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  Topic: looking for Lorene Ruymar
ryome

Replies: 2
Views: 1281

PostForum Section: Steel Without Pedals   Posted: 27 Jun 2000 8:45 pm   Subject: looking for Lorene Ruymar
Anybody have an e-mail address for Lorene Ruymar? I can be e-mailed at rckelly@uiuc.edu.
Ryan
  Topic: steel guitar in 1920's
ryome

Replies: 3
Views: 1614

PostForum Section: Steel Without Pedals   Posted: 27 Jun 2000 8:43 pm   Subject: steel guitar in 1920's
I have a question concerning the use of the steel guitar in non-Hawaiian genres in the 1920's and 30's- genres like hillbilly and Race recordings. Do any of you have any information as to how players ...
  Topic: First Hawaiian/other steel recording on mainland
ryome

Replies: 1
Views: 1270

PostForum Section: Steel Without Pedals   Posted: 5 Apr 2000 2:34 pm   Subject: First Hawaiian/other steel recording on mainland
Anyone know what the first recording with steel guitar on the mainland was and when? Many were made in Hawaiia. Phillipines and Europe prior to those made in NY and Chicago.
Ryan
  Topic: The look of Country
ryome

Replies: 9
Views: 1968

PostForum Section: Music   Posted: 16 Mar 2000 9:54 pm   Subject: The look of Country
A few weeks ago I posted a topic about the characteristics of the sound of Country music, but what about the visual aspects? What does a country band look like? What is one likely to see when seeing a ...
  Topic: Playing Spanish and steel
ryome

Replies: 2
Views: 1954

PostForum Section: Steel Without Pedals   Posted: 21 Nov 1999 12:13 pm   Subject: Playing Spanish and steel
How many of you steel players also play Spanish style? For those that do both, can you discuss the thought process that is involved when making the change or how your approach may vary from one to the ...
  Topic: string guages for electric lap steel
ryome

Replies: 1
Views: 1443

PostForum Section: Steel Without Pedals   Posted: 18 Nov 1999 10:26 pm   Subject: string guages for electric lap steel
I just got a 1950's National electric steel (6 string). I am new to the electric world and don't know what guage strings to use, and whether or not to use nickel or steel. I will probably use a C6 tun ...
  Topic: Joseph Kekuku: fact or hype
ryome

Replies: 7
Views: 3509

PostForum Section: Steel Without Pedals   Posted: 10 Nov 1999 7:02 pm   Subject: Joseph Kekuku: fact or hype
Michael, the history you present does make sense and I have read that myself. What I have trouble with, I think, is the term "inventor." Perhaps if the term "Popularizer," if that's a word, were used ...
  Topic: Joseph Kekuku: fact or hype
ryome

Replies: 7
Views: 3509

PostForum Section: Steel Without Pedals   Posted: 9 Nov 1999 9:00 pm   Subject: Joseph Kekuku: fact or hype
I have been bothered by the Kekuku story ever since I heard. I don't doubt that he was one of the earliest inventors ot eh steel guitar, if not the first. What I am curious about is why there seems to ...
  Topic: Sol Hoopii
ryome

Replies: 1
Views: 1756

PostForum Section: Steel Without Pedals   Posted: 1 Nov 1999 8:19 pm   Subject: Sol Hoopii
Can anyone suggest a good source for transcriptions (tablature preferred) of Sol Hoopii tunes. In particular I am looking for Hula Blues and Farewell Blues.
Ryan
 
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