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Topic: Lap Steel on American Idol |
Mark Mansueto
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Michigan, USA
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Roy Ayres
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Riverview, Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 30 Apr 2009 4:15 am |
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I watched a recorded copy of the show, thus I could stop and start easily, and could rewind as often as I wished. Although he played mostly (if not all) single note runs, I concluded from watching that he was using an open E tuning (top down, E, B, G#, E, B, G# or E, B, G#, E, B, E). I think the last note was actually a diad on strings 1 and 2. I suspect he was a lead guitar man. He did a good job.
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Mark Eaton
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Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 30 Apr 2009 6:57 am
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From the brief camera shots, looked like a Supro to me.
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David Soreff
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North Las Vegas, NV
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Posted 30 Apr 2009 10:02 am
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| My thoughts exactly...I only suspect it was a Supro, because I recently got one, and the headstock looked exactly the same. On a side note, I felt badly for the fiddle player who was playing his stones off but got lost in the mix. |
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Ron Victoria
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New Jersey, USA
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Mike Perlowin
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Los Angeles CA
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Posted 30 Apr 2009 5:28 pm
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The player was Jay Leach. Jay is, as Roy guessed, highly accomplished on both lead and steel guitar. He's also as nice a guy as you could possibly meet.
Jay always plays at the annal L.A. steel jam. We always enjoy his playing.
Plus, he's the only steel guitarist in town with even less hair than me. 
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