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Topic: Some steel and ukulele fun on the lanai... |
Todd Weger
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Safety Harbor, FLAUSA
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Posted 18 Apr 2005 5:53 pm |
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I'm not sure if this will work for y'all or not, but it's a digital camera clip of myself and some of my braddahs getting together on our lanai a few weeks ago. You'll need QuickTime to play it, I believe. The camera was set on a table, so it's I apologize that it's kind of stagnent that way.
In any case, we got together to have a few beers and play some tunes. This one is "South Sea Lullabies." I'm on steel (hidden behind my guitarist, who's playing my upright bass). I had just taught them the basic gist of the song, and then we hit the play button. These guys are fun to hang with.
I'm playing through a little 5-watt Crate tube amp with an 8-inch speaker. I really dig the old-fashioned tone of that amp.
http://www.whollycatsband.com/downloads/HAOLE_KATS____with_Pablus___Rusty_Key_-_South_Sea_Lullabies.MOV
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Todd James Weger/RD/RTD
1956 Fender Stringmaster T-8 (C6, A6, B11); 1960 Fender Stringmaster D-8 (C6, B11/A6); Chandler RH-4 Koa semi-hollow lapsteel (open G); Regal resonator (open D or G)
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Gerald Ross
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Posted 18 Apr 2005 6:20 pm
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Allright Todd! Breaking the video barrier on the Steel Guitar Forum!!!
But... come on... we don't want to look at the guy on snare with the brushes, we want to see your vibrato. 
Fun band, they have the feel most definitely.
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Gerald Ross
'Northwest Ann Arbor, Michigan's King Of The Hawaiian Steel Guitar'
Gerald's Fingerstyle Guitar Website
Board of Directors Hawaiian Steel Guitar Association
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Stephan Miller
From:
Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
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Posted 18 Apr 2005 6:27 pm
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[This message was edited by Stephan Miller on 18 April 2005 at 08:49 PM.] |
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Jeff Au Hoy
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Honolulu, Hawai'i
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Posted 18 Apr 2005 7:05 pm
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Cool Kats! That was real nice, real sweet.
I love the, "You had to do that," at the end. LOL. |
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 18 Apr 2005 7:26 pm
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What kind of soup was that guy making in the background?  |
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Terry Farmer
From:
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
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Posted 18 Apr 2005 7:52 pm
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| I'm getting the infopop page also. How go you get to the party? |
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Jeff Au Hoy
From:
Honolulu, Hawai'i
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Posted 18 Apr 2005 9:17 pm
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This link works:
CLICK HERE |
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Todd Weger
From:
Safety Harbor, FLAUSA
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Posted 19 Apr 2005 3:44 am
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Hey, thanks for the nice comments, you guys.
Yeah, the whole clip was really just a haphazard, last minute idea. My guitarist had that camera with him, and it basically just got set on the shelf and turned on. Only later after the clip was sent to me via email did I see that my vibrato  is hidden from view!
The cat sitting at the table is our buddy Pablus, and he's playing an Island concert ukulele. The tone of that puppy is sooooo sweeeeeeet. He and his buddy (who's playing a Mele koa baritone) to his left, also just outside the frame are a duo called "Happy Talk" that does some local stuff over in Tampa. Pablus also writes some really beautiful tunes. When we finally get around to recording them, I'll try to post something. One in particular is a tune he calls Limahuli, which is simply beautiful.
The guy "making soup" is my drummer, who usually plays either concert or baritone ukulele, depending on what we need when we're playing as a trio. Sometimes, we do old swing tunes or Latin stuff sans steel (either uke/uke/bass or uke/bass/perc), hence the snare/brushes and Latin percussion setup.
Oh yeah, you can kind of glimpse it in the very beginning, but I'm playing my '56 Stringmaster (24.5) on the B11 neck on this tune.
Our ohana is supposed to get together to grill meat, imbibe fermented malt beverages and jam some more this Thursday, so I'll see if we can't get a better steel shot this time.
Mahalo, braddahs!
TJW |
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