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Pete Grant
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Auburn, CA, USA
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Posted 20 May 2005 7:19 am |
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My wife and I are bound for Ireland again! We'll be there from June 16th to July 6th and be based in Kilfenora, County Clare.
I'll be sitting in with Paddy Keenan (www.paddykeenan.com) and Tommy O'Sullivan (www.tommyosullivan.net) on parts of their Irish mini-tour. The dates are posted on Paddy's site. I may even try to do all seven gigs.
I played with them both in San Francisco a while back and it was a total delight. I played my 6-string National Model D resonator guitar with them then, but this time I'm taking my 8-string Model D. I'm just now starting to feel comfortable with the new tuning (D A D F# A D E F#) and not mistake one string for another.
I'm also bringing my PSG to Ireland, but I doubt that I'll play that on stage with Paddy and Tommy. However, I'll most likely be doing a couple of solo gigs in the west of Ireland on PSG and reso. |
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Ted Nesbitt
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Northern Ireland
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Posted 20 May 2005 8:05 am
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| Hi Pete, Hope we can meet up again while you are in Ireland. Look up Davy Spillane while you are here. He is in Co.Claire, and recently bought a beautiful Fender-Sho-Bud pedal steel from me. From Irish pipes to pedal steel guitar, now thats what I call versitile. Have you any plans to meet up with Richard or Phil?........Ted |
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Mark van Allen
From:
Watkinsville, Ga. USA
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Posted 20 May 2005 8:15 am
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Sounds like a blast, Pete, I'm jealous! Have fun- Erin Go Braless!
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Stop by the Steel Store at: www.markvanallen.com
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Pete Grant
From:
Auburn, CA, USA
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Posted 20 May 2005 8:26 am
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Hey, Ted. I'm the one who told Davy about the Fender Sho-Bud you had for sale. It's the one I saw at the Irish Steel Guitar Association shindig last October. I hope to be recording a couple of tunes with Davy when I'm there. Yeah, Davy can take up steel, but you won't find me takin' up pipes. As sweet as the Irish pipes are, it's more of a wrestling match than pedal steel. I played with one piper in County Clare, and I was asking about his set (it was a Taylor set made in Philadelphia in 1870) and he asked if I played pipes. I said, "No, it scares me." He grinned, nodded his head, smiled a wise smile, and said, "Stay scared."
It wouldn't feel like a complete trip if I didn't visit Richard and Phil.
Mark, I'm jealous of all the folks like you who are on the East Coast. I have to travel all the way across the U S and A before I can undertake to start to begin to commence to travel across the Atlantic. [This message was edited by Pete Grant on 20 May 2005 at 09:27 AM.] |
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Phil ONeill
From:
Balbriggan, Dublin, Ireland
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Posted 20 May 2005 10:25 am
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Hi Pete,
Thats great news and good luck with the gigs.I hope to get to one of your shows
and hear more great reso playing and see
County Clare again.If the weather is good
it will be heaven on earth.
See you and Phyllis in a few weeks.
Slainte (Good Health)
Phil |
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Richard Nelson
From:
Drogheda, Louth, Ireland
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Posted 24 May 2005 5:06 am
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| See you in July Pete I am going away in June |
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Pete Grant
From:
Auburn, CA, USA
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Posted 9 Jun 2005 6:54 am
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| Giving myself a bump. It's coming up next week and I'd love to meet more PSG and resonator guitar players in Ireland. |
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 9 Jun 2005 4:10 pm
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| Bon Voyage, Pete! I envy you, buddy. |
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