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Only a week to go, and still no schedule. What's the delay?

Bak in the days of new television, amateurs appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show playing a musical saw. I resolved that I would never sound ...

An Outstanding Muscian and a Fine Gentleman, he was an inspiration to many of us. In deepest sympathy,
I offer a copy of my poem:
(originally written for an "old crone", which I am)

...

It is with deep sorrow that I hear of Maurice Anderson's passing. He was an outstanding musician, and a fine gentleman.

I last heard Reese at an ISGC in St.Louis three years ago, when he played &q ...

Thank you Donna. It's nice to have mementos of that great convention. How good of you to name the performers....talent and skill.

Of course, I enjoyed Saturday at the convention: Main Stage was terriffic and the Gospel show was fantastic.....but there were some remarkable quieter moments also. Here's a couple shots of E. Robin ...

Inspirational Show!

Austin Stewart and Jerry Newberry:

http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix0912/7259_Austin_Stewart_Jerry_Newberry_1.jpg

Mike Sigler and (?)Great Drummer

htt ...

Mike Sigler and Band:

http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix0912/7259_Mike_Sigler_1_3.jpg

Great players! Great combo! Great music!

Mike Sigler, Your remarkable playing is one of the chief reasons I attend the convention each year. To say that I was "not disappointed" this year would be an understatement. Your picking w ...

I'm an old down-beater from the Western Swing era.
Ahhh, it's GREAT to hear Lee Jeffries on the steel again! That's my kind of music!

This is positively the very best music I've heard during or ...

Also, with this melody, as with all, the objective is touse slides in a way that does not emulate a "musical saw." I use chords wherever possible.

This continues to be my all-time favourite, and occasionally I do indulge in playing it solo in Ab. I originally heard it in a slow 1,2+3,4 tempo, and I still like to hear the ukes that way.
My new ...

Thank you, Mike, for sharing this with us. It is certainly one of the best examples of fine steeling I've heard for some time!
I am not familiar with this song and would like to give it a try. Ca ...

Sorry, hand splints cause typing errors.... Correction: I have been playing intermittantly for about 65 years.

A plethora of Thanks to you,, Mike, for all this important information, so well laid out forus. It is more than I can assimilate quickly, so I plan to spend hours of study on both your post sites.
...

An excellent rendition of Silhuette Hula in Kay Das' superb style: smooth and easy transition, always hauntingly beautiful. Bravo!

I enjoyed his performance at the HSGA convention last year and s ...

All right, Ray, I will comfess to being an olde timer for the purpose of replying to your post.
Circa 1942 I took the 10-lesson course for beginners, free with the purhase of a small Stella lap guita ...

From lap Frypan to peddle Fire:

http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix0903/7259_ISGC09_Frypan_to_Fire_2.jpg

Mike Sigler and band in GFI room:

http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix0903/72 ...

I was lucky to get a snapshot of "The Master" and his "Frypan" shaped guitar.

This one with his Old Lap is great!

http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix0903/7259_ISGC_09_Sc ...

George, I forgot to mention:
I used the only tuning I knew in those days:
E - C# - A - E - C# - A -G
Of course, that was fine for the Hawaiian genre, but also worked well for the melodies of that ...

Well, well! It's a sight for sore eyes and a longing heart!
Yeppers, that must be my original lap steel which I purchased in 1945 for $125.00! Oh-mi-gosh, how I dearly loved it!!!
Unfortunately, ...

Tom, Your tuning seems worth a try.
I am still using the old classic tuning but have often regretted the absence of a D string.
E C# B A G# G F# E

After all these years, I wonder whether I could ...

OK, so now let's have a poll of first second and third choices of tunings on an 8-string lap steel.
I'll go with A6 first, C6 second, and an E13 as a third.

I find that the chordal tunings wor ...

Regretfully, I and my lap Alkire Eharp cannot be there. Currently near St. Louis, MO, I was a long-time resident of Tucson, and I will be returning for a visit Nov.11-22. Do you know of any event I m ...

Oh M'gosh!

TV reports that a hacker has corrupted the airline traffic computers.....delays and cancellations are in effect.....what will tat mean to ISGC? Oh my.....

This is my FIRST steel guit ...

Well, some steelers prefer floor-length skirts.......
-Delb

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Topic: Hey Scotty
Del Bonn Replies: 20 Views: 11325	Forum Section: International Steel Guitar Convention Posted: 21 Aug 2013 7:11 am Subject: Hey Scotty
Del Bonn Replies: 20 Views: 11325	Only a week to go, and still no schedule. What's the delay? Bak in the days of new television, amateurs appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show playing a musical saw. I resolved that I would never sound ...
Topic: Reece Andersons last email to me.
Del Bonn Replies: 22 Views: 12584	Forum Section: Gone Home Posted: 3 Aug 2013 12:35 pm Subject: Maurice Anderson
Del Bonn Replies: 22 Views: 12584	An Outstanding Muscian and a Fine Gentleman, he was an inspiration to many of us. In deepest sympathy, I offer a copy of my poem: (originally written for an "old crone", which I am) ...
Topic: RIP. Maurice Anderson
Del Bonn Replies: 221 Views: 131749	Forum Section: Gone Home Posted: 3 Aug 2013 12:09 pm Subject: R.I.P Maurice Anderson
Del Bonn Replies: 221 Views: 131749	It is with deep sorrow that I hear of Maurice Anderson's passing. He was an outstanding musician, and a fine gentleman. I last heard Reese at an ISGC in St.Louis three years ago, when he played &q ...
Topic: More Pictures . . .
Del Bonn Replies: 24 Views: 14248	Forum Section: International Steel Guitar Convention Posted: 25 Sep 2010 5:27 am Subject: ISGC, Donna's Pics
Del Bonn Replies: 24 Views: 14248	Thank you Donna. It's nice to have mementos of that great convention. How good of you to name the performers....talent and skill.
Topic: Thanks to Scotty & ISGC
Del Bonn Replies: 2 Views: 2406	Forum Section: International Steel Guitar Convention Posted: 8 Sep 2010 3:43 pm Subject: Thanks to Scotty
Del Bonn Replies: 2 Views: 2406	Of course, I enjoyed Saturday at the convention: Main Stage was terriffic and the Gospel show was fantastic.....but there were some remarkable quieter moments also. Here's a couple shots of E. Robin ...
Topic: Gospel Show at ISGC St. Louis 2010
Del Bonn Replies: 16 Views: 12273	Forum Section: International Steel Guitar Convention Posted: 7 Sep 2010 4:50 pm Subject: Gospel Show at ISGC
Del Bonn Replies: 16 Views: 12273	Inspirational Show! Austin Stewart and Jerry Newberry: http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix0912/7259_Austin_Stewart_Jerry_Newberry_1.jpg Mike Sigler and (?)Great Drummer htt ...
Topic: Thank You So Much!
Del Bonn Replies: 10 Views: 4769	Forum Section: International Steel Guitar Convention Posted: 7 Sep 2010 4:17 pm Subject: Thank You So Much!
Del Bonn Replies: 10 Views: 4769	Mike Sigler and Band: http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix0912/7259_Mike_Sigler_1_3.jpg Great players! Great combo! Great music!
Topic: Thank You So Much!
Del Bonn Replies: 10 Views: 4769	Forum Section: International Steel Guitar Convention Posted: 7 Sep 2010 3:59 pm Subject: Thank You So Much!
Del Bonn Replies: 10 Views: 4769	Mike Sigler, Your remarkable playing is one of the chief reasons I attend the convention each year. To say that I was "not disappointed" this year would be an understatement. Your picking w ...
Topic: western swing - Lee Jeffriess video added 10/11
Del Bonn Replies: 32 Views: 14062	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 21 Aug 2010 1:09 pm Subject: Western Swing Band with Lee Jeffries
Del Bonn Replies: 32 Views: 14062	I'm an old down-beater from the Western Swing era. Ahhh, it's GREAT to hear Lee Jeffries on the steel again! That's my kind of music! This is positively the very best music I've heard during or ...
Topic: Aloha Oe
Del Bonn Replies: 67 Views: 26524	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 3 Jul 2010 9:04 am Subject: Aloha Oe
Del Bonn Replies: 67 Views: 26524	Also, with this melody, as with all, the objective is touse slides in a way that does not emulate a "musical saw." I use chords wherever possible.
Topic: Aloha Oe
Del Bonn Replies: 67 Views: 26524	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 3 Jul 2010 9:02 am Subject: Aloha Oe
Del Bonn Replies: 67 Views: 26524	This continues to be my all-time favourite, and occasionally I do indulge in playing it solo in Ab. I originally heard it in a slow 1,2+3,4 tempo, and I still like to hear the ukes that way. My new ...
Topic: Speedy's "Afternoon Of A Swan" (Update: lesson ava
Del Bonn Replies: 41 Views: 18143	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 17 Jun 2010 8:47 pm Subject: Speedy's "Afternoon Of A Swan" (Update: lesson ava
Del Bonn Replies: 41 Views: 18143	Thank you, Mike, for sharing this with us. It is certainly one of the best examples of fine steeling I've heard for some time! I am not familiar with this song and would like to give it a try. Ca ...
Topic: More Harmony and Chord theory stuff
Del Bonn Replies: 8 Views: 8486	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 31 May 2010 3:26 pm Subject: More Harmony and Chord Theory by Mike Neer
Del Bonn Replies: 8 Views: 8486	Sorry, hand splints cause typing errors.... Correction: I have been playing intermittantly for about 65 years.
Topic: More Harmony and Chord theory stuff
Del Bonn Replies: 8 Views: 8486	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 31 May 2010 3:21 pm Subject: Mike Neer: More Harmony and Chord Theory Stuff
Del Bonn Replies: 8 Views: 8486	A plethora of Thanks to you,, Mike, for all this important information, so well laid out forus. It is more than I can assimilate quickly, so I plan to spend hours of study on both your post sites. ...
Topic: Nina Keali'wahamana/Jerry Byrd: Silhouette Hula
Del Bonn Replies: 5 Views: 1811	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 30 May 2010 2:34 pm Subject: Nina Keali, wahamana.........Silhuette Hula
Del Bonn Replies: 5 Views: 1811	An excellent rendition of Silhuette Hula in Kay Das' superb style: smooth and easy transition, always hauntingly beautiful. Bravo! I enjoyed his performance at the HSGA convention last year and s ...
Topic: HILO MARCH.......did YOU ever play it?
Del Bonn Replies: 19 Views: 7265	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 23 May 2010 1:22 pm Subject: Ray Montee "Hilo March"
Del Bonn Replies: 19 Views: 7265	All right, Ray, I will comfess to being an olde timer for the purpose of replying to your post. Circa 1942 I took the 10-lesson course for beginners, free with the purhase of a small Stella lap guita ...
Topic: A couple more
Del Bonn Replies: 0 Views: 2087	Forum Section: International Steel Guitar Convention Posted: 16 Sep 2009 8:05 pm Subject: A couple more
Del Bonn Replies: 0 Views: 2087	From lap Frypan to peddle Fire: http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix0903/7259_ISGC09_Frypan_to_Fire_2.jpg Mike Sigler and band in GFI room: http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix0903/72 ...
Topic: Scotty and his Frypan
Del Bonn Replies: 2 Views: 3059	Forum Section: International Steel Guitar Convention Posted: 13 Sep 2009 10:13 am Subject: Scotty and his Frypan
Del Bonn Replies: 2 Views: 3059	I was lucky to get a snapshot of "The Master" and his "Frypan" shaped guitar. This one with his Old Lap is great! http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix0903/7259_ISGC_09_Sc ...
Topic: Gibson Lap Steel - Can somebody help with date of manufactur
Del Bonn Replies: 37 Views: 15439	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 2 Sep 2009 11:43 am Subject: Gibson lap steel guitar
Del Bonn Replies: 37 Views: 15439	George, I forgot to mention: I used the only tuning I knew in those days: E - C# - A - E - C# - A -G Of course, that was fine for the Hawaiian genre, but also worked well for the melodies of that ...
Topic: Gibson Lap Steel - Can somebody help with date of manufactur
Del Bonn Replies: 37 Views: 15439	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 2 Sep 2009 11:17 am Subject: Gison 7-string guitar
Del Bonn Replies: 37 Views: 15439	Well, well! It's a sight for sore eyes and a longing heart! Yeppers, that must be my original lap steel which I purchased in 1945 for $125.00! Oh-mi-gosh, how I dearly loved it!!! Unfortunately, ...
Topic: 8string tuning
Del Bonn Replies: 13 Views: 3519	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 5 Jul 2009 10:52 pm Subject: 8 String Tuning
Del Bonn Replies: 13 Views: 3519	Tom, Your tuning seems worth a try. I am still using the old classic tuning but have often regretted the absence of a D string. E C# B A G# G F# E After all these years, I wonder whether I could ...
Topic: The Confusion Of Tuning a non-pedal Steel Guitar
Del Bonn Replies: 55 Views: 16050	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 1 Jan 2009 11:48 pm Subject: Confusion Of Tunings......
Del Bonn Replies: 55 Views: 16050	OK, so now let's have a poll of first second and third choices of tunings on an 8-string lap steel. I'll go with A6 first, C6 second, and an E13 as a third. I find that the chordal tunings wor ...
Topic: Fall Jam Phoenix Nov 8th
Del Bonn Replies: 13 Views: 4140	Forum Section: Upcoming Event Announcements Posted: 3 Nov 2008 9:56 am Subject: Fall Jam in Phoenix Nov 8th
Del Bonn Replies: 13 Views: 4140	Regretfully, I and my lap Alkire Eharp cannot be there. Currently near St. Louis, MO, I was a long-time resident of Tucson, and I will be returning for a visit Nov.11-22. Do you know of any event I m ...
Topic: St. Louis: I.S.G.C.
Del Bonn Replies: 70 Views: 54556	Forum Section: International Steel Guitar Convention Posted: 26 Aug 2008 11:40 am Subject: Isgc
Del Bonn Replies: 70 Views: 54556	Oh M'gosh! TV reports that a hacker has corrupted the airline traffic computers.....delays and cancellations are in effect.....what will tat mean to ISGC? Oh my..... This is my FIRST steel guit ...
Topic: Pants at the ISGC Question
Del Bonn Replies: 18 Views: 12274	Forum Section: International Steel Guitar Convention Posted: 22 Jul 2008 8:00 am Subject: Wear pants to the convention?
Del Bonn Replies: 18 Views: 12274	Well, some steelers prefer floor-length skirts....... -Delb