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Topic: Release Me... Loessberg shows how |
Herb Steiner
From:
Spicewood TX 78669
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Posted 4 Jan 2016 10:32 pm |
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Here's a video of Jim Loessberg with Ray Price from 2009 that shows a melody played simply and with expression is not technically challenging, but infrequent and always eloquent.
CAVEAT: Jim is among my dear pals and one of my musical heroes.
Release Me
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My rig: Infinity and Telonics.
Son, we live in a world with walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with steel guitars. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinberg? |
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Jim Hinds
From:
Gallatin, TN USA
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Posted 4 Jan 2016 10:37 pm
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| Very tasteful player. |
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Bill Ferguson
From:
Milton, FL USA
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Posted 5 Jan 2016 3:16 am
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You are right Herb. Jim is one of the most tasteful players I know.
He can sound like Buddy Emmoms or more important, he can sound like Jim Loessberg.
He is also my pal and is one of the greats that sadly, not many people know.
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AUTHORIZED George L's, Goodrich, Telonics and Peavey Dealer: I have 2 steels and several amps. My current rig of choice is 1993 Emmons LeGrande w/ 108 pups (Jack Strayhorn built for me), Goodrich OMNI Volume Pedal, George L's cables, Goodrich Baby Bloomer and Peavey Nashville 112. Can't get much sweeter. |
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Lee Gillespie
From:
Cheyenne, Wy. USA
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Posted 5 Jan 2016 5:26 am Loessberg
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| What cought my ear was the voice of Ray at eighty something years old. Sound almost as good as his younger days.. AND 4 Fiddles.....WOW... Lee |
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Tony Prior
From:
Charlotte NC
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Posted 5 Jan 2016 9:46 am
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Nice Herb thx for posting. I am able to catch Jim on the TV show TRU Country weekly. Release me with Ray is really nice.
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Emmons L-II , Fender Telecasters, B-Benders , Eastman Mandolin ,
Pro Tools 12 on WIN 7 !
jobless- but not homeless- now retired 9 years
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Len Ryder
From:
Penticton B.C.
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Posted 5 Jan 2016 9:58 am
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| Quality & touch show without having fast licks and fancy runs. |
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Larry Lenhart
From:
Ponca City, Oklahoma
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Posted 5 Jan 2016 2:04 pm
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Very tasteful indeed ! Wonderful touch to produce great tone.
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Keith Hilton
From:
248 Laurel Road Ozark, Missouri 65721
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Posted 5 Jan 2016 2:35 pm
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| Very nice! |
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Tom Quinn
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Posted 5 Jan 2016 3:59 pm
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Nice wraparound... and sweet picking.
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Billy Easton
From:
Nashville, TN USA
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Posted 5 Jan 2016 4:12 pm
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Jim is one of my heroes also (like you are Herb), and deserves more recognition among our community. I am proud to call him friend. He even trusted me to sub for him with Ray one time, one of the highlights of my life!
Billy Easton
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 5 Jan 2016 5:41 pm
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It's a shame, but "doing a lot with a little" seems almost a lost art these days.  |
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Don Drummer
From:
West Virginia, USA
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Posted 5 Jan 2016 7:21 pm from start to finishing
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| Thanks Herb..for all of it. I needed that. |
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Lee Baucum
From:
McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 6 Jan 2016 5:01 am
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| At first listen, it sounded like the whole ride may have been played with just two pedals. |
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Joseph Napolitano
From:
New Jersey, USA
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Posted 6 Jan 2016 5:42 am
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| Great! What amp is Jim using? |
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Ricky Hagan
From:
Elm City N.C. U.S.A.
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Posted 6 Jan 2016 10:34 am
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| Nashville 400 |
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Brett Lanier
From:
Madison, TN
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Posted 6 Jan 2016 11:36 am
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| I think Jim uses a Nashville a lot, but on this show it was a Standel custom xv. I heard this show on the radio when it happened and asked Jim about what he was using because it sounded so good. He said it was one solid state Custom XV along with an earlier hybrid tube/solid state, Imperial combo I think. |
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Ben Rubright
From:
Punta Gorda, Florida, USA
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Posted 6 Jan 2016 3:36 pm
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Jim's playing certainly tugs at my heart-strings. I refuse to leave the TSGA Jamboree until Jim's final set is over. With me, he rings the same bells as did Buddy Emmons. Thanks Herb for posting. I had to replay it several times before I could return to the forum even though I had played it before dozens of time.
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Bill Cunningham
From:
Atlanta, Ga. USA
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Posted 6 Jan 2016 5:48 pm
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In the comments on YouTube some guy said, "Great steel player. He could pass as a professor or perhaps a GM vice president."
 YES, Professor Loessberg.
Great player, nicer guy. Amazing to me how he goes from this to some of the cleanest melodic single string jazz licks played. Right up there with Buddy I'd say.
I have been honored to play bass with him on some of the shows. AND, He knows the best Mexican restaurants in his town too. Wish I could get there more often. 
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Kyle Everson
From:
Nashville, Tennessee
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Posted 6 Jan 2016 9:53 pm
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| Thanks for posting, Herb. Really enjoyed that. Nothing like an Emmons. |
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Stephen Gambrell
From:
Over there
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Posted 7 Jan 2016 6:40 pm
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| Herb, what size "attaboy" do you wear? |
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Charlie McDonald
From:
out of the blue
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Posted 8 Jan 2016 3:54 am
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| Bill Cunningham wrote: |
| I have been honored to play bass with him on some of the shows. AND, He knows the best Mexican restaurants in his town too. |
That would be quite a gig. Mr. Loessberg is hard to beat.
(You could say, Loess is more.) |
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Jim Loessberg
From:
Austin, Texas U.S.A
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Posted 11 Jan 2016 12:39 pm
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Thank you, my good friend Herb, for posting the clip and thanks to everyone for the nice words. The amp is a Standel Custom, which is a hybrid of tube power and solid-state EQ, without reverb, that preceded the Super Custom XV. I think the amplifier is a 1963 model.
It is a very low-power amp and except for the recording studio, Ray's gig was the only one I could use it on for a live performance since Ray played very quiet. (Inside band joke: "Ray says he knows you're too loud because he can hear you!")
For all other live gigs I use a stock Nashville 400. I also own a Super Custom XV, but I prefer the sound of the hybrid. The Super Custom XV doesn't have enough power for most live situations either.
Best wishes,
Jim |
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Rick Schmidt
From:
Prescott AZ, USA
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Posted 11 Jan 2016 3:06 pm
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| Just a beautiful and very musical moment Jim! |
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Tiny Olson
From:
Mohawk River Valley, Upstate NY
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Posted 12 Jan 2016 3:49 pm
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Very cool !!!
Thanks for the posting Herb... and thanks for the playing Jim.
Chris "Tiny" O. |
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Craig Stock
From:
Westfield, NJ USA
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Posted 12 Jan 2016 7:07 pm
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Great Video, made my night, Thanks Jim,....and Herb for posting!
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Regards, Craig
I cried because I had no shoes, then I met a man who had no feet.
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