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Topic: Roy Orbison's "Leah" |
David Matzenik
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Cairns, on the Coral Sea
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Posted 2 Apr 2013 10:39 pm |
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This is my first attempt at video. Its on an Alesis Video Track, which is a pocket size mosh-pit device, so no prizes for tone. You might want to turn it up.
When I was in school, Leah charted at No1 in Australia for 5 weeks in 1962. I loved it right away.
"I gotta go diving in the bay . . . but somethings wrong I cannot turn around!" I just knew his foot was in a giant clam! But no! "It was just another dream about my lost love, about Lee - ee - ah. Mighty crescendo and stop.
My favourite Roy Orbison song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQC698Jya3M
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Jeff Au Hoy
From:
Honolulu, Hawai'i
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Posted 3 Apr 2013 10:28 am
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I don't know what you were shooting for but that tone is pretty ideal to my ears!! 
Thanks for posting. I've been curious about the sound of your steel. It sounds "old" which to me sounds beautiful. |
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Bill Leff
From:
Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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Posted 3 Apr 2013 12:10 pm
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James Kerr
From:
Scotland, UK
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Posted 3 Apr 2013 2:15 pm
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I liked it too, you have made a good start to the Recording game and I look forward to more.
My brother John Kerr, Bass player lives in Cairns.
James. |
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Don Kona Woods
From:
Hawaiian Kama'aina
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Posted 3 Apr 2013 2:27 pm
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| I hear a rich, dreamy South Pacific Islander tone to that guitar which I like! |
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Allen Hutchison
From:
Kilcoy, Qld, Australia
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Posted 3 Apr 2013 3:49 pm
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Congrats David, nice work mate!
Love it - more please.   |
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David Matzenik
From:
Cairns, on the Coral Sea
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Posted 3 Apr 2013 9:44 pm
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Wow! Thanks for all the kind words. The Alesis Video Track makes things sound a bit tinnier than in the flesh. I worried about it a lot, until Marianna said "Stop being so neurotic and post it!"
PS I'll be looking out for John Kerr around the traps.
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Don't go in the water after lunch. You'll get a cramp and drown. - Mother.
Last edited by David Matzenik on 3 Apr 2013 10:30 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Dennis Smith
From:
Covington, Georgia, USA
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Posted 3 Apr 2013 10:07 pm
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Nice playing David.
I posted this earlyer in my reply to the What's your favorite steel. |
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Dennis Smith
From:
Covington, Georgia, USA
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Posted 4 Apr 2013 12:44 pm
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David
Do you have any photo's of the building/carving of the steel? |
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Earnest Bovine
From:
Los Angeles CA USA
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Posted 4 Apr 2013 2:11 pm
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David Matzenik
From:
Cairns, on the Coral Sea
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Posted 4 Apr 2013 3:15 pm
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Dennis, I posted some build pics on the "Favorite Steel" thread.
Earnest, sorry, no pics, but next time I go out to the Reef, I'll see if I can get one.
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Kay Das
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Posted 6 Apr 2013 10:12 pm
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David,
Good to know that lap steel guitar is alive and well in Cairns....well done. I have visited that part of the world a few years back and have fond memories...(pic taken while at the north east coast of oz)
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David Matzenik
From:
Cairns, on the Coral Sea
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Posted 7 Apr 2013 2:45 am
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Thanks Kay. I know that Marina. They feed giant groupers there, at cocktail hour. The water is muddy, its like something out of The Creature From The Black Lagoon. 
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