Pete Finney Plays "Panhandle Rag""

[Chris Templeton]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sEtCOAlFkw
Pete sure pulls some nice tones out of his Fender,

[Robert Miller]

Smoldering. Nice hat tip to Charleton's take in the end of the hook.

[Pete Finney]

Thanks for the kind words, guys. I'd never seen that clip before, a surprise to me. The clip linked below has been around for quite a while and that's what I was expecting to see. I prefer the solo on this other one, played on a Sho-bud Frypan borrowed from the store where we were playing. Of course the guy fronting the band plays that style of non-pedal steel as well as anyone on earth so it's always a bit intimidating to play behind him! (I'm more of a pedal-steel guy).
There's an amazing clip of Chris Scruggs playing this tune that I was gonna post here too but the one I looked for has been deleted.
(Happy to say I at least play completely different mistakes between the two versions, among other things).

Yes, Robert, I always put Charleton's little Texas Troubadour paraphrase in there. I learned the tune from him when I was lucky enough to take a bunch of lessons from him back in the '70s.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ET4L8haL_mY

[Frank Freniere]

Awesome clip! Is this place still open?

[Chris Templeton]

Nice to hear and see you, Pete.
You sure draw some tone out of that Fender!

[Craig Stock]

Chris, Kenny Vaughn is playing the solo on the clip you posted if you didn’t notice. Thanks!

[Chris Templeton]

Pete responded to this thread.

[Robert Miller]

Ha! I'm green with envy, Pete. I learned it second hand from Charleton off of a record and thought he wrote it. When I finally heard McCauliffe's version, it sounded off. Still hear it that way in my head when other folks play it.

Ignorance/youth/bliss. Rinse/repeat.