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Topic: Who would you play for? |
Damir Besic
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Posted 10 Nov 2002 11:21 am |
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I moved to Nashville from thousands of miles away to be in the country music meka of the world and play some good ol` country songs.Well,I guess I`m late.I figured that out few years back tho.I don`t realy know if there is a one artist out there that I would enjoy playing for.Guys like Alan Jackson and George Strait are only few,very few.I would love to play some good old honky-tonk and western swing music but nobody is doing it anymore.So I guess I`ll just keep driving that FedEx truck and buy me a band on the tape  .I realy can`t put up with all that new crap on radio either.Shame.But here is a question.If you can chose,with wich of the new bands or artists would you like to work?
p.s.
btw,last sunday I went down town to see some bands.Not a one steel player down town Nashville???But there was some three piece rock band in "Bluegrass Inn"???Am I missing something here?What`s wrong with that picture?[This message was edited by Damir Besic on 10 November 2002 at 11:24 AM.] [This message was edited by Damir Besic on 10 November 2002 at 11:46 AM.] |
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Kevin Hatton
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Buffalo, N.Y.
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Posted 10 Nov 2002 11:42 am
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| Thats exactly why I wouldn't play for a Nashville road band. Not interested. |
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Johan Jansen
From:
Europe
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Posted 10 Nov 2002 11:44 am
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Earnest Bovine
From:
Los Angeles CA USA
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Posted 10 Nov 2002 11:56 am
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| Astor Piazzolla would be fun. |
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Terry Wendt
From:
Nashville, TN, USA
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Posted 10 Nov 2002 12:08 pm
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Jean Luc Ponty  2 Jam!
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Donny Hinson
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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 10 Nov 2002 1:02 pm
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If they were touring, and if I wanted to play, I'd pick...Gene Watson, Curtis Potter, Justin Trevino, Johnny Bush, or any of the other few singers left who still think the band is just as important as they are.
They are a dying breed, for sure. |
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Kenny Dail
From:
Kinston, N.C. R.I.P.
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Posted 10 Nov 2002 1:06 pm
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Ray Price
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John P. Phillips
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Folkston, Ga. U.S.A., R.I.P.
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Posted 10 Nov 2002 1:47 pm
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WOW KENNY, I didn't realize Ray Price was a new artist !!!! LOL 
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Eric West
From:
Portland, Oregon, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 10 Nov 2002 2:40 pm
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Sheryl Crow. No Doubt about it..
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Yeah. Sheryl Crow.
Anybody know her?
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 10 Nov 2002 3:48 pm
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Eric West
From:
Portland, Oregon, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 10 Nov 2002 3:58 pm
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Portland Oregon.
"One Big Surprise after Another."
Our City Motto[This message was edited by Eric West on 11 November 2002 at 11:05 PM.] |
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Jeff Evans
From:
Cowtown and The Bill Cox Outfit
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Posted 10 Nov 2002 5:05 pm
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The Leland Green Experience, Jim Snider, or the fourth piece of The John Steele Trio.
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"...reguards yo camara exposure nad roconition..." --From an actual Forum post. What language is this? Canadian?
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Damir Besic
From:
Nashville,TN.
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Posted 10 Nov 2002 8:38 pm
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| I think Mark Chestnut was pretty darn country.Whatever happend to him?Anybody knows? |
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Bob Hoffnar
From:
Austin, Tx
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Posted 11 Nov 2002 12:57 am
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I have to say that I often find it deeply fullfilling to play music with quite a few of the musicians I get to work with. This band "Hem" I have been picking up work with is actually great and doing pretty well.
It would be boring if I had to play just one form of music all the time.
As far as a dream gig goes I would love to work with Henry Threadgil.
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Ricky Littleton
From:
Steely-Eyed Missile Man from Cocoa Beach, Florida USA
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Posted 11 Nov 2002 3:18 am
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Eric beat me to Sheryl Crowe!!! Guess I'd opt for Jewel since Eric took my job!! Ha-ha!
Ricky
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Glenn Suchan
From:
Austin, Texas
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Posted 11 Nov 2002 11:09 am
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I'm quite happy playin' for Kevin Fowler
Keep on pickin'!
Glenn www.kevinfowler.com |
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Carter York
From:
Austin, TX [Windsor Park]
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Posted 11 Nov 2002 12:13 pm
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Posted 11 Nov 2002 12:20 pm
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| Astor Piazzolla would be fun. |
That might be difficult, seeing as how he is dead.
I'd like to play with the Allman Brothers band. |
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Jeff Evans
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Cowtown and The Bill Cox Outfit
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Posted 11 Nov 2002 9:19 pm
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| ...seeing as how he is dead. |
This is clearly offensive to all of the dead people on the Forum.
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Jeff
Pale Monk of Cowtown
"...reguards yo camara exposure nad roconition..." --Speaking in tongues on the Steel Guitar Forum.
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Eric West
From:
Portland, Oregon, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 11 Nov 2002 9:55 pm
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Bob Hayes
From:
Church Hill,Tenn,USA
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Posted 13 Nov 2002 4:48 pm
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| ANY BODY |
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Jeff Evans
From:
Cowtown and The Bill Cox Outfit
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Posted 13 Nov 2002 5:56 pm
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Again, the dead cringe (as continuity flies out the window from post facto editing and deletion.)
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Jeff
Pale Monk of Cowtown
"...reguards yo camara exposure nad roconition..." --Speaking in tongues on the Steel Guitar Forum.
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Eric West
From:
Portland, Oregon, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 13 Nov 2002 11:37 pm
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Well, sometimes if you snooze.....
I suppose sometimes I get to remember that if Civilization is Destroyed, I'd rather that when the HDD at SGF Forum is booted up that they think that Old Eric West never said an unkind or inconsiderate thing to anybody. |
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Bobby Lee
From:
Cloverdale, California, USA
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Posted 14 Nov 2002 11:25 am
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I get the impression that most steel players on the road don't really get to stretch out much. The acts I see that carry a steel player mostly use the instrument for signature hooks and riffs off of their records. I don't think it would be much fun to set up in a different venue every night just to regurgitate Paul Franklin's parts.
No offense intended - I love Paul's playing! But I like to compose my own parts and think up new variations on them when I play. A lot of the brand name acts on the road don't allow musicians to do that.
Also, I don't think that road work pays all that well. There's a bit of prestige in performing with a major recording artist, but the other aspects of the job aren't very appealling to me.
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Bob Hoffnar
From:
Austin, Tx
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Posted 14 Nov 2002 1:07 pm
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b0b,
There is always something to be learned from every gig. Classical musicians spend there whole life regurgitating Beethoven licks. On a gig like that the beauty is in the articulation. I love improvizing more than most but it can end up being a well worn path pretty soon if your gigs don't demand more from you.
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