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Edward Byrne
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Foxford, County Mayo, Ireland
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Posted 29 Mar 2010 2:17 pm |
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Hi, I'd like to introduce myself, i'm Eddie Byrne living in a small rural village in the west of Ireland, Cloonacool in County Sligo, i am a semi pro musician, gigging on a regular basis, usually a couple of nights a week, I have been gigging virtually non stop for 35 years, on lead guitar, mostly when based in Manchester, England, i progressed onto pedal steel guitar in 1990, though i had a few years break from steel 98-03, when i was gigging with a 60's[brit] style band, but the yearning to return to my first love, country music, was too strong, and i again purchased a Sho Bud LDG, and returned to playing country music, I moved to the west of Ireland in 2006, and quickly got gigging and making contacts on the very vibrant irish country music scene, doubling on lead guitar and pedal steel guitar, and it has has been a great move for me musically, as well as lifestyle, i play a Sho Bud pro 1, [day setup] a U.S. G&L asat special, my current preffered gigging set up is a Peavey Nashville 112[evm12L fitted] using two sessionmaster pre amps [guitar & steel] with a T.C.electronics processor into the fx loop, and Hilton vol pedal, I have been looking in for a good while on the SGF, and have now decided to participate, hopefully adding just a little to a great forum, i am a fairly recent new user of BIAB, and have learned a lot already from this forum, and still have a lot to learn regards all aspects of pedal steel guitar and recording, but i think im in the right place, i have gigged all over England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, have toured Denmark, and in the last 12 months have visited Chicago twice, gigging with John Staunton from County Mayo, and another trip planned late April early May, anyway, its great to be on here, the home of the PSG, from my little outpost on the other side of the Atlantic, regards Eddie
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Larry Baker
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Columbia, Mo. U.S.A.
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Posted 29 Mar 2010 2:31 pm Welcome to the Forum
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Eddie, great to have you on board with the Steel Guitar Forum. A great place to meet the greatest people and obtain a lot of useful information. My Son visited Ireland a few years ago. My Wife's heritage dates back to Ireland. The O'daughtery family, so He had to go check it out. He was Knighted while he was there. Larry Baker
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Frank Sprague
From:
Custer , Washington, USA
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Posted 29 Mar 2010 3:13 pm Intro
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hi Edward - Welcome to the Forum - I haven't been around too long , about a year and a half or so , but I would have had a hard time getting anywhere on the steel without the help I got here! good bunch of Folks . .
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Edward Byrne
From:
Foxford, County Mayo, Ireland
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Posted 29 Mar 2010 4:42 pm
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| hi guys, thanks for welcome, thanks frank, im sure you are spot on, seems a great bunch of guys, and larry, i wonder what part of Ireland your son visited, 'O'Daughtery' not a common name by any means, the'o' prefix usually found more in munster/leinster regions, could have changed in time to O'Doherty or Doherty, i know spellings changed over the decades, often linked to illiteracy, happened in my own family tree and 'KNIGHTED?' that sounds interesting, as knighted more an 'anglo' link, anyway, thanks for welcome to SGF |
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Chris Dorch
From:
Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 29 Mar 2010 5:12 pm
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| Howdy, welcome... |
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Larry Jamieson
From:
Walton, NY USA
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Posted 29 Mar 2010 5:20 pm
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A big WELCOME from here in New York, up in Walton's Mountains! Lots of great people and good information here. Glad you joined!
Larry J. |
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Stan Paxton
From:
1/2 & 1/2 Florida and Tenn, USA (old Missouri boy gone South)
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Posted 29 Mar 2010 5:34 pm
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Welcome Edward, from the Sunny South USA. Some Irish in my family heritage away back, along with Scottish and English. Always wanted to visit dear old Ireland. Particularly would be interested in visiting area such as yours, the small country village scene, since I'm an old country boy myself. If I ever get there, I'll try to look you up. 
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Charles Davidson
From:
Phenix City Alabama, USA
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Posted 29 Mar 2010 9:42 pm
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Welcome Edward from Alabama.  YOU BETCHA,DYK?BC.
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CrowBear Schmitt
From:
Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
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Posted 29 Mar 2010 11:14 pm
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Welcome to this Great Forum Eddie from the Pyrenees in France
would the LDG be the mascot steel of Eire ? |
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Edward Byrne
From:
Foxford, County Mayo, Ireland
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Posted 30 Mar 2010 2:43 am
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thanks guys, i feel at home already, just to put a face to the name, tho the bud is far better looking!
JCS! I WOULD SAY THERE ARE MORE MULLENS IN IRELAND THAN ANY OTHER BRAND, especially in the north, thanks in no small way to Ted Nesbitt of Rainbow Music, though the usual scattering of sho buds, emmons and carters,  |
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Micky Byrne
From:
United Kingdom (deceased)
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Posted 30 Mar 2010 3:33 am
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Hi Edward, and welcome to this great site. I guess we must be related somewhere along the line
Micky Byrne U.K. |
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Jack Dougherty
From:
Spring Hill, Florida, USA
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Posted 30 Mar 2010 5:40 am
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Hi Ed..
Welcome to the forum. I had the pleasure of playing steel in Ireland in the early seventies with a show group.."Murphy and the Swollows". Maybe before you time Had a great time there. Lots of country music. I was Jack Douglas back then. I guess I was too Irish for an Irish band.  Again, welcome. |
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Edward Byrne
From:
Foxford, County Mayo, Ireland
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Posted 31 Mar 2010 9:23 am
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Hi Micky, thanks for welcome, yeah maybe related somewhere along the line, Byrne is a very common name in Ireland, you obviously have Irish connections, been on your website and seen your recent post, your an inspiration, i recall reading your story of the 'Sho bud' restoration after it had been very badly burned in a house fire, would love to see them pics again 'before and after' another inspiring story,
Hi Jack, thanks for welcome, i dont recall that band, but then i would have been living in England all through the 70s, where were you based in Ireland? you are in a much warmer place now! |
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Duncan Hodge
From:
DeLand, FL USA
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Posted 31 Mar 2010 11:25 am
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I'd like to give a great big Florida welcome to Ed from Florida. My family came from Ireland many, many years ago, although we were all Protestants from Northern Ireland and some say we don't count... but from one mick to another, welcome to the Forum.
Duncan
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Billy Murdoch
From:
Glasgow, Scotland, U.K.
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Posted 31 Mar 2010 11:42 am
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Eddie,
Good to see You making the trip over the water.
You will be a great asset to this Forum.
Best regards
Billy |
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Edward Byrne
From:
Foxford, County Mayo, Ireland
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Posted 31 Mar 2010 12:53 pm
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| Duncan, thanks for that warm Florida welcome, my mother is a catholic from Tyrone in the north, and my best friend is a protestant from the north,and we ALL definately count, and things are good there now, i gig both sides of the border, there is a long established steel guitar association near Belfast, NISGA, some 17/18 years i think?, all great guys, ive been up a couple of times, though its a good 7 hours round trip for me, Billy! I think we met before somewhere??? ha ha, good to meet you on here,i wont mention the pink stetson! been made very welcome so far in our old colony, thanks guys |
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