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Topic: An odd duck on NPR |
Dick Sexton
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Greenville, Ohio
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Rick McNamara
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Michigan, USA
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Posted 16 Dec 2020 3:18 pm An Odd Duck |
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Howdy,
Thanks for sharing the article. Like other old timers I also worry what the future holds for PSG. I had hoped that Robert Randolph’s style would generate a new generation of folks interested in PSG. Dennis Montgomery is another steel player taking music in non traditional directions. I thought he and/or Robert might get a mention. Too soon to tell I guess? Great article though anytime PSG gets air time.
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Jim Pitman
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Waterbury Ctr. VT 05677 USA
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Posted 16 Dec 2020 9:24 pm
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Great article. Thanks Dick.
As much of a died in the wool country music guy I am, I've often felt "pigeon holed" playing PSG. It's great to see another application that really requires it. |
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Ian Rae
From:
Redditch, England
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Posted 17 Dec 2020 1:04 am
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A mine of references to follow up!
In my band I do very little traditional playing. Much of the time I'm a Rhodes piano, a Hammond organ or a string pad, and the pedal steel gives that extra dimension to all of those. Because I'm still a relative novice I have to work hard to keep up. I yearn for the time to get some classical stuff under my belt, too.
I don't have any precise stats, but I'm not convinced that the forum members passing on outnumber the new joiners. Instruments continue to be built, bought and sold 
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Dennis Montgomery
From:
Western Washington
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Posted 19 Dec 2020 9:27 am Re: An Odd Duck
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| Dennis Montgomery is another steel player taking music in non traditional directions |
Thanks for the shout out Rick!
True, there's virtually zero pedal steel in the prog rock world...except for Steve Howe from Yes on their '72 to '77 albums. That said, most of that wasn't pedal steel but slide on his double neck Fender Stringmaster. He only used his Sho Bud D10 in the studio on 2 Yes songs I'm aware of...1974's "To Be Over" and 1977's, "Awaken". Still, his short pedal steel solo from "To Be Over" was the 1st time I ever heard the instrument and I was hooked. Only took me another 40 years to get around to getting my Fender 400 & Mullen SD12 and playing them on my own prog albums 
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Hear my album, "Armistice" featuring Fender 400 on every song:
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Hear my Pedal Steel Only playlist featuring Mullen G2 SD12 on covers like Candyman, Wild Horses, Across the Universe & more...
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Pat Moore
From:
Virginia USA
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Posted 19 Dec 2020 5:22 pm Steel
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Want to know what direction steel will go? Get Jim Loessberg's Bebop etc. CD!
Great jazz! If PSG fades from the new rock/country, this is a real direction!
C6 resurrected! |
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