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Topic: Favorite Footwear That You Wear To Play Steel |
Chris Templeton
From:
The Green Mountain State
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Doug Taylor
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Shelbyville, Kentucky, USA
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Posted 24 Nov 2024 7:26 am |
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Chris Templeton
From:
The Green Mountain State
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John Macy
From:
Rockport TX/Denver CO
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Posted 24 Nov 2024 8:52 am
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Manly?
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John Macy
Rockport, TX
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Fred Treece
From:
California, USA
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Posted 24 Nov 2024 10:33 am
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| Round-toe Justin or Tony Lama boots with a soft shank and at least 1” heel. No tennies or other flats. |
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Lee Rider
From:
Fort Bragg, California, USA
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Posted 24 Nov 2024 1:30 pm
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Thick socks for my size 15 feet....
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Lee Baucum
From:
McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 24 Nov 2024 1:50 pm
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| Sketchers |
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Fred Treece
From:
California, USA
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Posted 24 Nov 2024 2:51 pm
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| Part of my excuse for wearing boots is I double on guitar. Socks or sneakers or slippers with jeans, dress shirt n vest —- not a great look when yer in the upright position. |
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Terry Winter
From:
Saskatchewan, Canada
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Posted 24 Nov 2024 6:46 pm
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| This was a topic years ago when I started and thought to myself that I would play in whatever I had on(hell or highwater). I can practice in sock feet but play in cowboy boots, shoes, running shoes even boots when I have to. |
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Chris Templeton
From:
The Green Mountain State
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Posted 24 Nov 2024 7:48 pm
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Often, a little adjustment to the rear legs can compensate for heel size, but if one has two left left knee levers, for example, one accessed like normal and a second one further in towards the pedal rack, consistent leg position might be be an issue for some, leading to wanting to use the same footwear.
I wonder if there's any steeler that wears two different shoes?
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Soundcloud Playlist: https://soundcloud.com/bluespruce8: |
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Kenny Davis
From:
Great State of Oklahoma
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Posted 24 Nov 2024 10:14 pm
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Reebok Club C 85. I find I get best tone from the black ones.
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K Maul
From:
Hadley, NY/Hobe Sound, FL
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Posted 25 Nov 2024 5:08 am
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Did you know that “Manley Footware” was the moniker given to BJ Cole when he played with the satirical(but very good) British Country group Hank Wangford Band? Everyone in the band had a “secret identity”. I saw them at Dingwall’s in London when I was knocking around England in 1982.
I like wearing loafers or running shoes(if they have fairly thin soles) while playing. I don’t feel great in cowboy boots because they restrict ankle movement and the hard leather soles make it difficult to feel the pedals. Glad I never played with Ernest Tubb!
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Brett Day
From:
Pickens, SC
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Posted 25 Nov 2024 5:26 am
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| I wear Hey Dude shoes to play steel now and they're great shoes for playing steel! |
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chuck lemasters
From:
Jacksonburg, WV
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Posted 25 Nov 2024 7:46 am
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Saturday night I wore a pair of those square toed cowboy boots that make your feet look like those of a duck, but boat or deck shoes work better for me…so I don’t end up mashing three pedals at a time…  |
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Jack Hanson
From:
San Luis Valley, USA
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Posted 25 Nov 2024 10:34 am
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Minnetonka Moccasins:
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Rick Abbott
From:
Indiana, USA
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Posted 25 Nov 2024 2:32 pm
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Minnetonka Moccasins:
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This is exactly what I have worn for 20 years. Same brand, same style.
Heck, I wear them all the time at home.
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RICK ABBOTT
Sho~Bud D-10 Professional #7962
Remington T-8, Sehy #112
1975 Peavey Pacer |
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Ronald Sikes
From:
Corsicana, Tx
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Jon Jaffe
From:
Austin, Texas
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Posted 26 Nov 2024 8:51 am
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Twenty-year-old Ropers. They are as soft as loafers or boat shoes or sneakers.
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Dave Hopping
From:
Aurora, Colorado
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Posted 26 Nov 2024 10:43 am
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Wore various cowboy boots for years and years. Finally had to go to Skechers due to aging feet, but they're black so as to be inconspicuous. Been dressing somewhat western on the gig all this time and white sneakers aren't a good look for that..
More cowboy, less cosmic please.  |
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Larry Dering
From:
Missouri, USA
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Posted 26 Nov 2024 7:46 pm
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| Sketchers for me now. Not the Tennis shoe but a slip on casual. |
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Jon Voth
From:
Virginia, USA
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Posted 27 Nov 2024 9:21 pm
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I am hooked on Stacy Adams shoes with cap toe.
On my Mullen, ankle twists such as A pedal only with E lever right or B pedal only with E lever left and others-this is the shoe that works best for me. |
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Ricky Davis
From:
Bertram, Texas USA
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Posted 28 Nov 2024 5:58 am
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Me and Dicky Overbey wear/wore just socks, to play our wide waffle pedal Sho~Bud's.
Ricky
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Lee Baucum
From:
McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 28 Nov 2024 7:25 am
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| Lee Baucum wrote: |
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I have 3 pairs of Sketchers, black, gray, and brown.
My feet love them. I even wear them to the office, with Dockers.
~Lee |
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