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Topic: Ellen Degeneres Show Monday |
Gaylon Mathews
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Jasper, Georgia
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Posted 19 May 2005 7:26 pm |
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We were in LA Wednesday to record an episode of Ellen that will air Monday May 23rd. I'm playing my new GFI Ultra D-10 through a Fender Steel King. I'm also using my new seat from SteelSeat.com. We played Redneck Woman. Check it out if you can. BTW, YES we were playing live...NO tracks! I haven't seen it yet but hopefully there will be some shots of my new gear. Also, for those of you who wonder, no, I don't play the lead break like the record. Gretchen told me the day she hired me that she didn't care for the version on the record to do my own thing. I've been asked that several times so thought I'd share it here.
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Gaylon's Homepage
www.gaylonmathews.com
Gretchen Wilson
www.gretchenwilson.com
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Hook Moore
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South Charleston,West Virginia
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Posted 20 May 2005 3:58 am
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I`m glad you get some tv time Gaylon 
Hook
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Charles Curtis
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Posted 20 May 2005 2:32 pm
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| Thanks for the heads up Gaylon; I hope that all the pros will do this so we can enjoy. |
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Dale Bessant
From:
Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
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Posted 21 May 2005 12:50 pm
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| Always great to hear from the workin' men & women out there on the road,I envy you all, wish I were there as well. Thx and keep up the posts......... [This message was edited by Dale Bessant on 21 May 2005 at 01:53 PM.] |
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Joey Ace
From:
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 21 May 2005 3:07 pm
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| Thanks for the heads up. I'll be watching. |
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Damir Besic
From:
Nashville,TN.
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Posted 21 May 2005 3:30 pm
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| Gretchen told me the day she hired me that she didn't care for the version on the record to do my own thing. |
that`s what I`m talking about.Artistic freedom,not much of that left these days anymore.
Db
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"Promat"
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http://hometown.aol.com/damirzanne2/PROMAT.html
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David L. Donald
From:
Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 22 May 2005 6:02 am
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| Ditto! |
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Rick Garrett
From:
Tyler, Texas
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Posted 22 May 2005 6:25 am
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Hope I'm off work in time to see it Gaylon. Good luck and I hope it turned out great.
You're really lucky to be working with an artist that says do your own thing. Congrats!!
Rick |
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Mark Metdker
From:
North Central Texas, USA
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David Yannuzzi
From:
Pomona , New York, USA
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Posted 23 May 2005 6:46 am
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Gaylon,
I just caught it. Great playing.
Unfortunatly no closeups on the steel.
It sounded like you took the beggining of the solo break and they showed a closeup of the guitar player and then the fiddle player for his part.
You could see you behind the guitar player but the camera man seemed to be focused on the guitar player.
Sorry man..
If i am wrong about the solo break please correct me .
Thanks -Dave
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Gaylon Mathews
From:
Jasper, Georgia
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Posted 23 May 2005 7:06 am
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David,
That sounds about right. For the life of me I can't understand why those folks can't get their camera shots right. That's why we have to run through the song 3 or 4 times before taping. I think they are afraid of the steel. As a matter of fact, one person on the set was calling it a jews harp when they were talking about camera shots. It won't air here until 3pm. I'll see what kinda cluster it turned into then I guess. I don't care if I'm on TV or not personally but I would like to represent the steel guitar as it should be. I guess they were too busy waiting for a blistering rock & roll solo from the guitar to worry about steel uh, er...jews harp that is. Thanks for the heads up.
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Gaylon's Homepage
www.gaylonmathews.com
Gretchen Wilson
www.gretchenwilson.com
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Larry Lorows
From:
Zephyrhills,Florida, USA
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Posted 24 May 2005 3:49 pm
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Gaylor, I caught Ellen's show after you announced it here and I enjoyed it a lot. You looked good up there buddy. I don't usually watch Ellen but made a special effort to and I'm glad I did. I bought Gretchen's cd when it first came out and really like it. Keep up the good work. Larry
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Travis Toy
From:
Nashville, TN, USA
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Posted 25 May 2005 11:33 am
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| Hey buddy. At least they didn't make you play acoustic. lol |
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Marc Friedland
From:
Fort Collins, CO
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Posted 25 May 2005 3:50 pm
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Gaylon,
I made it a point to watch the show after reading your post. I'm sure it was fun, and it sounded great.
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Mark Eaton
From:
Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 3 Jun 2005 8:37 am
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Hey Gaylon-congratulations on your success in playing with Gretchen's band. she strikes me as pretty down-to-earth, seems like she'd be good to work with.
Just curious, what kind of lap steel(s) and dobro(s) are you playing these days?
I later noticed you have a link to Melobar on your site-which model(s) do you play? From the new owners? (Is it one of their new pedal-less jew's harp models?) 
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