| Author |
Topic: DownBeat magazine June 2017 |
Mike Neer
From:
NJ
|
Posted 25 Apr 2017 8:26 am |
|
EDIT: if anyone is interested in reading the article, follow this link: http://www.steelonious.com/2017/05/11/lap-of-luxury-for-monk-tribute-in-downbeat-june-2017-issue/
You can click on the photo to enlarge
Forgive the self-adulation, but I feel proud of this inclusion in DownBeat. It's just a one page profile, but it focuses mostly on steel guitar and I get to mention a few of my heros. The title of the article is "Lap of Luxury for Monk Tribute".
I've always wanted to be in DownBeat and of course Guitar Player, etc., so this feels especially nice since it was about my steel playing.
_________________
Links to streaming music, websites, YouTube: Links
Last edited by Mike Neer on 11 May 2017 8:08 am; edited 1 time in total |
|
|
 |
Charlie McDonald
From:
out of the blue
|
Posted 25 Apr 2017 8:33 am
|
|
"Lap of Luxury for Monk Tribute" Sounds right.
Self-adulation accepted, otherwise I wouldn't've seen it. DownBeat is pretty cool. |
|
|
|
Jack Hanson
From:
San Luis Valley, USA
|
Posted 25 Apr 2017 9:07 am
|
|
| Congratulations, Mr. Neer. Rare occasion for a steel player. Quite an accomplishment indeed. |
|
|
|
Mark Eaton
From:
Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
|
Posted 25 Apr 2017 9:16 am
|
|
Cool!
I will look for a copy on my next trip to the local Barnes & Noble.
_________________
Mark |
|
|
|
Mike Neer
From:
NJ
|
Posted 25 Apr 2017 9:22 am
|
|
Diana Krall on the cover. Should be in stores in about a week. I subscribe to the digital edition, that's why I have it. Really good issue, with even a little interview with Allan Holdsworth, where he says in the last line of the interview about a new record he was working on, "If I ever get it done before I croak."
_________________
Links to streaming music, websites, YouTube: Links |
|
|
|
Darrell Birtcher
|
Posted 25 Apr 2017 10:14 am
|
|
Congratulations Mike. You really deserve it.
Your CD is one of my all time favorites of all genres that I listen to. The mature musicianship that you and your peers display is magnificent, and the tones you get out of your rig are nothing short of perfect. I love each of the songs so much that I never skip a track. I also like the quality of the recording. Reminds me of when records used to sound GOOD. |
|
|
|
Tommy Detamore
From:
Floresville, Texas
|
|
|
|
Bob Stone
From:
Gainesville, FL, USA
|
Posted 25 Apr 2017 12:25 pm
|
|
| Kudos Mike. Well deserved. Keep up the great work. |
|
|
|
Craig Stock
From:
Westfield, NJ USA
|
Posted 25 Apr 2017 12:54 pm
|
|
Congrats Mike,
Well deserved, one of the best albums in my collection.
Looking forward to seeing you guys play this summer in Westfield.
BTW, Glenn's band Shadowlands will be at Roxy and Dukes in Dunellen, on May 20, stop by if you can.
_________________
Regards, Craig
I cried because I had no shoes, then I met a man who had no feet.
Today is tomorrow's Good ol' days |
|
|
|
Mike Neer
From:
NJ
|
Posted 25 Apr 2017 5:31 pm
|
|
Thanks for the amazing comments, gentlemen!
_________________
Links to streaming music, websites, YouTube: Links |
|
|
|
Bryan Staddon
From:
Buffalo,New York,
|
Posted 25 Apr 2017 5:43 pm Congrats!
|
|
Please come to Buffalo sometime. I sure would like to see you play,
_________________
You are me as I am you |
|
|
|
Stu Schulman
From:
Ulster Park New Yawk (deceased)
|
Posted 26 Apr 2017 12:10 am
|
|
How Awesome!!
_________________
Steeltronics Z-pickup,Desert Rose S-10 4+5,Desert Rose Keyless S-10 3+5... Mullen G2 S-10 3+5,Telonics 206 pickups,Telonics volume pedal.,Blanton SD -10,Emmons GS_10...Zirctone bar,Bill Groner Bar...any amp that isn't broken.Steel Seat.Com seats...Licking paint chips off of Chinese Toys since 1952. |
|
|
|
Jack Stanton
From:
Somewhere in the swamps of Jersey
|
Posted 26 Apr 2017 3:25 am
|
|
| That's great, Mike. Congrats! |
|
|
|
Mike Neer
From:
NJ
|
Posted 26 Apr 2017 4:33 pm
|
|
Thanks. I'll be sure to post a link if and when it is available online.
_________________
Links to streaming music, websites, YouTube: Links |
|
|
|
Paul Stauskas
From:
DFW, TX
|
Posted 26 Apr 2017 5:03 pm
|
|
Really cool, congratulations Mike!
_________________
My site |
|
|
|
Barry Blackwood
|
Posted 26 Apr 2017 5:27 pm
|
|
| Quote: |
| Diana Krall on the cover. |
You're in good company, Mike...  |
|
|
|
Rick Bernauer
From:
Kansas, USA
|
Posted 28 Apr 2017 4:44 pm
|
|
| Congratulations Mike! Well deserved recognition. |
|
|
|
Bob Watson
From:
Champaign, Illinois, U.S.
|
Posted 28 Apr 2017 8:59 pm
|
|
| Congratulations Mike! I bet you're sittin' on top of the world. |
|
|
|
Fred Treece
From:
California, USA
|
Posted 29 Apr 2017 9:27 am
|
|
| Congratulations and Thank You for helping to push the steel "envelope". |
|
|
|
Mike Neer
From:
NJ
|
Posted 3 May 2017 3:23 am
|
|
Thanks! Should be on the stands now, so if you're in your local Barnes & Noble, thumb through it.
_________________
Links to streaming music, websites, YouTube: Links |
|
|
|
Mike Neer
From:
NJ
|
|
|
|
Craig Stock
From:
Westfield, NJ USA
|
Posted 11 May 2017 3:37 pm
|
|
Thanks for posting that Mike, great article, hope it helps to get people to check out your landmark album!
_________________
Regards, Craig
I cried because I had no shoes, then I met a man who had no feet.
Today is tomorrow's Good ol' days |
|
|
|
Robert Parent
From:
Gillette, WY
|
Posted 12 May 2017 8:07 am
|
|
It is great to see the steel guitar get noticed in alternate forms of music. Way to go Mike....
Robert |
|
|
|
Mike Neer
From:
NJ
|
Posted 12 May 2017 8:30 am
|
|
| Robert Parent wrote: |
It is great to see the steel guitar get noticed in alternate forms of music. Way to go Mike....
Robert |
Thanks, Robert! To me, Country is an alternative form of music. 
What makes me happy is that the record has been well received by the Jazz community (and the steel community, of course). You would be surprised at how many "cats", and I mean that in the heaviest way, really dig steel guitar and have told me so.
_________________
Links to streaming music, websites, YouTube: Links |
|
|
|
