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Topic: Steeler in Walk Hard-The Dewey Cox Story? |
Lee Gustafson
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Mohawk Michigan, USA
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Posted 21 Feb 2009 6:56 pm |
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| I just watched Walk Hard starring John C. Reilly. It's definetley a corny movie, but the songs are quite catchy. Most songs contain steel guitar. I was just wondering if the steeler was a member of the Forum. Reilly did a good job singing. There's even a soundtrack out. |
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W. C. Edgar
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Iowa City Iowa, Madison CT, Nashville, Austin, Phoenix, Nashville
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Posted 26 Feb 2009 8:33 am
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Dewey Cox is Country Music. He's the reason I do what I do and keep chasin that dream. He's an incredible talent and we should all look up to him for inspiration. Some say Hank Williams is the king and others like Haggard & Jones but for me its Dewey Cox. Its not his fault he cut both his brother Nate and his Pa in half with a machete as it was an  accident both times. You can take anything from this man including his home, family and worldly goods but leave him his monkey. Rock on Dewey Cox
WC Edgar
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Skip Edwards
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LA,CA
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Posted 26 Feb 2009 9:22 am
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Dewey's Pa halved himself.
What an awesome movie...Spinal Tap for the new millenium.
I think 'Walk Hard", along with 'A Mighty Wind', are the only two movies about the music biz that ever got it right.
And yeah, who played the steel? Most likely a different player on the tracks than on the film. |
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Earnest Bovine
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Los Angeles CA USA
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Posted 26 Feb 2009 9:44 am
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| If you liked it, I'll tell you. |
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 26 Feb 2009 10:26 am
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Earnest, you naughty boy!  |
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Tony Glassman
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The Great Northwest
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Posted 26 Feb 2009 3:52 pm
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| On a semi-related note: I saw an episode of the Texas based TV show "Friday Night Lights" several weeks ago, and they briefly showed a steel player in the band at a houseparty...........Was that Herb Steiner? |
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Bill Cunningham
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Atlanta, Ga. USA
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Posted 26 Feb 2009 4:53 pm
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Its Al Vescovo in the film. He is also playing guitar in a couple of the bands where there is no steel. Look fast!
I liked it Earnest. So tell us who it was.
I liked that movie. But there were only four of us in the theatre when I saw it. One of the others was my wife who endured it only because she is such a good sport.
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Earnest Bovine
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Los Angeles CA USA
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Posted 26 Feb 2009 7:35 pm
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| I don't know how many steel players are in the movie, but I did a couple of dates, one overdub and one with a whole band. Details would probably bore you, and I don't remember much except that when the engineer called me "sir", I felt older than dirt. |
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Brandon Ordoyne
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Needville,Texas USA
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Posted 27 Feb 2009 7:26 am
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I think the scene on Friday Night Lights, it was the Cornell Hurd Band, out of Austin, TX...their steel player is Scott Walls, not sure it was Herb....
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Danny Bates
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Fresno, CA. USA
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Posted 27 Feb 2009 2:39 pm
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Great movie 
Lots of (promotional) live stuff on YouTube.
The great steel pickin' made the movie for me.
Best line for me... "I can smell this horse sh-t" |
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Al Vescovo
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Van Nuys, CA, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 27 Feb 2009 3:14 pm
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| I'm playing some gigs with John C Reilly. It's a lot of fun. A lot of old classics, country-rock and rockabilly. John and the song writers for the movie started a band. 3 guitars and steel. Different I'd say. |
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Bryan Daste
From:
Portland, Oregon, USA
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Posted 28 Feb 2009 1:56 am
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| What's the band called? I love the movie! |
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Al Vescovo
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Van Nuys, CA, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 28 Feb 2009 12:43 pm The BAND
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The Band is Called "The Tingling Brothers" but it's really not a Circus. Just a lot of fun!  |
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Jussi Huhtakangas
From:
Helsinki, Finland
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Posted 1 Mar 2009 1:24 am
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| Sounds cool Al, I really liked the movie, cracked me up many times! |
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Josh Yenne
From:
Sonoma California
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Posted 19 Jun 2011 10:14 am
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I just adore that movie.... gets better every time I see it....
"you know who else has hands don't ya!?" |
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Don Hinkle
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Springfield Illinois, USA
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Posted 19 Jun 2011 12:39 pm
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Dewey Cox is Country Music. He's the reason I do what I do and keep chasin that dream. He's an incredible talent and we should all look up to him for inspiration. Some say Hank Williams is the king and others like Haggard & Jones but for me its Dewey Cox. Its not his fault he cut both his brother Nate and his Pa in half with a machete as it was an accident both times. You can take anything from this man including his home, family and worldly goods but leave him his monkey. Rock on Dewey Cox
WC Edgar
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The wrong boy died!
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Danny Bates
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Fresno, CA. USA
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Posted 19 Jun 2011 1:08 pm
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Eddie Vedder said:
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If Elvis and Buddy Holly are the Cain and Abel of rock and roll, Bruce Springsteen is Zachariah, Iggy Pop is Methuselah, and, of course, Neil Young is the wise prophet Ezekiel, then what does that make Dewey Cox?
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Dave Magram
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San Jose, California, USA
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Posted 19 Jun 2011 9:17 pm
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| Skip Edwards wrote: |
I think 'Walk Hard", along with 'A Mighty Wind', are the only two movies about the music biz that ever got it right. |
Skip, you may want to add "The Commitments" to your list of movies about the music biz and musicians.
It's a film about a bunch of unemployed (white) Dubliners who want to form the World's Best Soul Band, except Big Egos get in the way of their Big Break.
Sound familiar?
Best,
Dave |
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Bryan Daste
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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Posted 21 Sep 2011 2:49 am
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To revive this thread...watched the Blu-Ray version of the movie tonight with another musician friend. It really does get funnier every time!
Earnest/Doug, did you play on the songs "Walk Hard" and/or "Darling?" I love the playing and tone - really curious about the equipment used, especially amp... |
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Earnest Bovine
From:
Los Angeles CA USA
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Posted 21 Sep 2011 11:09 am
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| "Darling" I don't think so. I played one song where every lyric line was a droll double entendre. That was a demo that made it into the movie. I remember it was an overdub with my old heavily modified Sho-Bud with Lawrence 712 pickup, Revelation pre amp direct (no amp & speakers). At that same overdub date I played on a demo for the "Walk Hard" song but we later recorded a new final version of that song with everybody playing together, and on that I think I used the Franklin guitar, Tonealigner pickup, Revelation preamp, ?? power amp, and Black Widow speaker. |
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Bryan Daste
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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Posted 21 Sep 2011 11:40 am
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| Thanks! Is the Revelation a big part of your sound? Sounds great, whatever you're doing... |
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Earnest Bovine
From:
Los Angeles CA USA
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Posted 21 Sep 2011 12:01 pm
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| Bryan Daste wrote: |
| Is the Revelation a big part of your sound? |
Thanks Brian. Revelation amp always seems to make my steel sound better. |
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Herb Steiner
From:
Briarcliff TX 78669, pop. 2,064
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Posted 25 Sep 2011 7:53 am
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| Tony Glassman wrote: |
| On a semi-related note: I saw an episode of the Texas based TV show "Friday Night Lights" several weeks ago, and they briefly showed a steel player in the band at a houseparty...........Was that Herb Steiner? |
I think every band in Austin played an episode of "FNL" at least once. I was in one episode, which was shot at the Broken Spoke with a band called Chaparral*.
Cornell Hurd's band also was in an episode and the steel player was indeed the most excellent Scott Walls. A monstrous player.
*(For the non-Texans, chaparral is a dense, shrubby undergrowth that's common to much of South Texas ranchland.)
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Son, we live in a world with walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with steel guitars. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinberg? |
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