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Topic: Robert Randolph/Austin City Limits/This weekend on KCET in t |
ajm
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Los Angeles
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Posted 21 Dec 2002 9:46 am |
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See message title.
I believe that the show is on Sunday at 5:00 PM our time, but you should confirm for yourself.
I'm posting this because it seems as though it's a rare occurrence when ACL is on out here.
Merry Christmas to all!!!!!!!!!!
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Artie McEwan
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ajm
From:
Los Angeles
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Posted 21 Dec 2002 10:23 am
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PS - I also see that it's on Channel 24 KVCR on our area as well, on Saturday night.
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Rick Garrett
From:
Tyler, Texas
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Posted 21 Dec 2002 11:17 am
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I've been waiting to see Robert Randolph on Austin City Limits ever since somebody mentioned it awhile back. It usually comes on channel 13 on Sunday evening at 6 here in East Texas but the last couple of weeks they've been showing something else on 13. Sure hope I can get it somewhere. Thanks
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Al Marcus
From:
Cedar Springs,MI USA (deceased)
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Posted 21 Dec 2002 5:53 pm
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I'm waiting to catch it here in Michigan, supposed to be 11:30 ET. Hope I get it...al  |
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Jody Sanders
From:
Magnolia,Texas, R.I.P.
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Posted 21 Dec 2002 9:43 pm
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| Caught Robert Randolph on Channel 8 PBS from Houston at 10:30 PM. Awesome. He also wore a black derby hat. Jody. |
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Al Burk
From:
Pasadena,Texas, USA
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Posted 22 Dec 2002 8:54 am
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My son recorded ACL for me last night and waited up for me after a gig last night. We both watched it til early in the morning. Robert knows how to put on a show.
Al B. |
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Bob Strum
From:
Anniston Alabama
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Posted 22 Dec 2002 9:02 am
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| What was that guitar he was playing...dancing...swinging with? What a ball of energy! Regards, Bob |
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Gary Steele
From:
Columbus, Ohio, USA
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Posted 22 Dec 2002 9:17 am
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| Bob, That was a FESSENDEN. I bet them strings are still warm. |
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Jim Smith
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Midlothian, TX, USA
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Posted 22 Dec 2002 9:43 am
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I haven't seen the show yet, but he plays the dog$h!t out of a purple 13 string Fessenden. 
All you Dallas area pickers, set your VCR. RR is listed to be on ACL tonight at 6 PM on channel 13!  |
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Larry Chung
From:
San Francisco, CA, USA
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Posted 23 Dec 2002 10:43 am
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I saw the show and Mr. Randolph was really great - dancing, singing, and playing that were absolutely mesmerizing. I couldn't tear myself away.
I have a question, though - does he use any of the pedals any of the time? Or is it a great big (and very impressive) 13-string "virtual lapsteel" that he's playing?
Great playing and way to take the steel out of the box! |
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Jim Smith
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Midlothian, TX, USA
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Posted 23 Dec 2002 11:12 am
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| I didn't see him using the pedals but could hear many 4-1 changes that must have been done with the A&B pedals. I saw him use his RKR and LKV knee levers too. |
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David Doggett
From:
Bawl'mer, MD (formerly of MS, Nawluns, Gnashville, Knocksville, Lost Angeles, Bahsten. and Philly)
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Posted 23 Dec 2002 11:28 am
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| Yes, Larry, his style and tuning are more lap steel than pedal steel. I watched him in Philly at the North Star bar, where they have a balcony right over the stage and you can look right down on his hands and feet. He plays a 13 string E7 tuning (see the Carter site for his copedent). He uses a grooved bar and only occassionally hits a pedal or a knee. There are no ABC pedals. It's not an E9 tuning. But his tuning has everything he needs for his fantastic blues-Gospel. It's a whole different thing than country and western pedal steel. I only wish there were more people like Robert who can show what the steel guitar can do with different kinds of music. |
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Rick Garrett
From:
Tyler, Texas
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Posted 23 Dec 2002 12:44 pm
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Got to see the RR show last night. Man that guy knows how to pick huh. Guess he looked about as comfortable behind his guitar as anyone I ever saw. Im not into some of the music he played but I am very much into the way he played it. Some great blues licks in there. Play on RR!!
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Gary Steele
From:
Columbus, Ohio, USA
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Posted 23 Dec 2002 2:23 pm
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Don't YA think he reminds ya a little bit of Billy Robinson with the right hand? If he ever made a mistake you'd never know it. Now I'm Wait'in to see Billy dance like he does>>>>>>> LOL
That Billy is one fine>>>>> GENTLEMAN!!! |
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