Herb Remington "...Plays The Steel" (D Records, 1959) (LP)
Herb Remington "Aloha Hawaii" (D Records, 1960) (LP)
Herb Remington "Remington Rides Again" (Hilltop Records, 1965) (LP)
Herb Remington "Pure Remington Steel" (Stoneway Records, 1973) (LP)
Herb Remington "Jean Street Swing" (Steel Guitar Record Club, 1975) (LP)
Includes tracks from a number of vintage sessions, including recordings made with the Bob Wills band...
Herb Remington "Boot Hill Drag" (Stoneway Records, 1976) (LP)
Herb Remington "Dance Time ÔN Texas, Or Anyplace Else" (Stoneway Records, 1977) (LP)
Herb Remington "Strung Up" (Midland Records, 1978) (LP)
Herb Remington "Remington Road" (Stoneland Records, 1979) (LP)
Herb Remington/Various Artists "Cotton-Eyed Joe And Other Texas Dance Hall Favorites" (Delta Records, 1979) (LP)
Herb Remington "Remington Country" (Longhorn Records, 1984)
Herb Remington "Winner And Steel Guitar Champ" (Ozar Music, 1984)
Herb Remington "Hawaii Swings" (Ozan Music, 1987) (LP)
Herb Remington & Jimmy Day "A Day With Remington" (Glad Music, 1992)
Herb Remington "Steeling Dreams" (Glad Music, 1996)
Herb Remington "Steeling Love" (Glad Music, 1998)
Herb Remington & Route 66 "A Tribute To Bob Wills" (Indian Dreams, 1998)
(Produced by Carl Kaye & Bernhard Negedly)
A live set recorded in Austria with Austrian twangband Route 66, comprised of Carl Kaye (on accordion and pedal steel), Helmut Mitteregger (mandolin and lead guitar), Katarina Mitteregger (guitar and vocals), Hannes Neubauer (bass) and drummer Philipp Schuller.
Herb Remington "...Instrumentally Salutes Floyd Tillman" (Glad Music, 1999)
Herb Remington "Amazing Grace" (Glad Music, 2000)
Herb Remington & Rick Alexander "Sweet Talking Steel Guitars" (RACo Music, 2006)
Herb Remington (1926-2018) was one of the great steel guitar players of the post-WWII era, an influential stylist whose lap steel playing graced numerous sessions, and whose solo instrumental albus were pored over by generations of steel players to come. Born in Mishawaka, Indiana, Remington was a musical prodigy, learning guitar in his pre-teens, then switching to lap steel after being swept up after his first exposure to Hawaiian hapa haole music. Straight out of high school, Remington traveled to California looking for work as a musician, and discovered country gigs were easier to find than Hawaiian ones. He played with Ray Whitley's band for a short time before getting drafted to fight in World War Two; after he demobilized in 1946 he landed a plum spot in a pared-down West Coast edition of Bob Will's Texas Playboys and soon emerged as one of western swing's major solo stylists. He soon jumped over to Hank Penny's band and recorded a number of highly regarded instrumental albums, and composed several tunes that have become standards of instrumental country music. Remington also worked steadily as a studio musician in the '60s and '70s. Many of his solo sets have been reissued on specialty labels aimed at steel guitar fans... Here's a quick look at his work...
