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Topic: Oslo Opry Orchestra |
Tore Blestrud
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Oslo, Norway
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John Roche
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Posted 13 Aug 2012 5:52 am |
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| Great sound , as good as it gets IMHO |
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Billy Tonnesen
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R.I.P., Buena Park, California
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Posted 13 Aug 2012 1:31 pm
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To get a Band this well organized and playing an arrangement like this takes hours of working out
"Parts". You just don't get a bunch of Musicians up on a stage and this type of Music starts poring out. This is a labor of Love with nobody trying to be the Star of the Show. It's all about the "Band".
This group is on par with many others out of Texas including IMHO, Asleep at the Wheel.
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Lonnie Portwood
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Jacksonville, fl. USA
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Posted 13 Aug 2012 5:11 pm
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Tore, you don't have to be "humble" about your music! This is "great" and as good as it gets! Thanks for sharing with us. Lonnie Portwood Jacksonville, Fl.
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Music is probably the most "spiritual of mankinds emotions, and when practised with a pure heart, can lead one into the presence of God, who invented it. Lonnie Portwood |
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Tore Blestrud
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Oslo, Norway
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Posted 13 Aug 2012 10:39 pm
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Thank's for the kind comments.
Billy - you are right. A lot of work both at home and rehersals with the band before it sounds right. The arrangement here is "borrowed" from Asleep at the wheel. We had to go to Sweeden to find the twin fiddles.
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Emmons D-10 P/P 78", Franklin D-10, Zum Encore. Sho-Bud LDG |
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Charles Curtis
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Posted 14 Aug 2012 4:49 am
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| I love it, thanks a lot! |
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Bent Romnes
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London,Ontario, Canada
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Posted 14 Aug 2012 5:27 am
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Folks, this is upper-shelf Norwegian Country Swing. I have to pinch myself to believe that these are a bunch of Norwegian people who are performing authentic Western Swing right down to perfect pronunciation, twin fiddles and last but not least expert pedal steel.
I have had the pleasure of meeting Tore Blestrud on several occasions and have heard and seen him up close and can vouch for the fact that he is a serious student of our beloved instrument and plays it alongside the best in the world. Makes me proud for sure!
Tore, I knew you were a very able E9th player but the big surprise here was that you are equally proficient on the C6th neck as well - something I hadn't realized before.
Keep up the good work. Hopefully I will have a chance to meet and hear you at Buckley's next time I come to Norway.
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BenRom Pedal Steel Guitars
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Henry Matthews
From:
Texarkana, Ark USA
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Posted 14 Aug 2012 8:56 pm
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Sounds like Texas to me, great job 
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Henry Matthews
D-10 Magnum, 8 &5, dark rose color
D-10 1974 Emmons cut tail, fat back,rosewood, 8&5
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Walter Stettner
From:
Vienna, Austria
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Posted 14 Aug 2012 11:35 pm
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That is way cool!!
Congratulations, Tore, for such a tight band. Yes, it is arranged, but I can still feel that you all had a lot of fun on stage.
Kind Regards, Walter
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Egil Skjelnes
From:
Meland,Frekhaug
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Posted 20 Aug 2012 9:51 am
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| I saw their show this summer in Breim,it was really great.I know how hard it is to put together a band like this here in Norway,not too many good pickers to chose among,so this was very good! |
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Ken Levesque
From:
Welland,Ontario, Canada
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Posted 20 Aug 2012 10:36 am Talk about music !
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Tore and all the other musicians,
I loved it....can't get more real than that.Congrats! Well Done.
Ken  |
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