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Jack Richards - Australian Steel Guitar Pioneer made an appearance at The Steel Guitar Coop in 1988 playing a Rickenbacker 6 string bakelite guitar that had belonged to Australian Hawaiian crooner Joh ...

Hi Richard,
I came to the steel guitar in 1970 with an obsession for old National guitars. I had a Trojan, a Style O & a Style 3 tricone. I didn’t have much money back then and so the 1st two ...

Hi Larry,
My YouTube channel (@hoola100) has quite a few videos of both American & Australian steel guitarists that I’ve had the good fortune to see & hear. I’ve also included playlists f ...

Hi Marty,

So glad you enjoyed the interviews. I also have some other audio that I will post in the coming months. My YouTube channel subscriptions went up a bit since I posted these Smile

Graham

Hi Frank. The Zane Beck interview happened in 1977 when I was on one of my annual leaves from the domestic airline TAA for whom I worked. 6 weeks was what we got back then which was a lot more generou ...

Recorded on the road from Zane Beck's Scranton home to Fort Smith Regional Airport on Thursday 15 September, 1977. The recording is unfortunately marred by the ambient road noise but is possibly signi ...

Frank, glad you liked the interview. Hopefully you read the preamble in the YouTube description.
In the next day or so I should have my interview with Zane Beck up and running on my YouTube channel. ...

Yes, the live music recording was unfortunately overdriven as the cassette recorder had no input level controls but I thought it worthwhile as an indicator of the clubland material being played at the ...

Here’s the complement to my YouTube
“ Julian Tharpe Live at The Fuzzy Duck, Atlanta environs GA, January 1979”

The interview took place the day after the gig (link in YouTube description)
...

Found this video kicking around on my desktop. I think I recorded this a couple of years ago. I'm playing Zane Beck's E13th copedent on my Australian made Anapeg S12 pedal steel. Hope you enjoy it:
...

I think I previously posted this with a Dropbox link. Unfortunately overdriven but nonetheless it’s Julian in 1979. Lots of interesting steel guitar live audio and video on my YouTube channel @hoola ...

This past week I’ve published 2 YouTubes of a recording I made at the Blue Dolphin Room of the Outrigger Hotel in Waikiki. The YouTubes are essentially sides A&B of a C-90. Here they are:

htt ...

I thought that folks might like to check out Piers Crocker's "Hawaiian Slant" group who played the 2nd set at last Sunday's "The 3rd Steel and Slide Guitar Night" in Sydney. Piers' ...

Just advising that I’ve revised a previously published YouTube of an audio recording I made in 1981 of Jack Richards, who was an Australian pioneering pedal steel guitarist with his own unique tunin ...

One of the benefits of making contact with Jim Webb last year, apart from getting a lot of biographical information about his musical journey, was the "unearthing" of reel to reel desk recor ...

I had contacted Herb Remington years ago about the album and he gave me a list of the players as well which I have unfortunately lost but glad to see that Chris Clem has provided that info. He was a b ...

I've posted the other side of the C-90 which I titled
"Jim Webb (pedal steel) with Jeff Young group "live" at Sam's Place, San Jose, 25 Jan 1977"

There's a lot of background ...

Hi John,

From my telephone conversations with Jim I came to the same conclusion.

Graham

Thanks for the comments. It’s wonderful to paint a bigger picture of Jim Webb. I’m hoping that someone out there has some video footage as I’m only aware of one YouTube that features him. If you ...

I was new to pedal steel and searching out players in the USA. Instead of a camera, I carried a cassette recorder. I was fortunate to be at a club in San Jose on Tuesday 25 January, 1977. So we're tal ...

Unfortunately I only ever connected with Trudi and didn't get to speak with Ray. Zane Beck told me he considered Ray as the main influence on his own playing. Ray could cut any number in any key and c ...

Herb has always been a major inspiration for me and influenced my the way I play. I've always loved best his "Steel Guitar Holiday" album from 1959 with Paul Buskirk on guitar. "Sam 'n ...

I'm posting this on behalf of Mrs Christine Hanson whose husband has gone into a care facility. Please contact:

Christine Hanson christine13hanson@gmail.com

"Here are the pictures of the E ...

I only met Scotty a few times. The first time was his first trip to Australia. I went to the Crystal Palace Hotel at Central in downtown Sydney to hear the wonderful playing of one of Australia's prem ...

Does anyone know where I can buy 4 aluminium legs for my '88 BMI?

The big problem is that my instrument needs 11 TPI (5/8") thread whereas I believe the standard may be 13 TPI (1/2").

...

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Topic: Jack Richards Lap Steel performance 1988
Graham Griffith Replies: 0 Views: 869	Forum Section: Steel on the Web Posted: 13 Aug 2024 4:37 am Subject: Jack Richards Lap Steel performance 1988
Graham Griffith Replies: 0 Views: 869	Jack Richards - Australian Steel Guitar Pioneer made an appearance at The Steel Guitar Coop in 1988 playing a Rickenbacker 6 string bakelite guitar that had belonged to Australian Hawaiian crooner Joh ...
Topic: Julian Tharpe Interview
Graham Griffith Replies: 6 Views: 1789	Forum Section: Steel on the Web Posted: 10 Aug 2024 7:17 pm Subject: Julian Tharpe Interview
Graham Griffith Replies: 6 Views: 1789	Hi Richard, I came to the steel guitar in 1970 with an obsession for old National guitars. I had a Trojan, a Style O & a Style 3 tricone. I didn’t have much money back then and so the 1st two ...
Topic: Zane Beck Interview
Graham Griffith Replies: 6 Views: 1405	Forum Section: Steel on the Web Posted: 10 Aug 2024 6:35 pm Subject: Zane Beck Interview
Graham Griffith Replies: 6 Views: 1405	Hi Larry, My YouTube channel (@hoola100) has quite a few videos of both American & Australian steel guitarists that I’ve had the good fortune to see & hear. I’ve also included playlists f ...
Topic: Zane Beck Interview
Graham Griffith Replies: 6 Views: 1405	Forum Section: Steel on the Web Posted: 9 Aug 2024 9:08 pm Subject: Zane Beck Interview
Graham Griffith Replies: 6 Views: 1405	Hi Marty, So glad you enjoyed the interviews. I also have some other audio that I will post in the coming months. My YouTube channel subscriptions went up a bit since I posted these Graham
Topic: Zane Beck Interview
Graham Griffith Replies: 6 Views: 1405	Forum Section: Steel on the Web Posted: 9 Aug 2024 4:22 pm Subject: Zane Beck Interview
Graham Griffith Replies: 6 Views: 1405	Hi Frank. The Zane Beck interview happened in 1977 when I was on one of my annual leaves from the domestic airline TAA for whom I worked. 6 weeks was what we got back then which was a lot more generou ...
Topic: Zane Beck Interview
Graham Griffith Replies: 6 Views: 1405	Forum Section: Steel on the Web Posted: 9 Aug 2024 1:24 am Subject: Zane Beck Interview
Graham Griffith Replies: 6 Views: 1405	Recorded on the road from Zane Beck's Scranton home to Fort Smith Regional Airport on Thursday 15 September, 1977. The recording is unfortunately marred by the ambient road noise but is possibly signi ...
Topic: Julian Tharpe Interview
Graham Griffith Replies: 6 Views: 1789	Forum Section: Steel on the Web Posted: 7 Aug 2024 11:04 am Subject: Julian Tharpe Interview
Graham Griffith Replies: 6 Views: 1789	Frank, glad you liked the interview. Hopefully you read the preamble in the YouTube description. In the next day or so I should have my interview with Zane Beck up and running on my YouTube channel. ...
Topic: Julian Tharpe Interview
Graham Griffith Replies: 6 Views: 1789	Forum Section: Steel on the Web Posted: 6 Aug 2024 8:27 am Subject: Julian Tharpe Interview
Graham Griffith Replies: 6 Views: 1789	Yes, the live music recording was unfortunately overdriven as the cassette recorder had no input level controls but I thought it worthwhile as an indicator of the clubland material being played at the ...
Topic: Julian Tharpe Interview
Graham Griffith Replies: 6 Views: 1789	Forum Section: Steel on the Web Posted: 3 Aug 2024 11:41 am Subject: Julian Tharpe Interview
Graham Griffith Replies: 6 Views: 1789	Here’s the complement to my YouTube “ Julian Tharpe Live at The Fuzzy Duck, Atlanta environs GA, January 1979” The interview took place the day after the gig (link in YouTube description) ...
Topic: When You Wish Upon a Star
Graham Griffith Replies: 4 Views: 921	Forum Section: Steel on the Web Posted: 13 Jul 2024 12:07 am Subject: When You Wish Upon a Star
Graham Griffith Replies: 4 Views: 921	Found this video kicking around on my desktop. I think I recorded this a couple of years ago. I'm playing Zane Beck's E13th copedent on my Australian made Anapeg S12 pedal steel. Hope you enjoy it: ...
Topic: Julian Tharpe Live at The Fuzzy Duck, Atlanta GA, Jan 1979
Graham Griffith Replies: 4 Views: 1458	Forum Section: Steel on the Web Posted: 30 Jun 2024 3:43 pm Subject: Julian Tharpe Live at The Fuzzy Duck, Atlanta GA, Jan 1979
Graham Griffith Replies: 4 Views: 1458	I think I previously posted this with a Dropbox link. Unfortunately overdriven but nonetheless it’s Julian in 1979. Lots of interesting steel guitar live audio and video on my YouTube channel @hoola ...
Topic: Billy Hew Len recordings from August 1977
Graham Griffith Replies: 0 Views: 379	Forum Section: Steel on the Web Posted: 25 Jun 2024 12:26 pm Subject: Billy Hew Len recordings from August 1977
Graham Griffith Replies: 0 Views: 379	This past week I’ve published 2 YouTubes of a recording I made at the Blue Dolphin Room of the Outrigger Hotel in Waikiki. The YouTubes are essentially sides A&B of a C-90. Here they are: htt ...
Topic: The 3rd Steel and Slide Guitar Night (Sydney, NSW Australia)
Graham Griffith Replies: 0 Views: 511	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 22 Feb 2024 2:51 pm Subject: The 3rd Steel and Slide Guitar Night (Sydney, NSW Australia)
Graham Griffith Replies: 0 Views: 511	I thought that folks might like to check out Piers Crocker's "Hawaiian Slant" group who played the 2nd set at last Sunday's "The 3rd Steel and Slide Guitar Night" in Sydney. Piers' ...
Topic: Jack Richards - YouTube Revision
Graham Griffith Replies: 0 Views: 682	Forum Section: Steel on the Web Posted: 18 Jul 2022 3:27 am Subject: Jack Richards - YouTube Revision
Graham Griffith Replies: 0 Views: 682	Just advising that I’ve revised a previously published YouTube of an audio recording I made in 1981 of Jack Richards, who was an Australian pioneering pedal steel guitarist with his own unique tunin ...
Topic: Jim Webb with The Western Connection - Missoula, MT 1979
Graham Griffith Replies: 0 Views: 780	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 17 Feb 2022 9:29 pm Subject: Jim Webb with The Western Connection - Missoula, MT 1979
Graham Griffith Replies: 0 Views: 780	One of the benefits of making contact with Jim Webb last year, apart from getting a lot of biographical information about his musical journey, was the "unearthing" of reel to reel desk recor ...
Topic: Herb Remington - "Steel Guitar Holiday" Info
Graham Griffith Replies: 7 Views: 2751	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 4 Feb 2022 9:09 pm Subject: "Steel Guitar Holiday"
Graham Griffith Replies: 7 Views: 2751	I had contacted Herb Remington years ago about the album and he gave me a list of the players as well which I have unfortunately lost but glad to see that Chris Clem has provided that info. He was a b ...
Topic: Jim Webb - Seattle based Pedal Steel Guitarist - PART TWO
Graham Griffith Replies: 2 Views: 3045	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 13 Jan 2022 11:03 am Subject: Jim Webb - Seattle based Pedal Steel Guitarist - PART TWO
Graham Griffith Replies: 2 Views: 3045	I've posted the other side of the C-90 which I titled "Jim Webb (pedal steel) with Jeff Young group "live" at Sam's Place, San Jose, 25 Jan 1977" There's a lot of background ...
Topic: Jim Webb - Seattle based Pedal Steel Guitarist
Graham Griffith Replies: 14 Views: 6013	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 6 Jan 2022 4:47 pm Subject: Jim Webb
Graham Griffith Replies: 14 Views: 6013	Hi John, From my telephone conversations with Jim I came to the same conclusion. Graham
Topic: Jim Webb - Seattle based Pedal Steel Guitarist
Graham Griffith Replies: 14 Views: 6013	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 4 Jan 2022 5:11 pm Subject: Jim Webb - Seattle based Pedal Steel Guitarist
Graham Griffith Replies: 14 Views: 6013	Thanks for the comments. It’s wonderful to paint a bigger picture of Jim Webb. I’m hoping that someone out there has some video footage as I’m only aware of one YouTube that features him. If you ...
Topic: Jim Webb - Seattle based Pedal Steel Guitarist
Graham Griffith Replies: 14 Views: 6013	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 4 Jan 2022 12:08 pm Subject: Jim Webb - Seattle based Pedal Steel Guitarist
Graham Griffith Replies: 14 Views: 6013	I was new to pedal steel and searching out players in the USA. Instead of a camera, I carried a cassette recorder. I was fortunate to be at a club in San Jose on Tuesday 25 January, 1977. So we're tal ...
Topic: RIP Ray Noren
Graham Griffith Replies: 5 Views: 3983	Forum Section: Gone Home Posted: 7 Jul 2021 10:00 pm Subject: RIP Ray Noren
Graham Griffith Replies: 5 Views: 3983	Unfortunately I only ever connected with Trudi and didn't get to speak with Ray. Zane Beck told me he considered Ray as the main influence on his own playing. Ray could cut any number in any key and c ...
Topic: Herb Remington
Graham Griffith Replies: 60 Views: 21366	Forum Section: Gone Home Posted: 28 Oct 2018 1:39 am Subject: Herb Remington
Graham Griffith Replies: 60 Views: 21366	Herb has always been a major inspiration for me and influenced my the way I play. I've always loved best his "Steel Guitar Holiday" album from 1959 with Paul Buskirk on guitar. "Sam 'n ...
Topic: Eddie Alkire & Jerry Byrd Courses & Magazines
Graham Griffith Replies: 1 Views: 1817	Forum Section: For Sale: Music, Lessons, etc. Posted: 22 Nov 2016 2:06 pm Subject: Eddie Alkire & Jerry Byrd Courses & Magazines
Graham Griffith Replies: 1 Views: 1817	I'm posting this on behalf of Mrs Christine Hanson whose husband has gone into a care facility. Please contact: Christine Hanson christine13hanson@gmail.com "Here are the pictures of the E ...
Topic: DeWitt "Scotty" Scott, Sr.
Graham Griffith Replies: 193 Views: 107528	Forum Section: Gone Home Posted: 24 Sep 2015 2:35 am Subject: Scotty in Australia
Graham Griffith Replies: 193 Views: 107528	I only met Scotty a few times. The first time was his first trip to Australia. I went to the Crystal Palace Hotel at Central in downtown Sydney to hear the wonderful playing of one of Australia's prem ...
Topic: Aluminum legs for BMI
Graham Griffith Replies: 1 Views: 718	Forum Section: Wanted To Buy Posted: 29 Jul 2015 11:30 pm Subject: Aluminum legs for BMI
Graham Griffith Replies: 1 Views: 718	Does anyone know where I can buy 4 aluminium legs for my '88 BMI? The big problem is that my instrument needs 11 TPI (5/8") thread whereas I believe the standard may be 13 TPI (1/2"). ...