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Gerald Ross Member From: Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA	posted 16 September 2004 07:40 AM profile send email edit Do you think this band even had a prayer trying to stay in tune during bar slants? ------------------ Gerald Ross 'Northwest Ann Arbor, Michigan's King Of The Hawaiian Steel Guitar' Gerald's Fingerstyle Guitar Website [This message was edited by Gerald Ross on 16 September 2004 at 07:40 AM.]
Rick Collins Member From: Claremont , CA USA	posted 16 September 2004 10:38 AM profile send email edit They may very well have, Gerald. One can tell that they knew what they were doing___looks as if they all had tube amps.
c c johnson Member From: killeen,tx usa	posted 16 September 2004 10:57 AM profile send email edit No problem. I played in little bands like this between the ages of 8 to 12 and as the teacher always said: "If you think you are out of tune, use more vibrato". Of couse this did not apply to the kids in the front row as they were always 3 lessons ahead of the rest of us. CC
Mike Neer Member From: NJ	posted 16 September 2004 11:26 AM profile send email edit Must've been one helluva racket! I have a couple of those old Hawaiian Steel Guitar folios and quite often they're written for more than one steel. Dig those L-5s.
Gene Jones Member From: Oklahoma City, OK USA	posted 16 September 2004 11:38 AM profile edit Back in the 50's there were numerous itinerant music teachers. An acquaintance recently told me that when he was 8 or 9 years old, one of those guys came through their farming community and signed everyones kids up for Hawaiian steel guitar lessons. After collecting all the money, he disappeared without giving any lessons. My friend ended up being a school teacher instead of a steel guitar player! www.genejones.com
Gerald Ross Member From: Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA	posted 16 September 2004 12:53 PM profile send email edit Here's another. Look at the kid on the far left. Look at his right hand technique. Definitely Charlie Christian influenced. The gal on the far right has that "court reporter-like" body language going. The band leader looks like he's just waiting for someone to screw up. I'd rather be in the other band (although Charlie Christian Jr. may have been fun to jam with). Hey..... wait a minute! Look at this next one - taken just one week later. The tyrannical band director fires all the musicians and forms a duet with the brunette second from left (and keeps the biggest amp as well). ------------------ Gerald Ross 'Northwest Ann Arbor, Michigan's King Of The Hawaiian Steel Guitar' Gerald's Fingerstyle Guitar Website [This message was edited by Gerald Ross on 16 September 2004 at 02:23 PM.]
Gerald Ross Member From: Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA	posted 16 September 2004 01:54 PM profile send email edit Which suit do you wear when you play steel? You feel like a real slob now don't cha? ------------------ Gerald Ross 'Northwest Ann Arbor, Michigan's King Of The Hawaiian Steel Guitar' Gerald's Fingerstyle Guitar Website [This message was edited by Gerald Ross on 16 September 2004 at 02:24 PM.]
Gerald Ross Member From: Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA	posted 16 September 2004 02:01 PM profile send email edit John Kerry is on record as saying he had a band when he was in High School. [This message was edited by Gerald Ross on 16 September 2004 at 02:25 PM.]
Gerald Ross Member From: Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA	posted 16 September 2004 02:04 PM profile send email edit Quiz Time! Which one doesn't belong? ------------------ Gerald Ross 'Northwest Ann Arbor, Michigan's King Of The Hawaiian Steel Guitar' Gerald's Fingerstyle Guitar Website [This message was edited by Gerald Ross on 16 September 2004 at 02:19 PM.]
HowardR Member From: N.Y.C.,N.Y.	posted 16 September 2004 02:07 PM profile send email edit I would think that a left handed lap steel player would certainly throw a monkey wrench in the works...
Gerald Ross Member From: Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA	posted 16 September 2004 02:07 PM profile send email edit And let's not forget the novelty bands of the day... The Five M's Plus One Two Jacks And Eight Jills And my personal favorite... The Oom-Pah Island Serenaders ------------------ Gerald Ross 'Northwest Ann Arbor, Michigan's King Of The Hawaiian Steel Guitar' Gerald's Fingerstyle Guitar Website [This message was edited by Gerald Ross on 17 September 2004 at 01:19 PM.]
Harry Dietrich Member From: Robesonia, Pennsylvania, USA	posted 16 September 2004 02:17 PM profile send email edit Sure was an awful lot of Gibsons around in those days. [This message was edited by Harry Dietrich on 16 September 2004 at 02:19 PM.]
Steinar Gregertsen Member From: Arendal, Norway	posted 16 September 2004 02:20 PM profile edit Erh.... uhm.... eh.... what? Steinar ------------------ www.gregertsen.com
Travis Bernhardt Member From: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada	posted 16 September 2004 02:50 PM profile send email edit In Stacy Phillips' Hawaiian book, there's a picture of an orchestra with dozens of dobro players. I wish there was a recording... -Travis
Steven Cearley Member From: Portland, Oregon, USA	posted 16 September 2004 04:13 PM profile send email edit Steinar, you guys in Norway really need to eat more red meat! STEVE [This message was edited by Steven Cearley on 16 September 2004 at 04:14 PM.]
Rick Aiello Member From: Berryville, VA USA	posted 16 September 2004 04:46 PM profile send email edit Steinar ... my wife says this ... Androgel will help that condition of yours ... ------------------ HorseshoeMagnets
Steinar Gregertsen Member From: Arendal, Norway	posted 16 September 2004 04:53 PM profile edit Thanks for the link Rick,- I knew there was something missing in my life! Steinar ------------------ www.gregertsen.com
Dave Van Allen Member From: Doylestown, PA , US , Earth	posted 16 September 2004 07:38 PM profile send email edit Another Suit: Eddie Alkire looking very dapper-
John Tipka Member From: Reynoldsburg,OH	posted 17 September 2004 04:24 AM profile send email edit Dress is quite appropriate for the times the pictures were taken, but sadly today "blue jeans" and "sandals" have led to the demise of U.S. dress standards.
Gerald Ross Member From: Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA	posted 17 September 2004 05:50 AM profile send email edit John, My wife and I were having just that discussion the other day while we watched some classic movies from the 1940's. The casual dress of the day was much more "dignified" (for lack of a better word) back then. Men frequently wore dress hats in public (HowardR chime in here) and suits were not just for special occasions or the workplace. My wife (a baby boomer) who grew up just outside of New York City remembers that when she went "into the city" with her family for a special event she always wore white gloves and a hat, even as late as the early 1960's. ------------------ Gerald Ross 'Northwest Ann Arbor, Michigan's King Of The Hawaiian Steel Guitar' Gerald's Fingerstyle Guitar Website
HowardR Member From: N.Y.C.,N.Y.	posted 17 September 2004 06:06 AM profile send email edit In those days, nobody (men & women) left the house without wearing a hat. It was an industry as large as the clothing industry was. Many years ago, my father had a store and in the back was a "blocking room." This was where hats were made by being steamed, pulled and shaped on a wooden block. It was a hot & sweaty room. The blocker used to wear a suit when he traveled to and from work. He would then "dress down" into his T shirt, boxers, and those black socks with the garters. When the day was over, he would change back into his suit. If you saw him on the subway you'd have thought he was a bank president.
Gerald Ross Member From: Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA	posted 17 September 2004 06:06 AM profile send email edit Another thing... One of things I like about these old photos is that the musicians pictured look like real people. They are not the blow-dryed, lipo-suctioned, botox injected, silicone enhanced, carefully packaged musicians/entertainers that populate the media today. These pictures are from the Gibson Mastertone series of steel guitar lessons. By showing everyday people on the sheet music covers I'm sure Gibson wanted to convey that "anyone" could play the guitar and have fun doing it. It's really sad what the media has done to music education and personal musical expression in this country. Many people will not try to play an instrument or even sing in public just because they feel they don't look the part. Want to make a room full of Americans duck and run for cover? Announce "let's all sing Happy Birthday to Jim". Pretty sad. ------------------ Gerald Ross 'Northwest Ann Arbor, Michigan's King Of The Hawaiian Steel Guitar' Gerald's Fingerstyle Guitar Website [This message was edited by Gerald Ross on 17 September 2004 at 06:58 AM.]
Erv Niehaus Member From: Litchfield, MN, USA	posted 17 September 2004 06:59 AM profile send email edit I started taking Hawaiian guitar lessons in Minnesota. In the Winter we would travel to New Mexico and my dad would work road construction. We were living in Albuquerque and there was a place in west Albuquerque that taught steel guitar, the Hannan Conservatory of music. The first thing they wanted to do was sell you an electric guitar and amplifier. I wasn't interested in doing that so I just sat there with my Oahu, un-amplified lap steel while the other kids had their amplified guitars. What I remember most is the instructor standing in front of the class with a microphone screaming: "QUIET, KEEP THOSE GUITARS QUIET!!!!" Erv [This message was edited by Erv Niehaus on 17 September 2004 at 07:02 AM.]
HowardR Member From: N.Y.C.,N.Y.	posted 17 September 2004 07:55 AM profile send email edit quote: the musicians pictured look like real people. They are not the blow-dryed, lipo-suctioned, botox injected, silicone enhanced, carefully packaged Well, except Steinar....
Craig Prior Member From: National City, California, USA	posted 19 September 2004 03:23 PM profile send email edit > > > > They are not the blow-dryed, lipo-suctioned, botox injected, silicone enhanced, carefully packaged "musicians/entertainers" that populate the media today. > > > > Please note the careful insertion of quotations marks in the above statement. Craig.
Robbie Daniels Member From: Casper, Wyoming, USA	posted 19 September 2004 04:47 PM profile send email edit These pictures take me back to the 1940's when I learned to play steel. I learned at the Honolulu Conservatory of Music in Oakland, CA. Periodically we would have recitals in San Francisco in groups as shown and the gifted would do solos. In those days the teaching method was the number system. Some of these number systems are still available on ebay at various times. I guess we call them tabs now. Anyway we always had to wear a tie if we were not wearing a flowered shirt with a lei. At my age I guess all that's left is memories. LOL
HowardR Member From: N.Y.C.,N.Y.	posted 19 September 2004 05:00 PM profile send email edit Well, they're great memories and I'm sure all of us "younger" guys (50s) sure appreciate them.
Bill Creller Member From: Saginaw, Michigan, USA	posted 21 September 2004 04:35 PM profile send email edit I'll bet all those steel guitars in the pictures sounded like a huge cat fight when they all chimed in together. Bill
Dan Sawyer Member From: Studio City, California, USA	posted 22 September 2004 12:44 PM profile edit Great photos! How about that guy with the Gibson double-8 grand console ON HIS LAP?! That must have been quite heavy. I'd like to see him play a four-set bar gig with that thing. [This message was edited by Dan Sawyer on 22 September 2004 at 06:22 PM.]
Gerald Ross Member From: Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA	posted 22 September 2004 01:32 PM profile send email edit That guy wasn't holding the doubleneck on his lap, he was standing behind it! Look closely... The guitar is mounted on a "Gibson Humana-Stand". This stand was available from Gibson as an optional add-on for your steel. Two models were available. A herringbone wool tweed for $13.95. And the most popular, lightweight cotton Bermuda shorts for warm weather gigs, $10.95. These stands were available in either male or female configuration. An additional fifty cents charge was added for the male(more material). Things were more formal back then. ------------------ Gerald Ross 'Northwest Ann Arbor, Michigan's King Of The Hawaiian Steel Guitar' Gerald's Fingerstyle Guitar Website [This message was edited by Gerald Ross on 22 September 2004 at 01:35 PM.]
Jim Cohen Member From: Philadelphia, PA	posted 22 September 2004 08:49 PM profile send email edit Hey DVA, where'd you get that photo of Bela Lugosi playin' steel?