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Now and then we are apt to meet a student of the steel guitar who hungers for new ideas and techniques as applied to the instrument. When you do, there will be no guessing as to whether or not the ind ...

Back in the thirties of the last century, the drudgery of scrubbing work clothes while listening to the soaps on makeshift radios was a bummer. Many mothers didn't own anything with the exception of a ...

Musician's names seem to play a large part in the characterization of self-styled steel guitarists. When "Chet" and "Les" turned on their talents back in the fifties, thousands of ...

I remember one of Faron Young's front musicians telling me that, "All he needed to hear was two notes played on a fiddle, to tell him if the player was from the south or the north." Of cours ...

Ralph Mooney never had a problem creating images of a player who could take control of an instrument much different than all others.

I once knew a spirited fiddler who was known as "RICK" by other band members. One day he remarked to me about the playing style of a guitar player known as "Howie". Speaking of his ...

Have you ever had the feeling that you've met a player by listening to subtle differences in musical expressions played on the pedal steel guitar?

Don,

Don, I've heard lately a number of scholarly personages refer to professionals as "bears". Are you saying that you've never heard someone refer to a man by calling him a "bear&q ...

Just for the record; I'm not an advocate of skinning bears, nor to disrupt their natural habitat that was their home centuries before man and guns came to America. Supporting an advocacy journalism th ...

Barry,

A while ago poachers were very active here and neighboring states poaching black bears. Their purpose was to collect the gallbladders of black bears and sell them illegally. It is believed ...

Al Udeen,

I think you were in your early forties when you played "JONESY" in that music store in Pittsfield, MA. I was there at that special steel guitar presentation. If my memory serv ...

Bob S.,

Surgical set backs would tend to weary the soul to the point of becoming moody. A bypass is the only highway out of trouble city. I know several musicians who had to undergo different types ...

Barry,

Yes Barry, walkers, crutches, canes, wheelchairs, and dozens of manufactured goods to make living more tolerable are available to those who need them. I've sampled most of those items. A bla ...

Doug B.,

Before you suggested moving to the studies on lap steel guitars, I had been giving much thought to the possibility of considering what JERRY BYRD knew from the start. Get rid of the multip ...

Alan,

Wouldn't you agree that we are at the mercy of certain unforeseen events? You've decided that the pedal steel guitar must go wherever you go, in good times and bad times. I don't have a probl ...

When the steel becomes a burden to carry? When minor adjustments become a hassle? You may notice a few favorite tunes just don't sound the same as they once did. Your dreams of taking on tough challen ...

For quite some time I've noticed when pedal steel guitars are the subjects of interest by limited numbers of players, the average public figures display a pitiful ineptitude, second to none. It become ...

John,

I want to thank you for your input concerning the direction that we are seeing young musicians travel into as soon as they can hold a guitar. Who knows what they will turn to when country roc ...

While lying in bed a couple of nights ago, I suddenly realized what they the (publishers) have accomplished. They are selling new country like hot cakes. Personally, I like country music with retentiv ...

A few years back in time country music was taken for granted throughout the state of Massachusetts. Small establishments with a bar and dance floor would somehow scrape up enough cash flow to keep sma ...

Lane,

Many of the players who were once fit and trim, are no longer banging on doors. Checking their mail has become a daily routine, so I'm told. I've also been reminded that, "Good things do ...

Attempting to better country music of late is the equivalent of selling a truckload of air conditioner units to Eskimos. Interest in true country music has dwindled shamefully. From now on, it remains ...

Chuck,

A good rhythm guitarist is a waste of time and travel in so-called new country bands. What a slap in the face! True country bands consist of 6 pieces to sound their best. One "fiddle&qu ...

Craig,

I spent the afternoon at a picnic in Stephentown, N.Y. My sister-in-law turned on a popular "country" station on her little radio. If you want to know what isn't country music, pr ...

Lane,

One of the most rewarding moments while in practice on the pedal steel guitar happens when something new is played unexpectedly. That is the reason for the great popularity in prepared tablat ...

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Topic: Could Musical Expressions Reveal Personality Differences?
Bill Hankey Replies: 18 Views: 5168	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 22 Aug 2014 10:18 am Subject: Could Musical Expressions Reveal Personality Differences?
Bill Hankey Replies: 18 Views: 5168	Now and then we are apt to meet a student of the steel guitar who hungers for new ideas and techniques as applied to the instrument. When you do, there will be no guessing as to whether or not the ind ...
Topic: Could Musical Expressions Reveal Personality Differences?
Bill Hankey Replies: 18 Views: 5168	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 21 Aug 2014 12:16 pm Subject: Could Musical Expressions Reveal Personality Differences?
Bill Hankey Replies: 18 Views: 5168	Back in the thirties of the last century, the drudgery of scrubbing work clothes while listening to the soaps on makeshift radios was a bummer. Many mothers didn't own anything with the exception of a ...
Topic: Could Musical Expressions Reveal Personality Differences?
Bill Hankey Replies: 18 Views: 5168	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 21 Aug 2014 6:47 am Subject: Could Musical Expressions Reveal Personality Differences?
Bill Hankey Replies: 18 Views: 5168	Musician's names seem to play a large part in the characterization of self-styled steel guitarists. When "Chet" and "Les" turned on their talents back in the fifties, thousands of ...
Topic: Could Musical Expressions Reveal Personality Differences?
Bill Hankey Replies: 18 Views: 5168	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 20 Aug 2014 4:16 pm Subject: Could Musical Expressions Reveal Personality Differences?
Bill Hankey Replies: 18 Views: 5168	I remember one of Faron Young's front musicians telling me that, "All he needed to hear was two notes played on a fiddle, to tell him if the player was from the south or the north." Of cours ...
Topic: Could Musical Expressions Reveal Personality Differences?
Bill Hankey Replies: 18 Views: 5168	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 20 Aug 2014 12:28 pm Subject: Could Musical Expressions Reveal Personality Differences?
Bill Hankey Replies: 18 Views: 5168	Ralph Mooney never had a problem creating images of a player who could take control of an instrument much different than all others.
Topic: Could Musical Expressions Reveal Personality Differences?
Bill Hankey Replies: 18 Views: 5168	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 20 Aug 2014 9:28 am Subject: Could Musical Expressions Reveal Personality Differences?
Bill Hankey Replies: 18 Views: 5168	I once knew a spirited fiddler who was known as "RICK" by other band members. One day he remarked to me about the playing style of a guitar player known as "Howie". Speaking of his ...
Topic: Could Musical Expressions Reveal Personality Differences?
Bill Hankey Replies: 18 Views: 5168	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 20 Aug 2014 5:49 am Subject: Could Musical Expressions Reveal Personality Differences?
Bill Hankey Replies: 18 Views: 5168	Have you ever had the feeling that you've met a player by listening to subtle differences in musical expressions played on the pedal steel guitar?
Topic: When Will Your Interest In The Pedal Steel Commence To Wane?
Bill Hankey Replies: 29 Views: 9294	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 23 Jul 2014 10:44 am Subject: When Will Your Interest In The Pedal Steel Commence To Wane?
Bill Hankey Replies: 29 Views: 9294	Don, Don, I've heard lately a number of scholarly personages refer to professionals as "bears". Are you saying that you've never heard someone refer to a man by calling him a "bear&q ...
Topic: When Will Your Interest In The Pedal Steel Commence To Wane?
Bill Hankey Replies: 29 Views: 9294	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 23 Jul 2014 9:32 am Subject: When Will Your Interest In The Pedal Steel Commence To Wane?
Bill Hankey Replies: 29 Views: 9294	Just for the record; I'm not an advocate of skinning bears, nor to disrupt their natural habitat that was their home centuries before man and guns came to America. Supporting an advocacy journalism th ...
Topic: When Will Your Interest In The Pedal Steel Commence To Wane?
Bill Hankey Replies: 29 Views: 9294	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 22 Jul 2014 9:48 am Subject: When Will Your Interest In The Pedal Steel Commence To Wane?
Bill Hankey Replies: 29 Views: 9294	Barry, A while ago poachers were very active here and neighboring states poaching black bears. Their purpose was to collect the gallbladders of black bears and sell them illegally. It is believed ...
Topic: When Will Your Interest In The Pedal Steel Commence To Wane?
Bill Hankey Replies: 29 Views: 9294	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 22 Jul 2014 5:30 am Subject: When Will Your Interest In The Pedal Steel Commence To Wane?
Bill Hankey Replies: 29 Views: 9294	Al Udeen, I think you were in your early forties when you played "JONESY" in that music store in Pittsfield, MA. I was there at that special steel guitar presentation. If my memory serv ...
Topic: When Will Your Interest In The Pedal Steel Commence To Wane?
Bill Hankey Replies: 29 Views: 9294	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 22 Jul 2014 5:08 am Subject: When Will Your Interest In The Pedal Steel Commence To Wane?
Bill Hankey Replies: 29 Views: 9294	Bob S., Surgical set backs would tend to weary the soul to the point of becoming moody. A bypass is the only highway out of trouble city. I know several musicians who had to undergo different types ...
Topic: When Will Your Interest In The Pedal Steel Commence To Wane?
Bill Hankey Replies: 29 Views: 9294	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 21 Jul 2014 3:55 pm Subject: When Will Your Interest In The Pedal Steel Commence To Wane?
Bill Hankey Replies: 29 Views: 9294	Barry, Yes Barry, walkers, crutches, canes, wheelchairs, and dozens of manufactured goods to make living more tolerable are available to those who need them. I've sampled most of those items. A bla ...
Topic: When Will Your Interest In The Pedal Steel Commence To Wane?
Bill Hankey Replies: 29 Views: 9294	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 21 Jul 2014 2:17 pm Subject: When Will Your Interest In The Pedal Steel Commence To Wane?
Bill Hankey Replies: 29 Views: 9294	Doug B., Before you suggested moving to the studies on lap steel guitars, I had been giving much thought to the possibility of considering what JERRY BYRD knew from the start. Get rid of the multip ...
Topic: When Will Your Interest In The Pedal Steel Commence To Wane?
Bill Hankey Replies: 29 Views: 9294	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 21 Jul 2014 10:51 am Subject: When Will Your Interest In The Pedal Steel Commence To Wane?
Bill Hankey Replies: 29 Views: 9294	Alan, Wouldn't you agree that we are at the mercy of certain unforeseen events? You've decided that the pedal steel guitar must go wherever you go, in good times and bad times. I don't have a probl ...
Topic: When Will Your Interest In The Pedal Steel Commence To Wane?
Bill Hankey Replies: 29 Views: 9294	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 20 Jul 2014 2:33 pm Subject: When Will Your Interest In The Pedal Steel Commence To Wane?
Bill Hankey Replies: 29 Views: 9294	When the steel becomes a burden to carry? When minor adjustments become a hassle? You may notice a few favorite tunes just don't sound the same as they once did. Your dreams of taking on tough challen ...
Topic: Will True Country Music Make A Comeback Without Deviations?
Bill Hankey Replies: 181 Views: 49117	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 17 Jul 2014 3:09 pm Subject: Will True Country Music Make A Comeback Without Deviations?
Bill Hankey Replies: 181 Views: 49117	For quite some time I've noticed when pedal steel guitars are the subjects of interest by limited numbers of players, the average public figures display a pitiful ineptitude, second to none. It become ...
Topic: Will True Country Music Make A Comeback Without Deviations?
Bill Hankey Replies: 181 Views: 49117	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 12 Jul 2014 2:43 pm Subject: Will True Country Music Make A Comeback Without Deviations?
Bill Hankey Replies: 181 Views: 49117	John, I want to thank you for your input concerning the direction that we are seeing young musicians travel into as soon as they can hold a guitar. Who knows what they will turn to when country roc ...
Topic: Will True Country Music Make A Comeback Without Deviations?
Bill Hankey Replies: 181 Views: 49117	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 11 Jul 2014 3:53 pm Subject: Will True Country Music Make A Comeback Without Deviations?
Bill Hankey Replies: 181 Views: 49117	While lying in bed a couple of nights ago, I suddenly realized what they the (publishers) have accomplished. They are selling new country like hot cakes. Personally, I like country music with retentiv ...
Topic: Will True Country Music Make A Comeback Without Deviations?
Bill Hankey Replies: 181 Views: 49117	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 8 Jul 2014 6:00 am Subject: Will True Country Music Make A Comeback Without Deviations?
Bill Hankey Replies: 181 Views: 49117	A few years back in time country music was taken for granted throughout the state of Massachusetts. Small establishments with a bar and dance floor would somehow scrape up enough cash flow to keep sma ...
Topic: Will True Country Music Make A Comeback Without Deviations?
Bill Hankey Replies: 181 Views: 49117	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 6 Jul 2014 10:37 am Subject: Will True Country Music Make A Comeback Without Deviations?
Bill Hankey Replies: 181 Views: 49117	Lane, Many of the players who were once fit and trim, are no longer banging on doors. Checking their mail has become a daily routine, so I'm told. I've also been reminded that, "Good things do ...
Topic: Will True Country Music Make A Comeback Without Deviations?
Bill Hankey Replies: 181 Views: 49117	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 6 Jul 2014 8:47 am Subject: Will True Country Music Make A Comeback Without Deviations?
Bill Hankey Replies: 181 Views: 49117	Attempting to better country music of late is the equivalent of selling a truckload of air conditioner units to Eskimos. Interest in true country music has dwindled shamefully. From now on, it remains ...
Topic: Will True Country Music Make A Comeback Without Deviations?
Bill Hankey Replies: 181 Views: 49117	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 6 Jul 2014 6:00 am Subject: Will True Country Music Make A Comeback Without Deviations?
Bill Hankey Replies: 181 Views: 49117	Chuck, A good rhythm guitarist is a waste of time and travel in so-called new country bands. What a slap in the face! True country bands consist of 6 pieces to sound their best. One "fiddle&qu ...
Topic: Will True Country Music Make A Comeback Without Deviations?
Bill Hankey Replies: 181 Views: 49117	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 5 Jul 2014 4:15 pm Subject: Will True Country Music Make A Comeback Without Deviations?
Bill Hankey Replies: 181 Views: 49117	Craig, I spent the afternoon at a picnic in Stephentown, N.Y. My sister-in-law turned on a popular "country" station on her little radio. If you want to know what isn't country music, pr ...
Topic: Will True Country Music Make A Comeback Without Deviations?
Bill Hankey Replies: 181 Views: 49117	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 4 Jul 2014 11:52 am Subject: Will True Country Music Make A Comeback Without Deviations?
Bill Hankey Replies: 181 Views: 49117	Lane, One of the most rewarding moments while in practice on the pedal steel guitar happens when something new is played unexpectedly. That is the reason for the great popularity in prepared tablat ...