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Topic: Steel lesson by Eddie Rivers |
Dennis Smith
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Covington, Georgia, USA
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Bill Mollenhauer
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New Jersey, USA
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Posted 29 Jan 2014 1:42 pm |
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| Wow! Thanks Dennis. Just what I have been looking for. Now I will buckle down and learn a 6th tuning. |
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Dennis Smith
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Covington, Georgia, USA
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Posted 30 Jan 2014 2:35 pm
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| You'er welcome Bill. Every little bit of info helps. |
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Dennis Smith
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Covington, Georgia, USA
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Posted 30 Jan 2014 2:35 pm
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Here's "Texas Playboy Rag" off of the Plain Talking' Man CD the talk's about at the end.
http://youtu.be/K1xXjyFvl0U |
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Jim Rossen
From:
Iowa, USA
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Posted 30 Jan 2014 3:13 pm
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Is the album all non pedal?
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Dennis Smith
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Covington, Georgia, USA
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Posted 30 Jan 2014 3:30 pm
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| Jim no real info on the CD. He's playing his Fender Quad on the cover and some of song titles are non pedal tunes so my guess is all non pedal. It's $10. as a download at the Asleep at the Wheel site. |
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John Sluszny
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Brussels, Belgium
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Posted 30 Jan 2014 4:51 pm
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Robbie Bossert
From:
WESCOSVILLE,PA,U.S.A.
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Posted 30 Jan 2014 10:02 pm
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No. It's not all non pedal. He does play his Fender 2000 on a couple numbers. I believe Bud's Bounce and Bubbles In My Beer....
Robbie
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Leon Grizzard
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Austin, Texas, USA
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Posted 1 Feb 2014 6:57 pm
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| What model is that guitar he is playing? |
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Todd Clinesmith
From:
Lone Rock Free State Oregon
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Posted 1 Feb 2014 8:40 pm
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I'm pretty sure the blue Quad was Gene Crownover's Stringmaster.
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Leon Grizzard
From:
Austin, Texas, USA
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Posted 2 Feb 2014 5:05 am
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| Todd Clinesmith wrote: |
I'm pretty sure the blue Quad was Gene Crownover's Stringmaster.
Todd |
I meant the single neck Fender he uses in the Western Swing Rules video. |
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Cartwright Thompson
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Posted 2 Feb 2014 5:18 am
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Leon-
That's a Fender Deluxe, basically a short scale single neck Stringmaster. Eddie's looks to me like a mid 60's example. |
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Leon Grizzard
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Austin, Texas, USA
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Posted 2 Feb 2014 6:30 am
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| Cartwright Thompson wrote: |
Leon-
That's a Fender Deluxe, basically a short scale single neck Stringmaster. Eddie's looks to me like a mid 60's example. |
Thank you so much. |
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Riley Hart
From:
South Carolina, USA
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Posted 3 Feb 2014 5:05 pm
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Eddie transcends teaching a lick.
It's the entire basic approach to the tuning in 8 minutes or less! |
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Andy Henriksen
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Michigan, USA
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Posted 4 Feb 2014 5:06 am
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I love this video. To many lessons are very rigid, and teach you a specific lick or technique (which isn't a bad thing, mind you), whereas this points you in a general direction and encourages you to explore a "concept." And for me, it's not one I've explored much, so now I'm excited to get home from work and play around with it.
Thanks for the link! |
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 4 Feb 2014 5:16 am
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What I really like was the solo on the song he plays onstage after the lesson. Beautiful!
It is a really good lesson from Eddie on how to make a lot of music with a minimal amount of choices. As he displays, but doesn't mention, it really is about the subtleties and musicality, especially in phrasing. It's hard to teach that, but that's what all the old (and new) records are for, to learn from.
Phrasing is everything, as long as it's played in tune! 
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Leon Grizzard
From:
Austin, Texas, USA
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Posted 4 Feb 2014 11:59 am More to Come
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I've become an internet pen pal with Robert Huston, the producer of this series, Western Swing Rules. He is a piano player, who used to live in Oklahoma, where he knew Al Stricklin, Bob Will's piano player, and took music management from Eldon Shamblin in college. He also booked the Texas Playboys for some shows up there. Good guy.
He tells me he has some additional video of Eddie Rivers and will put up another segment. He invites comments and requests for future segments. |
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Mark Roeder
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 4 Feb 2014 6:17 pm
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I use to fiddle with Eddie when he still lived up here. It was like being transported back 50 years when he kicked into a song!
I didn't take up steel until he left the state
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Tom Middleton
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Austin, Texas, USA (deceased)
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Posted 11 Apr 2014 8:18 am
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| Anybody know what scale length Eddie Rivers' T8 and Quad are? |
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Andy Henriksen
From:
Michigan, USA
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Dustin Rhodes
From:
Owasso OK
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Posted 8 Sep 2014 10:24 am
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| Probably my favorite steeler out there today. Really appreciate these lesson videos too. |
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Asa Brosius
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Posted 8 Sep 2014 11:08 am
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| i really like his playing on Wayne Hancock's 'Swing Time'Great phrasing, all live, and probably my favorite straight steel tone yet. |
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Dustin Rhodes
From:
Owasso OK
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Posted 9 Sep 2014 9:58 am
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| Asa Brosius wrote: |
| i really like his playing on Wayne Hancock's 'Swing Time'Great phrasing, all live, and probably my favorite straight steel tone yet. |
Yep that's a great live album. Tulsa and Ride are great ones too for Eddie's playing. Cappuccino Boogie has some really cool stuff going on. |
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