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Topic: Steel Guitar on Jeopardy |
Ben Elder
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La Crescenta, California, USA
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Posted 28 Mar 2022 6:20 pm |
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S G was the answer to a Jeopardy! question tonight…”as played by Jimmy Day and Greg Leisz.” Sa-lute!
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Lee Baucum
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McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 28 Mar 2022 7:35 pm
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My wife and I looked at each other in amazement when that one popped up!
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Craig Stock
From:
Westfield, NJ USA
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Posted 29 Mar 2022 3:17 am
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Did anyone get it right?
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I cried because I had no shoes, then I met a man who had no feet.
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K Maul
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Hadley, NY/Hobe Sound, FL
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Posted 29 Mar 2022 4:23 am
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My man Greg!
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Bill McCloskey
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Posted 29 Mar 2022 4:33 am
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| Second person got it right. The first person said “ Steel Drums” lol. |
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John De Maille
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On a Mountain in Upstate Halcottsville, N.Y.
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Posted 29 Mar 2022 2:16 pm
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| Saw that. Was quite surprised. At least some one knew the answer. |
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Larry Dering
From:
Missouri, USA
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Posted 29 Mar 2022 5:32 pm
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| I seen it and surprised someone knew the answer. There's hope in the world. |
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Roger Rettig
From:
Naples, FL
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Posted 30 Mar 2022 4:25 am
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It gave us a bit of a start, too!
Then I began to wonder how the show's writers came up with those names; both accomplished and high-level players, yet not the names that I'd have thought would spring first to the mind of a layman.
Perhaps a staff writer is a secret fan and has waited for years to slip a 'steel guitar' reference into the show.
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Roger Rettig: Emmons D10, B-bender Teles and Martins - and, at last, a Gibson Super 400!
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Marc Muller
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Neptune,NJ USA
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Posted 30 Mar 2022 4:36 am
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| I debated whether it was correct or not. The example was def a pedal steel guitar, the clue mentioned using hands and feet to play, the players cited are def more known as pedal steel guitarists. So, wouldn't answering just steel guitar be more wrong than right? |
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Brint Hannay
From:
Maryland, USA
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Posted 30 Mar 2022 8:27 pm
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| Roger Rettig wrote: |
It gave us a bit of a start, too!
Then I began to wonder how the show's writers came up with those names; both accomplished and high-level players, yet not the names that I'd have thought would spring first to the mind of a layman.
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Would ANY name have sprung at all, not just first, to the mind of a layman? At least the sound of the instrument was recognized by the person who answered correctly (enough), but names?  |
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Roger Rettig
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Naples, FL
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Posted 31 Mar 2022 3:01 am
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You're quite right, Brint.
I spoke without thought; there's no 'Eric Clapton' equivalent in the world of steel guitar - not in the public's consciousness, anyway.
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Roger Rettig: Emmons D10, B-bender Teles and Martins - and, at last, a Gibson Super 400!
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Roger Rettig
From:
Naples, FL
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Posted 31 Mar 2022 7:07 am
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I've found that 'Hawaiian guitar' conveys more to the general population than 'steel guitar. Even then, there are still blank stares sometimes.
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Roger Rettig: Emmons D10, B-bender Teles and Martins - and, at last, a Gibson Super 400!
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Rick Campbell
From:
Sneedville, TN, USA
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Posted 31 Mar 2022 10:24 am
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You're quite right, Brint.
I spoke without thought; there's no 'Eric Clapton' equivalent in the world of steel guitar - not in the public's consciousness, anyway. |
I agree also. I don't know of a steel player, pedal or otherwise, that would be recognized by the general public. Sad, but that's just how it is. I had some friends that went to see a George Jones concert several years ago and I asked if they remembered what the steel player's name was, the lady told me she didn't know if they even had a steel player or not. Of course they did and I confirmed later that it was Tom Killen. I afraid it's going to get worse. I'm afraid the country acts will go to singing to tracks like many of the gospel groups have done. I realized the convenience of it, but I don't have any interest in seeing them.
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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scott murray
From:
Asheville, NC
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Posted 31 Mar 2022 1:24 pm
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really cool to see Jimmy Day mentioned on national television in 2022. I imagine Leisz is a much more recognizable name these days but still far from a household word
kind of ironic that the most widely known steelers got that way due to their work outside of country music
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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