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Topic: How many play 'pop' tunes on steel guitar? |
Ray Montee
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Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 6 Jan 2014 12:11 pm |
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I've always had a hankering for the 'pop' songs of olde and for some strange reason, in spite of my CPAP machine, I keep waking up at night and I manage to recall dozens of these old songs and actually visualize playing them on my Ric.
Do you enjoy playing these olde tunes? I mean before 1980?
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Mike Spaeth
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Springdale, Arkansas
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Posted 6 Jan 2014 3:55 pm Pop songs
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| I do enjoy playing several from the 50's thru the 70's! They make great instrumentals and audiences seem to love them. |
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Mike Perlowin
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Los Angeles CA
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Posted 7 Jan 2014 4:10 am
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I played all of the following tunes at a recent restaurant gig.
Can't Take My Eyes Off You.
Medley:Dancing Queen, Dance With Me.
Medley Downtown, I Can See Clearly Now.
Here There And Everywhere.
Imagine.
Jingle Bell Rock.
Let It Be Me.
Lonesome Town.
Manha De Carnival (From Back Orpheus).
Medley: Killing Me Softly, Theme From Arthur.
Medley: Never My Love, Walk Away Renee, As Tears Go By, Tuesday Afternoon, With A Little Help From My Friends.
Old Man River.
Medley: When You Wish Upon A Star, Over The Rainbow, Tara (Gone With The Wind.)
Since I Don't Have You.
Unchained Melody.
Venus.
What A Wonderful World.
I'm currently learning a medley of tunes from West Side Story, and plan to do another of songs from The Sound Of Music.
The steel not a country instrument, it's an instrument, period, capable of playing many different types of music.
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Rick Schacter
From:
Portland, Or.
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Posted 7 Jan 2014 3:18 pm
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Hey Ray!
I know that I tried to get you to play this song when I was hanging out at your place. But you didn't seem to care for the song (I guess).
If this video doesn't change your mind and give you inspiration to learn it, I give up. LOL!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGjky5U64LM
Rick |
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 7 Jan 2014 5:51 pm
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| Ray Montee wrote: |
| Do you enjoy playing these olde tunes? I mean before 1980? |
Yes Ray, I've probably done hundreds of them through the years! 
Here's just a few:
Misty
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All Alone Am I
Ramblin' Rose
Moon River
An Affair to Remember
Three Coins In The Fountain
Wonderland By Night
Everybody Loves Somebody
Invisible Tears
Cry
Moments To Remember
I left My Heart In San Francisco
Stranger On The Shore
You Belong To Me
I Can't Help Falling In Love With You
You Don't Know Me
When I Fall In Love
Smile
My Isle Of Golden Dreams
Carolina Moon
Let Me Go Lover
Love Me With All Your Heart
My Heart Stood Still
All Alone
I think these are all great stuff, and it's a shame that most people younger than 55 probably haven't heard most of them.  |
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Posted 9 Jan 2014 12:26 am
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| Donny Hinson wrote: |
I think these are all great stuff, and it's a shame that most people younger than 55 probably haven't heard most of them. |
Heck, I'm 68, and I haven't even heard of most of them.
But it just goes to show that there are tons of steel-friendly songs in all sorts of genres, just waiting for players to do them.
I'll say it again. The steel is not a country instrument. It is an instrument, period. And it can be used to play any type of music, without limitation.
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David Cubbedge
From:
Toledo,Ohio, USA
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Posted 9 Jan 2014 9:09 am
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Often I'll just set my iTunes on 'random play' and play along to anything that comes up! BB King, Journey, Muse, Queen, Glenn Miller....thousands more!
I also have found some live situations here in Toledo where I can sit in and play whatever they're playing, and most of the time it is not country!
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Alan Brookes
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Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 9 Jan 2014 10:38 am
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Yes, I play oldies all the time. Let's face it, I don't know many of the "newies". 
I've always thought, by the way, that the doo-wap ballads of the 50s are particularly-well suited to the steel guitar. Most of them have the same chord structure as the country hits. |
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Posted 9 Jan 2014 11:59 am
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| Alan Brookes wrote: |
I've always thought... that the doo-wap ballads of the 50s are particularly-well suited to the steel guitar. Most of them have the same chord structure as the country hits. |
One of the first things I teach my students is how to play C, Am and F chords on the 8th fret, and to slide the F up to the 10th to make the G chord, while I sing "Why must I be a teenager in lo-ove."
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Please visit my web site and Soundcloud page and listen to the music posted there.
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Alan Brookes
From:
Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 9 Jan 2014 3:45 pm
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I'd like to see a video of that, Mike.   |
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