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Topic: West Coast Christmas Steel Guitar - New CD |
Mike Headrick
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South Pittsburg, TN, USA
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Posted 7 Nov 2005 10:10 am |
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Just released, this 12 track CD features Christmas classics played primarily on a Fender 800 (E9 tuning) in a VERY familiar "West Coast" style. Most of these Yuletide treats have been cast screaming into a boiling cauldron of shuffle rhythms, seasoned with fiddles, Telecasters, etc., then served up on a steaming Holiday platter garnished with a generous portion of Bakersfield style cheer and goodwill. I believe this is a new twist on old Christmas taffey, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making it.
Live studio band: light drums, piano, bass, acoustic rhythm, fiddles, electric guitars, 6 string bass, roundneck resophonic, a few other varied instruments and of course, steel guitar "to the Moon".
The songs are:
1. Santa Looked A Lot Like Daddy
2. Joy To The World
3. Blue Christmas
4. Santa Medley
5. If We Make It Through December
6. Pretty Paper
7. Frosty The Snowman
8. It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
9. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Clause
10. White Christmas
11. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
12. Blue Christmas Tree
Here are four sound samples, and you can hear more at www.countrydiscovery.com . Look around the site while you're there.
Santa Looked A Lot Like Daddy
White Christmas
Joy To The World
Blue Christmas
The CD including shipping is 17.00.
Rhythm tracks are available and are also 17.00
You can order from the website with credit card or PayPal.
You can make a direct PayPal payment to: steelfodder@aol.com
To order by mail, send check or money order to:
Country Discovery Records
104 E. 2nd St.
South Pittsburg, TN 37380
To order by phone with a credit card:
423-837-7152 between 8:00AM & 5:00PM central time
[This message was edited by Mike Headrick on 14 September 2006 at 06:58 AM.] [This message was edited by Mike Headrick on 14 September 2006 at 06:59 AM.] |
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Herman Visser
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Rohnert Park, California, USA
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Posted 7 Nov 2005 10:28 am
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Hi Mike That sounds GREAT!!!!!!
Later when the wife gets home Ill have her order a bunch. She dont let at a credit cards and thats a good thing.
Herman |
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Red Kilby
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Pueblo, CO, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 8 Nov 2005 9:11 am
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| I want a copy!!!!! Wow that is some great stuff!!!! |
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Janice Brooks
From:
Pleasant Gap Pa
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Posted 8 Nov 2005 1:58 pm
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My order is coming for sure.
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Red Kilby
From:
Pueblo, CO, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 8 Nov 2005 8:40 pm
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I ordered mine today, you all need to check this out<<<. Mike has woodsheded this album pretty good, and he pays tribute to Moon just by playing alot like him.
Please give this one a listen!!!!! It's GREAT!!! |
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Mike Headrick
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South Pittsburg, TN, USA
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Posted 11 Nov 2005 5:11 am
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| Thanks, Red. Yours should be there by the Weekend. Can't wait to hear you singing "Mister Moon". |
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Ken Higgins
From:
Canyon Tx
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Posted 11 Nov 2005 9:15 am
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| This is a great Christmas addition to have. I will get a check in the mail Mike. |
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Charles Curtis
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Posted 11 Nov 2005 4:19 pm
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| I'm looking forward to getting mine; hopefully anyday now. |
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Russ Tkac
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Posted 12 Nov 2005 2:54 pm
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Great CD Mike! You are one fine steel player and this is one fine CD.
Russ |
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Donna Dodd
From:
Acworth, Georgia, USA
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Posted 13 Nov 2005 3:59 pm
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Love the sound!!! I think I'll whisper a hint in Santa's ear.
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Mike Headrick
From:
South Pittsburg, TN, USA
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Posted 16 Nov 2005 4:53 am
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| Thanks Russ & Charles. Ken, your CD was mailed yesterday. Donna, it may take a shout instead of a whisper. |
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Red Kilby
From:
Pueblo, CO, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 19 Nov 2005 9:08 am
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I got my copy and it is GREAT!!!!!!!!! it is a must have CD. Get yours today for Christmas.
If you like the Mooney and West Coast Bakersfield Sound????, this is your Christmas CD for sure!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Ken Mullett
From:
Bremen, Indiana, USA and Sarasota, FL
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Posted 19 Nov 2005 7:04 pm
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Mike, You've done it again! Folks, you won't go wrong buying any of Mike's CD's and this one's just in time for the Christmas season! Mike has become one of my favorite steel players.And the recording quality is outstanding as always.
Ken Mullett |
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Jim Sliff
From:
Lawndale California, USA
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Posted 21 Nov 2005 2:56 pm
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Mike, the samples are killer - I'll be sure to order a copy very soon. I can see a smile on your face playing that 800.
To me, THAT is what a pedal steel should sound like. Fender had it right and nobody has touched it since. |
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Darryl Hattenhauer
From:
Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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Posted 21 Nov 2005 6:47 pm
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Jim,
Is there any way that players get close to that fender tone with non-Fenders? I have a 70s Sho Bud professional.
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"Elmore James kept playing the same licks over and over, but I get the feeling he meant it." Frank Zappa |
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Jim Sliff
From:
Lawndale California, USA
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Posted 21 Nov 2005 8:03 pm
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I *think* a big part is the pickup design - the typical steel has pickups wound to about 16-20k DC resistance, while the Fenders are around 8-9.5k, more like guitar pickups. Personally, that's why I think they sound more like Jaguars and Strats than they do other pedal steels. Bob Carlucci had a pickup on his Carter rewound to a lower impedance and it made a huge difference and got close to the Fender sound, so that may be the key. The cable pulls and body/frame design are unique, but would not have such a drastic affect on tone.
If I had another 10-string steel I'd probably ask Jerry Wallace to rewind it to Fender-ish impedance, say around 9 k or so and scatter-wind the thing (he did the one in my 1000 that was dead and nailed the rewind perfectly, and they are weird pickups to work with - really thin physically and tough to work on). It'd be worth a try. Or get one custom wound.
Anyhow, that's my take. I'm a rookie steeler but been around guitars and pickups for decades, and I've seen/heard what specific changes in pickup design can do.
And I just love the tone Mike gets out of that 800 - like Sneaky with his 400, Ralph Mooney, Early Tom Brumley. It all sounds completely different from the treble-heavy Nashville tone of today's guitars. There's a lot of treble, but a chunkiness aand midrange hump that's missing from modern guitars. |
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Darryl Hattenhauer
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Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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Posted 21 Nov 2005 8:52 pm
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Thanks, Jim. This is good to know. Maybe I could just take out the original pickups and keep those, and put in two other pickups that are new, or customized used ones.
It's hard to know exactly what to put in there because old Fender pick ups in a Bud might not sound like an old fender guitar.
But you got me thinking that it can be done, maybe better with a lot of sound processing. I don't know exactly how, but I'm going to do it.
I also like that old Bigsby sound that Vance Terry got with Billy Jack Wills.
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Ken Higgins
From:
Canyon Tx
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Posted 22 Nov 2005 9:26 am
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| Got the CD yesterday day and the wife and I listened to it all day. This is really a great CD Mike. I will certainly have it playing at Christmas when all the family gets here. Congratulations on a job well done Mike. |
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Mike Headrick
From:
South Pittsburg, TN, USA
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Red Kilby
From:
Pueblo, CO, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 25 Nov 2005 12:23 pm
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I really had a great time doing the vocals on this really cool song "MR. MOON" with Mike Headrick.
This is for all you Moon Fans out there.
I hope you enjoy??
Take care, Red
www.redkilby.com
P.S. Please get copy of West Coast Christmas from Mike, this is MUST HAVE if you like the Bakersfield Sound from the 60's.[This message was edited by Red Kilby on 25 November 2005 at 12:23 PM.] |
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Herman Visser
From:
Rohnert Park, California, USA
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Posted 26 Nov 2005 1:13 pm
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I knew it was you. Play the song for my wife and bet her lunch. I won. Mike and Red thats a great song
Thanks!!!!!! Herman |
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Pat Carlson
From:
Sutton, Nebraska, R.I.P.
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Posted 29 Nov 2005 5:40 pm
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This is a great CD guys and gals puts a person in the Christmas Spirit!  [This message was edited by Patrick Carlson on 29 November 2005 at 05:41 PM.] |
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Mike Headrick
From:
South Pittsburg, TN, USA
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Posted 4 Dec 2005 4:07 am
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Thanks for all your comments.
I do "same day shipping" whenever possible, so there's still plenty of time to order and receive the CD & tracks.
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Chuck Hall
From:
Warner Robins, Ga, USA
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Posted 12 Dec 2005 9:28 am
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| bump ttt for Mike |
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Chris Grotewohl
From:
Kansas City (Roeland Park)
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Posted 15 Dec 2005 7:59 pm
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| Fantastic CD, playing it daily, love the tone and that WC style...CG |
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