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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Billy Tonnesen
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R.I.P., Buena Park, California
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Posted 9 Mar 2008 7:30 pm |
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| Don't forget: Leon McCauliff, Ted Daffan, also at differen't times Noel Boggs had his own group. At one time he had the Intermission Band at the Hollywood Paladium where they played "Pop" with horns in his group. Once in a while I would visit Noel at his house and he would play some recordings he had of the group. One I remember in particular was "Moonlight on the Ganges" where he did some amazing chord work with his 2-neck non pedal steel. Noel also had kept an old National 2-necked steel he still had from his Bob Wills days. |
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Darvin Willhoite
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Roxton, Tx. USA
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Posted 10 Mar 2008 6:17 am
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I don't know if he still has his own band or not, but Wally Murphy used to have a great band in the St. Louis area.
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Darvin Willhoite
MSA Millennium, Legend, and Studio Pro, Reese's restored Universal Direction guitar, a restored MSA Classic SS, several amps, new and old, and a Kemper Powerhead that I am really liking. Also a Zum D10, a Mullen RP, and a restored Rose S10, named the "Blue Bird". Also, I have acquired and restored the plexiglass D10 MSA Classic that was built as a demo in the early '70s. I also have a '74 lacquer P/P, with wood necks, and a showroom condition Sho-Bud Super Pro. |
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manny escobar
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Posted 10 Mar 2008 7:12 am Steel Players Who Front Their Own Band
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Hi Doug, Rene Lajoy,(my first teacher), from Westport Mass. fronted a band that played in the Fall River/New Bedford area in the 60`s. I don`t remember the name of the band. He played a non-pedal triple neck Gibson.
It`s always an honor when you play lead guitar for "Rachel and the Western Partners", even though I get nervous on steel. Why don`t you front your own band and call it "Doug Beaumier and the Blooming Boomers." |
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manny escobar
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Posted 10 Mar 2008 7:14 am Steel Players Who Front Their Own Band
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Boomers."
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manny escobar
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Posted 10 Mar 2008 7:19 am Steel Players Who Front Their Own Band
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Hi Doug
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manny escobar
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Posted 10 Mar 2008 7:21 am computer froze up
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| It`s not my fault for the triple post. Computer froze up. |
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Jerry Hayes
From:
Virginia Beach, Va.
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Posted 10 Mar 2008 7:53 am
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Another west coast act would be Al Petty. He used to play all over SoCal as both Al Petty & the Countrymen and also for awhile in the sixties he was Al "Perry".... Also J.G. "James" O'Rafferty, one of the best vocalists around and one helluva steelman. Billy Mize who led the band at the Foothill Club in SoCal was also a formidible steeler.
There's a group here in southeast Virginia where I live now called Bubba Davis & the Right Combination (He had the name before Porter Wagoner by the way). Bubba's a great steel player and a nice guy to boot. Here's a shot of him!.....JH in Va.
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Don't matter who's in Austin (or anywhere else) Ralph Mooney is still the king!!!
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Mike Black
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New Mexico, USA
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Posted 10 Mar 2008 8:02 am
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Herb Steiner
From:
Briarcliff TX 78669, pop. 2,064
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Posted 10 Mar 2008 8:17 am
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I fronted a band with my girlfriend in 1988-9. It burned me out so badly I broke up with her and quit music entirely for almost 2 years. 
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Son, we live in a world with walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with steel guitars. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinberg? |
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Pete Burak
From:
Portland, OR USA
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Posted 10 Mar 2008 8:26 am
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Joe Drivdahl
From:
Montana, USA
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Posted 10 Mar 2008 8:36 am
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Not to derail your thread Doug, but I just had a thought. How would it have changed "I Love Lucy" if Ricky Recardo had been a steel player?
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 10 Mar 2008 9:06 am
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"How would it have changed "I Love Lucy" if Ricky Ricardo had been a steel player?"
Joe, that's too easy. On Ricky's meager earnings, they would have soon gone bankrupt. Lucy would have split for Nashville and, always ahead of her time, become the new 'Reba.'  |
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Brett Day
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Pickens, SC
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Posted 10 Mar 2008 10:44 am
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| Norm Hamlet is Merle Haggard's bandleader/steel player. |
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Joe Drivdahl
From:
Montana, USA
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Posted 10 Mar 2008 3:54 pm
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Barry Blackwood,
That is too funny. Lucy as a prototype for Reba when she couldn't sing a note on the TV show. And can't you just see Ricky doing Babalu on the steel? Probably have to be tuned open to do that, and use that effect Bo Legg was talking about in another post that could make his guitar sound like a drum.
Imagine that song from "The Mask" that Jim Carey sang, "Cuban Pete" done with Ricky covering all those horn parts on his steel guitar.
joe
PS: Sorry Doug. Didn't mean to side track your post. I just saw this a downright funny.
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Andy Greatrix
From:
Edmonton Alberta
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Posted 10 Mar 2008 4:19 pm Re: Steel Players Who Front Their Own Band
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Quote - "Doug Beaumier and the Blooming Boomers."
How about changing that to "Doug Beaumier And The Booming Bloomers".
The music would be a total gas! |
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 10 Mar 2008 4:37 pm
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FWIW, last time I checked, I was still the leader of my band, Beats Walkin'. (Of course, that's kind of hypothetical, given how few gigs we've got these days.)
Oh and Dale Thomas leads his very cool western swing band in Iowa (and, lucky me, I'm gonna be sitting in with them, playing twin steels at the end of April.) |
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David Doggett
From:
Bawl'mer, MD (formerly of MS, Nawluns, Gnashville, Knocksville, Lost Angeles, Bahsten. and Philly)
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Posted 10 Mar 2008 8:39 pm
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Uh-oh. Twin steels and twin leaders. Could be big trouble.
But seriously, Jim does a great job of leading his group out front with the steel. |
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Tony Davis
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Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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Posted 11 Mar 2008 3:59 am
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Well I had my band in Brisbane for Twenty Years...Band Leader on Pedal Steel....for most of those years we were prob the busiest band around
4 piece.....Drummer..Guitar player and singer...Bass and Singer...my wife Lyn......Village idiot..steel player...guitar..banjo...stupid Jokes and Silly songs...er Me !!!!!
Lyn usually took the complements and how good HER band was !!!!!!!...Complaints???????...well she just pointed to me!!!!!!!!!!....just kidding...we had a Great time !!!!
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Danny Naccarato
From:
Burleson, Texas
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Posted 11 Mar 2008 5:18 am
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Slim Yamaguchi is Chesnutt's bandleader.
Around here, Buddy Hrable had his own band he fronted, playing and singing, for a long time. He can chime in as I can't think of the name.... |
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Craig A Davidson
From:
Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin USA
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Posted 11 Mar 2008 6:50 am
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| Andy I think Doug Beaumier And His Booming Bloomers would be better in that case. |
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