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Topic: Just a tho't about our friends that Have GONE ON............ |
Ray Montee
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Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 31 Mar 2014 9:42 am |
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So many great and wonderful steel guitarists have gone on........and during their youth......they made some really fine music. The result of years of dedicated study and practice.
To me, it seems such a shame when the steel guitar community loses one of these 'to be cherrished' musician friends.
As for me, I've never heard the majority of them play a single note....and know of them merely as a name on an unfamiliar listing "Gone Home"......... I was never exposed to their unique playing style or sounds.
Would anyone agree with me, that SOMEWHERE......there should be a web site or web page that not only NAMES the individual but with it, an accompanying photograph and also includes several cuts of his/her playing so that that music of the individual will never be totally lost to the rest of us?
How 'bout it? Let's give this some serious tho't. |
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 31 Mar 2014 5:33 pm
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| I think it would be better left unsaid lest the more prolific players should somehow be misconstrued as appearing "better" than those not so well known.. |
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Bud Angelotti
From:
Larryville, NJ, USA
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Posted 31 Mar 2014 5:59 pm
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Gotta agree with Barry on this one Ray.
We all have two things in common, whether you play steel or not, make pie, or rule the free world.
We ARE here, and at some point we won't be.
We can't all be steel guitar hall of famers, but we can TRY to be life hall of famers, even if nobody notices. And sometimes nobody else noticing is best.
Cheers! 
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Norman Markowitz
From:
Santa Cruz, California
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Posted 31 Mar 2014 7:32 pm
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| Ray, I agree with your sense of history. |
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Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 31 Mar 2014 8:29 pm THANK YOU for your support..............
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My suggestion was meant as a respectful way to remember our SGF Members that have gone on ahead.
It was in no way meant to make HERO's out of the top recording artists ..........at the expense of unknown
friends and neighbors. I felt seeing them and being to hear them would be showing a great deal of respect. |
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 31 Mar 2014 8:45 pm Thanks for the referral..............
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It was just a tho't in an old man's memory that I felt might be worthy of some kind of remembrance.
No sense it discussing it any further. |
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Steven Finley
From:
California, USA
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Posted 1 Apr 2014 7:49 am
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Well, Ray,
I think this is the best idea I have heard you come up with; we need a Steel Guitar Historian.
There are many fine players out there, those with their own unique style,
who should be given a chance to be remembered for their talent and dedication--not all the good players are ever heard on the radio!
An added note: Ever wonder why steel guitarist jobs are on the downturn? The replies to your posting are a classic example!
If band leaders or other musicians are surfing this site looking for a steel player, they might not want to hire a steel player
from this forum bunch. Too many come across as arrogant, unkind, and mal-contents who cannot get along with each other;
(never mind being pleasant to work with in a band).
Again, Ray, excellent idea!!! |
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Niels Andrews
From:
Salinas, California, USA
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Posted 1 Apr 2014 8:07 am
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I made a suggestion to the SWGA that we start a video archive with players who have gone on and especially those still with us. This forum as well as having lost my teacher Reece Anderson this year and after attending my first Steel Guitar event, I came to the startling realization that in ten years very few of the attendee's there today would still be around.
I think for posterity it would be nice to just have a little bio on some of these guys. I really enjoyed visiting with a lot of these players in Phoenix and Dallas. I have no idea how good, or bad they are, it doesn't matter, they do share the love of this instrument we do, and they should be remembered.
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Lee Johnson
From:
Illinois, USA
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Posted 1 Apr 2014 8:09 am That is a good thought
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I agree with Ray,s thought on our remembrance of our past friends and steel players , My best buddy past away and most people,didn't even know he played the steel guitar, He was one of the finest steel players in the world , ask just a few people who did hear him, At one instance, The Great Buddy Emmons, turned to him after hearing him ,and said , Bill I never knew you played steel, His name was Billy Joe Stroud, of the Great BJS steel Guitar Bars. So yes it would be great to hear and remember,our great friends and brothers and sisters of the Pedal steel Guitar. Thanks Ray for the thought ,,, God Bless You ,,, Lee Johnson
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 1 Apr 2014 8:44 am
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It was in no way meant to make HERO's out of the top recording artists ..........at the expense of unknown
friends and neighbors. I felt seeing them and being to hear them would be showing a great deal of respect. |
Ray, I understand that. I also understand that the road to Hell is paved with good intentions. I was just trying to consider the possible unintended consequences of your proposal. By all means, trudge on... |
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