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Topic: Why Do you play Steel ? |
Bill Dobkins
From:
Rolla Missouri, USA
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Posted 6 Nov 2007 5:37 pm |
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Is it Money,Fame,Girls or??
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Archie Nicol R.I.P.
From:
Ayrshire, Scotland
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Posted 6 Nov 2007 5:46 pm
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??..the love of `that` sound?
The latter.
Arch.
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Dave Van Allen
From:
Doylestown, PA , US , Earth
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Posted 6 Nov 2007 5:48 pm
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| Because once I heard that sound, I had no other choice but to try and make that sound myself. |
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Steve Norman
From:
Seattle Washington, USA
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Posted 6 Nov 2007 5:49 pm
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who gets money fame and girls? I thought that was for guitar heroes....
Must be the sound I like.
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Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 6 Nov 2007 6:00 pm WHY DID I DO IT?
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JERRY BYRD is WHY I DID IT!
After I heard those first few bars of 'Moonland' and felt the dynamics of it all, I had to discover WHAT it was and WHO was doing it.
I've never let up on the intensity of that dream....of some day sounding as close as possible to the music that JERRY presented us with. |
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Dick Wood
From:
Springtown Texas, USA
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Posted 6 Nov 2007 6:07 pm
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At 52 it's not the girls unfortunately.
I haven't become famous so it can't be that.
At $3.00/gal. it takes one nights pay ($115.00) if I play four nights to fill the car up so I can make it back and forth to the gig that week so it can't be the money.
I guess that leaves the or?? |
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Joe Miraglia
From:
Jamestown N.Y.
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billy tam R.I.P.
From:
baton rouge, louisiana
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Posted 6 Nov 2007 6:27 pm
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Dave hit on the main reason for me. I play for free but I charge for hauling a 100lb instrument, another couple hundred lbs of seats and amps and staying up until 2, 3, 4, or 5 in the morning. No other instrument sounds like a pedal steel.
Billy |
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Sonny Priddy
From:
Elizabethtown, Kentucky, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 6 Nov 2007 6:34 pm steel
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| I Heard Steel Guitar Rag When I Was Ten years old And It Stayed With Me.Nothing Sounds Like A Steel Guitar. SONNY. |
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Geoff Barnes
From:
Sydney, Australia
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Posted 6 Nov 2007 6:38 pm
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Because it is there.
.......Actually I think it plays me. 
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Rick Abbott
From:
Indiana, USA
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Posted 6 Nov 2007 6:41 pm
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OCD!!!!!!!!!!
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RICK ABBOTT
Sho~Bud D-10 Professional #7962
Remington T-8, Sehy #112
1975 Peavey Pacer |
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Bill Dobkins
From:
Rolla Missouri, USA
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Posted 6 Nov 2007 6:49 pm
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For me it's several things.
First its the love of the instrument which includes the sound, the uniqueness of the Steel.
Second its understanding the instrument, what makes it work.
It fascinates me every time I look underneath mine and realize that all these mechanical parts can make such a beautiful sound.
I know of no other Instrument that does this.Do You?
Last: When the weight of world is closing in, I can set down all by myself and get Lost In The Feelingso to speak. Its just me and my new found friend,and for a while nothing else matter's.
I've been playing and singing for years and I've never knew this feeling before, Its mesmerising.
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Honor our Vet's.
Now pass the gravy. |
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John De Maille
From:
On a Mountain in Upstate Halcottsville, N.Y.
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Posted 6 Nov 2007 6:59 pm
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| I standby Dave Van Allen's post |
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Eric West
From:
Portland, Oregon, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 6 Nov 2007 7:06 pm
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Well I've stated it before.
1. Money.
2. Time, hour for hour, off time in Purgatory according to the AMORC. (It can't hurt if there is one..)
3. Spite.
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Jerry Roller
From:
Van Buren, Arkansas USA
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Posted 6 Nov 2007 7:09 pm
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Well, I did find my wife because I was playing in a small Church with an evangelist and she was in the congregation. I spotted her right away. I was playing a pedal guitar I had built and didn't have a case for it. We were introduced and she carried my guitar legs to the car for me and that is how the rest of my life started. I guess I played for the "girl" early on but now it is just for the love of the instrument.
Jerry |
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chris ivey
From:
california (deceased)
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Posted 6 Nov 2007 7:22 pm
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| ....at 59, it's the chicks!!..... |
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Alan Brookes
From:
Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 6 Nov 2007 8:03 pm
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| ...it's the wild parties, the adoring masses, the exorbitant, extravagant pay, the wild sexual image, the stretched limos, the champagne, the reserved penthouses and presidential suites at all the best hotels, the prestige, the fame, the riches. How could I live without all that ? |
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Perry Keeter
From:
Hemet, CA, USA
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Posted 6 Nov 2007 8:17 pm
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| The sound, the challenge, the frustration, the sense of accomplishment, the creative range and for the pure joy of the instrument. I feel bad for my musician friends who don't get the chance to experience this instrument. |
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Bill Dobkins
From:
Rolla Missouri, USA
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Posted 6 Nov 2007 8:20 pm
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| Alan F. Brookes wrote: |
| ...it's the wild parties, the adoring masses, the exorbitant, extravagant pay, the wild sexual image, the stretched limos, the champagne, the reserved penthouses and presidential suites at all the best hotels, the prestige, the fame, the riches. How could I live without all that ? |
Alan, I'm comming to live with you.
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Custom Rittenberry SD10
Boss Katana 100 Amp
Positive Grid Spark amp
BJS Bars
Z~Legend Pro,Custom Tele
Honor our Vet's.
Now pass the gravy. |
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Charles Davidson
From:
Phenix City Alabama, USA
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Posted 6 Nov 2007 9:01 pm
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Mostly out of spite,about 25 years ago,I played guitar in a band with a steel player that was a complete ass[I always loved the sound of the steel]I asked him to show me a few things,he more or less insinuated it was TOO complicated for me,I'm NOT a great player,but I'm MUCH,MUCH,MUCH,better than that jerk,don't you know.
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Hard headed, opinionated old geezer. BAMA CHARLIE. GOD BLESS AMERICA. ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVIST. SUPPORT LIVE MUSIC ! |
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J. R. McClung
From:
Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 6 Nov 2007 9:18 pm
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As far as I'm concerned, ditto what DVA and Perry Keeter said.
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 6 Nov 2007 9:20 pm
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| Why Do you play Steel ? |
You mean it's optional?
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Calvin Walley
From:
colorado city colorado, USA
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Posted 6 Nov 2007 9:53 pm
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i love Jim's answer to this question!!!!
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Mullen SD-10 /nashville 400
gotta love a Mullen!!!
Guitars that i have owned in order are :
Mullen SD-10,Simmons SD-10,Mullen SD-10,Zum stage one,Carter starter,
Sho-Bud Mavrick |
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Jack Francis
From:
Queen Creek, Arizona, USA
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Posted 6 Nov 2007 10:00 pm
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I do it to watch people cringe!!  |
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scott murray
From:
Asheville, NC
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Posted 6 Nov 2007 11:37 pm
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| JERRY BYRD is WHY I DID IT! |
the other Jerry is why I did it.
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