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Topic: Let's Show them the POWER of the Steel Guitar Community!! |
Jim Cohen
From: Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 4 Nov 2009 4:11 pm
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Your help is needed! Our good buddy, Forumite, and steeler extraordinaire, Mike Smith, and his band, 'The Mike & T Band' are within 2 percentage points of pulling into second place in the Arizona Foothills Best Local Band competition.
WE, the Steel Guitar Community, can PUSH THEM OVER THE LINE TONIGHT, if every one of us goes to place ONE VOTE for 'The Mike & T Band' at the following link:
http://www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com/voting/voting/89.html
Let's show them the awesome POWER of the Steel Guitar Community! When we put our collective minds to making something happen, we can DO it!
Please go cast your vote now (their band is listed 4th from the bottom, so scroll down). You'll have to type in the two words in the 'Captcha' box at the bottom. Don't worry if you can't make out every single letter -- the program is pretty forgiving if you make a mistake or two. Also, you do NOT have to observe the Capital Letters. Just type everything in lower case, and it'll be fine.
Thanks for your help tonight. Let's PUSH THEM INTO SECOND PLACE TONIGHT! Click here: http://www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com/voting/voting/89.html
_________________ www.JimCohen.com
www.RonstadtRevue.com
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John Bresler R.I.P.
From: Thornton, Colorado
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Posted 4 Nov 2009 4:30 pm
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cast my vote. Let's do this for Mike!!!
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Jack Dillard
From: Elkton, Maryland, USA
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Posted 4 Nov 2009 5:19 pm
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I voted! _________________ Thanks,
Jack
My Site |
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Ray Montee
From: Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 4 Nov 2009 5:19 pm About VOTING................
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I cast my vote!
Wouldn't be great for them to receive over 9,000 votes from our loyal Forum Members? |
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Larry Jamieson
From: Walton, NY USA
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Posted 4 Nov 2009 5:24 pm
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Sent Mike a vote. Good luck, Mike! |
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Bob Cox
From: Buckeye State
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Posted 4 Nov 2009 5:49 pm
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I have voted good luck Mike |
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Alan Brookes
From: Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 4 Nov 2009 5:52 pm
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I voted. |
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Gordon Borland
From: San Antonio, Texas, USA
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Posted 4 Nov 2009 5:55 pm one more
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I voted. _________________ Gordon Borland
MSA D10,1974 Fender twin reverb |
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Les Green
From: Jefferson City, MO, R.I.P.
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Posted 4 Nov 2009 6:01 pm
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Done deed! _________________ Les Green
73 MSA D10 8&4, 74 MSA S10 3&5, Legrande II 8&9, Fender Squier 6 string, Genesis III, Peavey 1000 |
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Vance Monday
From: Missouri, USA
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Posted 4 Nov 2009 6:02 pm vote
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I voted. |
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Roger Crawford
From: Griffin, GA USA
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Posted 4 Nov 2009 6:23 pm
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Vote every day, from work and home computers. |
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Roger Rettig
From: Naples, FL
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Posted 4 Nov 2009 6:25 pm
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Me, too! _________________ Roger Rettig: Emmons D10, B-bender Teles and Martins - and, at last, a Gibson Super 400!
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Jim Cohen
From: Philadelphia, PA
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Bob Tuttle
From: Republic, MO 65738
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Posted 4 Nov 2009 7:04 pm
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You got my vote. |
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Bill Erb
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Posted 4 Nov 2009 7:07 pm Voted for Mike
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I voted for Mike. _________________ BILL ERB |
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Jaclyn Jones
From: Texas, USA
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Alan Brookes
From: Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 4 Nov 2009 7:11 pm
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Roger Crawford wrote: |
Vote every day, from work and home computers. |
Good idea. I'll vote again tomorrow morning from my office computer. I'll even spread the word to my friends to vote. |
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Colm Chomicky
From: Kansas, (Prairie Village)
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Posted 4 Nov 2009 7:25 pm
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I voted
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Stan Schober
From: Cahokia, Illinois, USA
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Posted 4 Nov 2009 7:44 pm
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one man. one vote.
Nuff said. |
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John Steele
From: Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 4 Nov 2009 9:08 pm
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Um...
All you guys who voted on which band is the best - I assume you've listened to them all ?
- John |
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Jim Cohen
From: Philadelphia, PA
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Dave Mudgett
From: Central Pennsylvania and Gallatin, Tennessee
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Posted 4 Nov 2009 9:23 pm
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Um ...
Maybe not every one, but I actually did go to websites for all the 'contenders' I could find. There are some good bands, no doubt. If I didn't really think Mike and T. were deserving, I wouldn't argue for pushing this. I admit I'm biased - but listen to the steel playing and then tell me who's better, and I'll bet a lot of us feel like this.
Do you really think whoever was/were (I believe) pushing scripts to get tens of thousands of votes overnight are this intellectually honest about this kind of contest? Seriously?
Of course, Jim's right, this is a popularity contest - your criterion for voting would be analogous to making political voters pass a knowledge test about the candidates. Right. |
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John Steele
From: Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 4 Nov 2009 9:30 pm
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Creepy.
- John |
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Norm Kidwell
From: Marion, Indiana, R.I.P.
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Posted 5 Nov 2009 6:18 am
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Got my vote _________________ tenstrings |
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Roger Rettig
From: Naples, FL
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Posted 5 Nov 2009 6:26 am
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No, I didn't listen to them all, but Mike Smith remains one of my very favourite steel players of all time! My single vote isn't going to change his life but, if it's of any use, I was happy to do it.
I DID listen to the band's clip when this was first mentioned here on the Forum. I was hoping to hear some great playing and I wasn't disappointed - Mike's tone is so special, and his touch and control bewilder me every time I hear him.
Anyway - even if he hadn't done anything except 'Jesus Loves Me' from his old album, 'Dreams Of India', he'd STILL be one of my top-five favourite players; he's such a fine musician!
My vote was just a small nod for all the pleasure I've had listening to him. _________________ Roger Rettig: Emmons D10, B-bender Teles and Martins - and, at last, a Gibson Super 400!
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