Micky Moody Passed

[Robby Springfield]

Got a call this morning from a Houston friend who informed me that Micky Moody passed away. Micky was a engineer at Suger Hill Studio in Houston. He also played steel and did some of the recordings on Freddy Fender. Some of his credits also include work for Asleep At The Wheel. RIP Micky.

[Bob Tuttle]

So sorry to hear about Micky. He engineered several sessions that I worked on at Sugar Hill Studio during the late '70s. He had a lot of funny stories and I enjoyed working with him.

[David Griffin]

So sorry to hear this,my wife did some recording with Micky in the late 80s'.A great guy.

[Jody Sanders]

Another one of the good guys gone. RIP my friend. Jody.

[Michael Stover]

First of all, my condolences to the friends & family of Micky Moody.

I came across this thread while researching the origin of an odd little steel instrumental tacked on the end of a Doug Sahm/Sir Douglas Quintet CD I have (the SGF comes through again! ). The disc is actually a two-fer containing the albums "The Tracker" and "Don Goldie With The Sir Douglas Quintet." The Don Goldie album is mostly trumpeter Goldie playing Sahm's tunes backed by Sir Douglas. I'll quote the CD liner notes:

The last track on the album is something of a mystery. Co-credited to [Huey P.]Meaux's right-hand co-conspirator, A&R director "Uncle"Mickey Moody (and a Larry White), it appears to feature neither the SDQ nor Don Goldie, featuring instead an early 70s style synthesizer instrumental!

The author doesn't recognize what's obvious to us steelers: the lead instrument is clearly PSG played through what sounds like a vintage octave divider or possibly a ring modulator (maybe both?).

Anyway, I thought I'd post the track here, since it's such an oddity. (see link below) A little corny, with the funky drum beat and all, but I really dig the effect. Fans of Sneaky Pete and other "psychedelic" steelers should check this out.

http://www.mediafire.com/?zq2hcyjy2jd