Playing Lap Steel in Argentina

David DeLoach · From: Tennessee, USA

I'm down in Argentina right now (my wife is from Mendoza). I brought a cheap Rogue lap steel to practice on while I'm down here.

I ended up sitting in with a great blues band in a very sketchy part of town. Their guitarist was phenomenal.

My lap steel was strung for Leavitt tuning and I couldn't think of a good blues tuning I could get to with those gauged strings. So I tuned to A7 (C# E G A C# E). I'd never used that tuning before, but it worked ok.

The band and the crowd loved the lap steel. It was very novel for them to see & hear.

I was truly an unforgettable experience.

Jack Hanson · From: San Luis Valley, USA

There are some very good steel players in Argentina, Diego Pozzi among them:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SM-o_kS9MWI

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