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Topic: Steeler with Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown? | |
Cal Freeman Replies: 10 Views: 6577 |
Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 25 Jul 2010 12:14 pm Subject: Steeler with Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown? |
Tom Webb played for "Gate" before me. I played steel with him from '78 through '81, and off and on again for short tours between '87 and '92... | |
Topic: Bakersfield Late 60's | |
Cal Freeman Replies: 20 Views: 9657 |
Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 1 Dec 2008 7:01 am Subject: Bakersfield Late 60's |
here's an interesting link with a lot of good info
http://www.rockabillyhall.com/JimPierce1.html |
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Topic: Our new Bass player is a Steel player | |
Cal Freeman Replies: 22 Views: 8189 |
Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 1 Dec 2008 6:37 am Subject: Our new Bass player is a Steel player |
When I played steel for Wynn Stewart in the mid 60's, Junior Knight was our bass player. He and I used to switch off as part of the show. When Junior lost his father and returned to Texas, we couldn't ... | |
Topic: Playing on the beat, or behind the beat? | |
Cal Freeman Replies: 41 Views: 11318 |
Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 18 Aug 2008 6:34 pm Subject: Playing on the beat, or behind the beat? |
Keep in mind...that if everyone is playing layed back, on the bottom of the beat...then your dragging!!! | |
Topic: Fooled Around And Fell In Love | |
Cal Freeman Replies: 71 Views: 34336 |
Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 1 May 2008 3:31 pm Subject: Fooled Around And Fell In Love |
The Elvin Bishop version was a stratacaster played with a volume pedal. I played steel on the T.G. Sheppard recording, and it was hard to duplicate the effect because of the difference in timber. | |
Topic: Wynn Stewart's steel players | |
Cal Freeman Replies: 68 Views: 31203 |
Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 1 Jan 2008 2:26 pm Subject: Wynn Stewart's steel players |
Jason...we did quite a few of the O-Mac dates with Buck, Merle, Rose, Freddie, etc.
Fred...what ever happened to Dale Noe? He was playing guitar in the band with us. Great songwriter!! |
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Topic: Wynn Stewart's steel players | |
Cal Freeman Replies: 68 Views: 31203 |
Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 30 Dec 2007 6:30 pm Subject: Wynn Stewart's steel players |
Jason....I was one of thr fortunate ones in the "Starlight" band that became the first official band called the "Tourists" . We were Wynn's first official touring band. | |
Topic: Best Advice you ever got from a Professional Steel Player | |
Cal Freeman Replies: 92 Views: 25494 |
Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 30 Nov 2007 8:12 pm Subject: My Advise |
1. What you say, don't count near as much, as what you don't say....
2. Nothin' is cleaner than a hole.... |
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Topic: Wynn Stewart's steel players | |
Cal Freeman Replies: 68 Views: 31203 |
Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 30 Nov 2007 6:27 pm Subject: Wynn Stewart's steel players |
I played steel for Wynn in '68 and '69. Junior Knight played bass, and he and I would switch out for a few tunes each show. Some fun.
When Junior's Father passed away, he had to go home to take ca ... |
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Topic: Hank Thompson Steel Players | |
Cal Freeman Replies: 43 Views: 14686 |
Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 9 Nov 2007 3:07 pm Subject: Hank Thompson Steel Players |
I had the great pleasure of playing twin steels along with Bob White on Hank's 1000 and one-nighters album in the early '80's. I also was fortunate enough to do several shows with him as well. What a ... | |
Topic: How did you learn? | |
Cal Freeman Replies: 33 Views: 9413 |
Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 23 Jul 2007 4:30 pm Subject: How did you learn? |
I don't play a song the same way every time , unless I recorded it that way, and I never said I don't know or understabd the various scales, I just said if you practice and learn only scales, that's a ... | |
Topic: How did you learn? | |
Cal Freeman Replies: 33 Views: 9413 |
Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 23 Jul 2007 3:53 pm Subject: How did you learn? |
I've never played a scale in my life...I learned by playing the songs, if you learn to play the songs you will already know the scales, so why waste the time. As a result I have been fortunate to pla ... | |
Topic: Who is this guy? | |
Cal Freeman Replies: 114 Views: 22965 |
Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 23 Jul 2007 3:40 pm Subject: Who is this guy? |
There is a 'out of sync' thing with most of those videos...It looks like he's hitting the right spots on the neck to me.... | |
Topic: delete | |
Cal Freeman Replies: 35 Views: 16539 |
Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 12 Jul 2007 1:48 pm Subject: delete |
That is 'one and the same' | |
Topic: delete | |
Cal Freeman Replies: 35 Views: 16539 |
Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 30 Jun 2007 2:58 pm Subject: delete |
I've had the previlege of knowing 'Pappy' Blythe and spending numerous hours 'jamming' with him. In 1964 and 1965 Roger was playing at a club in Carlsbad, N.Mex. called the "Downtowner". I h ... | |
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