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Del Rangel
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Clayton, NC
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Posted 7 Dec 2002 11:12 am |
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Has anyone heard music by this Chicago band?
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Earnest Bovine
From:
Los Angeles CA USA
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Posted 7 Dec 2002 12:39 pm
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| At least now nobody can say that Shania's not country. |
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Del Rangel
From:
Clayton, NC
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Posted 7 Dec 2002 2:05 pm
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| Sho nuff! |
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Bob Hoffnar
From:
Austin, Tx
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Posted 7 Dec 2002 11:22 pm
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they have a website:
pedalsteeltransmission.com/
There are a few indie rock bands that are trying to hitch there little red wagons to the shooting star of glamour and coolness that is the pedalsteel guitar.
Bob
[This message was edited by Bob Hoffnar on 07 December 2002 at 11:32 PM.] |
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Stephen Gambrell
From:
Over there
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Posted 8 Dec 2002 6:21 am
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Would somebody tell an ignoramus from South Carolina just what this dude is trying to do to that steel guitar?
I'll tell you right now, WHATEVER it is, it's got ol' Buddy's "spinning bar" trick beat all to pieces!
Hey Bagwell, is this one of Rocket's students? |
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Jim Smith
From:
Midlothian, TX, USA
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Posted 8 Dec 2002 6:29 am
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Whatever it is he's doing, it's on a Dekley.  At least it won't hurt the guitar a bit! 
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Jim Smith jimsmith94@attbi.com
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Stereo Steel rig w/Boss GX-700
IVL SteelRider w/JV-880
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Joey Ace
From:
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 8 Dec 2002 7:01 am
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It would be a great time for the .011 string to snap.
Where's his Bar? Nevermind, I don't want to know.
The band calls itself PST.
In Canada that means Provincial Sales Tax.[This message was edited by Joey Ace on 08 December 2002 at 01:50 PM.] |
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Greg Simmons
From:
where the buffalo (used to) roam AND the Mojave
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Posted 8 Dec 2002 12:58 pm
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Wow, looks like someone told that guy to play with a bit more "balls", and he really took it to heart 
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Greg Simmons
Custodian of the Official Sho~Bud Pedal Steel Guitar Website
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Gene Jones
From:
Oklahoma City, OK USA, (deceased)
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Posted 8 Dec 2002 1:51 pm
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| ...I've seen bull-riders with better form. He is about to be thrown...he better start working his fingers loose from under that rope or the clowns are gona have to come to his rescue.... |
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Joey Ace
From:
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 8 Dec 2002 4:03 pm
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That's it! He thinks it'a a Mechnical Bull and is looking for the slot to put his coins in!
:) |
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Bob Hoffnar
From:
Austin, Tx
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Posted 8 Dec 2002 8:57 pm
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They seem to be a busy band and the MP3's from there site sound good. Whoever it is playing steel on the tracks is coming up with some nice stuff.
Hmmmm.....
Lets see, there is a band out there having fun playing music with a steel and then there are us steel guitar forum guys in a chat room degrading a young steel player that we know nothing about....
Bob
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Greg Vincent
From:
Folsom, CA USA
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Posted 9 Dec 2002 9:03 am
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I like it!
It's a rock band using a "country" instrument to good effect --which is good for that instrument.
Infinitely preferable to all the country artists out there who seem to be ashamed of being called "country" and therefore disguise themselves in the trappings of rock 'n' roll.
-GV [This message was edited by Greg Vincent on 09 December 2002 at 09:10 AM.] |
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Tony Orth
From:
Evansville, Indiana, USA
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Posted 9 Dec 2002 10:02 am
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I've worked on stages so tiny that this was the technique I used to get behind my guitar.
If you're short-legged you're out of luck.
Tony |
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Gene Jones
From:
Oklahoma City, OK USA, (deceased)
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Posted 9 Dec 2002 10:31 am
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I re-read the posts and I don't believe anyone's comments were with malicious intent. I think we were just having fun with a funny picture of someone having fun.
The website was entertaining and his pose may actually have been to make the point that that "thing" is as hard to play as a brahma bull is to ride.
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Stephen Gambrell
From:
Over there
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Posted 9 Dec 2002 12:31 pm
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| "But for me, it's a way, to survive." |
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Dave Van Allen
From:
Souderton, PA , US , Earth
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Posted 10 Dec 2002 6:51 am
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| There are a few indie rock bands that are trying to hitch there little red wagons to the shooting star of glamour and coolness that is the pedalsteel guitar. |
all too true Bob. I wish more of 'em had my phone number...
(I also wish I was 23 again, but know what I know about PSG) |
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Chris Walke
From:
St Charles, IL
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Posted 11 Dec 2002 4:56 pm
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A buddy of mine used to drum for them. Saw them at a tiny little place in Chicago. Sounded great...not country, but country-influenced with a heavy dose of rock.
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Carter York
From:
Austin, TX [Windsor Park]
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Posted 12 Dec 2002 7:33 am
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On the notion of rock using PSG, I really like a band from Athens, GA called Japancakes. You can download a nice tune of theirs from www.epitonic.com, and probably find some more stuff online. They play instrumental music, with drums, elec. bass, cello, PSG, and elec. guitar. Nice stuff, I've seen em a handful of times here in Austin.
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Del Rangel
From:
Clayton, NC
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Posted 12 Dec 2002 9:25 am
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| Interesting that you mention that because I think that Pedal Steel Transmission cites Japancakes as one of their influences. It gives me a warm fuzzy to see PSG showing up in these indie bands. |
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P Gleespen
From:
Toledo, OH USA
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Posted 12 Dec 2002 11:34 am
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Well, I think they're pretty cool.
Del, I don't know if a lap steel in an indie band will make you feel quite as fuzzy as pedal steel, but you're welcome to check out my most recent indie steel:
Click here (VERY not country) |
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Del Rangel
From:
Clayton, NC
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Posted 12 Dec 2002 12:26 pm
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Lap Steel, Resonator, PSG, in new bands will all give me a warm fuzzy feeling. Its good to see any steel guitar cropping up in new and interesting places. Now if we can start to figure out who exactly is using steel guitar out there, we could keep better tabs on them, since some of us seem to want to know what is going on in the front lines.
Placer ehh? Sounds pretty good to me. I think I am going to start paying much more attention to indie types and forget all these pablum puking, Clear Channel corporate swine--dogs. [This message was edited by Del Rangel on 12 December 2002 at 12:34 PM.] |
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Bob Hoffnar
From:
Austin, Tx
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Posted 12 Dec 2002 1:25 pm
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Here are a few indie bands that use steel sometimes:
Bright Eyes
Giant Sand
Mendoza Line
Elk City
Mike Kinsella
Hem
there are piles of them.
John Neff stays busy in that scene.
Bob
BTW: Nice work Mr Gleason !
[This message was edited by Bob Hoffnar on 12 December 2002 at 01:26 PM.] |
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