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Tony Prior Member From: Charlotte NC |
posted 24 August 2006 06:58 AM
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heck, maybe things are changing..Last week a gal comes up at the end of the show and says.. You guys are great and I LOVE the Steel ! Last night the club owner and a few of his pals were hanging out on my side of the stage groovin' to the Steel...when we were done one of the guys groovin says.."you guys got a good band and the STEEL really brings it up a notch..!"... how about them apples... So I guess some folks are listening afterall...and I didn't even have to tell them it was NOT a Sewing machine.... theres hope for us yet..another 40 or 50 years and we may just make a difference ! t |
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Robbie Daniels Member From: Casper, Wyoming, USA |
posted 24 August 2006 07:07 AM
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Way to go. Same thing happened to me last Saturday night. Now they know what a steel is. ------------------ |
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Jim Cohen Member From: Philadelphia, PA |
posted 24 August 2006 07:09 AM
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Thank you Robert. |
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Charles Davidson Member From: Alabama, USA |
posted 24 August 2006 08:21 AM
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I get that often,even tho some times they don't have a clue what it is,they say that THING sure sounds pretty. |
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Doyle Mitchell Member From: Loraine,Texas 79532 |
posted 24 August 2006 10:02 AM
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Dang Tony, now that I know some people are really listening, I should go practice and try to play better, had a guy walk up the other night and ask "what is that contrapsion you are playing called" I said its a stringed keyboard, I try to make it sound like a steel guitar when ever possible!! Thats why I love steel shows, all the people there love the instrument and respect those who can play them. |
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Tony Prior Member From: Charlotte NC |
posted 24 August 2006 12:09 PM
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Doyle, I didn't say I actually played better, just that they liked the Steel 
thank you Robert, although the two places I mentioned , I doubt they know who Robert is... they barely know who I am and I play there every month ! t |
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Bernie Straub Member From: Folly Beach, South Carolina, USA |
posted 24 August 2006 01:38 PM
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Saturday night a guy passed near the bandstand on the way to the men's room and took the time to say, to me personally, "you definately don't suck!" I considered that a complment! ------------------ |
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Bobby Lee Sysop From: Cloverdale, North California, USA |
posted 24 August 2006 01:53 PM
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I get "Love that slide guitar!" a lot. sigh. "I don't care what anyone says, you guys are good!" |
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Matt Rhodes Member From: Houston, Texas, USA |
posted 24 August 2006 01:55 PM
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Don't feel bad, Doyle. I once had a guy (Stubbs BBQ in Austin of all places) who was apparently new to Texas culture and English call it a "xylophone". Out of self-preservation, I didn't correct him because he had his "homies" with him. Sometimes "Dude, you suck" is a compliment as long it comes from a friend or acquaintance. |
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Merle Record Member From: Oxford, Maine, USA |
posted 24 August 2006 02:18 PM
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A while back a lady that likes my playing told me that during one of my steel solos she blurted out " Oh play that steel, Merle!" Her daughter quickly turned to her and asked "what's a steelmerle?" |
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Colby Tipton Member From: Texas, USA |
posted 24 August 2006 04:03 PM
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The women have loved steel guitar ever sence it was invented. Just ask my OLd lady. |
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Colby Tipton Member From: Texas, USA |
posted 24 August 2006 04:05 PM
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Tony, I forgot to say, you sounded O.K. too, and I dibn't even hear the band. |
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Brint Hannay Member From: Maryland, USA |
posted 24 August 2006 08:21 PM
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My favorites: "Boy, you sure are tearin' it up on that keyboard" and "What is that thing, a sit-tar or something?" |
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Charles Davidson Member From: Alabama, USA |
posted 25 August 2006 10:10 AM
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Some times it's the instrument not the player.If you play the steel IN TUNE it WILL sound good.My playing I think sucks but I try hard to play in tune and get a lot of good feedback.A mediocre steel player in a band[if he plays in tune] is a thousand times better than the band with NO steel player. |
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Joe Smith Member From: Charlotte, NC, USA |
posted 25 August 2006 10:49 AM
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Well Tony, your band is great, and you are a very good steel player. I can see why you got the complement. |
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Buck Reid Member From: Nashville,TN |
posted 25 August 2006 11:03 AM
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Once had a man ask ... "how do you know when you get good on one of those things?" |
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Ted Solesky Member From: Mineral Wells, Texas, USA |
posted 25 August 2006 12:51 PM
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Buck, that's a new one 'when do you know when you get good'? I guess, when they stop throwing stuff at you. The usual one I get is, 'is that hard to play?' I take the opportunity to promote the steel by telling them that the main thing is is to put in the time and have the sincere desire to get it right. This may be a different topic, but it felt nice to get compliments from the band members. You know that your efforts are being heard. I assume that you all get this and enjoy it. |
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Brint Hannay Member From: Maryland, USA |
posted 25 August 2006 01:02 PM
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Buck, that's priceless!! |
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Ray Minich Member From: Limestone, New York, USA |
posted 25 August 2006 01:15 PM
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I learned from Lynn Owsley this week that it's ok to say I play at an "elementary level" than to say I play like a "clueless newbie"... (Thanks again Bobbe ) |
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Don McClellan Member From: Kihei, Maui, Hawaii |
posted 25 August 2006 04:08 PM
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That's my favorite instrument! What is it? I always say, "It's a steel guitar". I never bother saying, "pedal steel guitar". Sometimes people ask, "Is that a steel pedal guitar?" I say yes. Being involved in something so obscure is part of the fun of playing steel pedal. |
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Tony Prior Member From: Charlotte NC |
posted 26 August 2006 03:44 AM
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WOW what a great question.. "how do you know when you get good on one of those things?" well here's a few thoughts I have..
you're still married, even if it is #2 or #3 Your Neighbors still wave to you your Pets still come back IN the house Bobbe Seymour WILL fill your order for new strings ... just to name a quick few... |
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Charles Curtis Member From: Bethesda, Maryland, USA |
posted 26 August 2006 05:26 AM
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I sent a video of me playing to one of my few surviving aunts, a couple of years ago, and she remarked, "Charles that sounded good; what is it, a violin"? |
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Dick Wood Member From: Springtown Texas, USA |
posted 26 August 2006 09:42 AM
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I love the forum because many of the posts bring back times (good and bad) I had forgotten. Years ago,I was standing out in front of a club taking a break and this drunk comes outside and blurts out "great band,the guitar player sounds just like a steel". ------------------ |
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Emmett Roch Member From: Dripping Springs, Texas |
posted 26 August 2006 08:53 PM
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While I was packing up after a gig, a lady approached me, smiled and said "That instrument you were playing sounds so pretty, it just breaks my heart". I didn't push it, in case it had been my playing that was breaking her heart... [This message was edited by Emmett Roch on 26 August 2006 at 08:54 PM.] |
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Joe Smith Member From: Charlotte, NC, USA |
posted 26 August 2006 10:50 PM
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I was playing a gig one time and a guy came up to the band stand. Said he loved the steel and that he was a piano player from Nashville. I thanked him and asked if he would like to sit in with the band. He said he better not because our piano keys may not be tuned to play the same notes as his piano. |
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Ken Byng Member From: Southampton, England |
posted 27 August 2006 03:44 AM
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A friend of mine tells those drunk people who ask what his instrument is that it's either; 1. A boiled egg slicer, or |
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Colin Goss Member From: St.Brelade, Island of Jersey, Channel Islands, UK |
posted 27 August 2006 03:57 AM
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On one occasion during a break, a gentleman came up to the band and said to me "You're a great keyboard player". I replied "thanks but since the other members of the band have pinched all the keys, I can only play it by plucking the strings". We were standing by the steel guitar at the time. He looked down at the guitar, then back up at me, said "very funny!" and went back to his seat none the wiser. |
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Terry VunCannon Member From: Randleman, North Carolina, USA |
posted 27 August 2006 08:26 AM
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When people ask me what that instrument is, I like to tell them that it is a "Manual Pitch Approximater". |
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Drew Howard Member From: Mason, MI, U.S.A. |
posted 27 August 2006 08:53 AM
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quote: ------------------ [This message was edited by Drew Howard on 27 August 2006 at 08:53 AM.] |
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Donny Hinson Member From: Balto., Md. U.S.A. |
posted 30 August 2006 01:22 PM
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I had a real purty young woman come up to me once and say... "You really have a nice vibrato!" To which I answered... "It's so dark in here, I didn't think anyone would notice!" |
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James Marlowe Member From: Lakeland, Florida, USA |
posted 30 August 2006 02:03 PM
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I just started playing at the church I'm attending. About a week after the last time I played a lady came up to me in the foyer and said, "You're the one that plays that thing. Oooh, I love it. That's my kind of music". I just said thank you ma'am. |
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Mark Trzepacz Member From: Hamburg, New York USA |
posted 29 September 2006 12:26 PM
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HA! I just now had ran across this thread! Hilarious!  The bandleader of a local group that I play with frequently, refers to my Lap Steel as "the sit down guitar". After two years of that, I've given up trying to tell him that it's called a Lap Steel. (No. He's not the brightest bulb in the drawer!) On one gig, a person came up to me during a break and asked if I had forgotten to bring or had broken my guitar strap - as to the reason I was playing it sitting down and laid across my legs! I'm planning on taking the PSG out on a gig for the first time in November. This ought to be good! ------------------ [This message was edited by Mark Trzepacz on 29 September 2006 at 12:37 PM.] |
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chris ivey Member From: sacramento, ca. usa |
posted 30 September 2006 11:58 AM
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when asked if it's hard to play, i usually say, 'oh yes, it takes a genious', then i smile...and now reading this i'm not even sure how to spell 'genius'. |
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Jay Dee Maness Member From: North Hills, CA |
posted 30 September 2006 09:11 PM
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Someone once screamed from the back of the club, " YURN UP THE ELECTRIC TABLE. |
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Colin Goss Member From: St.Brelade, Island of Jersey, Channel Islands, UK |
posted 01 October 2006 04:47 AM
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Thursday night - I was unpacking the steel and a voice close to the bandstand said "That's a strange looking instrument" - says it all. |
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Charlie McDonald Member From: Lubbock, Texas, USA |
posted 01 October 2006 04:52 AM
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Tony, I like your criteria for how you know when you're good. |
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Patrick Thirsk Member From: Clwydd, United Kingdom |
posted 01 October 2006 04:53 AM
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One that blew me away many years ago "So how long did it take you to learn how to play that zither then?" |
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Bobby Ranes Member From: Atlanta, Texas, USA |
posted 02 October 2006 03:54 AM
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The best one is: Man you play a fine steel! It is a (insert brand name)! |
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Ben Rubright Member From: Port Charlotte, Florida, USA |
posted 02 October 2006 05:47 AM
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Tony: Forget the last one......Bobbe fills my order ANYWAY. Ben Rubright |
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Archie Nicol Member From: Ayrshire, Scotland |
posted 02 October 2006 06:44 AM
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Last night a young guy about 20 came in all excited. "Wow! A steel pedal. Dave Gilmour, Dave Gilmour. Gives us some Floyd." We didn't give him some Floyd but he came up after a few numbers and said; "For a bunch of old guys, you play some real modern music." I think it was a compliment. |
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