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Topic: Made a complete fool of myself |
Bill Dobkins
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Rolla Missouri, USA
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Posted 2 Aug 2007 9:05 pm |
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Sorry, I tried to delete the previous post and deleted both.
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Billy Wilson
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El Cerrito, California, USA
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Posted 2 Aug 2007 10:16 pm
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| Oh yes, it's happened to me. There is nothing better than the sting of embarrasment to make you do better next time. Plus you probably sounded much better than you thought you did. Make your next attempt ASAP. |
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Tony Prior
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Charlotte NC
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Posted 3 Aug 2007 1:23 am
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you mean like playing a big show, KNOWING all the songs and solo's like second nature , with the main act band standing on the side of the stage in anticipation of Steel/Tele solo's and when it comes time to play...
it's like you've never sat behind the Instrument ever in your life ?
Fumbling, wrong string grips, out of tune, notes from a different planet...
I would submit that this has happened to me 
Historically these things happen due to exactly what you stated, you are there to do a show but have zero prep time.
The last big show we did the main act stayed on the BIG stage tinkering with there own monitor system right up until 10 minutes before the show started. We had to set up and be ready to play in basically 10 minutes or less. Then the stage monitor feeds didn't work because they never tested the House system so when we started playing we were basically 6 players on stage with no ears.
We played, we flubbed and yes, my brother told me we sounded great...he's always been a nice guy..
I wouldn't worry about it much, these things happen and the one thing you can count on is it will probably happen again. 
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Nic du Toit
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Milnerton, Cape, South Africa
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Posted 3 Aug 2007 1:50 am
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Bill,
Didn't your right foot also go into an uncontrolable wah-wah effect with the volume pedal ?? I had a similar experience, but by now its something to laugh at when thinking back. Hoo boy !! 
Regards,
Nic
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Larry Strawn
From:
Golden Valley, Arizona, R.I.P.
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Posted 3 Aug 2007 3:53 am
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Bill,
You didn't break any strings, or lose one of your picks while all this was happening??  
I can relate to this!! But it really does get better!
Larry
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David Collins
From:
Madison, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 3 Aug 2007 4:01 am
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Nah, never happened to me, except that time in.................
and, oh yeah, that time at.............
oh, and the time that I forgot my bar, and then there was the time that........
Well, that takes care of the first years worth of goofs and mishaps, should we go on to the others?
Bill, it happens to EVERYONE of us at one time or another. Don't get down and out about it. Learn from it, prepare as best as you can for the next show, and keep picking!
Good luck
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Ray Minich
From:
Bradford, Pa. Frozen Tundra
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Posted 3 Aug 2007 4:25 am
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Murphy's Law for steelers...
String will break at first pedal mash...
Brain will freeze on "Crazy Arms"...
Been there, done that, got the t-shirts... |
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Bill Dobkins
From:
Rolla Missouri, USA
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Posted 3 Aug 2007 6:43 am
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I start the song in B flat then after the second verse modulate up to C. After the first verse I was able to clean it up a bit. I noticed I had a awesome tremlo effect going on and realized my left hand was shaking out of control. Now I know how Hughey gets that effect  I don't regret doing the show. It was an experience that I needed.I knew I wouldn't win and really didn't want to, I just wanted to support the cause. Our talent shows have not been doing to good the last two years. There were only 8 in the adult division.
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 3 Aug 2007 6:49 am
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Grow a large moustache or beard in time for next year's show and they'll all talk about how much better you sounded than that guy who played last year.  |
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Ron Page
From:
Penn Yan, NY USA
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Posted 3 Aug 2007 8:21 am
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Good advice, Jimbeaux. However, ever since the inner lable on "Four To The Bar", it won't work for you. 
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Henry Nagle
From:
Santa Rosa, California
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Posted 3 Aug 2007 8:38 am
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| Try pretending the audience is wearing your underwear. |
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Mark Treepaz
From:
Hamburg, New York USA
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Posted 3 Aug 2007 9:43 am
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| Tony Prior wrote: |
you mean like playing a big show, KNOWING all the songs and solo's like second nature , with the main act band standing on the side of the stage in anticipation of Steel/Tele solo's and when it comes time to play...
it's like you've never sat behind the Instrument ever in your life ?
Fumbling, wrong string grips, out of tune, notes from a different planet...
I would submit that this has happened to me
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WOW! From your comments Tony, I'd swear you must've been at a recent show that I'd played! This thread is coincedently timely for me. Just the other night I was discussing this exact thing.
I'll work my fingers to bone working out my parts. Just as Tony referred to, I could play them inside and out, and in my sleep without thinking about it. But then comes the gig....and, "Fumbling, wrong string grips, out of tune, notes from a different planet..."  . Yep. Been there more times than I'd like to admit! There was one time when the sounds coming out of the steel were so ridiculus that it made me start to laugh almost uncontrollably! But then again, there are times were nothing goes wrong. (You know of course, that usually only happens on a slow night with a small crowd in attendance!  )
If anything, there is some relief to know that this phenomena is not unique to me! WHEW!
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Bill Dobkins
From:
Rolla Missouri, USA
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Posted 3 Aug 2007 12:41 pm
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I think what threw me off more than anything was my pedals being so far off the floor. My A pedal looked like it was Three inches off the floor and there was no way I had time to reset them. And the two strings being out of tune did'nt help. It wouldn't have been so bad if I had been with a band then they could say the whole band stinks but this was all me doing it solo. Looking back it is funny, I've never liked doing Solo's even with a six string, which I actually do know how to play. No I had to do it with a Pedal steel.. Stupid, Stupid........Stupid.
I actually did get a good response from the crowd, but I think it was because I had my Security clothes on and was packing a Model 27 Glock, They were afraid not to. Wish you,all could have been there. we all need a good laugh now and then.
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 3 Aug 2007 12:57 pm
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| I think it was because I had my Security clothes on and was packing a Model 27 Glock, |
Criminy! Stay AWAY from those KNEE LEVERS! |
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Dick Wood
From:
Springtown Texas, USA
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Posted 3 Aug 2007 1:08 pm
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| Well Bill,I'm sorry you got there before I did but I am still working on it just a little bit every weekend so it shouldn't be long now. |
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Ed Javner
From:
Mt. View Arkansas, USA
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Posted 3 Aug 2007 1:18 pm
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| Y'all been readin' my mail. Last nite I didn't even want to pack up, I just wanted to get out of there before somebody seen me. But it's good to know it ain't just me. I realy needed this thred! |
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Dale Hansen
From:
Hendersonville,Tennessee, (USA)
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Posted 3 Aug 2007 10:43 pm
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Bill,
Don't feel bad. Let me tell you one.
In '89, I was playing the Pro rodeo in El Paso, Texas. They rolled us out to the middle of the arena on a rickety flat bed, fold down trailer. It was February, indoors,...all metal building, so cold that a certain part of a witches anatomy would'nt make the top ten list. The fiddle player was a little too animated for that particular stage,...and when my amp fell over backwards, the resulting crash could be heard deep into Mexico. It took several seconds for the sound engineers to pinpoint the cause of what sounded like an F-14 tearing through a pie tin factory. There were probably 4 to 5 thousand folks in attendance, All with their hands cupped over their ears. To make it worse, There were a handful of guys competing in the bareback riding, and bull riding, that I knew from my rodeoing days. A few seconds later, I had to rise alone, and reset the amp, leaving no doubt who the culprit was.
If that ain't enough, I probably still hold the record for the biggest "klinker" at the Opry. |
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Mickey Adams
From:
Bandera Texas
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Posted 4 Aug 2007 12:51 am Not Me
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Personally...I have never done that...
this week......
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Stan Paxton
From:
1/2 & 1/2 Florida and Tenn, USA (old Missouri boy gone South)
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Posted 4 Aug 2007 9:51 am
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Bill, all this stuff you ALL did as related in above posts, I did it all....thought I was the only one that did all them bloopers, mis cues, foot shaking, hand trembling, sick to the stomach nerves, etc etc. Now I feel better about the whole thing. And I still can't do a kick-off right. But us Missouri guys is survivors of the steel guitar stage fright, right guys  
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Jennings Ward
From:
Edgewater, Florida, R.I.P.
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Posted 4 Aug 2007 11:31 am
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REDEAM YOURSELF; CHANGE YOUR NAME FOR NEXT SHOW....
DONT WEAR SAME CLOTHES......
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Larry Strawn
From:
Golden Valley, Arizona, R.I.P.
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Posted 5 Aug 2007 4:37 am Fool
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If trying to show off for a steel playing friend counts, then I done it again last night!
A good friend, and steel player showed up at our gig last night and true to form I just had to show off with some 6th stuff I'd been working on and doing pretty good in rehearsal.
Just when I thought I had it going my way it went to H@#$ in a hand bag!
I just blamed it on the bass player and shrugged it off! But then that didn't work, she just gave me "that" stare!
Larry
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David L. Donald
From:
Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 5 Aug 2007 4:46 am
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I loved being handed NEW STAGE CHARTS at sound check,
most a minor third from ANY of the versions,
that I had prepped for over a few months.
And then being faced with dozens of line dancers;
to make my night complete.
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Mark Treepaz
From:
Hamburg, New York USA
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Posted 6 Aug 2007 12:08 pm
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| Ed Javner wrote: |
| Y'all been readin' my mail. Last nite I didn't even want to pack up, I just wanted to get out of there before somebody seen me. But it's good to know it ain't just me. I realy needed this thred! |
You too huh? Yep. Had one of those myself last night. I'm starting to think that maybe it's time I just start leaving the darned thing at home.
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Ed Javner
From:
Mt. View Arkansas, USA
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Posted 6 Aug 2007 1:29 pm
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| Funny thing! Been pickin guitar for 40 some years, but since I'v been playing steel, about 4 yrs, fewer and fewer people has been calling me to sit in with them. I wounder why???? I do take a bath every Sat. whether I need it or not. |
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Mark Treepaz
From:
Hamburg, New York USA
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Posted 7 Aug 2007 9:31 am
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I sure wish I could've seen Bill's original post (before he'd accidently deleted it.) Bill, would you care to give a recap of your original post?
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