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Topic: Portrait of b0b playing steel |
Shoshanah Marohn
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Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 20 Mar 2024 4:16 pm |
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I made this portrait of my dad, about 2016. He challenged me to draw him playing steel. I drew it in a digital drawing program. Bobby Lee playing his Desert Rose:
P.S. My name, “Shoshanah,” means “Desert Rose” in Hebrew. I don’t know if he knew that or if it was just a happy coincidence.
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Carrying on the Steel Guitar Forum for my dad, b0b, R.I.P. |
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Bill Ladd
From:
Wilmington, NC, USA
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Posted 20 Mar 2024 4:41 pm
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| Aww, that’s awesome! |
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Jon Jaffe
From:
Austin, Texas
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Posted 20 Mar 2024 6:51 pm
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| Shoshanah and the pleural Shoshanim, roses, were part of a folk song written in the mid-50s and a minor worldwide hit in 1971. "Erev Shel Shoshanim, Eve of the Roses is wonderful to play on the pedal steel. Your dad had to have heard it. It is a hauntingly beautiful melody. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKSFmwX_E1k |
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gary pierce
From:
Rossville TN
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Posted 21 Mar 2024 4:06 am
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| That is a cool pic and I'm sure it made him happy. |
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Shoshanah Marohn
From:
Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 21 Mar 2024 4:12 am
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| Jon Jaffe wrote: |
| Shoshanah and the pleural Shoshanim, roses, were part of a folk song written in the mid-50s and a minor worldwide hit in 1971. "Erev Shel Shoshanim, Eve of the Roses is wonderful to play on the pedal steel. Your dad had to have heard it. It is a hauntingly beautiful melody. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKSFmwX_E1k |
That is very cool! I did not know that!
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Carrying on the Steel Guitar Forum for my dad, b0b, R.I.P. |
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David Weisenthal
From:
Arizona, USA
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Posted 21 Mar 2024 7:45 am
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| Thats great Shoshanah! Good likeness. |
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Jon Light
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Posted 21 Mar 2024 8:04 am
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Having worked on 3 (or maybe 4?) Desert Rose guitars of a dear, departed friend, (and rehoming them for his widow) they have a special place in my heart.
This is sweet, Shoshanah. |
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Raybob Bowman
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S. Lake Tahoe, CA, USA
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Posted 21 Mar 2024 8:09 am
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Sierra U12 4+5 / 1933 Dobro / homemade Tele B-bender |
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Ross Shafer
From:
Petaluma, California
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Posted 21 Mar 2024 8:10 am
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| you really captured his face Shoshanah! |
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Will Houston
From:
Tempe, Az
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Posted 22 Mar 2024 9:31 pm
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| Very impressive, nice work. |
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