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Rick Alexander Member From: Florida, USA |
posted 27 May 2005 06:14 AM
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Last night at the Fort Lauderdale Stadium. I went with my daughter, Bonney. Willie was great, and Bob was awesome. His voice sounded good - raspy, but intact. Don Herron played Steel Guitar, PSG, Banjo, Fiddle and half scale guitar. He played some really nice stuff . . Here are a couple of pics - that was as close as I could get!  Bob & Company
It was worth standing in the rain, sore feet and aching back. [This message was edited by Rick Alexander on 27 May 2005 at 09:21 PM.] |
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Rick Alexander Member From: Florida, USA |
posted 27 May 2005 06:40 AM
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 And he's still using that Stringmaster as a music stand . . |
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Alan Shank Member From: Woodland, CA, USA |
posted 27 May 2005 10:00 AM
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I saw Willie Nelson, fronted by Sacramento's Jackie Greene, at the Dixon May Fair (Dixon, CA) a couple of weeks ago. Willie's band was pretty disappointing - no steel, no fiddle. His sister played piano, there was another lead guitar and voice (not much of one), drummmer with one drum, bass and a percussionist. That was it. Willie played great, though. Cheers, Alan Shank |
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Alvin Blaine Member From: Sandy Valley, Nevada, USA |
posted 27 May 2005 12:51 PM
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quote: The "half scale guitar" is an electric mandolin.
quote: Thats the same band Willie has had for about a hundred years now.(OK maybe it's been 150 years now) [This message was edited by Alvin Blaine on 27 May 2005 at 12:54 PM.] |
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Rick Alexander Member From: Florida, USA |
posted 27 May 2005 09:32 PM
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Well it didn't sound like your usual mandolin, I guess it was a single string model. It sounded like a guitar - he was wailing on that thing. I play mandolin myself, and my mandos are 8 stringers so that's what I'm used to. What I'd really like to know is what kind of double neck console steel he was playing. All I could see was the underside. It was one solid piece of wood, maybe a Gibson - I couldn't see the top at all . . The way he played, it sounded kinda like Duane Allman. BTW, the band was all wearing black except Bob - he had a mauve sparkle jacket and brown slacks with a stripe down the side. |
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Alvin Blaine Member From: Sandy Valley, Nevada, USA |
posted 28 May 2005 12:52 AM
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The electric mando is a 5-string, and the steel is a 1954 Gibson Consolette into a 30 watt Crate tube amp. Those old single coil Gibson pickups do a great job of over-driving that little amp. |
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Frank Parish Member From: Nashville,Tn. USA |
posted 28 May 2005 07:06 AM
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Would that be the Mandocaster? |
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retcop88 unregistered |
posted 29 May 2005 03:14 PM
Saw them today in ClearwaTER, worth the money, and it was entertaining. I did understand two words Dylan sang so I guess his diction is better. But his Music sells it all. ------------------ |
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Rick Alexander Member From: Florida, USA |
posted 29 May 2005 09:09 PM
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 [This message was edited by Rick Alexander on 29 May 2005 at 09:14 PM.] |
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