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Jerry Mason
From:
Reader, Wv
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Posted 18 Jul 2007 6:39 pm |
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| What is your favorite opening steel instrumental? (or theme song) How many use Steel Guitar Rag? |
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Emmett Roch
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Texas Hill Country
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Posted 18 Jul 2007 6:51 pm
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When I worked for Gary P. Nunn, we opened the show with "Panhandle Rag".
When I subbed occasionally for Denny Mathis at the Fiesta Texas theme park several years ago, we closed the "Classic Country" set with "Remington Ride".
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 18 Jul 2007 6:52 pm
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Mike Shefrin
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Posted 18 Jul 2007 7:17 pm
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Lee Baucum
From:
McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 18 Jul 2007 7:32 pm
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| For many years, we would open the second set with "Nashville to Bakersfield", which I got from the old Winnie Winston/Bill Keith book back in the 1970's. |
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Mike Shefrin
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Posted 18 Jul 2007 7:38 pm
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Michael Lee Allen
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Portage Park / Irving Park, Chicago, Illinois
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Posted 19 Jul 2007 9:55 am
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Bob Cox
From:
Buckeye State
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Posted 19 Jul 2007 10:13 am
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| I use the ol Tom Brumley's apple jack now and then,it seems to have that beat that cool for show starts. |
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Stu Schulman
From:
Ulster Park New Yawk (deceased)
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Posted 19 Jul 2007 10:57 am
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I play in two bands.The country band that I play steel in never does any instrumentals,and the only time I get to play one is when an elderly couple come in and request steel guitar rag.I also play guitar in a band that does Soul/R&B,and some pop things,In that band I start the night with a version of the Steely Dan song "Do It Again".I start the second set with an instrumental version of "Layla" The country band is the only one that I've ever played in that doesnt call any instrumentals...Strange 
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Frank Freniere
From:
The First Coast
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Posted 19 Jul 2007 5:46 pm
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Jerry -
Don't recall ever opening a set with a steel instrumental (why give the audience even more time to use the rest room?) but "Sleepwalk" always gets people on the dance floor.
Hrach -
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Ricky Littleton
From:
Steely-Eyed Missile Man from Cocoa Beach, Florida USA
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Posted 19 Jul 2007 5:48 pm my choice ...
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LAST DATE for me.
That nice sliding intro can get their attention everytime!
Ricky...
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Robert Dominick
From:
Bradenton, FL
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Posted 19 Jul 2007 6:58 pm
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| Last Date, Sleep Walk, and Mercy Mercy |
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James Morehead
From:
Prague, Oklahoma, USA - R.I.P.
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Posted 19 Jul 2007 7:05 pm
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| We open with Steel Guitar Rag most of the time. |
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Billy Wilson
From:
El Cerrito, California, USA
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Posted 19 Jul 2007 8:21 pm
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Tony Davis
From:
Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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Posted 20 Jul 2007 3:28 am
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Share Between Tom Brumleys Apple Jack...always finish the set with part of that.........or half the time Kick off with the Muppets Theme Tune.......dont know the name of it.
Tony |
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Tony Farr
From:
Madison, Tennessee, USA (deceased)
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Posted 20 Jul 2007 4:04 am
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I like to end the gig with ," HOLD IT ". Usually start off with Kansas City.  |
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Jim Sliff
From:
Lawndale California, USA
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Posted 20 Jul 2007 5:01 am
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Sneaky Pete began his pro career in music playing Cannonball Rag as his first tune; years later he'd still use it as the opener for many Flying Burrito Brothers shows. It's spectacular, enexpected - and darned near impossible to duplicate.
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Jerry Hayes
From:
Virginia Beach, Va.
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Posted 20 Jul 2007 6:18 am
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Lately we've been using "Panhandle Rag" but if the guitar player knows it I like to start with "Speedin' West"..........JH in Va.
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Charles Davidson
From:
Phenix City Alabama, USA
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Posted 20 Jul 2007 6:58 am
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Medley of Buck-a-roo,and Panhandle Rag.
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Roger Edgington
From:
San Antonio, Texas USA
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Posted 20 Jul 2007 7:06 am
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| We will play an instrumental during a set, but we seldom open or close with one. We play things like "Panhandle Rag","Take the A Train","Silver Bells","Lady be Good" |
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Stuart Legg
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Posted 20 Jul 2007 8:18 am
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| Bo plays "PINK PANTHER" to open and a combined version of "SLEEPWALK" and "DREAM DREAM DREAM" to end the night and usaually has to play "SIX DAYS ON THE ROAD" sometime during the nite. |
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Bill R. Baker
From:
Clinton, MS USA
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Posted 20 Jul 2007 10:35 am opening
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| Many years ago when I was a college student at Mississippi State University, I heard Cowboy Copas in Columbus. The show opened with the "Oklahoma Stomp." I do not recall the steel player but it was an exciting way to begin. |
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John Bechtel
From:
Nashville, Tennessee, R.I.P.
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Posted 21 Jul 2007 11:36 am
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When I was a kid, living in Pa.; I used to look forward every night to hearing Speedy West's Instrumental “Truck Drivers Special”, on the all night Country Music Show heard on WCKY, Cincinnati, OH. I can't remember the DJ's name, but; I think it was Nelson King!
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Chris Schlotzhauer
From:
Colleyville, Tx. USA
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Posted 21 Jul 2007 12:57 pm
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| We usually open with either Buckaroo or Happy-Go-Lucky Guitar |
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Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 21 Jul 2007 4:33 pm Over the years.....................
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| On the NBC-TV Show, we used Don Helms' "Corn Crib", I believe it was. On other performances, we've used "Red Skin Rag", "Texas Steel Guitar"; "Texas Playboy Rag"; and many, many others. |
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