20th Annual MASS STEEL BASH

Sunday, September 29

12:00 noon to 7:00pm
Chicopee AmVets, Montgomery St, Chicopee, MA

featuring

Smiley Roberts
Jim Cohen
Dave Van Allen
Doug Beaumier
Mike Ihde
Terry Sutton
Dana Flood
Jimmy Roule
Jerry Fessenden
Sam Gibson
Pete Adams
Frank Caruso

MC: Joe Casey

Jerry Fessenden will have his fine pedal steel guitars on display

Admission: $7.00 Yes, you read it right.... only $7.00!!

Directions: Mass Pike, exit 5, Chicopee. After the toll booth, bear left (Montgomery St.). At the end of the ramp turn Right on Montgomery St. Go straight through the light and the Chicopee AmVets is about 1/4 mile on the right.

From CT and points South, take I-91N to the Mass Pike East and follow the above directions.

Chicopee is next to Springfield MA. The AmVets is only about 1/2 mile off the Mass Pike.

Info: Doug Beaumier doug@valinet.com phone: 413 788-7560

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[This message was edited by Doug Beaumier on 18 September 2002 at 09:48 AM.]

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Thank you for the kind words. You are a credit to country music, and your selections of the music, tells me that you, and the steel guitar compliment one another. I've never heard anyone pull out those Ray Price shuffles, the way you do. I have always enjoyed hearing those songs. Your ability to work with steel guitarists, will always be remembered.

When word got out that there will be a Mass Bash this year the calls and emails came in pouring in. Like Joe said, the show came together easily because of all of your hard work over the past 20 years.

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[This message was edited by Doug Beaumier on 27 June 2002 at 10:09 AM.]

As far as the Deerfield Fair... are you referring to Deerfield NH or Mass? If it's NH you're in luck. It runs from Sept 26 - 29. Here is the link. Deerfield Mass has a crafts fair, but you're not into crafts are you?

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[This message was edited by Doug Beaumier on 27 June 2002 at 08:33 PM.]

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Thank you for making plans to attend the "MASS. BASH". It has been very exciting in past shows, watching, and listening to your performances. My appreciation goes out to the players on Doug's list, who have shown remarkable skills, whenever they perform. It will be an event to remember.

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Al's not playing anymore since he had a stroke a few years ago. I played 5 nights a week with Al Cote from 1980 to 84 at the C&W Lounge in Holyoke. Dick King and Joey Baer play a lot at the Amvets now. It's one of the only places left in the area for live country music. It seems like the Vet's clubs are keeping it alive. I've heard of Ma Manning's, but that place was a little before my time. Pee Wee Gokey used to tell me about it. Forum member Hal Higgins worked with Pee Wee back in those days.

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[This message was edited by Doug Beaumier on 05 July 2002 at 09:41 AM.]

I spoke with some friends in Florida yesterday. They were gathered at a friends home for a social visit. I've heard that there are a number of places down there supporting country music. Some are making plans to attend the Massachusetts Steel Guitar Bash, in Chicopee, Ma. on Sept. 19th.

As you can see, my name's Kim Altman and I live in Wilmington, NC. Do you play steel? I don't know any female steel players around this area -- I'd love to meet you!

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Thank you for the clarification. My visual acuity in the left eye is a problem, and I regret the typo. I will be looking forward to seeing you on SEPTEMBER TWENTY NINTH.

I am SO sorry! I assumed from the spelling that you were female. Please forgive me and don't hold it against me, okay?! (Thanks Doug for straightening me out on that!)

So, Leigh, do you play steel? There aren't many steel players around here, period! Ha! Do you play with a band? Where can I go hear you?

Thanks for forgiving me about the goof! So . . . you're a country singer and play guitar. I sing and play guitar too. Just about every band I've ever been in has had a steel guitar in it -- Wayne Midgett from here in Wilmington. I can't play with him anymore since I started playing steel a couple of years ago. That said, you might want to wait about a hundred years to hear me play the steel! (It takes forever to get good, doesn't it? Ha!) What's the name of your band and where do you all play? I'd love to come check ya'll out sometime!

Kim

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SMILEY ROBERTS

JIM COHEN

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[This message was edited by Doug Beaumier on 09 July 2002 at 09:05 PM.]

Perhaps the readers of the forum would be interested in viewing the late Paul Manning's steel guitar, from photographs taken at the Home Club in Hinsdale, Ma.,as he was performing during a Ma. Steel Bash.
Remember his "secret box", and the movable fretboard, that would eliminate the need to tune to the band, should they be something other than the standard 440 vibrations. He had pedal combinations that were unlike any in use today. Luckily, I have a tape that Paul sent to me, after we became very good friends. I know that he would have enjoyed attending the 20th Steel Guitar Bash at AmVets, on Sept. 29th.

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Thanks for reliving some of the early experiences that included the late Paul Manning, who was known for his originality as a steel guitarist, and his great effort to respond in kind, whenever approached in a friendly manner. His memory is one of permanence, and is imbued in the minds of those who befriended him.

Bill H.