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Bob Gondesen

 

From:
Texas, USA
Post  Posted 30 Jun 2021 8:44 am    
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HEY GUYS
I JUST TURNED 90 YEARS OLD , AND STILL LOVE PLAYING
PEDAL STEEL . I STARTED AT AROUND 8 YEARS OLD .. I WOULD
LISTEN TO THE OPRY , READ TABS , PRACTICE WHEN I COULD
AND LISTENED TO OTHER PLAYERS .
I HAVE FEET NEPHROPATHY , WHICH MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO
PLAY, BUT I TOLERATE IT . I PLAY EVERYDAY ALSO I TEACH
SOME ALSO .
I HOPE TO PLAY ANOTHER 90 YEARS , HAHA .

BOB GONDESEN
LA MARQUE , TX
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Erv Niehaus


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Litchfield, MN, USA
Post  Posted 30 Jun 2021 9:18 am    
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Bless your heart! Very Happy
Erv
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Don R Brown


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Rochester, New York, USA
Post  Posted 30 Jun 2021 9:57 am    
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Bob, happy 90th birthday and may you have many more! I am a mere kid of 72 but I sure do wish I had started steel at age 8 like you, instead of after I retired. I commend you on enjoying every day of life you are given - I'm sure your upbeat attitude and positive outlook have something to do with your long life. Keep on playing!
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Larry Dering


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Missouri, USA
Post  Posted 30 Jun 2021 12:05 pm    
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Bob that's wonderful and still playing. Like Don I'm a young 72 year old player. I played guitar since my teens and pedal steel in my late 30s. I also play daily. Keeps us young. Happy birthday and many more to come.
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dlayne


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OH
Post  Posted 30 Jun 2021 1:42 pm     Bob
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Bob, you’re an inspiration to us all, God Bles and many more licks to be played, Dan Layne
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Jerry Overstreet


From:
Louisville Ky
Post  Posted 30 Jun 2021 2:08 pm    
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Best Wishes and Happy Birthday Bob. Keep on pickin'!
🎂🎈🎈
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Roy Rosetta


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Nederland, Texas.. On the Texas Gulf Coast
Post  Posted 30 Jun 2021 7:18 pm    
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Happy 90th Bobby !!! You still play like a "champ" and will for another 90 years. Barbara sends her best to you and Elaine and we must get our plans together for that lunch in Galveston we've been talking about.
Later my friend,
....Roy and Barbara
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Wesley Medlen

 

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LaCygne,Ks
Post  Posted 1 Jul 2021 4:51 am    
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Happy birthday Bob. I started on rythum guitar at 10 yrs. of age. I started on lap steel in 1950. Was 85 in April still set down and practice with cd's. Been in a cowboy church band 111/2 years keep up it keeps us going God Bless Wes
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Chris Brooks

 

From:
Providence, Rhode Island
Post  Posted 1 Jul 2021 5:18 am    
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What an inspiration you are, Bob! I am a mere stripling of 77 but I enjoy playing more than ever--now that I don't have to make a living from it. I'm a part of a roots / fusion / Americana band; a Western swing group; and play guitar for a husband and wife group who sing in 8 languages. Plus I have been doing more recording lately that ever.

An advantage of playing for a long time is that we have many decades of experience to draw on. But yes, we do have to work around conditions like your neuropathy--and my thumb arthritis.

But that just makes me play simpler and with a more positive attack. Hey: let the kids shred!!

Chris
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Bruce Blackburn


From:
Nashville, Tennessee
Post  Posted 1 Jul 2021 1:17 pm    
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You have just joined with one of the best groups of folks on the planet; and me. Happy birthday! Here’s to many more.
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Bobby D. Jones

 

From:
West Virginia, USA
Post  Posted 1 Jul 2021 8:37 pm    
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Happy Birthday Bob.
Carrying all that equipment keeps a man in shape for sure. Happy Steelin another 90 years.
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Tony Prior


From:
Charlotte NC
Post  Posted 2 Jul 2021 12:03 am    
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Thx for the post Bob, happy B-Day, keep pickin , you are an inspiration Very Happy !
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Shorty Smith

 

From:
Columbus, Georgia, USA
Post  Posted 2 Jul 2021 1:33 pm    
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Happy 90 birthday Bob, I'm right behind you at 89 and I play app. one hour every day at home, My last gig was February 2020 at the VFW in Phenix City, Al. due to the Virus.I hope my next gig will be soon, Shorty
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Ray Mangrum

 

From:
Nashville, TN.
Post  Posted 3 Jul 2021 5:27 am     Happy Birthday YOUNG MAN
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Happy Birthday Bob, you are certainly an inspiration to me.
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Bob Jennings

 

From:
Indiana, USA
Post  Posted 4 Jul 2021 1:34 am     Steel Players
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Bob,

Happy 90th. Alvino Rey played steel guitar in his 90's. He had pedals but for changing keys--and also had a talking steel. Look up his vinyl long play and buy one--there is a lot of info on him on the cover.

Again, Happy 90th---another 90 and you'll really be famous--you'll be the oldest steel player around--I'll only be 168 and still a wannabee peddler.

A few years ago, my Wife and I were visiting friends near Houston and we went to a place that had music--I got to sing a couple old Country songs with the band and Keith Gilley was playing Sax in the band.

Bob Jennings
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Bob Gondesen

 

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Texas, USA
Post  Posted 11 Jul 2021 8:57 am     Steel Players
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HEY GUYS
I APPRECIATE ALL THOSE KIND WORDS AND ENCOURAGEMENT
YES , IT HAS BEEN GREAT , I THINK I WILL JUST HAVE TO
TAKE YOUR ADVISE AND LIVE ANOTHER 90 YEARS PLAYING
STEEL .

THANKS VERY MUCH GUYS
BOB GONDESEN
LA MARQUE ,TEXAS
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Bob Jennings

 

From:
Indiana, USA
Post  Posted 11 Jul 2021 10:41 am     Bob Gondesen
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Bob,

If we get to Houston sometime next winter, I'll look you up...I play good Barre Chord Rhythm on a Gibson L50 with a DeArmond Pickup thru a Fender Deluxe 112 Amp--we could do some old Country songs.

Bob Jennings

Southern Indiana
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Aaron Marshall


From:
Texas, USA
Post  Posted 11 Jul 2021 1:10 pm    
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Happy Birthday Bob!

Thanks for all of your years of dedication to the steel guitar. That is great and such an inspiration to the rest of us players. Let's keep it going!
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Herb Steiner

 

From:
Spicewood TX 78669
Post  Posted 14 Jul 2021 3:13 pm    
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Happy b'day Bob! I always enjoyed the dinners the gang would have after the Jamboree, and I'm looking forward to doing the same with you again sometime.
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Son, we live in a world with walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with steel guitars. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinberg?
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Jody Cameron

 

From:
Angleton, TX,, USA
Post  Posted 14 Jul 2021 10:29 pm    
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Happy birthday Bob!
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Tracy Sheehan

 

From:
Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Post  Posted 16 Jul 2021 9:57 pm     Right behind you bob.
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I will be 90 in a short time if
I live to see it. Smile The reply function just now came back up Tracy
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