Drew Howard
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Posted 8 Jul 2004 6:05 am |
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Tell me about him, he sounded great on his Fender Triple w/ AATW last nite in Lansing, MI. Double fiddles were a treat, too, especially in these northern parts.
Headlining was Montgomery Gentry, as expected they were all bombast and heavy metal cheese.
Hey, I remember my first fuzztone!
MG has a large backing band of guys strumming guitars and a steeler who was not to be heard. The singer had to resort to jumping up and down repeatedly to get a rise out of the crowd.
Drew
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[This message was edited by Drew Howard on 08 July 2004 at 07:21 AM.] |
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Craig A Davidson
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Posted 8 Jul 2004 4:22 pm
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Eddie is from this state and I have had the pleasure to play a gig with him. Yes he is a player.
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James Lutz
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Posted 16 Jul 2004 7:58 am
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Well, I can tell you a little about him. He and I have been playing together since 1984. He's like the brother I never had. I am the Eldon to his Leon, the Jimmy to his Speedy. The Jimmy to his Noel.
He plays a 54 Triple neck Stringmaster with the Wheel. It's his favorite guitar, although he plays a red Professional and has a Baldwin Crossover and a Fender 1000.
All doublenecks. He started playing right after highschool, on a Fender single 8 lap. He still has it, in fact its sitting under my couch at the moment and I've been scratching at it lately. The wheel is going to Europe in a couple weeks and the single neck is what he will take, due to weight restrictions flying. His Triple is just too big and heavy in the road case. Don't worry, you would be amazed at what he gets out of the A6. He twists tuners so quick and changes a string here and there and changes the tuning, the guy is amazing.
He will be the first to tell you his biggest influences are Herby Remington and Noel Boggs on standard steel, and Buddy Emmons on pedal. He learned on a non pedal, so he has all the slants down, on his triple, his third tuning is Herb's E13 with the high strings on 7 and 8. The one from Scottys site of tunings.
Now here's the thing about him I like the best. His pedal steel playing. When I met him in 84, he was a Buddy Emmons clone. Had all his solos down. He could speed pick like a madman, all the chops in the world. He whips out Four Wheel Drive at breakneck tempo I can barely hang on. Complete with that ending. And all with one knee lever. Lower the E's, that's it. He had 2 other levers on his Bud, and they had broken off, and he never fixed them. To this day, he gets more out of a pedal steel with 8 pedals and 1 lever than anyone. Bar slants, pulling strings behind the bar, all the inversions, he's great to watch when you realize what he's using. His back tuning is different too, it's his own concoction. It's mainly a B6 and with some changes on the 5th pedal it is like E13. He kind of loses me there, but that's how he explains it.
Anyway, he is in the process of selling his house in Wisconsin, and relocating to Austin. He was just married a couple weeks ago, on a rare day off, down here in Austin, in fact I performed the ceremony for them. My wife and I moved from WI to Austin a couple years ago and I've been missing my pal, so now that the Universe has opened the door for him with this job, I get to have my pal back to start working with on his down time. We're already under way getting some stuff lined up. My wife is a great bass player and the 3 of us have played together for years, so as soon as the Wheel settles down touring wise, the 3 of us are grabbing a drummer and starting up our Speedy-Jimmy routine down here. We call it the Mercury Boys, after the cars we drive.
Anyone interested in real swing, check out Eddie with the Wheel.
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Minds work like parachutes. It's best when they're open.
[This message was edited by Jim Lutz on 16 July 2004 at 09:02 AM.] |
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