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Topic: Need a song suggestion |
Mike Ihde
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Boston, MA
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Posted 9 Feb 2011 8:49 am |
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I'm opening a concert at Berklee in a few weeks and they want me to play a classic pedal steel instrumental along with a mandolin player. I could use some suggestions for the tune to play.
Thanks,
Mike |
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Billy Wilson
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El Cerrito, California, USA
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Posted 9 Feb 2011 10:08 am
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Frank Freniere
From:
The First Coast
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Posted 9 Feb 2011 10:33 am
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Sleepwalk.
Ummm, I play it with pedals...
Last edited by Frank Freniere on 9 Feb 2011 10:49 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Earnest Bovine
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Los Angeles CA USA
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Posted 9 Feb 2011 10:42 am
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| Bud's Bounce would show them what the pedals do. |
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 9 Feb 2011 11:00 am
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Yeah, Billy, and have the mandolin player do the Tiny Moore ride ala Bobby Garret's version.   |
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David Ellison
From:
California, USA
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Posted 9 Feb 2011 11:03 am
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| If "classic" translates to "recognizable", I think you're down to Sleepwalk or Steel Guitar Rag. |
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Dennis Atkins
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St. Paul, Minnesota
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Posted 9 Feb 2011 11:24 am
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Say Mike, I would suggest Lilydale, Maidens Prayer, Neosho Waltz by Tom Brumley, Twilight Time, not a known steel guitar instrumental, but one that would show the versatility of the instrument for pop songs, I Just Destroyed the World by Willie Nelson, one of my favorite melodys.
Hope this helps some. Would love to know which one you select.
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 9 Feb 2011 11:48 am
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Agree with Earnest. Bud's Bounce is probably the best classic pedal steel tune to show them. Sleepwalk and Steel Guitar Rag are classics but more associated with nonpedal steel. Either that or go for "At E's" and blow their minds. 
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Mike Ihde
From:
Boston, MA
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Posted 9 Feb 2011 12:32 pm
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I like the idea of Bud's Bounce. Here's the promo for the show in case that helps.
Berklee Signature Series
Great American Songbook: The Sounds of Nashville
Sunday, February 27, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Berklee students and faculty will tell the story of the Nashville music scene through the songs of acclaimed American country artists like Jimmie Rodgers, Hank Williams, Patsy Cline, Reba McEntire, Alan Jackson, and more. |
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Roy Thomson
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Wolfville, Nova Scotia,Canada
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Posted 9 Feb 2011 12:45 pm
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If you're opening then something uptempo and lively
would be appropriate I would think?
Walking The Floor Over You
Worked for Ernest. 
All the best Mike.
Roy
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