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Topic: Ideally Placed Steel Guitars |
Bill Hankey
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Pittsfield, MA, USA
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Posted 1 Nov 2009 5:04 am |
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| You Tube is a great source of entertainment. Country music at its best is provided by selecting musical choices. Many of the great steel guitar performances can be found there. Retracing hard to find earlier artists who featured the pedal steel, can work wonders on the sentiments bound to country music. |
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Paul Graupp
From:
Macon Ga USA
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Posted 1 Nov 2009 5:22 am
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Bill Hankey
From:
Pittsfield, MA, USA
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Posted 1 Nov 2009 12:34 pm
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 Traditionalizing by featuring the pedal steel in so-called country bands, would be a giant leap in the right direction.
Last edited by Bill Hankey on 1 Nov 2009 12:48 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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chris ivey
From:
california (deceased)
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Posted 1 Nov 2009 12:48 pm
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Bill Hankey
From:
Pittsfield, MA, USA
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Posted 2 Nov 2009 4:18 am
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Chris,
The only thing at the present time, that is keeping me from telling you where the bear made his way into the woods, is my current search for information pertaining to ridding my body of uric acid crystals. And, please don't go getting those flashbacks of irrelevancies, whereby claims are made that everything I write has nothing to do with the pedal steel guitar. For the most part, my purpose for writing traces back to a period of testing the waters of different skills where the liklihood of competition is pronounced by outspokeness and backed by solid credentials. I was told in so many words that by discussing anything other than the twangs of the 10 strings, on a steel guitar, no responses would be forthcoming. As anyone with one eye can see, there are many areas in these exchanges that provide strong first impressions. |
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chris ivey
From:
california (deceased)
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Posted 2 Nov 2009 11:08 am
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Bill Hankey
From:
Pittsfield, MA, USA
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Posted 2 Nov 2009 3:13 pm
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| I visit many bands in the course of a year. The percentages of guitarists filling in for steel has tripled. A good estimate would fall in a category of 10 to one. Two part harmony, and the original 5 piece country band would be a welcome change. |
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Theresa Galbraith
From:
Goodlettsville,Tn. USA
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Posted 3 Nov 2009 7:15 am
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| Past & Present Steel Players can be found today, thanks to You Tube.... |
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Bill Hankey
From:
Pittsfield, MA, USA
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Posted 3 Nov 2009 1:50 pm
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Theresa,
Thanks for the lift! It's really uplifting to read comments from one of the most respected members of a musical family. Your brother Paul is so remarkable and popular within the entertainment halls playing steel guitars, he's reached a point of mastery of the PSG, whereby others are obliged to bow whenever he dons the picks. Speaking of You Tube, I enjoy listening to Paul's performance on You Tube playing for Martina's version of "Heartaches By The Number". It's pretty "stuff", and he appeared to be so relaxed at the time. I've listened to his fine playing on that recording many times. |
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Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 4 Nov 2009 9:28 am High points in music.............
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Country Music hit one of its first popularity peaks in the mid-to-late 1940's....
I'm always humored when I see posts referring to the 'traditionalizing' of PEDAL STEEL GUITAR that seemed to hit its peak in the 1980's, at least that's a common "reference".
The saga of steel guitar, starting in the 1930's or thereabouts, continues to soar in it's own popularity as a result of the many talented and diverse artists that are pursuing this unique personal challenge. You Tube may prove to be our ressurection.(sp>)
Steel Guitar doesn't require some ill mannered, microphone swallowing, smooth and slick, Baffoon shouting, jerk in a silly sparkling suit to carry it on to its ultimate destiny. Long live BLUE GRASS! |
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Clete Ritta
From:
San Antonio, Texas
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Posted 4 Nov 2009 10:36 am
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YouTube is a great source. Another is SteelRadio.com. I find myself listening for hours and checking the playlist for title and artist info frequently. The only thing missing is rewind.
Clete |
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