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Topic: Dance Floor Grease/Steel Guitar Enemy |
Ronnie Green
From:
Des Moines, New Mexico, USA
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Posted 1 Apr 2006 8:53 am |
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| I bet I can vouch for all of you on this subject. It's a pedal steel nightmare to get off and out of. Cornmeal, dancewax, ect. We played at a wedding a couple weeks ago and the brides father layed down I bet 4 pounds of baby powder. I still can't get it out of my steel or my lungs. Anybody got there say so on this? People don't have a clue as to what it does to instruments, especially ours. I must admit, it was funny watching everbody bust their ass. |
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Chuck Cusimano
From:
Weatherford, Texas, USA
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Posted 1 Apr 2006 9:02 am
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I'm with you Ronnie. A few years ago, Me and Stan Lark, Joe Mestas, and "Clide" (E-drummer) Played at the dance hall at the Raton Rodeo grounds, and the POWERS THAT BE put corn meal on the floor, and I was sick for a month!! Baby powder has to be worse. Even Dance floor Wax, is bad enough.
Want to get rich? Let's invent shoe soles made just for dancin' where you don't need anything on the floor. Great post Ronnie! |
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Ron Kirby
From:
Nashville TN
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Posted 1 Apr 2006 9:10 am
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| Ronnie, I hear You !! When I was pickin in Texas, It was normal for club owners to toss cornmeal on the dance floor. their not worried about our steels, they just want the dancers, Dancing, and working up a big thrist to sell beer,, always leave the good steel at home !! think Ill have a beer !! Ron |
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Don E. Curtis
From:
St Louis, Missouri, USA (deceased)
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Posted 1 Apr 2006 10:32 am
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Yes, but the only thing worse is an indoor rodeo, trashes every amp, p.a., steel etc...
Also, and many know about salt water air especially on an island, horrible for the steel inside and out.
I also played a "Fish House" for 8 years, talk about grease on the floor, the steels sliding and if you don't have an attached volume pedal forget about it.
Or how about outside in the rain with a laquer guitar?
Don |
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Ron Kirby
From:
Nashville TN
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Posted 1 Apr 2006 11:16 am
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| Don,, I hear you,,When I picked at Gilleys house band in Pasadena Tex,we had a Rodeo every week, a song only lasted for 3 seconds at best, untill the cowboy got throwed off! Salt in the air ,, cant prevent that,,A fish house would be a hooking,smelling Time. Out side gigs, I always tried to bring an umbrella !! I tried to leave my best guitar at home. [This message was edited by Ron Kirby on 13 April 2006 at 10:02 AM.] |
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Billy Wilson
From:
El Cerrito, California, USA
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Posted 1 Apr 2006 2:09 pm
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| How bout that fake smoke? That stuff just sucks. |
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Ron Kirby
From:
Nashville TN
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Posted 1 Apr 2006 2:42 pm
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| Billy, Fake smoke !! I hope you mean Stage smoke ! [This message was edited by Ron Kirby on 12 April 2006 at 08:19 AM.] |
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Ron Kirby
From:
Nashville TN
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Posted 1 Apr 2006 5:38 pm
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Billy,, dont mean to sound rude! But the truth is, I Remember when I was pickin for Mr,(Cotton Eyed Joe), Al Dean in San Antone Tex, we played that song so many times a show,some times 4 a night !!
not only corn meal, or powder was on the floor,but beer and blood as well,,dancers have a heart attack right before your eyes,!!and died on that very dance floor!! while they mopped up we had to keep pickin ![This message was edited by Ron Kirby on 13 April 2006 at 10:04 AM.] |
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Ronnie Green
From:
Des Moines, New Mexico, USA
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Posted 1 Apr 2006 9:21 pm
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| Now THAT'S a diehard!! |
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Ron Kirby
From:
Nashville TN
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Posted 2 Apr 2006 12:58 am
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| Ron Your right,!! they went out having FUN !! |
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Don Discher
From:
Sault Ste Marie,Ontario,Canada
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Posted 2 Apr 2006 7:03 am
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| They can't use any of that stuff up here,the insurance companies put a stop to it,but that's a good thing. |
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Michael Haselman
From:
St. Paul
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Posted 2 Apr 2006 11:42 am
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Way back when, when the dancers would complain, we'd say "how about putting some parmesan cheese on the dance floor," assuming the owners knew full well what we were talking about. One time, this freakin idiot actually sprinkled parmesan cheese on the dance floor. I don't think I have to tell the stench this caused. Some people's children... 
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Marrs D-10, Webb 6-14E
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David Wren
From:
Placerville, California, USA
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Posted 3 Apr 2006 8:50 am
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OK, so here's a real horror story for you. Every July we played an outdoor dance, with a nice stage, and a piece of parking lot roped off for the dancers..... each year the crowd grew. Finally they decided to move to a new location, a nice meadow. Still a nice big stage, but only dirt to dance on.... so some Einstein comes up with a "great idea" for dust abatement..... they sprinkled powdered cement on the dirt, and then watered it down. Looked real good when we started. As the water dried up, the cement started mixing with the dust in the air.... by the last set everything was covered with powdered dust and cement.... all the equipment, guitars, cables.... and us. I coughed for two weeks after words.
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Dave Wren
'95Carter S12-E9/B6,7X7; Twin Session 500s; Hilton Pedal; Black Box
www.ameechapman.com
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Randy Reeves
From:
LaCrosse, Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 3 Apr 2006 1:46 pm
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I cant come close to those great steel stories.
I can attest that folks can die on the dance floor.
bless her heart, my mom died dancing. I can make peace with that. I'd like to go that way.
my story ; my volume bit the dust from beer and glitter that showered the stage. dam glitter tracked me for months. |
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David Doggett
From:
Bawl'mer, MD (formerly of MS, Nawluns, Gnashville, Knocksville, Lost Angeles, Bahsten. and Philly)
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Posted 3 Apr 2006 9:01 pm
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A waitress threw a whole birthday cake at the bassist's head. Most of it missed and ended up on my steel and amp. Tasted pretty good, but I think icing is still stuck in the cracks and the grill cloth.  |
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Klaus Caprani
From:
Copenhagen, Denmark
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Posted 3 Apr 2006 9:49 pm
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I was playing a gig once for a large gang of bikers having a party. It was in a large tent, and wooden boards was layed out on the ground as dancefloor.
A couple of guys had a ball riding their bikes into the tent and makin' burnouts on those boards.
We actually had to make a break to have the smoke settle. You wouldn't believe where I still find this black tire-residue and it's probably twelve years ago by now.
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Klaus Caprani
MCI RangeXpander S-10 3x4
www.klauscaprani.com
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