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Les Anderson Member From: Rossland, BC, Canada |
posted 13 March 2005 11:05 AM
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For all you country music addictives, PBS is broadcasting some of the old country music shows from the various country music TV broadcasts. If you want to see the progression of steel guitar along with their vintage models have a look in at these shows. Below are some of the scheduled times for the Westcoast feeds out of Seattle, KCTS. All times I have posted are Pacific times. If you live in the central, midwest time zones and so on want to check for the broadcast shedules in your areas, you will have to log on to the PBS web site and enter your Zip codes. Grand Ole Opry's Vintage Classics "PST"
[This message was edited by Les Anderson on 13 March 2005 at 11:41 AM.] |
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Theresa Galbraith Member From: Goodlettsville,Tn. USA |
posted 14 March 2005 05:37 AM
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Les, I caught a little of the show. It was great seeing those clips with Pete Drake. I didn't realize Pete did the Opry back then. Sweet!  I think the steel has progressed greatly today! Theresa |
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J W Hock Member From: Anderson, Texas, USA |
posted 14 March 2005 07:56 AM
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What you are watching are the famous Gannaway videos from the mid-1950's . They are indeed great historical artifacts. I remember back in the early 80's seeing them on the PBS station in Houston . Nice to see some stations still showing them . By the way you can order these shows in edited form from purecountrymusic.com . |
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Dave Van Allen Member From: Doylestown, PA , US , Earth |
posted 14 March 2005 08:58 AM
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From the APT press kit: quote: they seem to culled performances from many sources |
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J W Hock Member From: Anderson, Texas, USA |
posted 14 March 2005 09:17 AM
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Wow ! Apparantly its the Gannaway stuff and then some. |
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Bob Kagy Member From: Lafayette, CO USA |
posted 14 March 2005 10:42 AM
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I caught the first one. When I saw Ray Price singing Crazy Arms and heard the pedal steel in the background, my anticipation grew to see who the player was for the instrumental break. But. It was apparently an add-in of someone's hands playing a quad non-pedal Stringmaster (a nice sight in itself), pantomining the pedal steel break, but for some reason they didn't show the real player or guitar. Pete Drake was very much in the picture, but with very little sound heard from his playing. I got the impression they were not interested in showing much steel guitar, so it got a little disappointing for me. Although I have to say it was good seeing some of the old singers - Don Gibson, Ray Price, Patsy Cline, Johnny Cash, Jim Reeves and others. What were others impressions? Edited on 3/22/05 to correct first impression above. I was sure wrong about the steel guitar and the pantomining on the Ray Price Crazy Arms break. I had a closer look at the repeat show last night, and it looks like Herb Steiner's observation in the "Whose Hands" thread was right on. Makes me feel better knowing what I was actually looking at. [This message was edited by Bob Kagy on 22 March 2005 at 10:56 AM.] |
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Jussi Huhtakangas Member From: Helsinki, Finland |
posted 14 March 2005 10:17 PM
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The hands on the Stringmaster belonged to Jack Evins and he indeed had pedals on it and played with Ray on those shows. Not all of them though, Jimmy Day is on there too playing a quad Wright Custom. Jack Evins was on many Ray's Columbia studio cuts too, including "Invitation To The Blues" and Fallin', Fallin', Fallin'", playing I believe the same Stringmaster. I'd be curious to know who added the pedals on that guitar, was it one of Shot Jackson's famous pre-Sho Bud jobs? |
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Bob Kagy Member From: Lafayette, CO USA |
posted 15 March 2005 11:14 AM
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Thanks for straightening me out on that Jussi. I feel better knowing it wasn't a faked shot. |
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