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What are the instruments on "Everyday"?

By Robert Fontenot, About.com

Question: What are the instruments on "Everyday"?
Answer: Buddy plays acoustic guitar on this sweet and simple ballad; drummer Jerry Allison is slapping his knee for percussion; Joe B. Mauldin is playing a standup acoustic bass guitar, and producer Norman Petty's wife, Vi, plays the celeste, a chiming xylophone-like instrument also used in classical pieces like "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy."

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