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Topic: Cajun Steel Guitar Is (Apparently) Alive & Well |
Chris Bauer
From:
Nashville, TN USA
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Posted 12 Oct 2014 2:48 pm |
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For all those crying over how no one uses steel guitar anymore, my friend just shot this last night in Lafayette, Louisiana. The great Wayne Toups with two (yes, count 'em, two) steel guitars, not to speak of three fiddles and a great rhythm section. Yessir!
These guys forumites?
http://youtu.be/D0EW3AAFyUQ |
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Jon Light
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Posted 12 Oct 2014 3:02 pm
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Neat.
His facebook page lists a band with NO steels so no help there. |
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Dave Mudgett
From:
Central Pennsylvania and Gallatin, Tennessee
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Andy Zahnd
From:
Switzerland
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Posted 12 Oct 2014 4:19 pm
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| the other one on the right side is no other then the great Richard Comaux with his Rittenberry! |
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Marty Broussard
From:
Broussard, Louisiana, USA
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Posted 13 Oct 2014 4:43 pm
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Hi Folks, it's Richard and I. We asked to sit next to each other so we could twin-up but it obviously didn't work out. Richard played his green Ritt and I played my newly upgraded '68 Fender 2000 per Wayne's request. (When we were teenagers almost all of the steelers in Cajun music were playing the Fender 400 or 1000. Orsey Vanicor still does. Wayne asked me to find an old Fender and play it this year. Thanks to Jim Palenscar the guitar has 4 knee levers and was ready in time.)
Best regards....
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RETIRED
Former steel guitarist for Tracy Byrd & The Byrd Dawgs, Mark Chesnut & The New South Band, Mark Nesler & Texas Tradition, Wayne Toups & ZydeCajun, Belton Richard & The Musical Aces
"Technique is really the elimination of the unnecessary..it is a constant effort to avoid any personal impediment or obstacle to achieve the smooth flow of energy and intent" Yehudi Menuhin |
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Ken Campbell
From:
Ferndale, Montana
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Posted 13 Oct 2014 4:54 pm
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| Man! Thats is kickin! |
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Jim Newberry
From:
Seattle, Upper Left America
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Posted 13 Oct 2014 6:33 pm
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And my pal Joel Savoy as one of the fiddlers. One of the most talented humans I've had the luck to know. I'd sure love to hear Orsy Vanicor play in person...
We even do a little up here in the Northwest. http://youtu.be/p8XH4m46bZI
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"The Masher of Touch and Tone"
-1950 Fender Dual Pro 8
-1950's Fender Dual Pro 6
-Clinesmith D8
-Clinesmith 8-string Frypan
-Clinesmith Joaquin
-~1940 National New Yorker
-~1936 Rickenbacher B6
-Homebuilt Amps |
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Dick Sexton
From:
Greenville, Ohio
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Marty Broussard
From:
Broussard, Louisiana, USA
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Posted 14 Oct 2014 8:45 am
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Dick, thank you and it is fun.
Jim, we should get together the next time I'm in Seattle.
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RETIRED
Former steel guitarist for Tracy Byrd & The Byrd Dawgs, Mark Chesnut & The New South Band, Mark Nesler & Texas Tradition, Wayne Toups & ZydeCajun, Belton Richard & The Musical Aces
"Technique is really the elimination of the unnecessary..it is a constant effort to avoid any personal impediment or obstacle to achieve the smooth flow of energy and intent" Yehudi Menuhin |
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Jim Newberry
From:
Seattle, Upper Left America
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Posted 14 Oct 2014 9:29 am
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Absolutely!
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"The Masher of Touch and Tone"
-1950 Fender Dual Pro 8
-1950's Fender Dual Pro 6
-Clinesmith D8
-Clinesmith 8-string Frypan
-Clinesmith Joaquin
-~1940 National New Yorker
-~1936 Rickenbacher B6
-Homebuilt Amps |
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Jim Palenscar
From:
Oceanside, Calif, USA
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Posted 15 Oct 2014 7:06 am
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The task of adding the knee levers paled in comparison to the task of taking 1 1/2" outta the center of the guitar  ~ all's well that ends well~ |
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Jim Newberry
From:
Seattle, Upper Left America
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Posted 15 Oct 2014 9:29 am
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Did ya use a chain saw, Jim?
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"The Masher of Touch and Tone"
-1950 Fender Dual Pro 8
-1950's Fender Dual Pro 6
-Clinesmith D8
-Clinesmith 8-string Frypan
-Clinesmith Joaquin
-~1940 National New Yorker
-~1936 Rickenbacher B6
-Homebuilt Amps |
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Jim Palenscar
From:
Oceanside, Calif, USA
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Posted 15 Oct 2014 10:41 am
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| sharp hatchet |
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