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Topic: Alvino Rey, St Louis Blues |
chas smith R.I.P.
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Encino, CA, USA
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Steve Cunningham
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Atlanta, GA
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Bill Hatcher
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Atlanta Ga. USA
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Posted 19 Nov 2008 7:20 pm |
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You left off "Batman". |
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Todd Clinesmith
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Lone Rock Free State Oregon
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Posted 19 Nov 2008 8:33 pm
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That's it right there.....
I need to learn more about Alvino, what a master of the instrument.
There's Nothing quite like steel and a small amp cranked up......
Note the Charlie Christian pups !
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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George Keoki Lake
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Edmonton, AB., Canada
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Posted 19 Nov 2008 10:47 pm
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| I agree with Doug...it is indeed, a LOST ART. Just dig those harmonics which he produced so easily. A lot of steel players didn't like his tone, but I loved it. You need only hear a few notes to realize it was Alvino Rey ! I suspect the guitar he is playing was a pedal job as he pioneered pedals with Gibson back around 1940. In the event he wasn't using pedals, does anyone have a clue regarding the tuning he used ? |
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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chas smith R.I.P.
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Encino, CA, USA
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Posted 20 Nov 2008 10:23 am
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I don't think he got as much credit, for being an innovator, as he deserved. I'm also struck by how effortless he makes it appear.
I got his autograph on a couple guitars:
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Mike Neer
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NJ
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Posted 20 Nov 2008 10:56 am
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Wow! A veritable "who's who" of steel guitar names on that Alkire: Ralph Mooney, Joaquin, Jerry Byrd, Tom Morrell, Alvino Rey, Herb Remington, Pee Wee Whitewing, Bob White, Buddy Charleton, Speedy West, Little Roy, Jimmy Day, John Ely, Margie Mays, Maurice Anderson....wow.
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chas smith R.I.P.
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Encino, CA, USA
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Posted 20 Nov 2008 11:09 am
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The Pantheon
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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chas smith R.I.P.
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Encino, CA, USA
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Posted 20 Nov 2008 6:26 pm
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| Doug and Mike, thank you. One of the joys and advantages of this instrument has been its relative youth, the innovators were accessible and I got to meet my heroes. Not very many people get to do that? There was a moment, at one of the Conventions, where I was standing with Bud Issacs, Ralph Mooney, Speedy West and Leonard Zinn and listening to them reminisce about living in LA, back in the '40s and '50s. It was very impressive. |
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Gerard Ventura
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Texas, USA
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Posted 20 Nov 2008 10:52 pm
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| Did he use a volume pedal? I'm under the impression a lot of the early stuff, including western swing, was done without it...? |
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