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Brendan Mitchell


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Melbourne Australia
Post  Posted 10 May 2006 11:49 am    
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeGuwZxXJPQ&search=manassas%20stills
Here we have Al featured on his ZB playing with Manassas .

[This message was edited by Brendan Mitchell on 10 May 2006 at 12:50 PM.]

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Dave Zirbel


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Sebastopol, CA USA
Post  Posted 10 May 2006 12:22 pm    
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Nice! Thanks for sharing!

Dave Z
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Marlin Smoot


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Kansas
Post  Posted 10 May 2006 12:32 pm    
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Did the piano player take the steel lead after the lead singer ask for the steel?
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Billy Wilson

 

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El Cerrito, California, USA
Post  Posted 10 May 2006 12:37 pm    
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Very nice steel tone there but what do you call a tamborine player with a cell phone?
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David Wren


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Placerville, California, USA
Post  Posted 10 May 2006 12:49 pm    
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That was so good... I got the munchies



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Mark Eaton


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Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
Post  Posted 10 May 2006 1:08 pm    
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That video made me feel old...but apparently not as old as Marlin,(or maybe as young) because rather than use his name, he addressed him in his post as "the lead singer." LOL

I think that first Manassas album came out when I was a senior in high school, and I thought Stephen Stills was a MUCH older guy than I was in those days - now in this video he looks like a kid to me.

How about that 'fro on Hillman?

It must have been an all day project for Al Perkins back in the day to wash his hair! That stuff was THICK.

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Russ Tkac


Post  Posted 10 May 2006 1:20 pm    
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I bought the DVD from Amazon for $5.95. Big Al perkins fan!

Russ

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Jon Light (deceased)


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Saugerties, NY
Post  Posted 10 May 2006 1:25 pm    
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Yeah, either the keyboard guy is named Al or he stepped on Al P's solo. I sure don't care for the sound of that Glug-o-caster (Fender Rhodes) in there.
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tom anderson

 

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leawood, ks., usa
Post  Posted 10 May 2006 3:33 pm    
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I love seeing stuff like this. Great shot of the ZB. That cracked me up about the munchies. Is this on a DVD available from Amazon? I'm over there in a flash to buy one.
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Duncan Hodge


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DeLand, FL USA
Post  Posted 10 May 2006 3:34 pm    
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That's the kind of music that made me want to play the steel, that and Jerry Garcia's most enthusiastic playing. I still think that the old hippies did country with more feeling than just about anybody except for George Jones and Buck Owens.
I wonder if Al wants to sell his ZB. Thanks for sharing Brendan. Dallas Taylor looked great on drums. God, they all looked so young.
Duncan

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Chuck McGill


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An hour from Memphis and 2 from Nashville, R.I.P.
Post  Posted 10 May 2006 3:47 pm    
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Exactly Duncan. California Country got me started too with a Maverick Sho bud 3&1. Thanks for the link Brendan.
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Skip Edwards

 

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LA,CA
Post  Posted 10 May 2006 4:22 pm    
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That would have been Paul Harris on the Rhodes.
Always good to see Al.
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Lee Baucum


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McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
Post  Posted 10 May 2006 4:23 pm    
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Is that a D-12 he's playing?
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Kevin Hatton

 

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Buffalo, N.Y.
Post  Posted 10 May 2006 5:21 pm    
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D-11.
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Chris LeDrew


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Canada
Post  Posted 10 May 2006 5:24 pm    
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Whoa.......cool! And the White Falcons......
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Duncan Hodge


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DeLand, FL USA
Post  Posted 10 May 2006 5:26 pm    
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Lee, I believe that it is a D-11, at least that's the way I counted it with my rapidly aging one blue and one brown eyes. It may have been a D-11/10, though. I never got a good look at the C6 neck. And hows about the sound of that Country Gentleman that Stephen is playing. I haven't played one since about 1975. Man, that thing sounds fantastic. I love hearing a great sad country song that basically doesn't care about "the rules" on how a great sad country song is played..
Chuck, How are you? It's really great to hear you posting to me. I hope that you are well. How's that great ZB you got from Bobbe doing? Remember, If your ZB D-10, or U-12 ever want to run away from home, they can stay here. If you ever want to fish, you can stay here.
Duncan

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Stu Schulman


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Ulster Park New Yawk (deceased)
Post  Posted 10 May 2006 7:00 pm    
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Skip:Is this the same Paul Harris who played
on Richie Haven's mixed bag record,and some Mike Bloomfield records?
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Chris Grotewohl

 

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Kansas City (Roeland Park)
Post  Posted 10 May 2006 7:04 pm    
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I'm a Perkins fan also...thanks
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Darryl Hattenhauer


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Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Post  Posted 10 May 2006 7:50 pm    
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David,

I saw Manassas in about '73 at Memorial Hall in downtown Sack o' tomato. And in the 50's Hiway 50 ran through P-ville, and they had a dummie strung up on main. Were you around then? If so, you're a drooling old geezer.

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Darryl Hattenhauer


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Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Post  Posted 10 May 2006 7:51 pm    
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Brendan and Russ,

Is this the right DVD? The price is sure right.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000BVNROY/qid=1147318932/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-4643975-9718511?s=dvd&v=glance&n=130
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Skip Edwards

 

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LA,CA
Post  Posted 10 May 2006 8:23 pm    
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Stu, I'm pretty sure it's the same guy.
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Jim Sliff


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Lawndale California, USA
Post  Posted 10 May 2006 9:07 pm    
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Duncan, as someone mentioned, that's a White Falcon...not Country Gentleman. Close, but a few differences.

But all those old Gretsches put out a big "chunk" like nothing else! My first "good" guitar was a Tennessean...wish I'd never sold it.
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Brendan Mitchell


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Melbourne Australia
Post  Posted 10 May 2006 10:12 pm    
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Yes Darryl thats the one .
"I got the munchies " yuck , yuck
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Dan Beller-McKenna


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Durham, New Hampshire, USA
Post  Posted 11 May 2006 3:48 am    
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Back to Al Perkins,

I rarely get to see a live steel player, so I'm visually impaired about steel playing, but am I right that he is using palm blocking almost exclusively?

Dan

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Andy Greatrix

 

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Edmonton Alberta
Post  Posted 11 May 2006 6:19 am    
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The piano player sounds like he thinks he's being paid by the note.
His right hand never stops.

On an up note, Al makes the steel sound beautiful.

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