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Bob Gondesen
From:
Texas, USA
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Posted 30 Jun 2021 8:44 am |
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HEY GUYS
I JUST TURNED 90 YEARS OLD , AND STILL LOVE PLAYING
PEDAL STEEL . I STARTED AT AROUND 8 YEARS OLD .. I WOULD
LISTEN TO THE OPRY , READ TABS , PRACTICE WHEN I COULD
AND LISTENED TO OTHER PLAYERS .
I HAVE FEET NEPHROPATHY , WHICH MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO
PLAY, BUT I TOLERATE IT . I PLAY EVERYDAY ALSO I TEACH
SOME ALSO .
I HOPE TO PLAY ANOTHER 90 YEARS , HAHA .
BOB GONDESEN
LA MARQUE , TX |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 30 Jun 2021 9:18 am
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Bless your heart! 
Erv |
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Don R Brown
From:
Rochester, New York, USA
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Posted 30 Jun 2021 9:57 am
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Bob, happy 90th birthday and may you have many more! I am a mere kid of 72 but I sure do wish I had started steel at age 8 like you, instead of after I retired. I commend you on enjoying every day of life you are given - I'm sure your upbeat attitude and positive outlook have something to do with your long life.  Keep on playing!
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Larry Dering
From:
Missouri, USA
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Posted 30 Jun 2021 12:05 pm
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| Bob that's wonderful and still playing. Like Don I'm a young 72 year old player. I played guitar since my teens and pedal steel in my late 30s. I also play daily. Keeps us young. Happy birthday and many more to come. |
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dlayne
From:
OH
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Posted 30 Jun 2021 1:42 pm Bob
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Bob, you’re an inspiration to us all, God Bles and many more licks to be played, Dan Layne
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Dan Layne |
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 30 Jun 2021 2:08 pm
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Best Wishes and Happy Birthday Bob. Keep on pickin'!
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Roy Rosetta
From:
Nederland, Texas.. On the Texas Gulf Coast
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Posted 30 Jun 2021 7:18 pm
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Happy 90th Bobby !!! You still play like a "champ" and will for another 90 years. Barbara sends her best to you and Elaine and we must get our plans together for that lunch in Galveston we've been talking about.
Later my friend,
....Roy and Barbara
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Music is a "gift" with many wrappings....
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Wesley Medlen
From:
LaCygne,Ks
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Posted 1 Jul 2021 4:51 am
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Happy birthday Bob. I started on rythum guitar at 10 yrs. of age. I started on lap steel in 1950. Was 85 in April still set down and practice with cd's. Been in a cowboy church band 111/2 years keep up it keeps us going God Bless Wes
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Justice S10 Jr, Gibson Electra 6string, Boss Katana 100, Steelers Choice ,Gretsch 6 string lap, Hilton VP |
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Chris Brooks
From:
Providence, Rhode Island
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Posted 1 Jul 2021 5:18 am
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What an inspiration you are, Bob! I am a mere stripling of 77 but I enjoy playing more than ever--now that I don't have to make a living from it. I'm a part of a roots / fusion / Americana band; a Western swing group; and play guitar for a husband and wife group who sing in 8 languages. Plus I have been doing more recording lately that ever.
An advantage of playing for a long time is that we have many decades of experience to draw on. But yes, we do have to work around conditions like your neuropathy--and my thumb arthritis.
But that just makes me play simpler and with a more positive attack. Hey: let the kids shred!!
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Bruce Blackburn
From:
Nashville, Tennessee
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Posted 1 Jul 2021 1:17 pm
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You have just joined with one of the best groups of folks on the planet; and me. Happy birthday! Here’s to many more.
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Rittenberry Prestige D10, Dekley S14U, (stolen) ZumSteel D10
(2) Nashville 112's Nashville 1000, Profex II Kemper Profiler Powered, Quilter Tone Block 202, Benado Steel Dream |
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Bobby D. Jones
From:
West Virginia, USA
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Posted 1 Jul 2021 8:37 pm
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Happy Birthday Bob.
Carrying all that equipment keeps a man in shape for sure. Happy Steelin another 90 years. |
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Tony Prior
From:
Charlotte NC
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Posted 2 Jul 2021 12:03 am
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Thx for the post Bob, happy B-Day, keep pickin , you are an inspiration !
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Emmons L-II , Fender Telecasters, B-Benders , Eastman Mandolin ,
Pro Tools 12 on WIN 7 !
jobless- but not homeless- now retired 9 years
CURRENT MUSIC TRACKS AT > https://tprior2241.wixsite.com/website |
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Shorty Smith
From:
Columbus, Georgia, USA
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Posted 2 Jul 2021 1:33 pm
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| Happy 90 birthday Bob, I'm right behind you at 89 and I play app. one hour every day at home, My last gig was February 2020 at the VFW in Phenix City, Al. due to the Virus.I hope my next gig will be soon, Shorty |
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Ray Mangrum
From:
Nashville, TN.
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Posted 3 Jul 2021 5:27 am Happy Birthday YOUNG MAN
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| Happy Birthday Bob, you are certainly an inspiration to me. |
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Bob Jennings
From:
Indiana, USA
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Posted 4 Jul 2021 1:34 am Steel Players
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Bob,
Happy 90th. Alvino Rey played steel guitar in his 90's. He had pedals but for changing keys--and also had a talking steel. Look up his vinyl long play and buy one--there is a lot of info on him on the cover.
Again, Happy 90th---another 90 and you'll really be famous--you'll be the oldest steel player around--I'll only be 168 and still a wannabee peddler.
A few years ago, my Wife and I were visiting friends near Houston and we went to a place that had music--I got to sing a couple old Country songs with the band and Keith Gilley was playing Sax in the band.
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Bob Gondesen
From:
Texas, USA
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Posted 11 Jul 2021 8:57 am Steel Players
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HEY GUYS
I APPRECIATE ALL THOSE KIND WORDS AND ENCOURAGEMENT
YES , IT HAS BEEN GREAT , I THINK I WILL JUST HAVE TO
TAKE YOUR ADVISE AND LIVE ANOTHER 90 YEARS PLAYING
STEEL .
THANKS VERY MUCH GUYS
BOB GONDESEN
LA MARQUE ,TEXAS |
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Bob Jennings
From:
Indiana, USA
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Posted 11 Jul 2021 10:41 am Bob Gondesen
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Bob,
If we get to Houston sometime next winter, I'll look you up...I play good Barre Chord Rhythm on a Gibson L50 with a DeArmond Pickup thru a Fender Deluxe 112 Amp--we could do some old Country songs.
Bob Jennings
Southern Indiana |
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Aaron Marshall
From:
Texas, USA
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Posted 11 Jul 2021 1:10 pm
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Happy Birthday Bob!
Thanks for all of your years of dedication to the steel guitar. That is great and such an inspiration to the rest of us players. Let's keep it going!
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Aaron Marshall
Steel Picking
youtube.com/steelpicking |
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Herb Steiner
From:
Briarcliff TX 78669, pop. 2,064
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Posted 14 Jul 2021 3:13 pm
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Happy b'day Bob! I always enjoyed the dinners the gang would have after the Jamboree, and I'm looking forward to doing the same with you again sometime.
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My rig: Infinity and Telonics.
Son, we live in a world with walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with steel guitars. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinberg? |
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Jody Cameron
From:
Angleton, TX,, USA
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Posted 14 Jul 2021 10:29 pm
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| Happy birthday Bob! |
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Tracy Sheehan
From:
Fort Worth, Texas, USA
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Posted 16 Jul 2021 9:57 pm Right behind you bob.
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I will be 90 in a short time if
I live to see it.  The reply function just now came back up Tracy |
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