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Topic: Neil Flanz "Get on the Star route" LP |
Olaf van Roggen
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Posted 21 Sep 2017 3:05 am |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HC8S9Ejx85Y
I know Neil Flanz for more than 35 years now, only later I found he recorded two solo albums.
I was Lucky to find both albums and some obscure stuff he played on.
I still play his albums once in a while and i really like them.
Nice to see that every steel lover and Neil Flanz fan can listen to it too, even without having a turntable. |
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Pete Burak
From:
Portland, OR USA
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Posted 21 Sep 2017 7:24 am
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Great tone and playing!
I have always loved Neil's ending on BBowman Hop, go directly to 3min:50sec mark to hear it  |
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Jonathan Shacklock
From:
London, UK
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Larry Robbins
From:
Fort Edward, New York
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Posted 23 Sep 2017 8:31 am
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Such a great and humble player and person. Opened the door for so many of us. Still sends us all Xmas cards every year! haha! What a nice guy.
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Jim R. Harrison
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North Vancouver, B. C., Canada
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Posted 23 Sep 2017 11:25 am
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Thanks for this, Olaf! I bought this recording of Neil's that you have shown us while I was working in Ontario in 1965. I NEVER thought I would ever meet him & become a friend. Here's a photo I took of Neil two years ago at Scotty's last ISGC in 2015. Note that Neil was the last person to be inducted into the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame and the only NON-American to be inducted!
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John Brock
From:
Xenia, Ohio
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Posted 23 Sep 2017 6:03 pm Neil Flanz
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I have a great gram parsons al niel at a radio station on the east coast. One of the greats!
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Bill Terry
From:
Bastrop, TX
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Posted 24 Sep 2017 6:45 am
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I shared a stage with Neil for a couple of years, and I'm proud to call him a friend. Quite a guy...
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G Strout
From:
Carabelle, Florida
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Posted 25 Sep 2017 8:45 am
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| Neil is the reason I got into playing steel guitar. I would see him playing at the Country Palace in Montreal (back when I had pimples) and I just had to get one of "those guitars!" It took awhile but I did. I also saw him a few years later at Deemons Den in Nashville TN. Sadly, Neil is underrated.... an excellent steel player!!! One of my favourites!! |
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John Bresler R.I.P.
From:
Thornton, Colorado
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Posted 25 Sep 2017 9:10 am
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I never met Neil but he is the one that finally got me on track with "Pedal steel guitar" with his album from Sho-bud 'Special instructions'. I learned a lot from that album sometime about 1971.
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G Strout
From:
Carabelle, Florida
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Posted 25 Sep 2017 10:20 am
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I think I may have had that one! I had some type of instructional material from Neil. I am not sure if it was issued by Sho Bud, but I distinctly remember that the voice over on the album said "mash pedals A and B."
It was my first instructional course and may have been the only one back in the day!! I learned a lot from it! |
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John Bresler R.I.P.
From:
Thornton, Colorado
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Posted 25 Sep 2017 1:17 pm
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That's the same album. I remember that instead of saying 'push' pedals the voice said 'mash'. Good instruction, tho!
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G Strout
From:
Carabelle, Florida
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Posted 25 Sep 2017 2:21 pm
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Yes John that was it. !!! It was a great instructional method. Not full of theory etc, but it got you started out so that you could do a gig flying by the seat of your pants!
To this day that and the C6 Chord Manual that Neil put out have helped me more that 75% of the stuff that I have purchased. I met Neil two times. Once in Montreal and once when Phil Kaufman introduced me to him in Gnash - Ville. Of course back in those days I doubt anyone remembers much!  |
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Olaf van Roggen
From:
The Netherlands
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Posted 27 Sep 2017 9:29 am
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I still have 2 Chord Dictionaries and a sealed copy of the Sho-Bud instructions album.
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G Strout
From:
Carabelle, Florida
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Posted 27 Sep 2017 5:42 pm
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That's what I have, except mine look like they have been dragged behind a pickup down 40 miles of bad road!  |
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Gary Hoetker
From:
California, USA
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Posted 27 Sep 2017 6:07 pm
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| Thanks for the memories !! Star Route USA hosted by actor Rod Cameron circa 6'34 and '64. |
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