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Topic: Guitar Player magazine Jerry Byrd Interview |
Bob Stone
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Gainesville, FL, USA
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Posted 18 Apr 2002 5:40 am |
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Jeff,
Thanks a million. This is priceless stuff.
Bob |
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Jim Vogan
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Ohio City, Ohio 45874
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Posted 18 Apr 2002 6:43 am
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Thank you for posting this! I took lessons from Ron Dearth. He took a great deal of intrest in his students. It hurt me a great deal when he passed away, I think in the early 60's. I emailed this thread to Ron's niece in Lima. Jim Vogan
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Jim Vogan Emmons Sd10 Stereo steel Amp
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Terry Wood
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Lebanon, MO
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Posted 20 Apr 2002 8:09 pm
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Thanks guys for posting these topics on Jerry Byrd.
It helped me to remember the great influence that he had on my steel guitar efforts. I also used to enjoy stories about Jerry from my good friend Dale Sledd of The Osborne Brothers Bluegrass Band.
I have several of Jerry's L.P.s, CDs, and tapes and his great playing has been imprinted in my mind since childhood.
My wife and I had the priviledge of meeting him, and talking with him years ago at the International Steel Guitar Convention St. Louis, MO.
I remember he listened very intently to everything that the other steel players were playing at the convention. He commented as we were talking, "Just listen to how quite they get,(referring to the audience) when Day (Jimmy Day)plays!" Of course I was a big Jimmy Day fan too. Jerry was right, you could have heard a pin drop in that room of about 2000. I'm sure that the late Jimmy Day would have appreciated, and got a kick out of Jerry's comment, because he too was a great fan of Jerry Byrd's Steel Guitar playing.
Terry J. Wood
Heavenly Math
3 Nails + 1 Cross = 4 Given
I Corinthians 1:18
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Joel Glassman
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Waltham MA USA
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Posted 22 Apr 2002 9:27 am
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nice article. He says:
"You're really playing by ear, because a steel guitar is the only instrument in the world you play by sight. You got frets there, but if you're a little out of tune the frets have no relevance. You still have to adjust, and your ear has to hear if you're sharp or flat and make the adjustment."
Hm. What about the violin?
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Jack Byrd
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Kalamazoo, Michigan
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Posted 23 Apr 2002 6:20 am
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| When did they start putting frets on a violin? And only four strings, c'mon its no comparision in my mind. I have observed many violin players with their eyes closed while playing and the level in which the instrument is held on the shoulder and the angle of the eyes to the neck of the instrument is not conducive to sight playing. Also the neck is much shorter than the neck on a steel guitar. So I wouldn't put this instrument in the same category as the to ease of playing each. Jerry is correct, the steel guitar is the hardest to play. |
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Jeff Strouse
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Jacksonville, Florida, USA
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Posted 23 Apr 2002 11:48 am
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You may notice "unregistered" by my screen name (above)...I finally changed my screen name to my full name! For those of you who have my email address...it's the same.
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Andy Volk
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Boston, MA
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Posted 23 Apr 2002 12:30 pm
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"...the steel guitar is the hardest to play."
No argument from me! |
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