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Topic: video link of Scott Weiland and me. on NBC |
Rick Schmidt
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Prescott AZ, USA
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Posted 26 May 2005 8:50 pm |
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In case anybody's interested, I found a link to download a video of me playing on the "Last Call with Carson Daly Show" last week on NBC with the rock star Scott Weiland (from the Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver). It's a pretty big file. I can't even download it myself on my old computer. High speed internet connection is a must.
The name of the tune is "The man I didnt know". It's a rock power ballad with a touch of country flavoring......i.e.....me. This is quite a departure for hard rocker Scott, who wrote this song about his C&W loving dad.
I'm proud to have been a part of this whole experience. I'm featured pretty promemently, which I hope doesnt set the steel back too far.
http://www.belowempty.com/downloads.php
p.s. The hat wasnt my idea.  |
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Garry Vanderlinde
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CA
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Posted 26 May 2005 10:41 pm
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Very Nice! Great tune and really great playing Rick! Probably the best I've heard in quite a while! Let alone from a rock star, so "Thanks" to Scott Weiland too! Give us more like this.
The hat kind of makes you look like an evil Dwight Yokum, maybe we should call you "Dwight Nuke-um".
The only thing prettier than Scott's red "Burrito Bros" suite was the red Sho-Bud you were playing  .[This message was edited by Garry Vanderlinde on 27 May 2005 at 12:22 AM.] |
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Olli Haavisto
From:
Jarvenpaa,Finland
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Posted 27 May 2005 12:55 am
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Great stuff and exposure for the steel! Steel guitar and steel drum , that must be a first!
Way to go...
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Olli Haavisto,
Finland
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Gavin Dunn
From:
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Posted 27 May 2005 1:25 am
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Hey Rick,
That was some wonderful playing...nice big chords--your vibrato is f#$*in' great.....mournful.
Now "IMHO" all you need are a pair of skin tight pink slacks, and man.....Unstoppable!
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Marty Pollard
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Posted 27 May 2005 7:24 am
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| your vibrato is f#$*in' great |
I enthusiastically second this! Wonderful! And just generally wonderful playing.
The vibrato I usually hear coming out of Nashville makes me cringe. |
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Rick Schmidt
From:
Prescott AZ, USA
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Posted 27 May 2005 8:09 am
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Thanks guys 
Concerning Scott's suit....it's an actual vintage "Newdie" suit previously owned by no less than Gram Parsons. I think it was a loaner from the Hard Rock Cafe collection in Hollywood. |
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kevin ryan
From:
San Marcos, California
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Posted 27 May 2005 8:19 am
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| Rick.... Very Coool! Of course sounded terrific but what about the hat!!! You're great my friend... Some nice close-ups on the liver spots....k |
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Gene Jones
From:
Oklahoma City, OK USA, (deceased)
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Posted 27 May 2005 8:40 am
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Rick, thanks for the link; your work on this video was an excellant showcase for that obscure steel-guitar instrument! The camera director was obviously impressed with the visual effects of the steel guitar, and in addition, the audio mix of the steel was extraordinary.
With this kind of positive exposure the steel-guitar may not be dead yet!
www.genejones.com |
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frank rogers
From:
usa
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Posted 27 May 2005 8:50 am
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| Rick, great stuff and a really neat gig too! You're makin' us proud!! |
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Dave Van Allen
From:
Doylestown, PA , US , Earth
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Posted 27 May 2005 9:01 am
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Wow- Steel Guitar and Steel Drums... rockin'!!
nothin' Like a Nudie! |
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Dan Tyack
From:
Olympia, WA USA
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Posted 27 May 2005 10:12 am
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Cool music, Rick. I didn't know you played that country stuff
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Rick Schmidt
From:
Prescott AZ, USA
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Posted 27 May 2005 10:55 am
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| Yeah Dan...that's how I've been able to make a whopping $50 a night for the last 30 years....hence the "liver spots" that Kevin mentioned. |
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Dean Parks
From:
Sherman Oaks, California, USA
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Posted 27 May 2005 5:53 pm
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Rick-
Good work! Loud, proud, sounded great, and an extremely well-rehearsed group ! : )
And the cameraman really was impressed... I think it's the hat, Rick, I hope they let you keep it.
-dean-
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Nick Reed
From:
Russellville, KY USA
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Posted 27 May 2005 11:30 pm
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Rick,
Great job on the Show. You play with alot of taste & execution. Also you have just the right amount of reverb & effects through your amp for the song you were doing. That's a nice Sho-Bud you were playing too! Nick |
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Johan Jansen
From:
Europe
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Posted 28 May 2005 12:10 am
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Way to go Rick!
Please say hi to Heather and Bob from me!
take care!
Johan |
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Jeff Lampert
From:
queens, new york city
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Posted 28 May 2005 4:48 am
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Superb job, Rick. Touch, Taste, Tone, Terrific!
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Rick Schmidt
From:
Prescott AZ, USA
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Posted 28 May 2005 12:07 pm
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| Wow Thanks guys!!!! Youre making me blush...well maybe I'm just getting blotchy, but I really do appreciate the kind words from all you monsters! |
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Jon Light
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Posted 28 May 2005 1:50 pm
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Hey, Rick--that was worth the 17 hour download. Great. I really enjoyed it.
Watch that talk about monsters, though---for some of us it's a glandular thing, y'know? Plus I think there's a monster hiding under my bed and you've scared me now.
Thanks for the link! Would never had guessed Weiland was a Nudie suit, steel guitar, steel drum sort of guy. Too cool.
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Chris Walke
From:
St Charles, IL
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Posted 28 May 2005 1:58 pm
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Nice!
Y'know, Weiland really looks and acts like David Bowie in that clip. He's always imitating someone. When STP started, he was imitating Layne Staley from Alice In Chains. Now he's gone from grunge rock to glam rock. I think I see a little Adam Ant in his current appearance too.
But that doesn't matter. You're playing was great!
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John McClung
From:
Olympia WA, USA
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Posted 28 May 2005 3:25 pm
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Rick, you still need a VHS dupe from my digital recording for your archives? Maybe you haven't even seen it yet! Cool playing, and I, too, thought that hat was cool and hip, I might borrow the look if you don't mind.
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Mullen D-12/Webb amp/Profex II
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Gerry Hogan
From:
Burghclere, Hampshire, England
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Posted 31 May 2005 10:39 am
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| Rick, I'm just home for a couple of days and saw your posting - I loved your playing (but, you knew that I would ), and your tone and the great "synth-like" vibrato (Mike Smith - ish) - but, no! -it's Rick Schmidt, world-class steel player (IMHO). See you soon in jolly ol' Blighty! |
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Rick Schmidt
From:
Prescott AZ, USA
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Posted 31 May 2005 1:04 pm
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Gerry....Thanks so much for the kind words my good man! I'm wondering if "synth-like" wasn't refering to my sometimes flatulent sounds. I too am looking forward to playing bass for your great steel guitaring and hoisting a proper pint or ten in J.O.E. (jolly olde etc....)
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Thomas Bancroft
From:
Matawan, New Jersey, USA
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Posted 1 Jun 2005 9:59 am
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| Was Gram Parsons that skinny? |
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John McGann
From:
Boston, Massachusetts, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 1 Jun 2005 11:50 am
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WAY TO GO RICK!!!
Congratulations, what a nice high profile gig!
You buy the first round when we meet, though- I'm sure you can now afford the pint, being a rock star* and all
* union scale buys two pints, last time I checked
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Greg Vincent
From:
Folsom, CA USA
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Posted 2 Jun 2005 3:03 pm
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| Ya done us proud, Rick! Nice stuff! -GV |
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