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Topic: Stringchange in Bob Dylan performance |
Tor Arve Baroy
From:
Norway
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Posted 21 Dec 2006 12:53 pm |
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Kinda-interseting-semicool-little-thing....
Bucky Baxter busting a string on his pedal steel and getting a stringchange in the middle of the song, while he himself switches to lap steel! All with Bob Dylan a few feet away! By the next song the pedalsteel is ready to go again! ....some people live GOOD! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hZ-SEl4P7o
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Tor Arve Baroy, Norway
www.baroy.no |
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Jon Light
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Posted 21 Dec 2006 1:03 pm
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| Here in America all pedal steels come with a guy like that. I can't remember the last time I had to change my own string. |
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Don Discher
From:
Sault Ste Marie,Ontario,Canada
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Posted 21 Dec 2006 1:35 pm
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I always change my .011 before the weekend gigs and have never broken one on stage,touch wood.
I would'nt let anyone else change my strings, he might get the damn thing in tune and throw me all off.
Merry Xmas to all ! |
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Colm Chomicky
From:
Kansas, (Prairie Village)
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Posted 21 Dec 2006 4:02 pm
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| I'm waiting for the next in the Budweiser Real Men of Genius series: "Here's to you Mr. Steel Guitar String Changer Roadie Guy" |
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Mark Edwards
From:
Weatherford,Texas, USA
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Posted 21 Dec 2006 4:26 pm
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| Guess I'm going to have to get me a dobro just for string breakage. I have had several strings break in mid song, but have been able to get it changed and back in action with no probs. The lead guitar player and I have an understanding that if either of us has a string break we fill in until it's fixed. Except when I look in my pack-a-seat and find I don't have that particular string. That has only happened once, the next day I called and ordered 5 sets, plus 3 extra .011 strings. |
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Glenn Suchan
From:
Austin, Texas
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Posted 23 Dec 2006 11:51 am
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To me, it looked like the 5th string "B" broke.
Keep on pickin'!
Glenn |
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Mark van Allen
From:
Watkinsville, Ga. USA
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Posted 24 Dec 2006 2:55 pm
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While some folks see roadies and tour managers as a kind of "rock star" excess, in the rather hectic environment of a heavy tour schedule, having dedicated and experienced co-workers take on the many distracting tasks incidental to performance really does free up the players to get deeper into performance and creativity.
The down side is in the return to "reality" after getting spoiled with the "star treatment". I sure wish I had a roadie or two to help load in to the local upstairs venues around here! |
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Larry Strawn
From:
Golden Valley, Arizona, R.I.P.
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Posted 25 Dec 2006 12:15 am
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Doesn't everyone have a "Roadie" to carry things and change strings? I know my wife [our bass player] has one! 
Larry
spelling[This message was edited by Larry Strawn on 25 December 2006 at 12:44 AM.] |
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