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Topic: RR in "Vintage Guitar" & "Premier Guitar& |
David Mason
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Posted 19 Jul 2013 7:06 am |
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Vintage Guitar also has a nice little primer on the history of the pedal steel. Mr. Randolph believes that he is the inventor of the Jackson six-string standup steel, and says that we will see Derek Trucks with one.  Neither magazine is yet braving "tunings" or "copedants" but step by step.... |
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Pete Burak
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Posted 19 Jul 2013 8:19 am
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Saw him on Jay Leno last night.
He was Playing a Mullen.
I don't think that song highlighted his playing ability as well as some others I've heard, but I think it is his current hit song. |
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Brad Bechtel
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San Francisco, CA
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Michael Strauss
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Delray Beach,Florida
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Posted 19 Jul 2013 4:10 pm
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Saw him on Jay Leno last night.
He was Playing a Mullen. |
I thought he was great, but I'm a big fan. Love him or hate him, there he is front and center with his G2.
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Chris Templeton
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David Mason
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Cambridge, MD, USA
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Posted 21 Jul 2013 6:57 am
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I'm going to have to give the new one a good listen (Maybe buy....  ) My main sense about him is "disappointment"... but tempered with "still waiting." I heard his original or early stuff - "The Word" era - and then, ten years later, he's still known for the one-chord "CAN YOU FEEL IT!" boogie-till-you-puke-or-find-Jesus type of "gospel" music introduced in the "Blues Brothers" movies. In the early years I remember reading that his friends were turning him on to Coltrane and Miles; 
Though I know there will never be another Hendrix as it will never be 1967 again, general trends can be framed in that language, and I'm coming to think (hope) that RR is the steel guitar's Chuck Berry, and the "Hendrix edition" is just around the corner.
If Randolph can bring his listeners a bit down the road, that'd be fantastic, but he's somewhat trapped by the styles used in his early success - as were Hendrix, Berry, Santana, Garcia, most everybody BUT Miles Davis. The one-chord "trance/dance" style is afforded a lot of respect these days, even if it's boring to many of us - he doesn't OWE me anything! (And Miles veered way over towards that!) And if Randolph himself veers too far off the beaten path, he's probably now susceptible to the Dead-esque "think of all the employees who depend on you" message that helped bury Garcia. Coulda been a mailman.... 
(yes, I'd be happy if he did read this, can anybody flag him?) |
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Chris Templeton
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Pete Burak
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Posted 23 Jul 2013 7:22 am
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Chris Templeton
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The Green Mountain State
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Michael Holland
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Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 23 Jul 2013 8:17 am
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Michael Holland
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Posted 23 Jul 2013 11:40 pm
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The measure of a man is his treatment of those in his own employ.
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Olli Haavisto
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Jarvenpaa,Finland
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Posted 24 Jul 2013 12:43 am
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deleted, I didn`t want to break the forum rules.
I am amazed by couple of the comments, though 
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David Mason
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Cambridge, MD, USA
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Posted 25 Jul 2013 4:56 am
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I didn't mean he treats them poorly or something, just that there is always some pressure upon an artist who's had some success to just keep doing what worked the first time. Mr. Randolph specifically talks about it, and mentions that he's coming out of a three year long fallow period and part of that is being on Blue Note Records - who don't try to "mold" him. The Premier Guitar article is named "How Robert Got His Groove Back." Regarding his old label, in the Vintage Guitar article he mentions telling them
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Art & commerce, or should I say art vs. commerce? - is never an easy subject. |
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