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Topic: Stardust |
Rich Sullivan
From:
Nelson, NH 03457
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Posted 12 Aug 2020 7:49 am |
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I'm on a roll. Here's another recording I just did this morning of another classic slow pop/jazz standard. This one must have taken close to twenty tries before I could get through it with something I could live with. "The Nearness of You", which I posted yesterday, was recorded in one take. Hope you like this one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g938W8R1Ams |
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Norman Evans
From:
Tennessee
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Posted 12 Aug 2020 11:27 am
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| Good job on Stardust. One of my favorites. |
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Jim Mckay
From:
New Zealand
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Posted 12 Aug 2020 12:35 pm
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Lovely sound and playing Rich. Love the guitar, do you have knee levers on there as well as pedals? Looks like you have normal eight string spacing for slants. I find Ten string necks restrict slants that are easy on lap steel.
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Rich Sullivan
From:
Nelson, NH 03457
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Posted 12 Aug 2020 1:44 pm
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Jim, thank you for the nice response. I still use slants, even with the pedals, albeit not as often as I used to in non-pedal playing. Yes, there are four knee levers. Probably a sacrilege to some Bigsby aficionados. But since I removed the pulley and cable system and replaced it with rods, I guess anything goes. If you check out this link, you can see photos of the undercarriage.
https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=341008/ |
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Rich Sullivan
From:
Nelson, NH 03457
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Posted 12 Aug 2020 1:50 pm
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| Thanks, Norman. I don't know if it is still true, but at one time, Stardust was reputed to be the most recorded song. Either way, it is a truly lovely song, which does stand up as an instrumental. In fact, Hoagy Carmichael composed the song in 1927, and the lyrics weren't added until several years later. |
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Larry Dering
From:
Missouri, USA
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Posted 13 Aug 2020 3:49 am
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| Rich, wonderful job and that old Bigsby is sounding great. |
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Slim Heilpern
From:
Aptos California, USA
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Posted 13 Aug 2020 11:18 am
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Gorgeous!
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Rich Sullivan
From:
Nelson, NH 03457
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Posted 13 Aug 2020 4:32 pm
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Doug - thanks. And thanks again for the photos.
Larry and Slim - thank you both again. |
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Russ Blake
From:
Oregon, USA
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Posted 17 Aug 2020 6:51 pm
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| Nicely done, Rich! Looking forward to hearing more. |
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Rich Sullivan
From:
Nelson, NH 03457
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