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Topic: Louisiana or Mississippi steel clubs? |
Lee Barber
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Sweeny, TX, USA
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Posted 1 Jan 2017 9:44 pm |
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Are there any Louisiana or Mississippi steel clubs?
Any information would be helpful.
Thank you.
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Larry Baker
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Columbia, Mo. U.S.A.
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Posted 2 Jan 2017 9:18 am
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Bill Stafford in Gulfport, Miss. has a great club and show in Gulfport. Held around the first part of November yearly. I attended around 3 years ago. ie was an awesome show with lots of great talent. Bill is a forum member here.
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Lee Barber
From:
Sweeny, TX, USA
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Posted 2 Jan 2017 9:27 am
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Bill,
Thanks I'm looking for a monthly meeting.
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Tommy Shown
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Denham Springs, La.
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Posted 2 Jan 2017 10:33 pm
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Lee me and Jim Lindsey tried to get a club going here in Louisiana, however, as trying to find a venue to hold a once a month meeting has fruitless. And there are a lot of talented steel players here in this state. in the baton Rouge area there are about 12 of us. I hate to say but the steel guitar is not as popular an instrument here. People's musical taste here go for Cajun, Swamp Pop, 1950 Doo Wop songs with horn arrangements added to them, and of Dixieland Jazz and Jazz.
I mean there is country around but a lot of the bands, try to keep the size of the band small. And sometimes it is the steel player who gets the axe. For reasons of the all mighty dollar.
Take the recent New Years Eve celebrations. A lot of the bars used small trio bands or Karaoke.
I am fortunate, I have a couple of gigs this weekend, in Louisiana. |
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Keenan Friday
From:
Magnolia, Arkansas, USA
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Posted 12 Jan 2017 11:51 pm
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It would be nice if there was a vfw post or retiremental center that was feasable.
Talked to a younger steel player when I visited the gulf port show.
My first gained exposure to steel guitar performance was at a club meeting. Didn't have pressure of messing up in front of a paid audience. Having all of them been steel players, they were forgiving. Everyone has to start somewhere.
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Zach Stephens
From:
Louisiana, USA
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Posted 17 Jan 2017 5:12 pm
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| Yeah like Tommy said it's hard here.....people aren't into it as much...it would be a awesome to have a steel club here in Louisiana.....but I don't see it happening. |
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Lee Barber
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Sweeny, TX, USA
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Posted 18 Jan 2017 12:03 am
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It's hard to find a live country band/dance, in fact I haven't found one between New Orleans and Gulf Port.
Baton Rouge, Lafayette area seems to be the concentration.
It's a shame. Send like the clubs prefer karaoke, I guess so they can please everyone insted of a set group.
Miss Texas.
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Mike Brown
From:
Meridian, Mississippi USA
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Posted 18 Jan 2017 8:33 am Steel Guitar, not clubs though...............
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| I've found that people "love" the sound of a steel guitar, even if they do not know that they are listening to it in the mix. I try to expose steel guitar by playing steel on a few songs, such as a Conway or George Jones song and switch over to guitar for the rest of the night. Most patrons do not know what a steel looks like, but most know the "sound" of the instrument. That's when they start asking questions about the instrument. A perfect time to enlighten them. |
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Danny Harrell
From:
Livingston, Louisiana, USA
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Posted 18 Jan 2017 2:15 pm
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| I agree with Mike. I play a theater type show once a month near Livingston, LA. which is all traditional country. I also work quite a bit with a local singer/musician, Clifton Brown who sings classic and traditional country music. We stay pretty busy in the Baton Rouge area and we play a lot of outdoor concerts. We played a concert venue not long ago in Baton Rouge and some of the younger musicians gathered up watching us with me playing the steel. It was interesting that many did not know what is was, but loved the sound. We are getting bookings and staying busy so maybe Country Music will come back around. Bill Stafford puts on a great show at Gulfport MS in November of each year, it is a really good one with lots of good people and players. |
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