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Topic: "Steel Guitar Heaven"/Ry Cooder |
Mark Eaton
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Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 28 Jun 2008 8:59 am |
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I don't yet own the new album (with accompanying novella) "I, Flathead" from one of my all-time favorites and musical heroes, Ry Cooder, but I listened to a track on Rhapsody entitled Steel Guitar Heaven.
It was released this past week.
Great stuff!
One of our great musicologists, Ry mentions Joaquin Murphey, Jimmy Day and Paul Bigsby in a bouncy little tune paying tribute to steel guitarists and how life on Earth for them can be tough, but they will have a special setup in a little corner of Heaven.
Ry Cooder - what a guy! 
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Pete Finney
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Nashville Tn.
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Posted 28 Jun 2008 10:38 am
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Thanks for the heads up, Mark...
here's a link to listen:
http://www.rhapsody.com/rycooder/iflathead
Apparently the album is a "concept" album about a race car driving country singer? There's also a funny song about a dog named "Spayed Kooley"! Gotta love that... |
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Mark Eaton
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Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 28 Jun 2008 11:18 am
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It's the third in the trilogy themed about life in California, and more toward Southern California.
The first album was "Chavez Ravine," and the second was "My Name Is Buddy."
It was a tremendous thrill for me (and I brought along my 20 year old guitar playing son) after "My Name Is Buddy" was released to meet Ry in Marin County at the now closed record store Village Music in Mill Valley, at a meet-and-great and CD signing.
Ry has a an aunt in Mill Valley and would drive up from Santa Monica to visit her periodically. The owner of Village was being forced out because of a dramatic raise in his rent, so one more frou-frou store could move in.
Ry, along with a lot of other people, were not happy about this, so he came up as a show of support and to honor the owner of Village Music.
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CrowBear Schmitt
From:
Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
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Posted 29 Jun 2008 11:30 am
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Thanx for the heads up Mark
i just copped a copy off amazon
jes can't wait......  |
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Steinar Gregertsen
From:
Arendal, Norway, R.I.P.
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Ron Randall
From:
Dallas, Texas, USA
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Posted 29 Jun 2008 9:15 pm
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| Now, I like that. |
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Paul Warnik
From:
Illinois,USA
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Posted 4 Jul 2008 1:00 pm
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Hopefully Ry is recording
with the P.A. Re-Issue  |
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Mark Eaton
From:
Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 4 Jul 2008 1:05 pm
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Hey Paul, you have now been immortalized for me since you were mentioned in the interview as being a friend of Ry and his quote of your comments regarding the demise of certain aspects of live music.
I figure any friend of Ry's is a friend of mine!
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 5 Jul 2008 2:22 pm
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| Wow! Just listened to the cd. Most powerful music I've heard from RC in quite a while. Tremendous! |
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Steinar Gregertsen
From:
Arendal, Norway, R.I.P.
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Posted 14 Jul 2008 12:53 pm
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I've had it for some days now, love it so much that I just went back to Amazon and ordered the "limited edition" - gotta have the book too....
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"Play to express, not to impress"
Website - YouTube |
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Brett Day
From:
Pickens, SC
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Posted 14 Jul 2008 7:13 pm
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My twin brother Brandon heard "Steel Guitar Heaven" a few nights ago and he told me about it.
Brett |
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Peter Dollard
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Posted 14 Jul 2008 10:12 pm Bobby Black Recorded it With His Brother
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| Bobby has a great version on his solo lp recorded in the late seventies... he expertly imitates all the big name steel players...Peter |
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