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Topic: Jerry Douglas Site - HowardR's New Yorker |
Joey Ace
From: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 29 May 2006 10:24 am
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Jerry has an updated Web Page http://www.jerrydouglas.com
If you put your mouse over NEWS, a cool picture of JD appears, holding Howard's New Yorker, with the Empire State Building in the background. |
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Jon Light
From: Saugerties, NY
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Posted 29 May 2006 10:35 am
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That's funny. I got called just yesterday for a sub gig (Jeff Lampert's regular gig) by a guitarist who was JD's photographer for this album. It was his idea, I guess, to take JD & the New Yorker to the Empire diner (classic Deco diner) for a photo shoot. I was able to dig up the following thread with this photo to show the guy:
http://steelguitarforum.com/Forum2/HTML/007171.html
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Jody Carver
From: KNIGHT OF FENDER TWEED
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Posted 29 May 2006 4:03 pm
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Howard
You two look like the perfect couple, when is the blessed event?
[This message was edited by Jody Carver on 29 May 2006 at 05:04 PM.] |
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steve takacs
From: beijing, china via pittsburgh (deceased)
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Posted 29 May 2006 6:05 pm
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Howard is dazed & distracted to be in the presence of one of the greats; Jerry is smiling, as he contemplates how to walk off with Howard's National lap steel. steve t |
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HowardR
From: N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville
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Posted 29 May 2006 7:13 pm
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Other than Jody, you won't meet a nicer person than Jerry Douglas.
I just gotta learn to have more fun.... |
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Dave Van Allen
From: Doylestown, PA , US , Earth
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Posted 30 May 2006 8:18 am
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"Going from acoustic dobro to lap steel is kind of like going from using a handsaw to using a chainsaw. The two instruments are related, but they call for two completely different sets of techniques and two different ways of thinking."-Jerry Douglas |
that'd how I lost the toe on my left shoe... lucky I missed the flesh... |
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Al Marcus
From: Cedar Springs,MI USA (deceased)
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Posted 30 May 2006 9:20 am
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HowardR-Great photo and those Hats! Biut the real star is that National New Yorker, Just like the one I played in about 1938, lots of jobs and more power and great tone .Better that the old supro I started with.....al
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My Website..... www.cmedic.net/~almarcus/
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Charlie McDonald
From: out of the blue
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Posted 31 May 2006 4:24 am
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I notice you have quite a grip on his hand as he cradles the New Yorker in his other.... |
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Charlie McDonald
From: out of the blue
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Posted 31 May 2006 4:26 am
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oops [This message was edited by Charlie McDonald on 31 May 2006 at 05:26 AM.] |
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HowardR
From: N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville
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Posted 31 May 2006 7:10 am
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Well Charlie, he is extremely fast..... |
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A. Roncetti
From: Toronto,Ontario, Canada
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Posted 31 May 2006 12:24 pm
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Did you all wish Jerry a happy birthday on the 28th? |
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