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Topic: Sights and sounds from the Phoenix steel show (SWSGA 2010) |
Dan Tyack
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Olympia, WA USA
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Stu Schulman
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Ulster Park New Yawk (deceased)
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Posted 26 Jan 2010 11:38 am |
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Dan,great! Man I wish that I could have been there. 
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Dan Tyack
From:
Olympia, WA USA
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Posted 26 Jan 2010 11:44 am
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You were missed, Stu.
Next year... |
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Dave Harmonson
From:
Seattle, Wa
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Jim Eaton
From:
Santa Susana, Ca
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Posted 26 Jan 2010 1:08 pm
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Dan, just watched all 4 clips, WOW!!!
It's 1:05PM right now and my down beat tonight is at 8:00 and I'm just so tweekin' to be playing some music right now after hearing those tunes!
Great job by you and the band too!
JE:-)>
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Rick Schmidt
From:
Prescott AZ, USA
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Posted 26 Jan 2010 1:46 pm
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Hey Dan....I can't tell you how great it was for me to hang out and play music with you this weekend! Very special moments that I won't soon forget. You really have something man!  |
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Dan Tyack
From:
Olympia, WA USA
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Posted 27 Jan 2010 10:39 am
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| Rick, it was great to finally play with you. Next time we'll do some steel duos. Your playing and singing was one of the highlights of the weekend (you guys have to listen to Rick sing At Last). |
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Jim Palenscar
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Oceanside, Calif, USA
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Posted 27 Jan 2010 10:54 am
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| What a fantastic show! Along with all the other greats the West-Coast contingent made me proud to know you all!!! Dan's "Many Rivers To Cross" brought tears to my eyes and Doug Livingston's "What Does A Woman See In A Man" with Rick singing was amazing(along with everything else that Doug does)! Rick's playing never ceases to amaze me although it's far over my head. Frank Carter's soul is on each note that he plays and listening to Mark Giles with Albert Talley was truly inspiring. Thanks to the SWSGA for the fine show! |
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Mike Poholsky
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Kansas, USA
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Posted 27 Jan 2010 8:01 pm
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Great Stuff Dan! Very Enjoyable! Thanks for posting.
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Joe Goldmark
From:
San Francisco, CA 94131
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Posted 27 Jan 2010 9:31 pm
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Hey Dan,
Real nice playing. You've changed your style a lot, probably the Sacred Steel influence. Can you elaborate on what's different in these videos? I seem to notice a lot more single string work, less reverb, less Nashville sound.
Thanks,
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Dan Tyack
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Olympia, WA USA
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Posted 27 Jan 2010 9:57 pm
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Thanks, Joe!
There are a lot of things that have influenced what I've been playing at the steel shows. As you know, I play straight country and swing, and could do that at the shows. Here are some of the main things that guide my choice of material and execution:
-I want to play something really different from the norm at the steel shows. Not just playing non-country tunes in a standard pedal steel style, but really showing a different approach.
-The Sacred Steel players have indeed influenced me. When you play with guys like Chuck Campbell, you realize that bringing people on a ride with you is much more important that playing a bunch of hot licks. In terms of technique, the main thing I've learned from the Sacred Steel guys is bar technique versus pedal tricks. Using a single string and a lot of bar movement versus a lot of 'vertical' string movement and pedals.
-There are so many notes at the steel shows that, while I like to fire off some runs, it's become a challenge for me to see how few notes I can play and move people. The deeper I get in that area, the more I seem to move people.
In terms of sound, I don't use reverb at all. Some echo. The biggest differences in sound that I have versus what you will hear at the steel shows are:
-I use two pickups, typically a mixture of a neck pickup at the 24th fret (the 'SG position') and the standard bridge position. This gives a sound like the fattest stratocaster you have never heard.
-I use a low watt tube amp. At the last Phoenix show I used Doug Livingston's silver face Princeton (a big 12 watts of power). It's kind of the Jim Campelango amp approach, which you know well.
I love to play all kinds of music (for instance I'm currently playing in a Buck Owens tribute band and a 50s honky tonk band), but I like to show this aspect of my playing at the steel shows.
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Joe Goldmark
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San Francisco, CA 94131
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Posted 27 Jan 2010 10:15 pm
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Very cool, Dan. You do get a lot of emotion out of the single string stuff, and feeling is everything, really. As you know, I play many styles of music, but my thing is to show that the Nashville sound (or my version of it) works in many different settings beyond country. However, you're going beyond that with different technique, tone and style. Good work.
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Dan Tyack
From:
Olympia, WA USA
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Posted 28 Jan 2010 5:53 am
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Thanks Joe.
I love what you do with non-country material, and I like the approach of using the sound of 'traditional' pedal steel in different contexts (I love Tommy Dodd's approach to boomer music, for instance). I just like to show that there is another path other than the traditional sound and turning on a fuzz and playing Van Halen licks.  |
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Ben Jones
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Seattle, Washington, USA
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Posted 28 Jan 2010 6:58 am
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killer tone Dan as always.
"-There are so many notes at the steel shows that, while I like to fire off some runs, it's become a challenge for me to see how few notes I can play and move people. The deeper I get in that area, the more I seem to move people. "
^word. something Ive been thinking alot about.
(tho i dearly love the shred too!)
man i wish we had something like this in the northwest. a steel show once a year or so. we used to in spokane, that one with Jaydee Maness was life changing for me, now nothing for a few years. I'd drive to oregon, north cali, idaho. we need something out here again. Portland would be perfect.
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Jan Jonsson
From:
Gothenburg, Sweden
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Posted 28 Jan 2010 7:19 am
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Incredible! This is even better than last year's videos.
I surrender to your exquisite tone and choice of notes, Dan!
-- Jan
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Dan Tyack
From:
Olympia, WA USA
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Posted 28 Jan 2010 8:45 pm
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| Thanks Jan! |
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John Macy
From:
Rockport TX/Denver CO
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Posted 28 Jan 2010 9:55 pm
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Nice work, Dan--sorry I had to miss it....
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Rockport, TX
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Dan Tyack
From:
Olympia, WA USA
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Posted 28 Jan 2010 10:38 pm
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| Ben Jones wrote: |
^word. something Ive been thinking alot about.
(tho i dearly love the shred too!)
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Hey Ben,I like the shred, too. Here's something my wife taught me: substitute 'wank' for 'shred' and it doesn't seem nearly so cool.
(my wife is a musician who has played with many 'wankers') |
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Dan Tyack
From:
Olympia, WA USA
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Posted 28 Jan 2010 10:45 pm
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Here's another advantage to the 'fewer notes' school:
If you are noted for playing fast, when you are 70 and still on the bandstand, people will notice that your technique might not be at the same level than when you were 25. If your cache is tone and phrasing, you can play until you are 100 with no degradation in perception of your playing.
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Jack Francis
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Queen Creek, Arizona, USA
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Posted 29 Jan 2010 4:22 am
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As usual, I enjoyed your set...Your choice of guys to work with was outstanding too. 
Too bad Stu couldn't have made it this year! 
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Herb Steiner
From:
Briarcliff TX 78669, pop. 2,064
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Posted 29 Jan 2010 5:43 am
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I believe we are very fortunate that Dan selected the steel guitar as his instrument of choice. He's an artist.
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Jerry Fessenden
From:
Vermont, USA
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Posted 30 Jan 2010 9:41 am sights
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| We sure enjoyed all the steel players this yr,,, Danny, you take the steel to other places , and it refreshes us ... I liked the tone you had on your steel too. It's great to see someone play and not have to fight the instrument . Doug Livingston also does real great stuff. His version of "What does a Woman See in a Man:, w/ Ricks' vocal got my attention . Sorry we didn't get time to chat. JF |
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Ray Harrison
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Tucson, Arizona, USA (deceased)
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Posted 30 Jan 2010 10:12 am
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Dan, most everything has been said, but I sure enjoyed visiting with you and listening to your choice of different material and arrangements.
Take care,
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Joe Naylor
From:
Avondale, Arizona, USA
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Posted 30 Jan 2010 7:27 pm
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Dan - I have told people a big reason to be the emcee for the show is to get to listen to every set. While trying to keep the show on schedule and having lots of fun between acts I get to listen to all the players.
I have enjoyed your sets since your first show. This year you out did yourself yet again. Thanks for being a part of such a great show and it is a pleasure to get to listen to you each year.
Thanks again
Joe Naylor
steelseat.com
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Dan Tyack
From:
Olympia, WA USA
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Posted 30 Jan 2010 7:40 pm
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Thanks, Joe.
I really appreciate the job you do and the great support I've recieved from everybody involved in the SWSGA show.
I have to admit I arranged my set, putting the Merle Haggard song first, knowing that you were going to tell that audience that I wouldn't play any country. |
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