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Topic: Think I finally dialed in the right combination! |
Todd Weger
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Safety Harbor, FLAUSA
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Posted 15 May 2014 8:38 am |
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Here's my rig from last Saturday night's gig at a bar called Ocean Blues in Sarasota, Florida with my retro country band, "The Only Daddys." I'm just LOVING this Fender Vibrasonic amp. Steel sounds full, clean and rich and the Tele is almost too twangy (I have to dial it back a touch on the tone knob). And I can finally HEAR myself to stay in tune! 
Here's the full stage. GREAT ROOM!
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Tom Cooper
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Orlando, Fl
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Posted 15 May 2014 12:00 pm
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| Wow! triple. and retro country! I have a rockabilly/country/swing blues band called The Oak Hill Drifters in orlando but our singer lives in Cape Canaveral and we play some of the beach dives over that way. West coast is awesome. love Siesta Key and Sarasota. What are your tuings? I play my D8 Gibson consolette through a Delta blues and Gretsch/tele thru a Blues jr with 6v6's. Cant really afford one really good amp right now but my setup is doin me pretty good. you pretty much got it covered with that amp. I too have to play both at gigs. Next time I am out that way want to look up your band. |
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Bill Sinclair
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Waynesboro, PA, USA
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Posted 15 May 2014 1:17 pm
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Nice! If I looked through that big window and saw that setup on the stage I'd have to tell my baby "We're having our beer right here!"
Sounds like Florida has some decent honky tonkin goin on. I had to check out both the Only Daddys and the Oak Hill Drifters on the utoob and liked what I heard. Keep it up! |
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Tom Cooper
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Orlando, Fl
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Posted 15 May 2014 7:02 pm
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| Thanks for the kind words! Oak Hill Drifters have been kind of rough over the years. Kinda learning as I go. Got really good lineup now. Just getting goin with it. the Daddys are really cool! I also play in a classic country band on an Emmons d10 but I really like non pedal better. In my band I am using an E13/9 and A6 tuning playing rockabilly, jump blues/western swing and classic country. Not a whole lot of bands round here doin it really. Really happy to see the Only Daddys band. The good stuff for sure! |
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Tom Cooper
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Orlando, Fl
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Posted 15 May 2014 7:02 pm
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| Thanks for the kind words! Oak Hill Drifters have been kind of rough over the years. Kinda learning as I go. Got really good lineup now. Just getting goin with it. the Daddys are really cool! I also play in a classic country band on an Emmons d10 but I really like non pedal better. In my band I am using an E13/9 and A6 tuning playing rockabilly, jump blues/western swing and classic country. Not a whole lot of bands round here doin it really. Really happy to see the Only Daddys band. The good stuff for sure! |
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Todd Weger
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Safety Harbor, FLAUSA
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Posted 21 May 2014 5:11 am Nice!
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Hey -- thanks, you guys. Tom, I checked out some OHD stuff on youtube, and really like your sound. I especially love the 'Drinkin' Wine Spodie Odie' clip on there. That Gibson Console D8 sounds fantastic. Great Wayne Hancock type of sound. I see that's from a while back though, and you've since added drums and a female singer?
If you ever think you're gonna come by our neck of the woods over here in the Tampa/St.Pete area, let me know and we can get together and bore all our non-steel playing friends with steel guitar talk!
Bill, it appears as though there's a honky-tonkin' scene down here, but in reality, it's almost non-existent. As far as our coast (St. Pete/Tampa area) goes, I know of our band and another honky-tonk band by the name of Sara Rose Band. Scott Hunter is playing PSG with them. That's about it! There are a million modern country bands and bars, but the stuff we do is "too country" for those places. We only do Hank Sr., Webb Pierce, Bob Wills, Lefty, Buck, Johnny, George, Faron, Charley, Waylon, Willie... that stuff. Finding the right venues is difficult. We'd really love to do festivals that feature rockabilly and honky-tonk type bands. We seems to hit it off with the PBR drinkin' kids.
It's a labor of love. |
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Tom Cooper
From:
Orlando, Fl
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Posted 22 May 2014 2:58 pm
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| Hey Todd. Thanks for the props. That version of OHD was when I had a guitar player. we started to learn the 'twinning' thing, but he left to do his own band so I took over electric. Hard to get guys to sit still long enough to do that. btw, that's a Herb Remington ripoff, Hometown Stomp blended with Spodeodee. OHD is quite leaner and meaner. Doin old jump blues and r&b mixed with rockabilly and trying to get some western swing goin. Just gettin off the ground again with new crew. All have day jobs but take it very serious. Great crew now. Dream team. You are right bout lack in scene. We are an oddity round here. Handful if that. Everyone young seems to be into this wimpy hipster bearded serious songwriter stuff. Its a big yawn for me. That or older cover band types or jazz which both can be cool. I am in another classic country cover band that does 60's and 70s country. OHD is all 40's 50's. I get my fill! Just wish there was more of a scene. I am grateful tho. I play pretty much stuff I like. Make a little $, but rather make less and play what I really feel. |
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Bill Sinclair
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Waynesboro, PA, USA
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Posted 23 May 2014 6:44 am
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| Doin old jump blues and r&b mixed with rockabilly and trying to get some western swing goin. ....... I am grateful tho. I play pretty much stuff I like. Make a little $, but rather make less and play what I really feel. |
Man. Both you guys are right up my alley. OHD is pretty much the same genre mix as the band I'm in. Here's a Tonehounds clip (not that you asked for it  ).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hp2eYNA8-wQ
Unfortunately Shane, the steel player, is no longer playing with us which is why I'm on this site trying to learn some lap steel. (I'm the harp/sax player). It's such a cool instrument but not something you can just jump right in to.
Like you, I'm enjoying getting to play music that I really like even if it's sometimes for a limited audience. |
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