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I owe a great dept to Ray, he got me back into music after I quit for 10 years. I met him at the MASGA show in Wilson 10 years or so ago and he invited me to play lead guitar at Robert McGees Beaver C ...

This show is the best show on TV bar none and Marty is the ambassador of real country music. Everybody on the show is great and Leroy represents a part of our history that should be celebrated along w ...

Your right about Mike , if he's playing it's going to be top level country.I love to hear him teamed up with James Mitchell.Pay real close when you listen to him and catch the little funny licks he t ...

Jesse fronts Brazilbilly , a band that does vintage country, western and some rockibilly. You should here him sing Marty Robbins material.They play at Roberts Western World ,the coolist place on earth ...

As Jesse Lee Jones says at Roberts Western World "we dont do new country here because there aint no country" I know he's means in general. There is alot of real country especially on Willies ...

Finally some real country music on TV!

Zac Brown is considered country ,I mean they are played on country radio and on CMT and GAC on tv.Most people don't even know what a pedal steel guitar is and its just sad that this style of playing i ...

So sad that this is what the steel guitar has come to! So what if there is good crowd response. I know I'm being close minded but how much worse can so called country music get. This crap gets out to ...

Thats where you find it. Its just getting started I think but I like their attitude and plans.

Check out Marty Stuart's new CD Ghost Train. It's great. It features the great Ralph Mooney on several cuts including an instrumental version of Crazy Arms!
Marty is keeping Hillbilly music alive.Not ...

Peavey Vegas 400. Good Condition with wheels and side handles. As far as I know this amp is stock.
Asking $325. Buyer pickup or pays shipping cost.
http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix0912/7733_DV ...

I enjoyed the movie very much. Jeff is a very good singer and appears to play guitar well also. It seems to me when ever you see country music as a movie theme it is tradional country music they use . ...

I just got back from my second trip to Nashville in as many months,I'm hooked on Broadway!I was wondering what a rough estimate of available steel guitar players there are in Nashville. Some of the on ...

Did you see True Country on RFD this weekend? They had Heather Miles ,James Hand and Jake Hooker on the first episode.Great show and we need more like it. Is it just me but is there a possible revival ...

Did anyone hear Amber make her Opry debut Saturday night? She sounded great! May be there is hope for the Opry.

I like Sherriff Joe too.

I don't for second defend what these guys did but just merely stating facts.

The three places I have played that we were appreciated the most were The Ice House in Selma, N.C. ran by Bowie Martin ,it's a payed gig.The others are Central Prison in Raleigh,we were nervous about ...

I wonder what influence southern rock and rock has had on the current sad shape country music is in.It seems to me that no longer do "country" guitar players admire Don Rich, Roy Nichols or ...

Can anyone tell me how to play the cool intro lick on Amber Digby's "If You Were Me".It is song #2 off the "Here Comes The Teardrops" cd.Thanks

Real country music is not dead in Nashville! at least on Broadway and at the Station Inn it's not.
I had the best time of my life this week in Nashville.I heard lots of good bands and good pickers.T ...

I'm going to Nashville next week and I would like to find the best places for traditional country music.I plan to see the Time Jumpers Monday night.I also would like info on places to see during the d ...

WHAT A GREAT STATION!IT IS THE ONLY PLACE I KNOW OF TO HEAR REAL COUNTRY MUSIC AND NONE OF THAT NASHVILLE BUBBLEGUM CRAP ON REGULAR COUNTRY RADIO.

I AGREE WITH WHAT YOUR SAYING.HERE IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA WE HAVE THE COUNTRY TONIGHT MUSIC SHOW AT THE SELMA ICE HOUSE.IT IS RAN BY FELLOW STEELER BOWIE MARTIN AND FEATURES LOCAL BANDS THAT PLAY R ...

PLEASE CHECK OUT " SLEEPLESS NIGHTS " BY PATTY LOVELESS.THERE IS GREAT STEEL GUITAR BY AL PERKINS AND PETE FINNEY .HER VERSION OF CRAZY ARMS AND THERE STANDS THE GLASS BROUGHT TEARS TO MY EY ...

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Topic: Ray Walker...RIP
David Evans Replies: 89 Views: 44519	Forum Section: Gone Home Posted: 20 Jun 2012 6:14 am Subject: Ray Walker...RIP
David Evans Replies: 89 Views: 44519	I owe a great dept to Ray, he got me back into music after I quit for 10 years. I met him at the MASGA show in Wilson 10 years or so ago and he invited me to play lead guitar at Robert McGees Beaver C ...
Topic: Marty Stuart Show
David Evans Replies: 47 Views: 16675	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 3 May 2012 12:45 pm Subject: Marty Stuart Show
David Evans Replies: 47 Views: 16675	This show is the best show on TV bar none and Marty is the ambassador of real country music. Everybody on the show is great and Leroy represents a part of our history that should be celebrated along w ...
Topic: Mike Sweeney On Broadway
David Evans Replies: 18 Views: 8076	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 20 Oct 2010 10:27 am Subject: Mike Sweeney
David Evans Replies: 18 Views: 8076	Your right about Mike , if he's playing it's going to be top level country.I love to hear him teamed up with James Mitchell.Pay real close when you listen to him and catch the little funny licks he t ...
Topic: Steel On Todays Country Music
David Evans Replies: 28 Views: 13131	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 18 Oct 2010 3:25 am Subject: Steel on todays country music
David Evans Replies: 28 Views: 13131	Jesse fronts Brazilbilly , a band that does vintage country, western and some rockibilly. You should here him sing Marty Robbins material.They play at Roberts Western World ,the coolist place on earth ...
Topic: Steel On Todays Country Music
David Evans Replies: 28 Views: 13131	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 17 Oct 2010 2:06 pm Subject: Steel on todays country music
David Evans Replies: 28 Views: 13131	As Jesse Lee Jones says at Roberts Western World "we dont do new country here because there aint no country" I know he's means in general. There is alot of real country especially on Willies ...
Topic: Ralph Mooney: "Another Day, Another Dollar"
David Evans Replies: 25 Views: 13540	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 17 Oct 2010 4:25 am Subject: vw ad
David Evans Replies: 25 Views: 13540	Finally some real country music on TV!
Topic: Robert Randolph at Red Rocks
David Evans Replies: 40 Views: 13108	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 30 Sep 2010 12:49 pm Subject: Robert Randolph
David Evans Replies: 40 Views: 13108	Zac Brown is considered country ,I mean they are played on country radio and on CMT and GAC on tv.Most people don't even know what a pedal steel guitar is and its just sad that this style of playing i ...
Topic: Robert Randolph at Red Rocks
David Evans Replies: 40 Views: 13108	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 30 Sep 2010 11:57 am Subject: Robert Randolph
David Evans Replies: 40 Views: 13108	So sad that this is what the steel guitar has come to! So what if there is good crowd response. I know I'm being close minded but how much worse can so called country music get. This crap gets out to ...
Topic: Marty Stuart and Ralph Mooney
David Evans Replies: 7 Views: 3435	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 30 Sep 2010 10:56 am Subject: Marty Stuart and Ralph Mooney
David Evans Replies: 7 Views: 3435	Thats where you find it. Its just getting started I think but I like their attitude and plans.
Topic: Marty Stuart and Ralph Mooney
David Evans Replies: 7 Views: 3435	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 30 Sep 2010 7:00 am Subject: Marty Stuart and Ralph Mooney
David Evans Replies: 7 Views: 3435	Check out Marty Stuart's new CD Ghost Train. It's great. It features the great Ralph Mooney on several cuts including an instrumental version of Crazy Arms! Marty is keeping Hillbilly music alive.Not ...
Topic: Peavey Vegas 400
David Evans Replies: 2 Views: 3453	Forum Section: For Sale: Amps and Accessories Posted: 4 Sep 2010 6:05 am Subject: Peavey Vegas 400
David Evans Replies: 2 Views: 3453	Peavey Vegas 400. Good Condition with wheels and side handles. As far as I know this amp is stock. Asking $325. Buyer pickup or pays shipping cost. http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix0912/7733_DV ...
Topic: Crazy Heart -- the movie
David Evans Replies: 56 Views: 26126	Forum Section: Music Posted: 8 Feb 2010 1:16 pm Subject: Crazy Heart
David Evans Replies: 56 Views: 26126	I enjoyed the movie very much. Jeff is a very good singer and appears to play guitar well also. It seems to me when ever you see country music as a movie theme it is tradional country music they use . ...
Topic: Nashville steel guitarist
David Evans Replies: 5 Views: 3062	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 16 Jan 2010 6:47 am Subject: Nashville steel guitarist
David Evans Replies: 5 Views: 3062	I just got back from my second trip to Nashville in as many months,I'm hooked on Broadway!I was wondering what a rough estimate of available steel guitar players there are in Nashville. Some of the on ...
Topic: True Country
David Evans Replies: 11 Views: 5334	Forum Section: Music Posted: 4 Jan 2010 5:51 am Subject: True Country
David Evans Replies: 11 Views: 5334	Did you see True Country on RFD this weekend? They had Heather Miles ,James Hand and Jake Hooker on the first episode.Great show and we need more like it. Is it just me but is there a possible revival ...
Topic: Amber Digby
David Evans Replies: 18 Views: 6166	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 21 Dec 2009 4:51 am Subject: Amber Digby
David Evans Replies: 18 Views: 6166	Did anyone hear Amber make her Opry debut Saturday night? She sounded great! May be there is hope for the Opry.
Topic: playing for free
David Evans Replies: 45 Views: 13221	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 8 Dec 2009 8:43 am Subject: playing for free
David Evans Replies: 45 Views: 13221	I like Sherriff Joe too.
Topic: playing for free
David Evans Replies: 45 Views: 13221	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 8 Dec 2009 7:43 am Subject: playing for free
David Evans Replies: 45 Views: 13221	I don't for second defend what these guys did but just merely stating facts.
Topic: playing for free
David Evans Replies: 45 Views: 13221	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 8 Dec 2009 6:28 am Subject: playing for free
David Evans Replies: 45 Views: 13221	The three places I have played that we were appreciated the most were The Ice House in Selma, N.C. ran by Bowie Martin ,it's a payed gig.The others are Central Prison in Raleigh,we were nervous about ...
Topic: Honky Tonk Country Music
David Evans Replies: 17 Views: 4849	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 8 Dec 2009 4:34 am Subject: Honky Tonk Country Music
David Evans Replies: 17 Views: 4849	I wonder what influence southern rock and rock has had on the current sad shape country music is in.It seems to me that no longer do "country" guitar players admire Don Rich, Roy Nichols or ...
Topic: Amber Digby Intro
David Evans Replies: 2 Views: 2183	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 8 Dec 2009 4:21 am Subject: Amber Digby Intro
David Evans Replies: 2 Views: 2183	Can anyone tell me how to play the cool intro lick on Amber Digby's "If You Were Me".It is song #2 off the "Here Comes The Teardrops" cd.Thanks
Topic: Nashville trip followup
David Evans Replies: 1 Views: 967	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 27 Nov 2009 2:12 pm Subject: Nashville trip followup
David Evans Replies: 1 Views: 967	Real country music is not dead in Nashville! at least on Broadway and at the Station Inn it's not. I had the best time of my life this week in Nashville.I heard lots of good bands and good pickers.T ...
Topic: Nashville trip
David Evans Replies: 5 Views: 1750	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 17 Nov 2009 6:03 am Subject: Nashville trip
David Evans Replies: 5 Views: 1750	I'm going to Nashville next week and I would like to find the best places for traditional country music.I plan to see the Time Jumpers Monday night.I also would like info on places to see during the d ...
Topic: Willie's Place
David Evans Replies: 21 Views: 7414	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 11 Dec 2008 6:20 am Subject: Willie's Place
David Evans Replies: 21 Views: 7414	WHAT A GREAT STATION!IT IS THE ONLY PLACE I KNOW OF TO HEAR REAL COUNTRY MUSIC AND NONE OF THAT NASHVILLE BUBBLEGUM CRAP ON REGULAR COUNTRY RADIO.
Topic: Promote the MUSIC to save steel guitar from decline.
David Evans Replies: 97 Views: 21041	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 20 Oct 2008 6:18 am Subject: Promote The Music
David Evans Replies: 97 Views: 21041	I AGREE WITH WHAT YOUR SAYING.HERE IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA WE HAVE THE COUNTRY TONIGHT MUSIC SHOW AT THE SELMA ICE HOUSE.IT IS RAN BY FELLOW STEELER BOWIE MARTIN AND FEATURES LOCAL BANDS THAT PLAY R ...
Topic: Patty Loveless
David Evans Replies: 2 Views: 1527	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 20 Oct 2008 5:25 am Subject: Patty Loveless
David Evans Replies: 2 Views: 1527	PLEASE CHECK OUT " SLEEPLESS NIGHTS " BY PATTY LOVELESS.THERE IS GREAT STEEL GUITAR BY AL PERKINS AND PETE FINNEY .HER VERSION OF CRAZY ARMS AND THERE STANDS THE GLASS BROUGHT TEARS TO MY EY ...