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Topic: Most requested tune to steelers, |
Les Anderson
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Posted 20 Mar 2005 9:58 am |
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I know that I am a relative beginner on the steel guitar; however, I am now getting a few of requests to play certain solo tunes whenever I play in public with our group . Most requests are from people who obviously know a little about the steel guitar sound and have heard these tunes played on the steel previously.
Other than “The Steel Guitar Rag” what tune/s are you asked most to play?
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[This message was edited by Les Anderson on 20 March 2005 at 10:58 AM.] |
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John Daugherty
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Rolla, Missouri, USA
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Posted 20 Mar 2005 10:35 am
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| NONE. On second thought, I was once asked to play "way back in the hills" (where they couldn't hear me). |
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Jim Smith
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Midlothian, TX, USA
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Posted 20 Mar 2005 10:36 am
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"Far Far Away"   |
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ray qualls
From:
Baxter Springs, Kansas (deceased)
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Posted 20 Mar 2005 10:42 am
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| Probably, Sleepwalk & Last Date for me. Ray |
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 20 Mar 2005 11:07 am
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If it's an older crowd, "Sleepwalk".
If it's a younger crowd, "Anything by Robert Randolph?" |
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Mark van Allen
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Watkinsville, Ga. USA
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Posted 20 Mar 2005 11:08 am
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Les, I'd say it really depends where you play. If you are entertaining some of the generation who even remember instrumental music there are several gems you'll probably get asked for. The younger crowd, at least down south here, don't remember any of those. Probably a good thing, since none of the bands I play with know them either! I mostly get asked for songs they know with steel parts, like "Fire on the Mountain" or Robert Randolph's "The March". A lot of the younger crowd here really like classic "retro" country- they just weren't around when all those steel tunes used to be used as radio bumpers and DJ signature tunes. Those days seem to be long gone.
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Bob Carlucci
From:
Candor, New York, USA
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Posted 20 Mar 2005 11:31 am
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It was only about 4 0r 5 times in the last 12 years that I got ANY steel requests.. always by the same woman, and always Sleepwalk... Other than that, even though I play for multiple thousands of folks every year, I'd say better than 99% of them have NO conception of what a steel guitar is,what it does,what it sounds like ,or why it even exists.. The rare comments I get on it break down thusly.. 90%"Nice Slide"
5% "Is that a keyboard?"
3% Is that a zither?
2%"What is that" [This message was edited by Bob Carlucci on 20 March 2005 at 11:31 AM.] [This message was edited by Bob Carlucci on 20 March 2005 at 11:34 AM.] [This message was edited by Bob Carlucci on 20 March 2005 at 11:34 AM.] |
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Andy Greatrix
From:
Edmonton Alberta
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Posted 20 Mar 2005 12:08 pm
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For me, It's steel guitar rag, hands down.
It was the first tune I learned so I would be prepared.
Once you've played it three times through and ended it with the classic chromatic ending,
no matter how bad you play for the rest of the evening,
the people who clap on one and three cannot be unconvinced that you are a steel player. |
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Jack Dougherty
From:
Spring Hill, Florida, USA
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Posted 20 Mar 2005 12:29 pm
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I was asked to play "Never Again" once...but I never got back to play it a second time...
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Les Anderson
From:
The Great White North
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Posted 20 Mar 2005 1:29 pm
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Mark is right on the mark of course. The age group is the determining factor.
The first solo tune I learned to play on my steel was "Steel guitar rag" because to me that was the signature of the steel guitar and you were not a steel player unless you could play it forewards, backwards and sideways.
I do play with a church band twice a week (sometimes three times) and even the older people in the church come up and ask if I know the steel guitar rag. I am not sure how much Jesus liked music but, I have played it "very quietly" more than once in our church.
Sleep walk is another that I am asked for but I cannot play the tune yet without making a mess of it.
Another is, Together Again. It's not a steel guitar solo tune; however, Tom Brumly's work in the song really sticks in people's minds for some reason.
Maybe I'll be a genuine steel guitar player some day and will be able to play them all. In the mean time however, "yu wanna hear, The Steel Guitar Rag?"
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(I am not right all of the time but I sure like to think I am!)
[This message was edited by Les Anderson on 20 March 2005 at 01:31 PM.] |
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Jerry Roller
From:
Van Buren, Arkansas USA
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Posted 20 Mar 2005 2:14 pm
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"Great Speckled Bird", "Mockingbird", "Ten Thousand Years", "Steel Guitar Rag".
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Reggie Duncan
From:
Mississippi
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Posted 20 Mar 2005 2:19 pm
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| "Amazing Grace" and "Shenandoah". |
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Lee Baucum
From:
McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 20 Mar 2005 2:31 pm
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Back in the early 60's, when my cousin was learning to play the tuba, my uncle was always asking him to play some tune called "Out In The Garage".
Lee |
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Lee Baucum
From:
McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 20 Mar 2005 2:37 pm
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By the way, the only instrumentals we play are "Cotton Eyed Joe", "Jalisco", and a schottisch. (Do any of you guys outside of Texas play a schottisch?) I used to play "Nashville to Bakersfield", which I got out of Winnie Winston's old book. That's I nice tune to come back from a break with.
We never get any requests for any steel guitar instrumentals.
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Larry Strawn
From:
Golden Valley, Arizona, R.I.P.
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Posted 20 Mar 2005 3:14 pm
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No doubt,, Steel Guitar Rag,,
Sometimes toward the end of the night, and Ginger doesn't feel up to singing it I will play "Crazy, or You Belong to Me" They both make nice instrumentals.
Larry
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 20 Mar 2005 3:52 pm
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| Along with the others already mentioned, I've also been asked for "B-Bowman Hop", "Bud's Bounce", "Draggin' the Bar", and...of course, "Danny Boy". |
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Roy Ayres
From:
Riverview, Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 20 Mar 2005 3:58 pm
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A bandleader once told me that if I would play "Near The Door" he would help me out.
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Dr. Hugh Jeffreys
From:
Southaven, MS, USA
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Posted 20 Mar 2005 5:32 pm
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| Roy - Was that when you were playing with Johnny Banana and his Music with A Peal or B. F. Goodrich and his Rubber Band? ---j--- |
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Les Green
From:
Jefferson City, MO, R.I.P.
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Posted 20 Mar 2005 6:00 pm
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I had a rather unusual request the other night.
An older woman, probably about 70+ came up and wanted me to play "Ting-A-Ling", an old Little
Roy Wiggens tune. After clearing out a few cob-webs and going back to my non-pedal days I managed to play it. Made me feel rather good......... |
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Dave Grafe
From:
Hudson River Valley NY
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Posted 20 Mar 2005 7:06 pm
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The entire world asks for "Steel Guitar Rag" in large part because they can remember the name of the song. It's like "OBS" for a fiddle player, you might as well figure out how to have fun with it cause you're gonna be asked to play it.
On a good night, the bandleader will call for "Bud's Bounce" instead, or often "Last Date" and in the end, "the people who clap on one" will still be delighted.
Actually, I'm happy enough myself if it's "Together Again" - there's plenty of instrumental in TB's famous ride, and room to hop around in his footsteps some at that.
I DO like the idea of playin' for Reggie's crowd, I could definitely go with "Amazing Grace" and/or "Shenandoah" ALL night long.[This message was edited by Dave Grafe on 20 March 2005 at 07:09 PM.] |
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Roger Edgington
From:
San Antonio, Texas USA
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Posted 20 Mar 2005 7:23 pm
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| Once in a while I get a request for Midnight in Amarillo. |
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Jim Bates
From:
Alvin, Texas, USA
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Posted 21 Mar 2005 6:03 am
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For stage shows: (other than Steel Guitar Rag)
Boot Heel Drag
Pahhandle Rag
In the Mood
Misty
Blue Spanish Eyes
Sleep Walk
For dances:
Usually only a good waltz -
Westphalia, Kentucky, Tennessee,etc.
Not many steel instrumentals at dances here.
Thanx,
Jim |
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Don Walters
From:
Saskatchewan Canada
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Posted 21 Mar 2005 6:59 am
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| Do any of you guys outside of Texas play a schottisch?) |
I played "pro" for five years after high school, '57-'62, and the Friday & Saturday night dances were big in the country towns around here. We played a schottisch at least twice a night in those days.
Haven't heard or played one for 40 years, though.
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Randy Beavers
From:
Lebanon,TN 37090
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Posted 21 Mar 2005 7:02 am
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For me it's probably that pesky 6th string.
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Lee Baucum
From:
McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 21 Mar 2005 7:41 am
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Randy - I love subtle humor.
Lee |
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