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Per Kammersgaard
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Posted 16 Oct 2012 2:43 am |
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I found this LP called "Reminton Rides Again" It's on Hilltop Records (LS 6020), but other than that, there's hardly any info at all. Can anyone please help.
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Bill McCloskey
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Posted 16 Oct 2012 4:24 am
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The Herb Remington (you misspelled the last name) is a well known steeel player who specialized in western Swing and played with Bob Wills He was a frequent contributor to this forum and also manufactures his own brand of steel consul: http://www.remingtonsteelguitars.com
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Ethan Shaw
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Posted 16 Oct 2012 5:22 am
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| Did Herb just die? I just had a lesson with him! |
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Per Kammersgaard
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Posted 16 Oct 2012 5:54 am
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Yes - I mispelled his name. Not once but twice - shame on me. I am aware of who Mr. Remington is - I'm more interested in knowing something about this LP. When and where it was recorded, who produced it, who are the pickers, and who wrote the songs.
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Bill McCloskey
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Posted 16 Oct 2012 5:58 am
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| Ah...my mistake then. I thought Herb had passed. My apologies to Mr. Remington. |
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Morgan Scoggins
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Posted 16 Oct 2012 3:30 pm
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Herb lives in Houston, Texas and is still very active in playing, building and teaching the steel guitar.
I spoke to him a few weeks ago and, at age 86 or 87, He is doing about as well as we could expect.
I think the record album that you mentioned of Herb's, has a song titled "The Pookie". I asked Herb about that song. He wrote the song years ago and named it for his pet dog.
Herb is a wonderful guy. I bought one of his guitars several years ago and it is one of my most prized posessions. I took it out a while back and carried it over to the home of another steel player, Barney Miller.He was amazed at the quality and sound of the 8 string non pedal steel and couldn't stop talking about it or playing it.
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Dave Harmonson
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Les Anderson
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The Great White North
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Posted 17 Oct 2012 2:58 pm
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| I have one of the few older D10s that Herb made. It is fairly heavy but it is as close to a pedal steel sound I have ever played. Pulling the strings to give it an E9th tuning is about as easy as one could get on a none pedal steel. |
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