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Topic: Movie Revue |
Gary Slabaugh
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Scottsdale, AZ
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Posted 31 Mar 2003 10:12 am |
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| Last night I started watched "Almost Home" a 2001 movie with Whoopie Goldberg and others. I kept hearing some great steel guitar licks in the sound track, then there was the church funeral scene and there was a Pedal Steel. I know this is "No Peddlers" but the Sacred Steel guys are often discussed..When the ran the credits there it was "Pedal Steel - Chuck Campbell" and his credit was before Whoopie's! I can't say that I am a Whoopie fan, especially after that movie with Ted Dansin (sp), and that Rasta thing kinda scares me, but the move is funny, and you get the good tunes. |
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Rick Collins
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Claremont , CA USA
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Posted 31 Mar 2003 10:40 am
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Elvis Presley's movie, "Blue Hawaii" has, in one scene, a stand-up steeler with a guitar that I cannot identify.
The player looks like a native of that state.
Does anyone know the answer to either?
Thanks, Rick |
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Bob Stone
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Gainesville, FL, USA
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Posted 31 Mar 2003 10:51 am
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The producer or director--I forget his name--is a strong new fan of sacred steel music. He was insistent on Chuck being in the film, but in the end Chuck's time on camera was edited out. That's the movie biz. But he insisted that Chuck be listed prominently on the credits.
As you might imagine, Chuck had a mighty big time hanging out and working with some big name African-American stars. And it couldn't have happened to a better guy. |
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Brad Bechtel
From:
San Francisco, CA
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Posted 31 Mar 2003 6:07 pm
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Rick,
According to this site, the steel player was Bernie Lewis.
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Brad's Page of Steel
A web site devoted to acoustic & electric lap steel guitars
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Gerald Ross
From:
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Posted 1 Apr 2003 6:09 am
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Bernie Lewis also known as Bernie "Kaa'i" Lewis.
Popular steeler from the 1940's.
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Gerald Ross
'Northwest Ann Arbor, Michigan's King Of The Hawaiian Steel Guitar'
Gerald's Fingerstyle Guitar Website
[This message was edited by Gerald Ross on 01 April 2003 at 06:31 AM.] [This message was edited by Gerald Ross on 02 April 2003 at 07:47 AM.] |
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