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37: 491:, he calls Mooney "the most imitated steel guitar player and the best one by far...the great Ralph Mooney." In the singer's autobiography, he says, "The band could do just about anything...Mooney was at the heart of it. He was a cult legend in his own right, a steel-guitar genius, and he was in his heyday." Richie Albright recalls Waylon saying, "Hell, there's only one steel guitar player, and it's Ralph Mooney." Waylon often called attention to Mooney during shows and even on record. He would call out "Pick it, Moon!" as Mooney began a solo, and the singer made sly references to Mooney's earlier career, prompting Mooney on 311:
joined Wynn's band, playing with them around Los Angeles, Bakersfield, and Las Vegas, and joining Stewart in the studio when the singer got his first record deal on Intro Records. Stewart cut two singles, "I've Waited a Lifetime" (with Mooney playing lead guitar instead of pedal steel) and "Strolling". Neither song charted, but the latter caught the attention of Skeets McDonald, who liked it so much he cut it himself (with Ralph playing pedal steel) and got Stewart an audition with Capitol records Ralph continued to play with Stewart on the singer's sessions for Capitol, including Stewart's first major hit "
407:." Haggard said that song was one that "You won't hear too many guys singing because it's got a high note in there that will embarrass you if you don't hit it." As the song ended, Haggard saw Stewart watching from the crowd. Stewart was impressed enough to offer Haggard a job playing bass and singing backup on the spot. Haggard accepted and played with Stewart's band until he got his own record deal with Capitol in 1963. His first Capitol single, " 336:
Stewart, but that version was never released. Ralph sold the song to Claude Caviness, who formed Pep Records in hopes of finding a hit for his singing wife Marilyn Kaye. Caviness and Kaye, backed by Kenny Brown and the Arkansas Ramblers, cut a duet version of "Crazy Arms" in 1955. Despite criticisms of Kaye's vocals, the single received some radio play, notably at WALT in Tampa, Florida. When rising country star
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play on the song, but he continued to play with Stewart's band, and the single's success meant that their Las Vegas shows were now in larger, nicer venues instead of clubs and honky tonks. With Stewart typically doing two sets a night, Mooney and Roy Nichols would often spend the time between sets playing for their own entertainment. One such session at the Golden Nugget was overheard by drummer
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Buck Owens. Ralph played Owens' first session after successfully confronting Capitol for creative control of his recordings; Owens' favorite song from the session is "Second Fiddle". Capitol wouldn't release the song until the following year, but when they did, it reached #24 on the country chart, giving Owens his first hit. Owens' next three singles, "
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In the early 1950s, while Ralph was working with Wynn Stewart and living in Las Vegas, Ralph's wife left him because he was getting "crawling, falling down" drunk. According to Mooney, the experience inspired him to write "Crazy Arms" with his friend Chuck Seals. The song was recorded in 1954 by Wynn
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By 1961, Mooney was using a Fender 1000,another dual eight-string model, through a Fender Twin amplifier on sessions for Buck Owens. Mooney primarily used the E9 neck of the instrument; the second neck, rarely used, was set up with a dobro-style open G tuning instead of the C6 more commonly used by
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Mooney began playing pedal steel on a homemade instrument. According to Bobbe Seymour, this began as a Magnatone double eight-string nonpedal steel guitar, which Mooney modified with household materials. He was quoted as saying that the pedals were held in place with chicken wire strung between the
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Mooney spent the last years of the 1960s doing sessions work, recording an instrumental album with James Burton, and sporadically playing with Wynn Stewart. Stewart had re-signed to Capitol Records in 1965, and in 1967 he released his only #1 single, "It's Such a Pretty World Today." Mooney did not
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In the latter half of the 1950s, Ralph continued to play with Wynn Stewart, but Stewart's drinking and erratic behavior made this work unreliable. Mooney played in other bands and took session work. He was hired as a staff musician for Capitol Records, where in 1958 he began playing sessions with
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designed to emulate the sound of his Fender. Bobbe Seymour recalls a later guitar commissioned by Waylon and the band as a surprise for Mooney. Mooney's setup was different enough from the standard of the day that Sho-Bud declined, saying they "would rather not build one that weird," so Seymour
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Ray Price cut "Crazy Arms" in 1956, reworking some lyrics and adding a walking bassline in 4/4 time. The single was Price's first to hit #1 on Billboard's country charts, where it remained for 20 weeks, establishing the tune's country shuffle feel as a part of Price's signature sound. Following
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By 1950, Ralph had become a regular in the house band for the popular Squeakin' Deacon radio show in Los Angeles. Squeakin' Deacon held a weekly talent contest at the Compton Ballroom. A young singer named Winford Stewart took first place so frequently that he shortened his name to "Win". Ralph
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both reaching #1. By the mid-1960s, Wynn Stewart's drinking had left his band at loose ends, and Mooney went on tour with Haggard. Mooney's stint as a full-time Stranger was short-lived. In 1967, the band was caught in a snow storm in Minneapolis; Mooney, tired of the hotel, tried to steal the
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In January 2011, rumors circulated that Mooney's health was deteriorating. On March 20, 2011, Mooney died of complications from cancer. He was survived by his wife of 62 years, Wanda; his son, Richard; his daughter, Linda Yates; four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren ( Alex Dooley,
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bought the parts from Sho-Bud and built the instrument himself. Seymour said this was a Super-Pro model with an E9 tuning the near neck and that the outside neck was tuned "like a G dobro," and that Mooney used the instrument throughout his time with Jennings.
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Ralph Mooney was born in Duncan, Oklahoma, in 1928. At the age of 12, he moved to California to live with his sister and her husband; that brother-in-law would begin teaching Mooney to play guitar, fiddle, and mandolin. Around this time, he heard
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debut, and it was later a top 20 hit for both Marion Worth and WIllie Nelson. Mooney said of the song, "It has been recorded by so many different people. I would starve to death if it wasn’t for those royalty checks."
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restrictive control over his recording sessions. By 1973, the singer had negotiated a new contract that included the freedom to produce his own records, which meant recording with his own band. The resulting album,
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recognized him and called him on stage, handed him a guitar, and told him to play while Nichols went to the bathroom. Mooney asked Haggard if he could sing, Merle said "Sure", and the band ran through a few
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legs; according to steel player Mike Neer, Mooney took this instrument to a session for Wanda Jackson, who saw him setting it up and said to her producer, "You better go get me someone who could play."
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At some point after this, Mooney began using instruments made by GFI, a company founded by Gene Fields, who worked as a designer at Fender during the development of their pedal steel line.
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Mooney continued to play with Waylon Jennings through most of the 1980s. He did occasional session work as well, playing on
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In the early 1960s, Ralph continued to play and record with Wynn Stewart, cutting a few top 40 country singles including "
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visited the station, disc jockey Bob Martin played him the record, recommending that Price record it himself.
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Miller, Timothy David (2013). Instruments as Technology and Culture: Co-Constructing the Pedal Steel Guitar
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would later borrow this instrument to study its design Ralph began playing in local bands including
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to "Show 'em the foot that made Merle Haggard a star," or saying, "Eat your heart out Haggard," on
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Price's success, the song has been covered countless times. Just weeks after its original release,
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James Burton and Ralph Mooney – Corn Pickin' and Slick Slidin' (Capitol Records, 1968)
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In the 1970s, after joining Waylon Jennings' band, Mooney was gifted a double-neck
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A Tribute to the Best Damn Fiddle Player in the World (or, My Salute to Bob Wills)
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Lonesome, On'ry and Mean - Waylon Jennings | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic
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Strangers' tour bus and drive it home himself. He was stopped and sent home.
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borrowed this modified instrument to study the design, giving Mooney a
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The cowboy in country music: an historical survey with artist profiles
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In 2010, Marty Stuart invited Mooney to Nashville to play on Stuart's
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in 1983. He was the original steel guitarist in Merle Haggard's band,
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Mooney played with many other country artists and was a member of
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in late 1970, at a time when Waylon was growing frustrated with
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Haggard's band, prominently billed on his early album covers as
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Are the Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver)
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That's the Way a Cowboy Rocks and Rolls (Capitol Records, 1978)
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Waylon effusively praised Mooney's playing over the years. On
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Though best known for his instrumental work, Mooney co-wrote "
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Ghost Train: The Studio B Sessions (Sugar Hill Records, 2010)
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s cover of Haggard's hit "Tonight the Bottle Let Me Down."
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Tyler Mayhan Coe dedicated a full episode of his podcast
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references Mooney in the title track of his 2018 album
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Ralph Mooney joined Jennings' studio and touring band
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And His Oklahoma Nightriders, and eventually joined
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Index

Ralph James Mooney

Duncan, Oklahoma
Country
Steel guitarist
songwriter
Steel guitar
The Strangers
The Waylors
steel guitar
Steel Guitar Hall of Fame
The Strangers
The Waylors
Duncan, Oklahoma
country music
Bakersfield, California
Bakersfield sound
Wynn Stewart
Buck Owens
Under Your Spell Again
Merle Haggard
Swinging Doors
James Burton
Waylon Jennings
Crazy Arms
Ray Price
Ry Cooder
The Prodigal Son
Leon McAuliffe
Steel Guitar Rag

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