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Thanks Bill: That was as good a choice as could be made and you're right,made me smile through the tears..

"Son died in Korea and nobody's ever told me why".God, he knew the pain, knew America. At 74 I let myself start to cry and I'm crying.

Mt main gripe is with the heads.. As a piss poor woodworker who,despite my dad teaching me to pre drill,
I booger up the heads about two turns from the end..So I guess it is my technique that needs ...

Philips head screws ,on their best day, are instruments of the Devil..

George Boards:Thanks for the great reply. I WILL go to your site. The tree blew down five years ago. Cut into about twelve foot lengths . My neighbor milled it the next year and stickered it.Biggest c ...

Watching old Kayton Roberts cuts. Didn't realize he played with my childhood fiddling hero Chubby Wise behind Hank Snow... Question-when he's playing Valley of the Roses it looks for all the world th ...

Fun to look back on that. Folks who aren't musicians just can't possibly understand this..

I can't even remember the band(s) but some songs I remember getting SO sick of were: Big Bad Leroy Brown,House Of The Rising Sun ( always a drunk hippie whose best drunk friend REALLY sings that great ...

Question about Road O Phonic: when played acoustically does it have reso sound and when plugged in does it have steel sound..Maybe odd question but you know what I mean..Thanks, Eric

Little different slants there Greg. Are you in GBDGBD?If so I have some neat new slants to learn.

The "TRY THIS" link brought up a harmonica quartet doing Take Five"..Rather interesting.....

I suspect there is already a discussion about woods. If so please steer me in right direction.
I have a neighbor who has a quite large home sawmill. I have a little blacksmith shop here and am alwa ...

Ask and Ye Shall Receive.. Phew-you guys have given me a lifetime of licks to work on with that song..Thanks to you All.

Thank you Bill!!!If that rendition doesn't make you cry I don't know what will. That is EXACTLY what I wanted to see and hear..DAMN-THAT is steel playing.

I can't find a nice steel rendition of classic Harbor Lights..Any help? thanks, Eric

By nature music gets stretched and distorted.. We bend it,stretch it, and keep what we want..If nobody stretches boundaries we stagnate..Remember when Roger Bannister broke the 4 minute mile?(yes I'm ...

That was REALLY a breath of fresh air! Thanks for posting.

I think I saw Johnny Mac Brown (sp) in there..

Looking at a Conqueror HG306C. It has about a one inch hole in bottom center that seems as though it could be for a stand. Were there one legged stands?Can't see it clearly as it is in an auction...

Besides your usual great and tasteful playing that was really a well put together video. Shots of everybody playing were great..

Andy: I'm new here,but have to chime in..As parents we are all numb thinking about your loss. A prayer for you.. also- I live just a skip away West of Junction City. If there is some logistical proble ...

About 35 years ago I was playing in a dive in Creswell Oregon. You know the type: Hand painted sign "Live music Sat. nite". I was fiddling and there was a really nice pedal steel player th ...

We don't realize what saints our moms were when we began playing..When I was learning to play fiddle in 1953 (yes 1953) I remember mom always having a smile on her face and always saying "that so ...

New on here as of a few weeks ago.I went innocently enough from former fiddler with now crippled hand to playing Dobro.Sounds innocent enough until I saw an ad on Craigslist for a National Chicagoan. ...

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Topic: John prine
Eric Sprado Replies: 28 Views: 15488	Forum Section: Gone Home Posted: 7 Apr 2020 8:09 pm Subject: Thanks
Eric Sprado Replies: 28 Views: 15488	Thanks Bill: That was as good a choice as could be made and you're right,made me smile through the tears..
Topic: John prine
Eric Sprado Replies: 28 Views: 15488	Forum Section: Gone Home Posted: 7 Apr 2020 7:01 pm Subject: John Prine
Eric Sprado Replies: 28 Views: 15488	"Son died in Korea and nobody's ever told me why".God, he knew the pain, knew America. At 74 I let myself start to cry and I'm crying.
Topic: Wood for homemade lap steel.
Eric Sprado Replies: 24 Views: 7689	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 6 Apr 2020 11:04 am Subject: phillips head
Eric Sprado Replies: 24 Views: 7689	Mt main gripe is with the heads.. As a piss poor woodworker who,despite my dad teaching me to pre drill, I booger up the heads about two turns from the end..So I guess it is my technique that needs ...
Topic: Wood for homemade lap steel.
Eric Sprado Replies: 24 Views: 7689	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 2 Apr 2020 2:51 pm Subject: Wood for homemade lap steel.
Eric Sprado Replies: 24 Views: 7689	Philips head screws ,on their best day, are instruments of the Devil..
Topic: Wood for homemade lap steel.
Eric Sprado Replies: 24 Views: 7689	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 31 Mar 2020 9:11 pm Subject: Cherry tree
Eric Sprado Replies: 24 Views: 7689	George Boards:Thanks for the great reply. I WILL go to your site. The tree blew down five years ago. Cut into about twelve foot lengths . My neighbor milled it the next year and stickered it.Biggest c ...
Topic: Kayton Roberts
Eric Sprado Replies: 1 Views: 1118	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 31 Mar 2020 8:40 pm Subject: Kayton Roberts
Eric Sprado Replies: 1 Views: 1118	Watching old Kayton Roberts cuts. Didn't realize he played with my childhood fiddling hero Chubby Wise behind Hank Snow... Question-when he's playing Valley of the Roses it looks for all the world th ...
Topic: Playing songs You do not like
Eric Sprado Replies: 78 Views: 19995	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 29 Mar 2020 7:25 pm Subject: Songs we didn't like
Eric Sprado Replies: 78 Views: 19995	Fun to look back on that. Folks who aren't musicians just can't possibly understand this..
Topic: Playing songs You do not like
Eric Sprado Replies: 78 Views: 19995	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 29 Mar 2020 4:50 pm Subject: Some More
Eric Sprado Replies: 78 Views: 19995	I can't even remember the band(s) but some songs I remember getting SO sick of were: Big Bad Leroy Brown,House Of The Rising Sun ( always a drunk hippie whose best drunk friend REALLY sings that great ...
Topic: Beard Road-O-Phonic -SOLD
Eric Sprado Replies: 12 Views: 5550	Forum Section: For Sale: Steel Guitars Posted: 28 Mar 2020 12:18 pm Subject: Beard Road-O-Phonic -SOLD
Eric Sprado Replies: 12 Views: 5550	Question about Road O Phonic: when played acoustically does it have reso sound and when plugged in does it have steel sound..Maybe odd question but you know what I mean..Thanks, Eric
Topic: Dobro- Rob Ickes teaches Hank Williams style on YouTube
Eric Sprado Replies: 13 Views: 5075	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 27 Mar 2020 8:26 pm Subject: Dobro- Rob Ickes teaches Hank Williams style on YouTube
Eric Sprado Replies: 13 Views: 5075	Little different slants there Greg. Are you in GBDGBD?If so I have some neat new slants to learn.
Topic: Take 5 played on stringmaster
Eric Sprado Replies: 27 Views: 12891	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 27 Mar 2020 7:33 pm Subject: Take 5 played on stringmaster
Eric Sprado Replies: 27 Views: 12891	The "TRY THIS" link brought up a harmonica quartet doing Take Five"..Rather interesting.....
Topic: Wood for homemade lap steel.
Eric Sprado Replies: 24 Views: 7689	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 27 Mar 2020 12:04 pm Subject: Wood for homemade lap steel.
Eric Sprado Replies: 24 Views: 7689	I suspect there is already a discussion about woods. If so please steer me in right direction. I have a neighbor who has a quite large home sawmill. I have a little blacksmith shop here and am alwa ...
Topic: Harbor Lights
Eric Sprado Replies: 14 Views: 3157	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 23 Mar 2020 8:46 pm Subject: Harbor Lights
Eric Sprado Replies: 14 Views: 3157	Ask and Ye Shall Receive.. Phew-you guys have given me a lifetime of licks to work on with that song..Thanks to you All.
Topic: Harbor Lights
Eric Sprado Replies: 14 Views: 3157	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 23 Mar 2020 2:21 pm Subject: Harbor Lights
Eric Sprado Replies: 14 Views: 3157	Thank you Bill!!!If that rendition doesn't make you cry I don't know what will. That is EXACTLY what I wanted to see and hear..DAMN-THAT is steel playing.
Topic: Harbor Lights
Eric Sprado Replies: 14 Views: 3157	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 23 Mar 2020 1:40 pm Subject: Harbor Lights
Eric Sprado Replies: 14 Views: 3157	I can't find a nice steel rendition of classic Harbor Lights..Any help? thanks, Eric
Topic: Atonal, ambient, noise-art Weissenborn
Eric Sprado Replies: 46 Views: 13685	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 23 Mar 2020 1:31 pm Subject: Atonal, ambient, noise-art Weissenborn
Eric Sprado Replies: 46 Views: 13685	By nature music gets stretched and distorted.. We bend it,stretch it, and keep what we want..If nobody stretches boundaries we stagnate..Remember when Roger Bannister broke the 4 minute mile?(yes I'm ...
Topic: Kale Stiles and the Hilo High Flyers
Eric Sprado Replies: 7 Views: 1929	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 23 Mar 2020 1:02 pm Subject: Kale Stiles and the Hilo High Flyers
Eric Sprado Replies: 7 Views: 1929	That was REALLY a breath of fresh air! Thanks for posting.
Topic: Don Helms
Eric Sprado Replies: 9 Views: 2984	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 21 Mar 2020 8:28 pm Subject: Don Helms
Eric Sprado Replies: 9 Views: 2984	I think I saw Johnny Mac Brown (sp) in there..
Topic: Conqueror HG 306C
Eric Sprado Replies: 1 Views: 847	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 19 Mar 2020 7:16 pm Subject: Conqueror HG 306C
Eric Sprado Replies: 1 Views: 847	Looking at a Conqueror HG306C. It has about a one inch hole in bottom center that seems as though it could be for a stand. Were there one legged stands?Can't see it clearly as it is in an auction...
Topic: New video: Buckaroo on dobro and steel
Eric Sprado Replies: 20 Views: 5708	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 18 Mar 2020 9:59 am Subject: New video: Buckaroo on dobro and steel
Eric Sprado Replies: 20 Views: 5708	Besides your usual great and tasteful playing that was really a well put together video. Shots of everybody playing were great..
Topic: My son, Buddy has gone now.
Eric Sprado Replies: 74 Views: 43522	Forum Section: Gone Home Posted: 16 Mar 2020 8:35 pm Subject: My son, Buddy has gone now.
Eric Sprado Replies: 74 Views: 43522	Andy: I'm new here,but have to chime in..As parents we are all numb thinking about your loss. A prayer for you.. also- I live just a skip away West of Junction City. If there is some logistical proble ...
Topic: Find Big Al
Eric Sprado Replies: 2 Views: 1406	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 14 Mar 2020 8:55 pm Subject: Find Big Al
Eric Sprado Replies: 2 Views: 1406	About 35 years ago I was playing in a dive in Creswell Oregon. You know the type: Hand painted sign "Live music Sat. nite". I was fiddling and there was a really nice pedal steel player th ...
Topic: Anybody here read the Wall Street Journal?
Eric Sprado Replies: 26 Views: 7979	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 14 Mar 2020 2:59 pm Subject: Anybody here read the Wall Street Journal?
Eric Sprado Replies: 26 Views: 7979	We don't realize what saints our moms were when we began playing..When I was learning to play fiddle in 1953 (yes 1953) I remember mom always having a smile on her face and always saying "that so ...
Topic: Steel Virus attacks old man in Deadwood Oregon.
Eric Sprado Replies: 11 Views: 4034	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 11 Mar 2020 9:33 pm Subject: Steel Virus attacks old man in Deadwood Oregon.
Eric Sprado Replies: 11 Views: 4034	New on here as of a few weeks ago.I went innocently enough from former fiddler with now crippled hand to playing Dobro.Sounds innocent enough until I saw an ad on Craigslist for a National Chicagoan. ...