball teams. As long as these pickers can still get on-stage, they will never
go out of style. Merle Haggard provided
employment from the '70s onward with
Wills tributes, and two decades
later Remington was gathering up the usual suspects for gigs and recording as
the Playboys II. Another Western swing project is the River Road Boys, with whom
Remington has recorded regularly since 1972. These are all fairly large bands,
requiring a musician to be a team player. Remington has always been something of
a leader as well. He was cutting his own instrumental singles for Decca early
on, and wrote great material for the
Wills' band, including the tune
"Remington Ride," which has become a standard for steel players.
His involvement with country & western music also includes something of an
invisible legacy, as he was one of a large group of musicians who, in different
combinations, made up the house band for the Starday label. Scholars of vintage
country music will argue into eternity about who actually played steel on the
George Jones sides for this label,
but sometimes it is Remington. When it is someone else, it might have been
because Remington had gone aloha. He is also an accomplished Hawaiian steel
player and works regularly in this genre, guaranteeing him weeks at a time of
sunny working vacations touring the Hawaiian islands. He lives in Houston, TX,
where he manufactures his instruments and teaches. One wouldn't have to travel
all the way there to study his techniques: he has issued several volumes of
pedal steel instruction on video. His innovations in instrument design include
the invention of an adjustable truss rod.
Herb Remington passed away on October 27, 2018.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb_Remington
Talents : Steel Guitar
Style musical : Traditional Country, Western Swing
Remington Swing (1957)
SAM AND
OSCAR
(1959)
MINNI
LANI (1959)
Coo
Coo Creek Hop (1960)
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Years in activity :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 |
DISCOGRAPHY
78 t., Singles & EP
| 1951 | 78 t. Humming Bird 1009 (US) | . |
Herb Remington & The Ranch Hands - I Wonder If You Feel The Way I Do / Swinging Strings |
| 03/1952 | 78 t. DECCA 28058 (US) | . | Old Timey Waltz / Moose Jaw Rag |
| 03/1952 | SP DECCA 9-28058 (US) | . |
Old Timey Waltz / Moose Jaw Rag |
| 1953 | 78 t. OKEH 18005 (US) | . | Herby Remington - Remington Ride / Steel Guitar Waltz |
| 1953 | SP OKEH 4-18005 (US) | . |
Herby Remington - Remington Ride / Steel Guitar Waltz |
| 1953 | 78 t. OKEH 18015 (US) | . | Herby Remington - Buck Up / String Time |
| 1953 | SP OKEH 4-18015 (US) | . |
Herby Remington - Buck Up / String Time |
| 1954 | 78 t. OKEH 18027 (US) | . | Herby Remington - Jean Street Swing / Backlash |
| 1954 | SP OKEH 4-18027 (US) | . |
Herby Remington - Jean Street Swing / Backlash |
| 1954 | 78 t. OKEH 18046 (US) | . | Herby Remington - Pickled Beats / The Big Drag |
| 1954 | SP OKEH 4-18046 (US) | . |
Herby Remington - Pickled Beats / The Big Drag |
| 12/1954 | SP OKEH 4-21347 (US) | . |
Herby Remington - Westphalia Waltz / Julida Polka |
| 1955 | SP COLUMBIA 4-21347 (US) | . | Herby Remington - Westphalia Waltz / Julida Polka |
| 11/1957 | SP STARDAY 45-332 (US) | . |
Herby Remington - Slush Pump / Station Break |
| 1957 | EP STARDAY 45-295 (US) |
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No Money In This Deal [George
Jones] / Mocking Bird
Special [Slim Cox] / Tickle
The Ivories [Dorothy Blakley]
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Remington Swing
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| 1959 | SP DART 124 (US) | . |
Bill QUINN - Hideaway / Golden Wedding Waltz |
| 02/1960 | SP D 1129 (US) | . |
Herby
Remington -
Coo Coo Creek Hop
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| 03/1961 | SP D 1186 (US) | . |
Herby Remington - Fiddlesteel / Soft Shoe Slide |
| 07/1962 | SP UNITED ARTISTS UA-482 (US) (promo) | . |
Herby Remington - Swinging Cow Bells / Pedal Softly |
| 1974 | SP STONEWAY 1102 (US) | . |
Hurb REMINGTON - The Pookie / Java |
| 1974 | SP STONEWAY 1113 (US) | . |
Sleep Walk / Elmer's Tune |
| 1976 | SP STONEWAY 1139 (US) | . |
Texas Bump / Lovesick Blues |
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Albums
| 1959 | LP 12" D 7002 (US) |
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HERBY REMINGTON PLAYS THE STEEL - Herby REMINGTON & Buddy DEE - Sam And Oscar / Minni Lani / Deep Beat / Lonesome / Coo Coo Creek Hop / Chime Out For Love / Hula Palm / Slush Pump / Beyond Blue / Boot Heel Drag / Palm Tree / Remington Ride | ||
| 1960 | LP 12" D 7005 (US) |
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ALOHA HAWAII - Herbie REMINGTON - Lonely Isle / Malihini Mele / Kamaiina Waltz / Beachcombing / Blue Holonum / Hula Cha Cha / Wind Chimes / Happy Chant / Song Of Old Hawaii / Rotsarock / Lovely Luana / Island Memories | ||
| 1961 | LP 12" United Artists UAL 3167 (mono) / UAS 6167 (stereo) (US) |
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Steel Guitar Holiday - Herbie REMINGTON - Sam & Oscar / Minni Lani / Deep Beat / Lonesome / Coo-Coo Creek Hop / Chime Out For Love / Hula Palm / Slush Pump / Beyond Blue / Boot Heel Drag / Palm Tree / Remington Ride |
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| 02/1965 | LP 12" HILLTOP JM-6020 (mono) / JS-6020 (stereo) (US) |
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REMINGTON RIDES AGAIN! - Herbie REMINGTON - Remington Ride / I'm Draggin' / Sweetnin' / Big Dance At The Windmill Greasin' / Sage / Yes He's Gone / Handcuffed To Love / Don't Mess Around With My Love / Light Touch / Saddle Sore | ||
| 1973 | LP 12" STONEWAY STY-138 (US) |
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PURE REMINGTON STEEL - Spanish Eyes / Java / Elmer's Tune / Pookie / Sleep Walk / Sugar Blues / Under The Double Eagle / Roadside Rag / Remington Ride / Boot Heel Drag / Somewhere My Love / Release Me | ||
| 1975 | 2 LP 12" STEEL GUITAR RECORD CLUB SGRC 3 (US) |
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Jean Street Swing :
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| 1976 | LP 12" STONEWAY STY-162 (US) |
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BOOTHELL DRAG BY HERB REMINGTON - Buttons And Bows / Early Morning Blues / El Rancho Grande / Rose Room / San Antonio Rose / Room Full Of Roses / Shadow Of Your Smile / Texas Bump / Born To Lose / Three Way Boogie / Blues In The Night / Bootheel Drag | ||
| 1977 | LP 12" STONEWAY STY-165 (US) |
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Dance Time ‘N Texas or Anyplace Else - Rompin‘ Stompin‘ Texans - Oklahoma Stomp / Please Don’t Leave Me / Cotton-Eyed Joe / Deep In The Heart Of Texas / Got My Back To The Wall / Austin Waltz / Take These Chains From My Heart / Danny’s Boogie / Near You / Jole Blon / Over Moonlit Waters / Sugar Foot Rag |
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| 1978 | LP 12" MID-LAND MD-19 (US) |
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STRUNG UP - Strung Up / Song Of Love / Faded Love / A Man And A Woman / Jambalaya / Our Day Will Come / Sweet Georgia Brown / Watch What Happens / Mood Indigo / Spanish Eyes / Misty | ||
| 1979 | LP 12" STONEWAY STY-176 (US) |
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REMINGTON ROAD - Tuxedo Junction / How Can You Mend A Broken Heart / Stompin' At The Savoy / Stranger On The Shore / Ramona / Disco Texas / Sea Six By The Seashore / Playboy Chimes / You Win Again / I Can't Stop Loving You / Girl Of My Dreams / Crazy | ||
| 08/1979 | LP 12" DELTA DLP-1115 (US) |
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COTTON EYED JOE and Other Texas Dance Hall Favorites - Cotton Eyed Joe / Faded Love / Whiskey River / Sweetheart Schottishe / San Antonio Rose / Waltz Across Texas / Steel Guitar Rag / Put Your Little Foot / Jole Blon / Deep In The Heart Of Texas / Maiden's Prayer / Southwestern Waltz | ||
| 1983 | LP 12" OZAN MUSIC LH-22734 (US) |
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WINNER & PEDAL STEEL CHAMP - Call Me Collect / Come Evening / Houston Lullaby / Cotton Patch / Sail On / October Morning / 1-45 North / Aura Lee / Day For Waifer / Waltzin' Around / Rock Gut / Lonesome | ||
| 1984 | LP 12" LONGHORN LH-2005 (US) |
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REMINGTON COUNTRY - Herb REMINGTON & Mark REMINGTON - Nineteen Kinds Of Hell / 1-45 North / Until I Touch You / Going Back To Arkansas / October Morning / Rock Gut / Blue Sunshine / Call Me Collect / Moon Over Texas / Should I Have Kissed Her / Sail On / Day For Waifer / It's A Mystery | ||
| 1987 | LP 12" OZAN MUSIC LH-24918 (US) |
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HAWAII SWINGS - Hula Blues / Beautiful Kahana / Muumuus Are Great For Mamas / Only Islands In The Sea / Theme From Adventures In Paradise / One Rose / Kaulana O Hilo Hanakahi / I'll Remember You / You Don't Have To Be Hawaiian / Royal Hawaiian Hotel / Home Sweet Hawaii / Tiny Bubbles | ||
| 1992 | CD GLAD MUSIC D-7014 (US) |
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A DAY WITH REMINGTON - Jimmy DAY with Herb REMINGTON - San Antonio Rose / Coconut Grove / Boot Heel Drag / Steel Guitar Waltz / Remington Ride / Time Changes Everything / B Bowman Hop / Jean Street Swing / Right Or Wrong / Milk Cow Blues / Lonesome | ||
| 09/1995 | CD GLAD MUSIC D-7017 (US) |
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STEELING MEMORIES - My Buddy / So Rare / Once In A While / Land Of Dreams / Canadian Sunset / Girl From Ipanema / Moon Of Manakoora / Blue Hawaii / Our Day Will Come / Stardust / Dream | ||
| 1996 | CD GLAD MUSIC D-7022 (US) |
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"STEELING" DREAMS - Dream Train / Stompin' At The Savoy / On The Alamo / Swinging Shepherd Blues / Hawaiian Paradise / When My Dreamboat Comes Home / Little Coquette / In The Arms Of Love / Stars Fell On Alabama / (Back Home Again In) Indiana | ||
| 1998 | CD INDIAN DREAMS 9445 (US) |
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A TRIBUTE TO BOB WILLS - ROUTE 66 & Herb REMINGTON - Miss Molly / Across The Alley Of The Alamo / My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You / Sugar Moon / Time Changes Everything / Right Or Wrong / San Antonio Rose / Misery / Four Or Five Times / Rolly Poly / Faded Love / Milkcow Blues / Deep Weater / Yearning / Take Me Back To Tulsa / Corrine Corrina | ||
| 10/1998 | CD GLAD MUSIC D-7025 (US) |
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STEELING LOVE - Summer Samba / Nearness Of You / September In The Rain / I Can't Believe You're Still In Love With Me / Rose Room / Tippin' In / Cross Your Heart / Drifting And Dreaming (Sweet Paradise) / I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry - Texas Moonbeam Waltz / Mona Lisa / It's Marvelous | ||
| 1999 | CD GLAD MUSIC D-7027 (US) |
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INSTRUMENTALLY SALUTES FLOYD TILLMAN - Each Night At Nine / Daisy Mae / This Cold War With You / Then I'll Keep Right On Loving You / Slipping Around / I Love You So Much / It Hurts Me / Gotta Have My Baby Back / They Took The Stars Out Of Heaven / It Makes No Difference Now / Let's Make Memories Tonight | ||
| 1999 | CD Steel Guitar World Magazine no # |
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From Houston To Nashville And Nashville To Houston - Round Trip - Herb REMINGTON & Kayton ROBERTS - Home In San Antone / Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain / Remington Ride / Walking After Midnight / Never On Sunday / Sentimental Journey / Time Changes Everything - Bubbling In My Beer / Maiden’s Prayer / Coconut Grove / Church Bells In Vancouver / Alyson’s Waltz / Opryland Swing / The One Rose / Yellow Bird / Beautiful Kahana / Santo Domingo Woman / Room Full Of Roses / What Now My Love / Mapuana / Sugar Moon / Tiny Bubbles / Swing Scene / Iva Lee's Minuet Chimes |
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| 10/2000 | CD GLAD MUSIC D-7031 (US) |
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PRECIOUS MEMORIES - Herb REMINGTON & Charlie SHAFFER - In The Garden / What A Wonderful World / Just A Closer Walk With Thee / Precious Memories / When The Saints Go Marching In / Old Rugged Cross / Rock Of Ages / Peace In The Valley / In The Sweet By And By - Down By The Riverside / What A Friend We Have In Jesus / Swing Low Sweet Chariot | ||
| 2006 | CD RACO Music ? (US) |
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Sweet Talking Steel Guitars - Herb REMINGTON & Rick Alexander - Sweet Talk / Bula Hula / A Little Different / Ricochet Rag / What'll I Do / Destiny / Remington Ride Revisited / Remember Tonight / The Last Ship / Seabirds / Hot Noodles |
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| 2007 | CD What Productions SP01 (US) |
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The Swingfield Playboys featuring Herb Remington - Martini & Western Music For The Refined Redneck - Heart Full Of Texas / Get The Hell Outta Dodge / Way Down Yonder In New Orleans / Ain't Misbehavin' / Tell Me Baby / After You've Gone / Whose Love / I Heard That / Later When I'm Straighter / Undecided / Head South / Skeleton / Wake Me When This Is Over / Shine |
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| 09/2010 | CD Gandy Dancer 50280091 (US) |
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Goodbye Liza Jane - Hello Western Swing! - peter ward & the The Lone Pine Western Swing Band - SPECIAL GUEST HERB REMINGTON ON STEEL GUITAR - Deep Water / Ida Red / Milk Cow Blues / Misery / Get Along Home Cindy / Twinkle Star / Goodbye Liza Jane / Dusty Skies / Cotton Eyed Joe / Time Changes Everything / Little Joe The Wrangler / Sweet Mama Hurry Home (Or I'll Be Gone) / Stay A Little Longer / Wrong Road Home Blues / I'm Feeling Bad / The Girl I Left Behind Me / Rose Of Old Pawnee / Smith's Reel / Herb's Lullaby |
© Rocky Productions 4/09/2017
(Herbie 
