| Author |
Topic: Barbara Mandrell at ISGC |
Darrell Criswell
From:
Maryland, USA
|
Posted 11 Sep 2009 12:51 pm |
|
| For those who couldn't attend can you tell us anything about Barbara Mandrell's induction to the steel guitar hall of fame. Was she there and did she make any comments? Does she still play pedal steel or even own one? anything will be appreciated. Thanks |
|
|
 |
Ben Lawson
From:
Brooksville Florida
|
Posted 11 Sep 2009 6:52 pm
|
|
She was there and accepted the award very graciously.
She didn't play but she did stay around for pics. No mention was made of her having a steel. |
|
|
|
Darvin Willhoite
From:
Roxton, Tx. USA
|
Posted 12 Sep 2009 9:01 am
|
|
I hoped she at least would sing, but I guess when she retired, she RETIRED.
_________________
Darvin Willhoite
MSA Millennium, Legend, and Studio Pro, Reese's restored Universal Direction guitar, a restored MSA Classic SS, several amps, new and old, and a Kemper Powerhead that I am really liking. Also a Zum D10, a Mullen RP, and a restored Rose S10, named the "Blue Bird". Also, I have acquired and restored the plexiglass D10 MSA Classic that was built as a demo in the early '70s. I also have a '74 lacquer P/P, with wood necks, and a showroom condition Sho-Bud Super Pro. |
|
|
|
Bill Lowe
From:
Connecticut
|
Posted 12 Sep 2009 9:33 am
|
|
she was friendly and signed many autographs but no singing or steel.
_________________
JCH D10, 71 D10 P/p fat back, Telonics TCA 500C--12-,Fender JBL Twin, Josh Swift signature. |
|
|
|
Tamara James
|
Posted 12 Sep 2009 10:49 am
|
|
Barbara has played steel for a long time. Her first teacher was Norm Hamlet (sp?) and her second was Mike "Cookie" Jones. They were both at her side as she accepted the award. She introduced their set.
She plays...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2WGso5Yhpo&feature=related
check out this guitar playing...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfdgET_n3Ok
She is the reason I took up the steel guitar.
As she said, she is retired. She didn't say much about that part. Only that she is. On the program she was listed as "non-preforming artist." I guess that should say it. |
|
|
|
Darrell Criswell
From:
Maryland, USA
|
Posted 12 Sep 2009 11:44 am
|
|
i think she was a great steel player. I saw a tv show about her house and she had a music room in the house. They showed drums, guitar saxophone and other instruments but no steel.
I didn't see much in her autobiography about steel playing. I wish somebody would do an interview with her about her steel playing days and her current view of the instrument. |
|
|
|
David Wright
From:
Pilot Point ,Tx USA.
|
Posted 13 Sep 2009 6:43 am
|
|
| I thought is was great how she said, Steel Guitar took her to where she was today, it all started with Steel.... |
|
|
|
Pete Burak
From:
Portland, OR USA
|
Posted 13 Sep 2009 8:54 am
|
|
Just curious... What person or group nominated Barbara Mandrell for this award?
I love when she does her multi-instrument thing. She plays good Saxaphone, too.
pb |
|
|
|
David Ziegler
From:
Lancaster, Ohio, USA
|
Posted 14 Sep 2009 6:05 pm
|
|
Barbara's quad neck Wright custom is in the country Music Hall of Fame. She was an outstanding steel player and played many times on national TV. When I spoke with her she said she hadn't picked in 12 years but I think she has done very little music related activities the last 10 years(since she retired).
 |
|
|
|
Danny Naccarato
From:
Burleson, Texas
|
Posted 14 Sep 2009 6:23 pm
|
|
| To this day, outside of a gig, when someone asks what a steel guitar is, I will ask them if they remember the Barbara Mandrell Show on TV. If they say yes, I will reference "that thing she would sit down on, and play". Nearly always, they will remember. She did a lot for raising the visibility of our instrument... |
|
|
|
Tony Prior
From:
Charlotte NC
|
Posted 16 Sep 2009 2:46 am
|
|
Nice !
t |
|
|
|
David Wright
From:
Pilot Point ,Tx USA.
|
Posted 16 Sep 2009 9:30 am
|
|
 |
|
|
|
Johnny Thomasson
From:
Texas, USA
|
Posted 19 Sep 2009 6:16 pm
|
|
I can remember Barbara just a whalin' the tar out of a white Emmons on her TV show. It's a shame for all of us that she gave it up. Sure wish I could play like that. 
_________________
Johnny Thomasson |
|
|
|
Jim Mathis
From:
Overland Park, Kansas, USA
|
Posted 22 Sep 2009 1:34 pm
|
|
I just reread Barbara's autobiography, "Get to the Heart." She consistently says that she is a steel guitar player who sings. The steel was her first love and the instrument that brought her to country music.
Her web site proudly states that she just became the first female in the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame. http://www.barbara-mandrell.com/
Joe Maphis "discovered" her as a steel player when she was eleven.
_________________
Jim@MathisPhoto.net |
|
|
|
