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Topic: All the Steels You Own |
Bob Russell
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Virginia, USA
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Ray Montee
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Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 28 Nov 2011 10:36 am Just my opinion.............. |
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I thoroughly enjoyed your performance. It was different and original. You selection of accompaniment was very compatible and made the entire project a joy to listen to.
Personally, I don't care for the stacatto like picking on a steel guitar where sustain has long been its' strong point. |
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Bob Russell
From:
Virginia, USA
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Posted 28 Nov 2011 12:03 pm
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Ray, thanks for listening and for your kind words. Staccato is a part of bop phrasing (it's most definitely non-Hawaiian!), but I might have gotten carried away. 
As I remarked to Brian the other day, any time you talk about steel playing, I'm all ears! Thanks again. |
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Jerome Hawkes
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Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 28 Nov 2011 12:15 pm
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hey bob - UNC-W alumni here ('91) - ran across your site some years ago and enjoyed your lesson page.
i remember being in school at UNC-W and somehow, i have no idea how i would have found or even knew who this guy was, but somehow the old "Record Bar" (long gone) had Hank Garlands "Jazz Winds" CD and i remember thinking the cover was cool and this guy is probably a good player....ah, yeah, right - needless to say the first tune is ATTYA and i was floored from the first note - havent been the same since.
Frank Bongiorno and Robert Nathanson were there back in my day - they still around? i wasnt a music major but all my friends were so i spent a good deal of time in the music bldg. i had to actually get a job after graduation so i opted for a business degree 
funny story - back then, being all of 19 and playing the guitar for maybe 5 years, i decided to try out for jazz band my sophomore year and got the mel bay 1001 chords book and began studying them, you know without any organization or even knowing what a cycle or ii-V progression was - the audition was with Frank and another teacher but i still remember the tune was "On Green Dolphin Street" which i was expected to comp along to and solo over - needless to say it was a train wreck of the highest order - haha - they put me in LAB BAND which is where i needed to be, but i think i HAD MORE FUN in that band than in any other i've been involved with (which are many!) we were all so "bad" but really thought we were cooking some great jazz tunes - those guys really nurtured a love of jazz in the students.
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Bob Russell
From:
Virginia, USA
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Posted 28 Nov 2011 4:06 pm
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Hi Jerome,
Yep, Frank and Rob are still with us. You wouldn't recognize the place now - we moved into a brand-new arts building about 5 years ago. Nice recital hall. No more Kenan Hall broom-closet offices, and separate rehearsal rooms for jazz, wind symphony and choral.
Good to hear from an alum - glad you had good times at UNCW! |
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Larry Lorows
From:
Zephyrhills,Florida, USA
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Posted 28 Nov 2011 4:29 pm
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Great music. I enjoyed every note, and thought I was listening Buddy at first. Great job. Larry
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Roger Shackelton
From:
MINNESOTA (deceased)
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Posted 28 Nov 2011 5:42 pm
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Hello BOB,
I Enjoyed Your Playing On This Old Standard Tune.
Which Tuning Are You Using & What Brand Of Guitar Are You Playing? |
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Bob Russell
From:
Virginia, USA
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Posted 28 Nov 2011 6:05 pm
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Thanks, gents. I appreciate your encouragement!
Roger, that is in C6/A7 tuning (C# E G A C E, low to high) and the guitar is a Morrell Pro 6, unmodified except for a Seymour Duncan Hot Stack pickup in place of the original Kent Armstrong. |
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Mitch Crane
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1000 Oaks, CA
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