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Jim Cohen


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Post  Posted 19 Jun 2019 2:56 pm    
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Joe Krumel

 

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Post  Posted 19 Jun 2019 3:26 pm    
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I've seen it all now!
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John De Maille


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Post  Posted 19 Jun 2019 10:44 pm    
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Well...... if he could fly a B52, then, I guess he could play a steel guitar.
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Post  Posted 20 Jun 2019 1:26 am    
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Wow!
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Ian Rae


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Post  Posted 20 Jun 2019 4:35 am    
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He could play trombone. If you watch The Glen Miller Story all his slide positions are correct and could not have been coached.

Is that why he got the part? Is Hollywood really that smart or did they just get lucky?
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Greg Cutshaw


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Post  Posted 20 Jun 2019 5:23 am    
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"As I briefly mentioned in my intro, music was a big part of Jimmy Stewart’s life growing up. His mother was a gifted pianist and he himself learned how to play both the piano and the accordion. It’s quite certain that his experience was helpful in the making of this movie. Although he insisted on playing the trombone himself, he was ultimately dubbed by the musician Joe Yukl after it became apparent that he was not up for the task. He instead agreed to plug up his mouthpiece and concentrate on learning the correct hand positions on the instrument."

From here:

https://oldmoviesnostalgia.com/9630/jimmy-stewart-the-glenn-miller-story-1954/


Did you ever wonder how Stewart was able to play the trombone in the film? Well, here’s Jimmy’s own answer to that question:

Answer here at 6th sound bite:

http://www.jimmystewartontheair.com/moonlight-memories-and-miller/
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Ian Rae


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Post  Posted 20 Jun 2019 5:35 am    
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Brilliant, Greg - thank you! All my questions answered. The fakery worked and made for an excellent movie.

There are some truly dreadful ones out there with musical instruments being abused by people who are not fit to handle them. They wouldn't allow it with animals Smile
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Post  Posted 20 Jun 2019 9:38 am    
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Wa wa wa what a great instrument this is.
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Lee Warren


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Post  Posted 20 Jun 2019 10:38 am    
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A man of impeccable taste!
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Darrell Criswell

 

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Post  Posted 21 Jun 2019 7:56 am    
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Am I missing something? Does anyone know if he is playing the steel guitar for a movie, or he actually played and owned the instrument?
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Charlie McDonald


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Post  Posted 21 Jun 2019 11:35 am    
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I think neither.

The trombone? It was acting!
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Post  Posted 21 Jun 2019 12:53 pm    
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Where did he park the fork Lift for loading and unloading that thrashing machine? lol
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Greg Cutshaw


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Post  Posted 21 Jun 2019 4:19 pm    
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There's a whole lot of charisma sitting behind that steel guitar!
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Jim Cohen


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Post  Posted 21 Jun 2019 4:24 pm    
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Darrell Criswell wrote:
Am I missing something? Does anyone know if he is playing the steel guitar for a movie, or he actually played and owned the instrument?

All I can say is that I've seen worse hand positions on beginning students. He might have had some experience...
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Joe Krumel

 

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Post  Posted 21 Jun 2019 4:56 pm    
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I was thinking the same thing about the hands .
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Barry Blackwood


Post  Posted 22 Jun 2019 7:30 am    
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Does anyone know the history of that photograph?
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Bill Bradford

 

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Post  Posted 22 Jun 2019 1:46 pm    
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Looks like it was connected with a movie he made just before going off to the war, called "Pot O'Gold," which co-starred a big band called Horace Heidt and His Musical Knights.

This picture of the band shows what looks like the same guitarist with his Gibson L-5 and that industrial-legged steel (also a Gibson?).



Horace Heidt must have been a fan of steel, because Alvino Ray was apparently in an earlier line-up of his band before setting off with his own.
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Herb Steiner

 

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Post  Posted 23 Jun 2019 7:07 am    
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There's a scene in "Godfather II" in which the young Corleone family are sitting on the front stoop of their brownstone apartment, timeframe was circa WW1, and there's a neighbor playing guitar behind them. But the guitar was obviously a Gibson flattop from the 1960's.

It initially bugged me, but I got over it. It's my favorite of the GF Trilogy.
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Jack Hanson


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Post  Posted 23 Jun 2019 8:30 am    
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What's that thing the CG is setting on? Looks kinda like a Deluxe34 on steroids. (Mark, do you have any plans to offer a model with wheels on it?) Somewhat reminiscent of a certain album cover back in the day:

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Michael Maddex


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Post  Posted 23 Jun 2019 9:09 am    
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I agree, looking at his hands, Jimmy seems to know what he´s doing there. Also, his facial expression reminds me of Buddy.

FWIW, on page 52 of the Duchossoir Book, there are two photos of Alvino Rey with his new Console Grande delivered in March 1939. Alvino´s CG has a Blonde finish and the same Industrial Strength Stand as the one in the Jimmy Stewart photo. It´s hard to be positive, but Alvino´s guitar also seems to have one Pedal Rod.
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Barry Blackwood


Post  Posted 23 Jun 2019 10:06 am    
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Looks like it was connected with a movie he made just before going off to the war, called "Pot O'Gold," which co-starred a big band called Horace Heidt and His Musical Knights.

This picture of the band shows what looks like the same guitarist with his Gibson L-5 and that industrial-legged steel (also a Gibson?).

By jove, Bill, I think you've got it. Here's another picture from that same movie..

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Doug Beaumier


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Post  Posted 23 Jun 2019 11:17 am    
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Here are a couple of screenshots from the movie. The steel player keeps the guitar on his lap and he switches from steel to guitar a lot. Jimmy Stewart is on the far left in the top picture.




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Gary Spaeth

 

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Post  Posted 23 Jun 2019 3:05 pm    
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jimmie sterwart played the accordion quite a bit on a western called night passage. his character was a down and out who made a subsistence living playing accordion for tips.
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Darrell Criswell

 

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Post  Posted 23 Jun 2019 4:16 pm    
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Jimmy tunes a banjo in the movie and has a relatively long scene where he plays harmonica with the band. They ask him if he can read music and he says "of course".

There is a scene in the movie where the wheels on the steel are used to quickly move it out of the way to make room for a big clock!
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Bobby Nelson


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Post  Posted 4 Jul 2019 11:01 pm    
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In all of the pics, I only noticed one of them where the guitar is plugged in - it is not in the Stewart pic.
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