Pete Drake
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Biography
[Edit]When rock artists, including Bob Dylan and members of the Beatles, began to record in Nashville, Pete Drake (born Franklin Drake) was the natural choice as steel guitarist. Although he had a Top 30 hit, "Talking Steel," in 1964, Drake recorded very little on his own. Instead, he used the trademark mellow tone of his steel guitar to strengthen albums by other artists. In addition to working with country artists, including Marty Robbins, Bobby Bare, Johnny Cash, the Louvin Brothers, Dolly Parton, and Ernest Tubb, he pioneered the use of the steel guitar in rock, performing on recordings by Buddy Holly, the Everly Brothers, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Elvis Presley. He played on such seminal recordings as Lynn Anderson's "(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden," Charlie Rich's "Behind Closed Doors," and Tammy Wynette's "Stand By Your Man." Featured on Dylan's albums John Wesley Harding, Nashville Skyline, and Self Portrait, Drake also produced and assembled the band for Ringo Starr's country album, Beaucoups of Blues, and played on George Harrison's solo debut, All Things Must Pass.
The son of a Pentecostal minister, Drake began his career with a group, the Drake Brothers, that he shared with his brothers, one of whom, Jack, went on to play with Ernest Tubb's Texas Troubadors for nearly a quarter of a century. Drake's melodic steel guitar playing made him one of Atlanta's top young instrumentalists. He joined with future country music superstars Jerry Reed, Doug Kershaw, Roger Miller, and Joe South in a mid-'50s band. Although this group failed to record, it provided Drake with the impetus to move to Nashville in 1959. Drake's involvement with Elvis Presley, which began in May 1966 when he played on Presley's How Great Thou Art album, lasted for more than a year and included appearances on the soundtracks of Presley's films Double Trouble, Clambake, and Speedway.
Launching his own record label, First Generation, in the late '70s, Drake signed Ernest Tubb, who had left MCA after 35 years, and released an album, The Legend and the Legacy, in 1977. Comprised of reworkings of Tubb's greatest hits, the album included guest appearances by Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Paycheck, Charlie Daniels, Conway Twitty, Marty Robbins, Loretta Lynn, Vern Gosdin, George Jones, Merle Haggard, and Johnny Cash. Drake occasionally stepped into the spotlight, releasing solo album of pop-gospel standards, Steel Away, and a eponymously titled album that included steel guitar interpretations of Dylan and Beatles tunes.
Title: The Fabulous Steel Guitar Sound of Pete Drake
Artist: Pete Drake
Genre: Country, Instrumental, Instrumental
Collections
Title: Hard to Find Music, Vol. 4
Genre: Pop
Title: '50s & '60s Lost & Found Records, Vol. 1
Genre: Rock
Title: Stars of the Steel Guitar
Genre: Country
Title: Steel Guitar Hall of Fame
Genre: Country, Instrumental
Title: 16 Greatest Truck Driver Hits
Genre: Country, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Country Music's Greatest Stars (Starday Recordings)
Genre: Country
Title: Black Smoke: Gems From The Starday Vaults (CD2)
Genre: Country
Title: Mighty Instrumentals R&B Style 1963-1964 (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Featuring albums
Title: Late Night Tales: Metronomy
Artist: Metronomy
Genre: Electronica, Rock, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: LateNightTales
Artist: Metronomy
Genre: Downtempo, Trip Hop, Electronica, Soul, Indie Rock, Disco, Funk, Experimental