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Topic: Great job Al Vescovo! |
Mike Ihde
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Boston, MA
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Posted 23 Jan 2010 10:14 pm |
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I was at the NAMM show in Anaheim and saw Al play a set. He did tunes from his new CD "Steelin' in Dixie" and it was great. He was the only pedal player I saw at the show.
An excellent C6th player and an album you should all check out.
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Doug Childress
From:
Orange, Texas
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Posted 24 Jan 2010 11:22 am
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| I just spent a weekend at the SWSGA PSG show in Phoenix. Al played two sets there and also sat in on 6 string guitar with some of the Jazz artists. A truly great steel player and an all around nice guy!!! |
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Rick Ulrich
From:
Gilbert, Arizona
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Posted 24 Jan 2010 12:30 pm
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| Al is just a musician's musician in every sense of the word. |
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Roger Shackelton
From:
MINNESOTA (deceased)
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Posted 24 Jan 2010 2:04 pm
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I have AL'S CD, "In The Steel Of The Night".
I really like his playing. 
I thought AL played an EXCEL PSG. 
ROGER |
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Mike Ihde
From:
Boston, MA
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Posted 24 Jan 2010 2:08 pm
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| Not sure of the brand but he played a single neck C6th at the show. |
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Rick Barnhart
From:
Arizona, USA
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Posted 24 Jan 2010 2:09 pm
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| Roger Shackelton wrote: |
I thought AL played an EXCEL PSG.
ROGER |
He does. Just saw him at the SWSGA in Phoenix. An Excel single with 14 strings. He used them all, too. Outstanding performance!
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Joe Naylor
From:
Avondale, Arizona, USA
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Posted 25 Jan 2010 7:23 am
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Al has been at all 7 Southwest Steel Guitar Association shows. He is a Great guy and a great musician. That 14 string just is amazing. He and Bill Stafford played a set as a duet in addition to Al's sets.
He just pitches in a plays lead guitar and when ask if he will play a set it is simply, "Sure ---- I would be honered."
What he does not know the steel player is the one that is honered.
Great guy and Great musician (Norma Jean says Great husband too)
Joe Naylor
steelseat.com
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Joe Naylor, Avondale, AZ (Phoenix) Announcer/Emcee owner www.steelseat.com *** OFFERING SEATS AND Effects cases with or without legs and other stuff ****** -Desert Rose Guitar S-10, Life Member of the Arizona Carport Pickers Assoc., Southwest Steel Guitar Assoc., Texas Steel Guitar Assoc., GA Steel Guitar Assoc., KS Steel Guitar Assoc. (Asleep at the Steel) tag line willed to me by a close late friend RIP |
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Posted 25 Jan 2010 12:03 pm
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Al is possibly the single finest jazz steel guitarist alive today.
He plays every Thursday night in a club called CASEY’S in the L.A. suburb of Sherman Oaks. The club only hires jazz bands. No rock or country.
Aside from the use of the steel, the band is very traditional. Ellington, Basie, horns, flat keys etc. The audience accepts the steel as a legitimate jazz instrument because Al is a legitimate jazz musician.
And I live close enough to be able to go see him play as often as I want. Lucky me.
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Please visit my web site and Soundcloud page and listen to the music posted there.
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Rick Schmidt
From:
Prescott AZ, USA
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Posted 26 Jan 2010 7:08 am
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| Al is everything good about music and steel playing in general. He's just a joy to listen to! When you get to know him a little bit, you can see why. |
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Al Vescovo
From:
Van Nuys, CA, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 1 Feb 2010 3:53 pm
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Thanks for all the nice comments and let's all give many, many thanks to bOb for the Steel Guitar Forum.
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Herb Steiner
From:
Briarcliff TX 78669, pop. 2,064
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Posted 1 Feb 2010 4:26 pm
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Al's set in Phoenix was totally transcendental.
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Mike Ihde
From:
Boston, MA
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Posted 1 Feb 2010 5:30 pm
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If you all have red/blue 3D glasses from the Grammies, you can see Al in 3D.
Mike
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