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b0b
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Posted 26 Jul 2014 8:54 am |
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My new solo acoustic album "Stella" will be released on August 1. You can pre-order the digital album at http://b0blee.bandcamp.com/album/stella. A CD will also be available, but there's no pre-order mechanism for the CD.
I put an extension nut on a Harmony Stella guitar and recorded 14 songs. 9 of them are instrumentals. I sing 5 songs to give the album some variety. There's no overdubbing - it's just a straight stereo recording.
UPDATE
The CD is now available at the Forum Store: http://www.steelguitarshopper.com/stella-bobby-lee-cd/
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Len Amaral
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Posted 26 Jul 2014 7:33 pm
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Hey b0b:
I'll take a CD so let me know how order? Nice title and play on words with the guitar. What tuning are you using?
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b0b
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Posted 26 Jul 2014 11:13 pm
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No pre-orders for the CD. Watch this space after Aug 1 for ordering information.
The tuning is G B D F# A D.
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Per Berner
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Skovde, Sweden
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Posted 27 Jul 2014 10:33 pm
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Guitar and voice sound equally cool. Less is more!  |
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Billy McCombs
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Bakersfield California, USA
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Posted 28 Jul 2014 6:32 am
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Cool Bobby, I like the long whistle. Good sing to.
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b0b
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Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 29 Jul 2014 1:08 pm Finished the tray card today
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Here's what the CD tray card will look like:
Except that the UPC barcode will mess it up a bit. 
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Jim Cohen
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Philadelphia, PA
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b0b
From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 29 Jul 2014 1:11 pm
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| What, no Stella by Starlight? |
I do love that song, Jim, but I don't think I could do it justice in this tuning (G B D F# A D).
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Andy Volk
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Boston, MA
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Posted 31 Jul 2014 3:20 am
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Wow, just when you think you've got somebody pegged they totally surprise you. Really nice, B0b!
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Robert Murphy
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West Virginia
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Posted 31 Jul 2014 10:35 am
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| Interesting tuning, derived from the standard Dobro G I suppose. Can you elaborate on it's use. I hear you using the bass strings for rhythm and lots of partial chords. Good job b0b. |
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b0b
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Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 31 Jul 2014 12:23 pm
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I can't really say much about the tuning, other than it's D on the high strings and G on the low strings. Pretty self-explanatory, I think.
Got this nice note with one of the pre-orders:
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I can't wait to hear the rest, this is right up my alley. Absolutely enthralled with the raw, soulful and heartfelt vocals, and the steel is gorgeous!
Mark Smalley |
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b0b
From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 31 Jul 2014 10:06 pm Liner Notes by Doug Jayne
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Imagine a guitar player in a room with 10 different guitars. Nice ones. You tell him (or her) to try them all out. In my experience, the guitarist will almost certainly play different things on each guitar.
A Les Paul might inspire some power chords, a Telecaster some twangy picking, an archtop might inspire some jazz licks, a nylon string might bring out some flamenco riffs. What happens is, the instrument has as much to do with what is played, as the guitarist does.
When Bobby Lee sat down with Stella (the 50 year old guitar that he acquired earlier this year) the songs that came out covered a wide spectrum of sounds.
There's the mournful Hank Williams train song, Merle Travis in an Appalachian coal mine, a defiant but heartbroken Bob Dylan, songs from Hawaii, some originals, and a tune about a sailor returning to his island sweetheart (Louie Louie!).
Clearly, Bobby grew up a child of the 1950's and 1960's (like myself) and was surrounded by diverse musical sounds.
I picture lots of record albums in Bobby's childhood home; Martin Denny to Hank Thompson and lots in between...
Bobby Lee has made a Musical Selfie!
Much like how folks take pictures of themselves in unique places, the songs on Stella are Bobby's snapshots of what came out of this wonderful meeting of a man and a guitar.
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b0b
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Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Jon Sawyer
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Richmond, California
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Posted 1 Aug 2014 1:26 pm
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| b0b wrote: |
| Jim Cohen wrote: |
| What, no Stella by Starlight? |
I do love that song, Jim, but I don't think I could do it justice in this tuning (G B D F# A D). |
No Stella Blue either?
Oh well. I still can't wait to hear it
I just ordered the cd, thank you! |
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Michael Maddex
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Northern New Mexico, USA
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Posted 4 Aug 2014 8:08 am
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b0b, are you going to have these for sale on the Steel Guitar Shopper also?
Thanks.
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b0b
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Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 4 Aug 2014 10:35 am
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| Michael Maddex wrote: |
b0b, are you going to have these for sale on the Steel Guitar Shopper also?
Thanks. |
In a couple of weeks when the large shipment of CDs arrives, I'll put it on SteelGuitarShopper.com.
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Michael Maddex
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Posted 4 Aug 2014 10:45 am
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Good deal, b0b. I'll be looking for it then. Maybe a couple of books too.
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b0b
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Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 10 Aug 2014 7:25 am a review on Reddit
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I posted it to r/BandCamp on Reddit, and got this glowing review from a fellow Redditor:
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| Man, this is a good album. It brings me back to the classic Memphis Blues that I wish I has experienced first hand. "Don't Think Twice" is a heartbreaker, from the opening notes, to the subtle, plaintive vocal delivery. Loving the sound of that Stella... |
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b0b
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b0b
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Cloverdale, CA, USA
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chris ivey
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california (deceased)
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Posted 26 Sep 2014 6:32 pm
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on your way to a platinum record...
what would double digits be? ...straw?? |
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b0b
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Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Michael Hillman
From:
Boise, Idaho, USA
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Posted 11 Nov 2014 11:07 am Sure enjoying this CD,
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Great CD, b0b, love the way you've interpreted all of those tunes....this one will reside in the car's player for a long time! -Michael
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Edward Meisse
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Santa Rosa, California, USA
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Posted 21 Nov 2014 3:49 pm
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| b0b wrote: |
| Jim Cohen wrote: |
| What, no Stella by Starlight? |
I do love that song, Jim, but I don't think I could do it justice in this tuning (G B D F# A D). |
I think the tuning has bigger possibilities than you think for someone with the time, energy and inclination to explore it fully on either electric or acoustic lap steel.
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Edward Meisse
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Santa Rosa, California, USA
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Posted 21 Nov 2014 3:55 pm
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I can't wait to hear the rest, this is right up my alley. Absolutely enthralled with the raw, soulful and heartfelt vocals, and the steel is gorgeous!
Mark Smalley
Snowball37 wrote:
Man, this is a good album. It brings me back to the classic Memphis Blues that I wish I has experienced first hand. "Don't Think Twice" is a heartbreaker, from the opening notes, to the subtle, plaintive vocal delivery. Loving the sound of that Stella...
Andy Volk
Posted: 31 Jul 2014 3:20 am Post subject:
Wow, just when you think you've got somebody pegged they totally surprise you. Really nice, B0b!
It took 3 people to sum up my feelings about the CD which I got to hear in its' entirety for the first time last night. My limited web access made a pre-hearing of any consequence impossible.
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