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Walter Stettner
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Posted 15 Mar 2006 8:16 am |
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Isn't it good to see that Lloyd has recorded so much great music in the last few years, with new artists who are not taking the strict commercial avenue. All of these projects are fresh, original and they give master musicians like Lloyd the freedom to express their musical creativity and add their master touch to the recording.
It is an impressive list of great singers, with a wide variety of styles, from classic country to very personal singer/songwriter music that is not easy to categorize: Red Kilby, Jean Stafford, Laura Cash, Robbie Fulks (who also produced the great Johnny Paycheck tribute project!), Peter Cooper,
Chris Richards, Pete Harris, John Williamson, Dale Keys and Gary Bennett, plus new recordings with seasoned artists like Nanci Griffith, Steve Wariner, Rattlesnake Annie and, not to forget, Lloyd's hauntingly beautiful playing on Alan Jackson's #1 "Remember When".
I am always looking forward to each new album with Lloyd!  By the way, soundclips of most of the current recordings are available on the website www.lloydgreentribute.com
Kind Regards, Walter
www.lloydgreentribute.com
www.austriansteelguitar.at.tf
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Mark Eaton
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Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 15 Mar 2006 10:18 am
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I have mentioned this on another thread, but I will also post it here.
If you have not seen it, you MUST get your hands on the current issue of "The Journal of Country Music." There is an extensive article about Lloyd Green and the pedal steel in the most recent issue.
It is written by Robbie Fulks, and I must say that is probably the finest article I have ever read relating to pedal steel.
If you can't find it at your local news stand/magazine store, you can order it here:
www.countrymusichalloffame.com
Since I picked up the magazine about a month ago, I have probably read the article about a half dozen times!
Lloyd, as we all know, is one of the greatest steelers to ever pick up a bar, and he also an extremely intelligent and interesting individual. He has some very thought provoking comments in this piece.
The issue is Volume 24.3
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Walter Stettner
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Duncan Hodge
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DeLand, FL USA
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Posted 15 Mar 2006 7:46 pm
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Hello Walter,
Absolutely beautiful.
Duncan |
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Jason Schofield
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Posted 15 Mar 2006 10:27 pm
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I would really love to know how Lloyd learned to play. Steel Guitars are not cheap when you're young. How he afforded his first steel. I'd love to know how he taught himself or what he did in the woodshed. I mean today we have computers, the internet, videos, dvds and mountains of teaching materials to learn from ect... How did he get so good way back then.
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Mark Eaton
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Posted 16 Mar 2006 9:51 am
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According to the article, Lloyd started out like many in America after WWII, with the Oahu Method in large group lessons on lap steel (1947), at age 7. He was already making money on the thing, playing gigs on a Bakelite at age 10. He was sort of a steel guitar prodigy.
He said he used three open tunings at this point-A,E, and G minor. He played some rough places, where knifings and shootings ocurred! He was half a duo with Mobile musician and guitarist, Emmanuel Bates. They played at venues called The Rose Room and The Dixie Drive-In.
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