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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Posted 26 May 2012 12:18 am |
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Although many of us were born in the United States, there are a lot of people here from other countries, proof that the steel has become international in it's appeal. We have players in China, The Philippines, France, Germany, Israel, South Africa, Japan, Sweden, etc. (Apologies to any players from countries I omitted.)
Please tell us where you're from, and any relevant information about steel guitar activity in your country.
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Please visit my web site and Soundcloud page and listen to the music posted there.
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Jamie Lennon
From:
Nashville, TN
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Posted 26 May 2012 9:18 am
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From Birmingham England. Live in Nashville TN
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Mullen Guitars, Little Walter Amps, Benado Effects, D'Addario Strings
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Quentin Hickey
From:
Nova Scotia, Canada
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Posted 26 May 2012 12:05 pm
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I'm from the 'great white north' eh!!
Nova Scotia, Canada.
Trust me,
We love steel guitar in Canada. The only thing to do in the winter other than make igloos and play hockey is play steel.  |
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Mike Anderson
From:
British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 26 May 2012 2:36 pm
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| I'm from Edmonton, home of the mighty Keoki Lake! Now I live on the west coast though, in a suburb of Vancouver. |
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Kirk Eipper
From:
Arroyo Grande, Ca.
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Posted 27 May 2012 10:35 am
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L.A.
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'10 Williams 700 Series SD10 4+5/ '71 Emmons S-10 3+4/ '73 Emmons D-10 8+4/ GK MB 200/ Custom Tommy Huff Cabinets/ Webb 614-E/ Steelseat.com Pak-a-seat/ Magnatone and Fender lap steels/ Cobra Coil bars & Strings/ pod 2.0/ Peterson Tuners/Goodrich V.P./ Boss RV5/Teles and Martins
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Fred Jack
From:
Bastrop, Texas 78602
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Posted 27 May 2012 10:54 am where
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Lane Gray
From:
Topeka, KS
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Posted 27 May 2012 11:02 am
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Raised in DC suburbia, living in the exurbs of Topeka
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2 pedal steels, a lapStrat, and an 8-string Dobro (and 3 ukes)
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Joachim Kettner
From:
Germany
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Posted 27 May 2012 11:20 am
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I live close to Mannheim, Friedrich Gretch (guitars) comes from here as does Carl Benz (the automobile inventor).
Concerning steel I can only speak for this region: Dieter Bauer a Forum member who doesn't post anymore, is a steel player who knows a lot about the technical side of the instrument. There's another guy whose name I can't remember at the moment, who played with a well known singer called Tom Astor, and a friend who plays a few gigs a month.
I've not been playing in public for almost a year, but I've been invited to a jam- session with a relative from the Tielman Brothers in a few days.
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Walter Glockler
From:
Northern New Mexico
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Posted 27 May 2012 1:39 pm
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| New Mexico - and some believe this is a foreign country. |
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Dave Hopping
From:
Aurora, Colorado
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Posted 27 May 2012 4:12 pm
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| Walter,I've heard that said of NM too.Not foreign,though.Just enchanted. |
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Bud Angelotti
From:
Larryville, NJ, USA
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Posted 27 May 2012 4:20 pm
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| NJ - Some people think this is another country also! |
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Damir Besic
From:
Nashville,TN.
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Walter Stettner
From:
Vienna, Austria
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Posted 27 May 2012 11:59 pm
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Keeping Steel Guitar alive in Vienna, Austria....
Kind Regards, Walter
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www.lloydgreentribute.com |
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John Roche
From:
England
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CrowBear Schmitt
From:
Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
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Bent Romnes
From:
London,Ontario, Canada
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Posted 28 May 2012 1:38 am
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Born in Norway. Raised in Canada and Norway. Canada has been my home for the last 39 years. Currently on vacation in Norway.
Go here: http://www.visitandalsnes.com/index.php?lang=no for a taste of Norway's splendid nature (click on thumbnails) The train ride from Oslo to this place is breathtaking!
Here, the interest in steel is huge considering the low population (approx 5 mil).I would say there are 100 steel players here(correct me fellow Norwegians)
There is even one BenRom pedal steel in Norway, and one more to come shortly!
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BenRom Pedal Steel Guitars
https://www.facebook.com/groups/212050572323614/ |
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Tonu Timm
From:
Estonia
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Posted 28 May 2012 2:52 am
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Born and live in Estonia. We envented Skype, but we have long way to go making Steel Guitar popular here. But I am The Messenger:) MThis yearI have written already two articles in local music journals about Steel Guitar: one is quite detail and illustrated Steel Guitar history, another about my instruments and playing style.
http://wikitravel.org/en/Estonia#b
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Gary Preston
From:
Columbus, Ohio, USA
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Posted 28 May 2012 10:37 am
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 Louisa , Kentucky  Now in Columbus , Ohio since 1966 . To some this is a foreign country ! |
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Bob Blair
From:
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Posted 28 May 2012 10:43 am
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| Edmonton is a largish city (over a million in the metropolitan area) in Alberta - the Canadian Province that is due north of Montana. That's where I live, though I spend a lot of time on an island on the coast of British Columbia. Lots of fine steel players in this part of Canada. Jeff Bradshaw, who runs the Canadian steel Guitar Show, lives just a couple of hours down the road. |
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Geoff Barnes
From:
Sydney, Australia
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Posted 28 May 2012 1:38 pm
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Straya... Sydders to be precise
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Chris LeDrew
From:
Canada
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Posted 28 May 2012 2:00 pm
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I live in Atlantic Canada, on the easternmost tip of North America. As far as steel players go in my hometown, I'm one of about five or six who play actively. Here's St. John's on a rare sunny day. What you see is a natural harbour with a small narrows to the ocean, just over the hill in the left hand corner of the photo:
And here's what was lingering outside the harbour about a month ago:
In the foreground is Fort Amherst, with centuries-old British fort ruins still standing. This was Britain's first North American colony, settled over 600 years ago. And the Vikings were here long before that.
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Jackson Steel Guitars
Web: www.chrisledrew.com
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Bill McKillop
From:
Glasgow, Scotland
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Posted 28 May 2012 2:04 pm Where do you come from?
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Mike Bowles
From:
Princeton, West Virginia, USA
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Posted 28 May 2012 2:48 pm from
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these are some beautiful pictures. i live in princton wva.im just an old country boy.
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Alan Brookes
From:
Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 28 May 2012 3:10 pm
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Like Jamie Lennon and Basil Henriques, I'm from Birmingham, England.
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David Eastwood
From:
Minnesota, USA
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Posted 28 May 2012 3:31 pm
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Also from fair Northamptonshire, England - born in Northampton, though I regard Kettering as my home town.
Now living near Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, where I've been for the last 17 years. It's a bit different  |
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