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Topic: Spare time on stage |
Tommy Roten
From:
Trondheim, Norway
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Posted 26 Jul 2004 5:50 am |
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When you play steelguitar you have a lot of spare time on stage during verses, guitar solos so on, but what you do then? Play backup, tune, smile at the ladies, drink beer?
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Steinar Gregertsen
From:
Arendal, Norway, R.I.P.
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Posted 26 Jul 2004 6:01 am
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I never drink beer on stage, but I tune the ladies and smile at the backup! 
Steinar
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Tony Smart
From:
Harlow. Essex. England
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Posted 26 Jul 2004 12:02 pm
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| When I'm not playing I find knitting helps pass the time. |
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Lee Baucum
From:
McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 26 Jul 2004 12:07 pm
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Frown at the drummer, who's playing too loud.
(Wait, that should be loudly, an adverb.)
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Lee, from South Texas
Down On The Rio Grande
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Tim Whitlock
From:
Colorado, USA
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Posted 26 Jul 2004 12:17 pm
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Usually I check the setlist for the next song coming up, so I can make necessary preparations. Sometimes, I'll follow the chord progression silently with the volume pedal off, so I look like I'm doing something besides just sitting there (this drives sound men crazy!).
Otherwise, I enjoy audience watching as a hobby. Remember to smile and nod when you make eye contact.
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John Daugherty
From:
Rolla, Missouri, USA
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Posted 27 Jul 2004 4:29 am
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Or in the case of Bill Monroe... When he got up to do his thing, he looked at me and told me I could just get off the stage !!!
Bill was a man of few words. ........ JD |
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Joerg Hennig
From:
Bavaria, Germany
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Posted 27 Jul 2004 9:56 am
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| I don´t have a lot of spare time on stage. |
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Mark van Allen
From:
Watkinsville, Ga. USA
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Posted 27 Jul 2004 10:21 am
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Interesting thread- on gigs with a big "country" band, I'll lay out more, but for most of my gigs the steel is filling the role of kind of a keyboard/saxophone combination, and I'll comp behind other instruments and vocals, play lines with/around other section players etc. I've always looked at steel as another instrument in the band, there to support and color the music, rather than a specialty noise that just drops in here and there...
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Dave Ristrim
From:
Whites Creek, TN
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Posted 27 Jul 2004 12:50 pm
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I will sometimes practice scales and licks with the volume off. I try to do it discreetly. Other times I'll just spin the bar in my fingers and check out the crowd.
Dave |
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Nicholas Dedring
From:
Beacon, New York, USA
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Posted 27 Jul 2004 12:51 pm
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I'm playing with folks who have a fiddle player who sings most of the time, so can't do leads much, and no electric guitar.
They pretty much have told me not to lay out... which is interesting, trying to find a relaxed pad kind of thing... on those moments where there's breathing room, I'll typically play beer, smile at my tuner, and drink ladies. 
Sinner that I am, I would smoke if I could when the pauses came, but that's not allowed here anymore.[This message was edited by Nicholas Dedring on 27 July 2004 at 01:53 PM.] |
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Bill Bosler
From:
Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, USA
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Posted 27 Jul 2004 5:45 pm
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| I've never had the luxury of working in a band that had enough pickers so I could do nothing between solos. |
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Ray Minich
From:
Bradford, Pa. Frozen Tundra
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Posted 27 Jul 2004 6:05 pm
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| Fidget. |
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 27 Jul 2004 7:21 pm
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| I pull out my blackberry and check my email. Then, if there's still another chorus to go, I might call my mom on my cellphone, just to see how she's doing... |
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Steven Black
From:
Gahanna, Ohio, USA
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Posted 3 Aug 2004 10:33 am
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| I drink A&W rootbeer in my spare time and stare at the ladies, steveb. |
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David Spires
From:
Millersport, OH
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Posted 3 Aug 2004 11:10 am
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Smile nice and big toward the artist... maybe dance around a little on my pack-a-seat until the guitar tech falls over laughing...
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Jennings Ward
From:
Edgewater, Florida, R.I.P.
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Posted 3 Aug 2004 7:09 pm
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PLAY STEEL JUST FOR THE SOUND OF IT........
EAT PEANUTS........JENNINGS
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Eric West
From:
Portland, Oregon, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 3 Aug 2004 7:41 pm
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I make sure my clip is in right and the safety is off..
Cleaning I save for the breaks.
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Mike Brown
From:
Meridian, Mississippi USA
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Posted 4 Aug 2004 5:18 am
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| I take a LaZ Boy recliner with me for those precious moments. |
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Hook Moore
From:
South Charleston,West Virginia
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Posted 4 Aug 2004 10:52 am
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Mike, the lazy boy a 400 or the new 1000 ?
Hook
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Kevin Post
From:
Nashville, TN, USA
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