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Ed Altrichter

 

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Schroeder, Minnesota, USA
Post  Posted 8 Mar 2004 7:56 pm    
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Who played the steel guitar on Slim Whitman's records in the 1950's ? I love that beatiful harmonic sound... was that harmonics ? How did he do that ?
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Bob Tuttle


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Post  Posted 8 Mar 2004 8:36 pm    
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That was Hoot Raines. He would play a harmonic note and then slide up a full octave to get that effect.

[This message was edited by Bob Tuttle on 08 March 2004 at 08:38 PM.]

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Fred Shannon


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Rocking "S" Ranch, Comancheria, Texas, R.I.P.
Post  Posted 9 Mar 2004 3:26 am    
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Ed, sent you an email but thought I could add a little to the post by copying and pasting the following to go along with Bob's post. It was called "shooting arrows" in the early 50's. Ah, yes, I remember it well. Every steeler in the business tried to imitate it:

"Hoot Rains, created what would become a major part of the Slim Whitman sound, the "singing guitar." The soaring notes of the steel guitar can be heard in many of Slim's early songs. It all started by accident in the classic, "Love Song of the Waterfall." One night while performing the song, Hoot overshot a note sending it soaring skyward. Slim asked Hoot after the show, "what happened out there"? Hoot said, "I missed it." Slim liked what he heard and said, with a wry grin, "Well, miss it again!" They soon worked this unusual new sound into his songs. They called this new technique "shooting arrows," and steel guitarists around the world would use this new term. They perfected the new sound and introduced the "singing guitar" on the Hayride to thunderous approval."

fred

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