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Topic: Looking for a Mr. Miyagi steel guitar master in Tulsa area |
Abigail Marquette
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Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 11 Feb 2018 3:55 pm |
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Hello there!! I am extremely new to the steel guitar, but want to become an extremely awesome player!! Particularly a blues style player. Did some research online for lessons in the Tulsa, OK area, and came up short. Stumbled across this site and thought I'd try here!! I think I am posting in the correct forum..
Please let me know if you- or if you know anyone who does- provide lap steel lessons.
Thank you!! Hope to hear from you soon. |
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John Ely
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Minneapolis Minnesota, USA
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Posted 11 Feb 2018 6:12 pm Lessons
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Abigail, consider contacting John Ely, a professional player and instructor, and a great teacher/musician. He teaches via Skype, used to play for Asleep at the Wheel, and is a member of the Texas Steel Guitar Hall of Fame. You won't find a better teacher; he specializes in non-pedal steel guitar.
His website is http://www.hawaiiansteel.com
(For the sake of clarity, I point out that, although my name is also John Ely, he and I are two different people. Seriously, it just happens that there are two of us named John Ely who play steel guitar. He's a pro player and instructor, I'm just another amateur who plays).
Good luck with steel guitar.
John
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John Ely (but I'm not THE John Ely who played with Asleep at the Wheel). |
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gary pierce
From:
Rossville TN
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Posted 11 Feb 2018 6:49 pm
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Abigail Marquette
From:
Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 11 Feb 2018 8:02 pm
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Haha. Wow, that is hilarious. As I was first reading that I was thinking why is he talking about himself like that?? Ha. Then I got to the second half! I will definitely check out his website. That is so cool he's a hall of fame member, and teaches!! and on Skype to boot! Awesome. So excited, thank you John!!!
So which one is the original John Ely???
Ha, I hope so Gary! We'll see.. |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 12 Feb 2018 9:56 am
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The original John Ely lives in Ely (actually Virginia), Minnesota.
The town was named for a relative. 
Erv |
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John Ely
From:
Minneapolis Minnesota, USA
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Posted 12 Feb 2018 6:23 pm Steel Guitar Lessons
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Yep, Erv, you're right, the "other" John Ely lives up in northern MN, and is related to the founders of Ely, MN.
We do know each other, and we have a deal, whichever one of us croaks first, the other one of us has to put on a show called "A Steel Guitar Tribute to the Late John Ely, Starring John Ely".
Good luck Abigail. Connect with John, you won't regret it.
John
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