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Nathan Delacretaz
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Austin, Texas, USA
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Posted 27 Oct 2002 5:32 pm |
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Hello everyone,
I'm a newcomer to steel (about 3 years on a 1950 Magnatone 6-string lap and this May I picked up a Fender student pedal steel) and after a couple months of reading a lot of informative and entertaining posts on the forum, I decided to join up.
I've been lucky enough to have some great lessons from some respected forumites - a couple with Ricky Davis on lap steel a while back and most recently a couple with Herb Steiner on pedal. But aside from the knowledge they've generously shared, I've got a lot of catching up to do when it comes to being an educated steel & country music listener. I'm coming at this from a ["recovering"] rock/jazz guitarist's point of view, so at least a lot of the theory & fundamentals are there! ha ha
Anyhow, wanted to let you all know that this forum has been really impressive - it's the best example I've seen of a real functioning "community" on the web: sharing tips, buying and selling gear, etc. I'm happy to be joining up!
Best,
Nathan DeLacretaz
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Joey Ace
From:
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 27 Oct 2002 6:02 pm
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Welcome aboard, Nathan!
You've got some excellent resources in Ricky and Herb. You're a lucky guy.
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www.JoeyAce.com
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Janice Brooks
From:
Pleasant Gap Pa
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Posted 27 Oct 2002 6:46 pm
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Nathen I hope to find you somewhere the next time I'm in Austin.
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Janice "Busgal" Brooks
ICQ 44729047
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Ricky Davis
From:
Bertram, Texas USA
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Posted 28 Oct 2002 1:32 am
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Nathan; welcome aboard and you have some great talent....so stay with it; jump all in here...and don't hesitate to ask anything of these fine folks here.
Talk to ya soon.....and you haven't been out to a gig in a while.....so come out and say howdy.
Ricky
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Nathan Delacretaz
From:
Austin, Texas, USA
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Posted 28 Oct 2002 6:01 am
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Thanks very much, Joey, Janice, and Ricky. I plan to bug everybody on the forum with plenty of questions! Hopefully I won't sound TOO amateur! Worst case, you serious steelers may get some good chuckles as this "city boy" tries to get oriented. ha ha
Ricky: first off, I don't know if I ever thanked you properly for getting me going in the right direction on lap steel. That made a tremendous difference! And you're right - I need to get out to more shows these days. I guess the jump up to 10 strings from 6 has me a little tied up - and now months have flown by... Who are you playing with over the next couple of weeks? |
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Ricky Davis
From:
Bertram, Texas USA
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Posted 28 Oct 2002 8:40 am
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Cool Nathan; and thanks for the kind words and your more than welcome.
I'm back to doing most all the local shows with Dale Watson....still doing a few Derailers gigs every now and again; but nothing on the books with them for a couple weeks.
Monday>Egos w/Dale
Tues> Egos w/Redd Volkaert 8:30 then D.B. Harris at 11:00
Wed>Fado w/Dale
Thrus>Ginny's Lit'Longhorn w/Dale
Not sure about Fri&Sat yet...could be several different Artist....ah...ha.
Sun>Ginny's Chicken Sh!! sunday w/Dale.
And on and on...
See ya out there.
Ricky |
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Nathan Delacretaz
From:
Austin, Texas, USA
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Posted 28 Oct 2002 11:04 am
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| I'll see ya soon, Ricky. With a little more practice, I may be able to ask ya some good questions. I wanted to tell you that your turnaround in the Ray Price section of the "Legends" tune just kills me every time. I sat down and learned my own simplistic version of it - love it when you can hold those common tones from chord to chord. |
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