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Johan Jansen Member Posts: 2207 From: Europe Registered:	posted 03 December 2000 05:04 AM Dear forumites, I noticed a newcomer on this forum, my dear friend Andre Sommer! Andre is a very well known European steeler, studiomusician and roadplayer, he is outstanding on Pedal-Steel, keyboard and guitar. He was a member of our famous UNITED STEELS OF EUROPE, together with Koos Biel, Jean Yves Lozach, Nils Tuxen and Gerry Hogan. He's also Charley McCoy's roadplayer. As far as I know, he is the only steeler in The Netherlands that can make a decent living with playing steelguitar in bands and in the studio. Again, welcome, Andre! (Now you buy me a beer, Andre? ) regards, Johan ------------------ STEELDAYS 2000 my web-site my band COD
Tommy Detamore Member Posts: 478 From: Floresville, Texas Registered: DEC 99	posted 03 December 2000 08:29 AM Andre Sommer is a great steel player (and guitar player too!). I met Andre years ago in Bremerhaven, Germany and see him frequently when I go to Europe. He played for a while with Jennifer Weatherly (a great artist based in Geneva). Andre, it is good to see you here! Drop me a line and let me know how you are doing! Hope to see you this year when we come over. Tommy
CrowBear Schmitt Member Posts: 6016 From: Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France Registered: APR 2000	posted 03 December 2000 10:43 AM Bienvenue to ze Forum, Andre ! Super dooper here.... Steel what ?
Martin Abend Member Posts: 878 From: Registered: MAR 99	posted 03 December 2000 11:49 AM Hi Andre, great that you are around! The Netherlands must be full of gret pickers... ------------------ martin abend my homepage martinabend@yahoo.com s-10 sierra crown gearless 3 x4 - fender hotrod deluxe
Chris Brooks Member Posts: 486 From: Providence, Rhode Island Registered: FEB 2000	posted 04 December 2000 01:11 AM Welcome, Andre. I visit the Netherlands quite often and hope to meet you there sometime ... like in January or February, maybe! Tot ziens, Chris ------------------ from the oasis ....
Al Brisco Member Posts: 234 From: Toronto, ON Canada Registered:	posted 04 December 2000 05:34 PM Welcome Andre, I will cherish the times we had while I was in The Netherlands on tour with South Mountain & Steeldays 2000, especially the night we went to see Albert Lee (with Gerry Hogan) on steel, etc. You are one of a kind! Best Wishes, Al Brisco
André Sommer Member Posts: 35 From: Zeist, The Netherlands Registered: NOV 2000	posted 11 December 2000 10:39 AM Well what a nice surprise !! I just returned home from a small tour,checked this forum and found this nice welcome message by Johan Jansen. Thanks Johan, I really appreciate your kind words and we definitely should get together soon, have that beer,and share a couple of licks, OK ? I would also like to take this opportunity to thank you for the excellent way you organized the Steeldays 2000, here in Holland.I enjoyed it very much and I'm looking forward to the next one ! Hey Tommy " Sir Punchalot" Detamore ! Great to see your post here ! You have no idea how much stress I went through trying to copy some of the licks you played on Jennifer's CD when I got on the road with her. Especially the ones on "Roll on Santa Fe" Unforgivable !! But here's the good part I've always loved the C6 but unfortunately I never really took the time to explore it, just barely scratched the surface. But by joining her band I knew I had to sit down, dig in, and try to come close to what you did on her CD. Thanks Tommy, because analyzing those recordings and hearing you perform live as well, was and is a true inspiration. BTW, I still have a videotape from that jamsession we did at Kurt's place in Geneva.I should warn you that there are laws in Europe against some of the stuff you played that night, too ! Hope all is well and we can meet again when you come back over. I will e-mail you soon. Please give my best wishes to Clay Blaker and the rest of the gang ! (oops, almost forgot...playing Zum steel now ) Hi CrowBear,Martin and Chris, Thanks for welcoming me to this forum ! Hope we get to meet each other in person someday, 'cause I see two of you are living in Europe and Chris is visiting Holland often. BTW Chris, as you probably know, it can get quite cold over here at that time of year so I'll be in Thailand in January.Not only for a holiday but there's a possibility to do some studiosessions and maybe a small tour. I'm really interested in how the steelguitar is being used over there, although during my last stay this past summer I didn't spot a single one How about in the United Arab Emirates ? If you do come over to Holland next year please let me know so we can meet. CrowBar, have you heard of Jean Yves Lozac'h and Lionel Wendling ? They are both great steelplayers from your country, and Jean-Yves was also one of the founding members of United Steels of Europe. Martin, I lived in Berlin for some months and played with Western Union. I remember two steelplayers who where in this band before me, called Andy Forstmann and Chris Lepp. I was wondering if you know them. In the early '90's I also played a couple of years with a German country singer called Tom Astor. At that time he was very popular and I never realized until then, how big country music in Germany was. We did several shows there for up to 60.000 people. That would be impossible in Holland ! That's half the population here Hi Al ! I'm very pleased to see you on this forum as well and hope everything is OK with you. It sure was a great pleasure to meet you and hear you play with South Mountain. In the past, Steve Piticco and I discussed the possibility to join their band and I was really honored that this super guitarist asked me as their steel/keyboard player.It also meant I had to move to Canada and I wasn't sure about giving up my work in Europe at that time. So to see you play with them was very special to me and I must say, you did an outstanding job ! Folks, if you who have a chance to hear Al and Steve pick (and fiddle player Don Reed !) please don't miss the opportunity. I also enjoyed it a lot when you came along that night when Albert Lee and Jerry played in Amsterdam. Besides being incredible musicians, they are also two of the nicest people I've worked with. BTW, I just received a message that South Mountain will be playing in Europe around March next year, and I really hope we can see each other again then. Please say hi from me to everyone in the band and keep in touch with the Dutch ! Cheers, André.
Ricky Davis Moderator Posts: 6522 From: Spring, Texas USA Registered:	posted 11 December 2000 11:51 AM Goedemorgen Andre. Welkom; Glas Zaak Herfst. Sorry My Dutch is a little rusty; but Great to see you on here my friend. Ricky Davis ------------------ Ricky Davis My Homepage Rebel™ and Ricky's Audio Clips www.mightyfinemusic.com Email Ricky: sshawaiian@aol.com
Johan Jansen Member Posts: 2207 From: Europe Registered:	posted 12 December 2000 08:45 AM Hi Andre, thanks for the kind words. I'm touring with Kelly Trottier now, she is awesome. Please, visit us this week! Cya, Johan ------------------ STEELDAYS 2000 my web-site my band COD
Steve Piticco Member Posts: 58 From: Belleville, Ontario, Canada Registered: FEB 99	posted 06 March 2001 03:59 AM Howdy Andre! It is great to see you here on the Forum! We have known each other for years & haven't picked together as of yet Did you reply to these messages from the United Arab Emirates?? I have played there before Take Care & See You Very Soon! Steve Piticco. Sho-Bud Maverick S-10 http://www3.sympatico.ca/spiticco/

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