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@robert kramer - I sure don't have the knowledge to answer your question, but I'm happy to let you know that all the Vance Terry Wills sessions are on the Bear Family compilation "Faded Love,&quo ...

Byron Myhre told me it had gone to you, Robert. It looks fantastic and I’m really happy for you! Play it in good health.

My fellow Canadian Jean-Sebastien nailed it. Nothing to apologize for, no need to compare - non-pedal rules. Cool

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyO9mt_0FWQ

I've had an eye on this site for a while and it really is an interesting bunch of instruments, and reasonably priced. It's almost like he's selling off his or someone else's collection - who has six 1 ...

https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2020-03/1184_20200710_132523_1.jpg Went to Woodstock today and bought a new sticker for my guitar!

Well, it was a beautiful instrument.

Joaquin with Tex Williams. Talk about "taking off"!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-kP4mVCaeA

Please, PLEASE don’t bring up climate change. Please. I could fill a website with countervailing data that’s as large as everything contained here at the forum, but I have better things to do with ...

The desert at night does sometimes sound like an Eno Ambient album.

...said the guy from Buffalo. No it doesn't.

These posers remind me of this guy Emmons (or something like that) from In ...

Affected is right. Can we please call it something other than "ambient country"? Remove the utterly irrelevant word "country" - that'll suffice.

From the Bob Wills Heritage Foundation:

"Bob played many venues in Bell County - Central Texas throughout his career. Beginning in the mid- sixties, he played dates with his 'own man' Tagg Lam ...

The writer lost me at “white, male.” Rolling Eyes

Mike, I hadn't heard of or seen that Steel of Tom's, do those levers change to different preset tunings like the Fuzzy/Excel model?

Dean, no idea I'm afraid. Seems I might have even read a post a ...

Isn't that kinda what Carson Wells built for Tom Morrell? Not levers exactly, but here's a pic:

https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2020-03/10887_3075_IMAG0297_3_1.jpg

Mitch, I think I found the kind of steel seen in both those photos:

https://tinyurl.com/y87hcwyj

Yep, it’s a Recording King! I was tipped off by the recent post in “steel without pedals” a ...

I don't think so. Years ago, Basil Henriques linked to a download but haven't been able to find it.

I found the post Andy:

https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=126876&highlight=da ...

Hmm, looks to me like one of those teardop-shaped Gibsons, like Little Roy Wiggins is playing here:

https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2020-03/10887_7242_Amp_Photo_02_CR_002_1_1.jpg

No idea ...

Was thinking about Jim Boyd, brother of the better-known Bill Boyd yesterday, and had a search at the Internet Archive (archive.org). Imagine my amazement when I came across this huge collection of 78 ...

I have that one as well. Both 1960s Fender Jaguars for sure.

BTW as you might already have seen, there are a couple at that site with Leon Rausch playing a Jazzmaster as well, but that certainly i ...

Okay - the book about Bob Wills by Dr. Townsend says Bob was still performing and recording into the late 1960s, including that he played several engagements with Tag Lambert and others at the Farmer' ...

I'm not on FB either, I was for a while, but I must have broken one of their policies, because they booted me off, then asked for a scan of my ID to get back on. Then they wouldn't reinstate me anyway ...

Where in heck did you find that? Speaking of good finds... Cool

Thanks for all this Mitch! I absolutely agree that must be Herman Arnspiger, not Sleepy. And going back through the Cary Ginell book, I found this:

https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2020-03/10 ...

Hi all, found this pic yesterday at the Facebook site of the Bob Wills Heritage Foundation:

https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2020-03/10887_w_Milton_Brown_on_banjolele_at_left_1.jpg

So ther ...

You're welcome Michael. Couldn't agree more.

Joe, check your PMs, I did a little Dropbox research and might have a solution. Either way, thanks for the stories!

Joe, I have to say that sounds like one of the most fun alternative bar mitzvah ideas ever. Cool

Cool that you were in a group with Jim Campilongo! I can't hear your file though, even though I crea ...

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Topic: Bud Issacs and Slowly
Mike Anderson Replies: 50 Views: 42780	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 15 Nov 2020 9:30 am Subject: Bud Issacs and Slowly
Mike Anderson Replies: 50 Views: 42780	@robert kramer - I sure don't have the knowledge to answer your question, but I'm happy to let you know that all the Vance Terry Wills sessions are on the Bear Family compilation "Faded Love,&quo ...
Topic: Fry pan restoration.
Mike Anderson Replies: 14 Views: 4994	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 1 Nov 2020 8:53 am Subject: Fry pan restoration.
Mike Anderson Replies: 14 Views: 4994	Byron Myhre told me it had gone to you, Robert. It looks fantastic and I’m really happy for you! Play it in good health.
Topic: question re: lap steel vs. pedal steel sound
Mike Anderson Replies: 36 Views: 11723	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 25 Sep 2020 10:38 am Subject: question re: lap steel vs. pedal steel sound
Mike Anderson Replies: 36 Views: 11723	My fellow Canadian Jean-Sebastien nailed it. Nothing to apologize for, no need to compare - non-pedal rules. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyO9mt_0FWQ
Topic: Guitar Vintners
Mike Anderson Replies: 8 Views: 3658	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 25 Sep 2020 10:13 am Subject: Guitar Vintners
Mike Anderson Replies: 8 Views: 3658	I've had an eye on this site for a while and it really is an interesting bunch of instruments, and reasonably priced. It's almost like he's selling off his or someone else's collection - who has six 1 ...
Topic: My new Desert Rose Keyless
Mike Anderson Replies: 51 Views: 24581	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 20 Jul 2020 5:20 am Subject: My new Desert Rose Keyless
Mike Anderson Replies: 51 Views: 24581	https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2020-03/1184_20200710_132523_1.jpg Went to Woodstock today and bought a new sticker for my guitar! Well, it was a beautiful instrument.
Topic: Inspiration needed: Post your favorite non-pedal track
Mike Anderson Replies: 34 Views: 6766	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 15 Jul 2020 4:50 am Subject: Inspiration needed: Post your favorite non-pedal track
Mike Anderson Replies: 34 Views: 6766	Joaquin with Tex Williams. Talk about "taking off"! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-kP4mVCaeA
Topic: Difficult Steel Topics
Mike Anderson Replies: 48 Views: 16475	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 1 Jul 2020 12:36 pm Subject: Difficult Steel Topics
Mike Anderson Replies: 48 Views: 16475	Please, PLEASE don’t bring up climate change. Please. I could fill a website with countervailing data that’s as large as everything contained here at the forum, but I have better things to do with ...
Topic: Guardian article: ambient country
Mike Anderson Replies: 52 Views: 26245	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 23 Jun 2020 6:44 am Subject: Re: Killin me
Mike Anderson Replies: 52 Views: 26245	The desert at night does sometimes sound like an Eno Ambient album. ...said the guy from Buffalo. No it doesn't. These posers remind me of this guy Emmons (or something like that) from In ...
Topic: Guardian article: ambient country
Mike Anderson Replies: 52 Views: 26245	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 15 Jun 2020 10:35 am Subject: Guardian article: ambient country
Mike Anderson Replies: 52 Views: 26245	Affected is right. Can we please call it something other than "ambient country"? Remove the utterly irrelevant word "country" - that'll suffice.
Topic: ID this player with Milton Brown? And is this Leon Chambers?
Mike Anderson Replies: 11 Views: 5122	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 15 Jun 2020 5:19 am Subject: Mystery Solved!
Mike Anderson Replies: 11 Views: 5122	From the Bob Wills Heritage Foundation: "Bob played many venues in Bell County - Central Texas throughout his career. Beginning in the mid- sixties, he played dates with his 'own man' Tagg Lam ...
Topic: Guardian article: ambient country
Mike Anderson Replies: 52 Views: 26245	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 13 Jun 2020 4:22 am Subject: Guardian article: ambient country
Mike Anderson Replies: 52 Views: 26245	The writer lost me at “white, male.”
Topic: Levered console steel
Mike Anderson Replies: 15 Views: 4192	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 10 Jun 2020 6:48 am Subject: Levered console steel
Mike Anderson Replies: 15 Views: 4192	Mike, I hadn't heard of or seen that Steel of Tom's, do those levers change to different preset tunings like the Fuzzy/Excel model? Dean, no idea I'm afraid. Seems I might have even read a post a ...
Topic: Levered console steel
Mike Anderson Replies: 15 Views: 4192	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 10 Jun 2020 4:57 am Subject: Levered console steel
Mike Anderson Replies: 15 Views: 4192	Isn't that kinda what Carson Wells built for Tom Morrell? Not levers exactly, but here's a pic: https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2020-03/10887_3075_IMAG0297_3_1.jpg
Topic: Hillbilly Boys & Light Crust Doughboys collection
Mike Anderson Replies: 3 Views: 1894	Forum Section: Steel on the Web Posted: 29 May 2020 10:30 am Subject: Hillbilly Boys & Light Crust Doughboys collection
Mike Anderson Replies: 3 Views: 1894	Mitch, I think I found the kind of steel seen in both those photos: https://tinyurl.com/y87hcwyj Yep, it’s a Recording King! I was tipped off by the recent post in “steel without pedals” a ...
Topic: 1975 article on David Kelii written by Jerry Byrd
Mike Anderson Replies: 11 Views: 2933	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 29 May 2020 8:17 am Subject: 1975 article on David Kelii written by Jerry Byrd
Mike Anderson Replies: 11 Views: 2933	I don't think so. Years ago, Basil Henriques linked to a download but haven't been able to find it. I found the post Andy: https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=126876&highlight=da ...
Topic: Hillbilly Boys & Light Crust Doughboys collection
Mike Anderson Replies: 3 Views: 1894	Forum Section: Steel on the Web Posted: 23 May 2020 1:06 pm Subject: Hillbilly Boys & Light Crust Doughboys collection
Mike Anderson Replies: 3 Views: 1894	Hmm, looks to me like one of those teardop-shaped Gibsons, like Little Roy Wiggins is playing here: https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2020-03/10887_7242_Amp_Photo_02_CR_002_1_1.jpg No idea ...
Topic: Hillbilly Boys & Light Crust Doughboys collection
Mike Anderson Replies: 3 Views: 1894	Forum Section: Steel on the Web Posted: 23 May 2020 6:57 am Subject: Hillbilly Boys & Light Crust Doughboys collection
Mike Anderson Replies: 3 Views: 1894	Was thinking about Jim Boyd, brother of the better-known Bill Boyd yesterday, and had a search at the Internet Archive (archive.org). Imagine my amazement when I came across this huge collection of 78 ...
Topic: ID this player with Milton Brown? And is this Leon Chambers?
Mike Anderson Replies: 11 Views: 5122	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 22 May 2020 11:58 am Subject: ID this player with Milton Brown? And is this Leon Chambers?
Mike Anderson Replies: 11 Views: 5122	I have that one as well. Both 1960s Fender Jaguars for sure. BTW as you might already have seen, there are a couple at that site with Leon Rausch playing a Jazzmaster as well, but that certainly i ...
Topic: ID this player with Milton Brown? And is this Leon Chambers?
Mike Anderson Replies: 11 Views: 5122	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 20 May 2020 10:26 am Subject: Milton Brown steeler solved, other photo still mysterious
Mike Anderson Replies: 11 Views: 5122	Okay - the book about Bob Wills by Dr. Townsend says Bob was still performing and recording into the late 1960s, including that he played several engagements with Tag Lambert and others at the Farmer' ...
Topic: ID this player with Milton Brown? And is this Leon Chambers?
Mike Anderson Replies: 11 Views: 5122	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 19 May 2020 9:34 am Subject: ID this player with Milton Brown? And is this Leon Chambers?
Mike Anderson Replies: 11 Views: 5122	I'm not on FB either, I was for a while, but I must have broken one of their policies, because they booted me off, then asked for a scan of my ID to get back on. Then they wouldn't reinstate me anyway ...
Topic: ID this player with Milton Brown? And is this Leon Chambers?
Mike Anderson Replies: 11 Views: 5122	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 19 May 2020 9:06 am Subject: ID this player with Milton Brown? And is this Leon Chambers?
Mike Anderson Replies: 11 Views: 5122	Where in heck did you find that? Speaking of good finds...
Topic: ID this player with Milton Brown? And is this Leon Chambers?
Mike Anderson Replies: 11 Views: 5122	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 19 May 2020 8:00 am Subject: ID this player with Milton Brown? And is this Leon Chambers?
Mike Anderson Replies: 11 Views: 5122	Thanks for all this Mitch! I absolutely agree that must be Herman Arnspiger, not Sleepy. And going back through the Cary Ginell book, I found this: https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2020-03/10 ...
Topic: ID this player with Milton Brown? And is this Leon Chambers?
Mike Anderson Replies: 11 Views: 5122	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 19 May 2020 4:44 am Subject: ID this player with Milton Brown? And is this Leon Chambers?
Mike Anderson Replies: 11 Views: 5122	Hi all, found this pic yesterday at the Facebook site of the Bob Wills Heritage Foundation: https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2020-03/10887_w_Milton_Brown_on_banjolele_at_left_1.jpg So ther ...
Topic: "Brisbane Bop II"
Mike Anderson Replies: 39 Views: 11985	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 3 May 2020 6:24 am Subject: "Brisbane Bop II"
Mike Anderson Replies: 39 Views: 11985	You're welcome Michael. Couldn't agree more. Joe, check your PMs, I did a little Dropbox research and might have a solution. Either way, thanks for the stories!
Topic: "Brisbane Bop II"
Mike Anderson Replies: 39 Views: 11985	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 2 May 2020 6:23 am Subject: "Brisbane Bop II"
Mike Anderson Replies: 39 Views: 11985	Joe, I have to say that sounds like one of the most fun alternative bar mitzvah ideas ever. Cool that you were in a group with Jim Campilongo! I can't hear your file though, even though I crea ...