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Rick Schmidt Member From: Carlsbad, CA. USA |
posted 24 December 2003 08:43 AM
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Yo Guys....This is an excercise for me to try and overcome some of my dibilitating perfectionism, red light fever issues, and option anxiety that have always kept me from finishing any of my "real" musical efforts. Now that I'm 52, I need to get over these psycho-musical problems asap. BTW, I don't really have this problem on gigs singing and playing all the honky tonk "hits"...just on my own more involved stuff. Yes, I do play "Way to Survive", "Working Man Blues" etc etc. At the prompting of my son and my friend Jeff Lampert, I decided I was going to take only 5 passes at this unaccompanied steel + vocal redition of one of my favorite "post-bop" jazz tunes by one of my jazz heros (Charlie Mingus)about one of his heros (Lester Young), then pick the best one and put it out there for all to hear and critique. Yikes! I played C6 directly into the board and sang along at the same time. I had to do it this way because of our recording set-up's limitatations. This was the best take, but certainly not perfect. I did add some delay after the fact to sweeten it up a bit. Now that I know that it can be done, maybe I'll get more comforfortable doing it....then you'll probably never shut me up. Merry Christmas, Rick [This message was edited by Rick Schmidt on 24 December 2003 at 08:47 AM.] [This message was edited by Rick Schmidt on 24 December 2003 at 09:16 AM.] |
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Jeff Lampert Member From: queens, new york city |
posted 24 December 2003 09:12 AM
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Rick I guess this is a mutual admiration society. I won't say what you did is great, because it's beyond that. What you did is haunting, I felt like I was surrounded by ghosts settling in my mind. You created an environment, a mood. You did justice to this song, Mingus, and Young in a way that I'm not sure any other steel player could. Thanks for a wonderful piece of work. ------------------ [This message was edited by Jeff Lampert on 24 December 2003 at 09:18 AM.] |
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Jay Fagerlie Member From: Lotus, California, USA |
posted 24 December 2003 09:34 AM
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Rick, I second that...'haunting' is very appropriate. More! More! One of my favorite songs, done with ultimate taste on a steel! Thank you so much Rick Jay |
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Paul Wade Member From: Mundelein, Illinois, USA |
posted 24 December 2003 09:44 AM
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rick, wow,wow wow!!!! man, that was sweet!!! would like to meet you man merry xmas |
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Jerry Gleason Member From: Eugene, Oregon |
posted 24 December 2003 09:59 AM
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Man, talk about talent deserving wider recognition! I expected to be impressed, but wow.... I'm amazed. It's one thing to have chops, but to know how to use them to create an emotional connection is what music is really all about. Rick, I wish you could take a break from the honky-tonk trenches and do the jazz festival circuit sometime. Maybe after the album comes out.... More! More! |
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Stephen O'Brien Member From: Cortlandt Manor, NY, USA |
posted 24 December 2003 10:02 AM
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Jeez Louise! What a rendition. Solid, solid, solid. I want more. |
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CrowBear Schmitt Member From: Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France |
posted 24 December 2003 10:05 AM
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Hey ! i gotta listen to that again Wow ! that's pretty far out   i love your singin' too Thanx Rick C6 is where it's at Merry Christmas |
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ebb Member From: nj |
posted 24 December 2003 10:05 AM
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brilliant. the future looks bright |
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Mike Perlowin Member From: Los Angeles CA |
posted 24 December 2003 10:23 AM
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Great job Rick. My comment to Jeff applies to you too. I'd like to see you (either of you) playing in a strictly jazz band. Assuming Miles Davis was still alive, could you imagine what it would do for our instrument if he were to hire either of you, or Reece or Hal Nerrill or Bob Tailifer or Buddy or Doug J or Hal Rugg to play with him as some big jazz festival? |
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Mike Bagwell Member From: Greenville, SC, USA |
posted 24 December 2003 06:28 PM
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Rick, This really knocked me out. Thanks |
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Donny Hinson Member From: Balto., Md. U.S.A. |
posted 24 December 2003 07:09 PM
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Nice...I like the lower voicings you added to almost all the chords. It really "fattens up" the sound, and adds impact! |
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BobG Member From: Holmdel, NJ |
posted 24 December 2003 07:22 PM
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Beautiful! I'd love to learn that one. Tab that one out and tell me where to send the check. Or just the first couple of chords to get us started and wish us a Merry Christmas.LOL I enjoyed that more than I can say... please post some more... your a talented player. Bob Grado, Williams D10 (lefty), Peavey 1000, [This message was edited by BobG on 24 December 2003 at 07:29 PM.] [This message was edited by BobG on 24 December 2003 at 07:46 PM.] |
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Ken Williams Member From: Arkansas |
posted 25 December 2003 12:06 AM
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Great job Rick! Ken |
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David L. Donald Member From: Koh Samui Island, Thailand |
posted 25 December 2003 01:56 AM
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Yes a fine version. I only miss Ray Brown on bass and, Alan Dawson on drums. Great tone and good singing too. Keep up the good work. |
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Rick Schmidt Member From: Carlsbad, CA. USA |
posted 26 December 2003 10:00 AM
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Thanks guys! It really means alot to me. I know this isnt everybody's cup of tea around here, so I didnt really expect to get this much positive reaction. Once again thanks! Hope y'all have a wonderful and blessed 2004! Rick |
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Stephen Gambrell Member From: Ware Shoals, South Carolina, USA |
posted 26 December 2003 10:49 AM
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Charlie, and Lester, and Joni would be proud! This is good stuff! Thanks, Rick. |
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John McGann Member From: Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
posted 26 December 2003 11:27 AM
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deep, wonderful, inspiring, and valuable! |
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Herb Steiner Member From: Cedar Valley, Travis County TX |
posted 26 December 2003 11:49 AM
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Rick... haunting and beautiful. Thanks mucho. Herb ------------------ |
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Bobby Bowman Member From: Cypress, Texas, USA |
posted 26 December 2003 12:10 PM
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Damn!!!!It ain't no telling how good this guy could be if he'd just learn to play that thing!!!  Great interpretation Rick. BB ------------------ |
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Michael Johnstone Member From: Sylmar,Ca. USA |
posted 26 December 2003 01:17 PM
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I like it. Yeah you really do need to get over it dude. |
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frank rogers Member From: usa |
posted 26 December 2003 01:23 PM
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Great stuff! We want more! |
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Emmett Roch Member From: Dripping Springs, Texas |
posted 27 December 2003 02:07 AM
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Wow, Rick...will you settle for well-worn words like "great" and "amazing"? You know you're gonna have to put out a CD now, don't you? ------------------ |
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Rick Schmidt Member From: Carlsbad, CA. USA |
posted 27 December 2003 10:35 AM
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Gentlemen...I am so honored by your kind words! I know what heavyweights you are.(musically speaking of course )Thanks again for your encouragement. |
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Dan Tyack Member From: Seattle, WA USA |
posted 27 December 2003 12:12 PM
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I *LOVE* that cut. I want more! Hey Rick, if you can make it up to Seattle, I've got a decent home studio. Let's make a record... ------------------ |
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Buck Dilly Member From: Branchville, NJ, USA |
posted 27 December 2003 04:10 PM
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Terrific. Stellar. Beautiful. Thank You. |
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Clyde Bloodworth Member From: Chancellor,AL |
posted 27 December 2003 06:10 PM
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Terrific! This is the way I like to hear steel guitar(or any instrument) played. Please do more! Clyde |
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Jim Palenscar Member From: Oceanside, Calif, USA |
posted 28 December 2003 06:31 AM
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Wowowowowowowow! Thanks Rick~~ |
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kevin ryan Member From: |
posted 28 December 2003 01:57 PM
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Hey Rick.....cover your ears, I don't want you to hear this.. You don't handle this stuff very well. Rick is one of the heaviest musicians I have ever met and gigged with. He has a horn section going on in his head at all times...No Kidding. One day I hope he writes a book about his family and musical experience.. Just a little backround for the forum folks.... His dad was a famous vaudeville magician and Rick grew up in that environment, working behind the curtain with the levitation machine and helping in his dad's magic shows...some great stories about he and his dad for sure...he lost his dad last year.. His mom is a jazz pianist...world class. I've heard her...Completely unbelievable! Rick has the same chops on guitar, syth guitar, steel guitar, bass, piano and sings awesome. a truely magical musician and friend.. It is very un-nerving having rick playing bass over my shoulder as we have many times. I don't let you know it but you scare the sh** out me on stage.. Please keep up what you are doing bud.. That tune really knocked me out. Your biggest fan!! |
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Gene Jones Member From: Oklahoma City, OK USA |
posted 28 December 2003 02:18 PM
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Rick....very fine playing! Thanks for sharing it. www.genejones.com |
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Rick Schmidt Member From: Carlsbad, CA. USA |
posted 28 December 2003 02:23 PM
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Aww gee Kev....ya got me all choked up! Thanks so much for the nice words. Yeah I miss my dad(aka Bob Damon The Great)alot! He would be proud to read some of these sweet responces to my forum post. He showed me it's ok to look up at the audience. Look 'em in the eye & grin. My mom "Livvy Taylor" is out to So Cal for a visit, and we've been working together on a version of Lush Life that might be my next post. Hard to keep up with her though. Kevin, you never have to worry about me playing behind you. I'm listening hard cuz you play beautiful steel guitar! Thanks again to all you guys! I'm really touched.(or is that touched in the head?) [This message was edited by Rick Schmidt on 28 December 2003 at 02:41 PM.] |
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Jon Light Member From: Brooklyn, NY |
posted 28 December 2003 02:26 PM
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Lush Life!!! Yes!!!! Rick--I can't wait to hear that. |
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Bruce Bouton Member From: Nash. Tn USA |
posted 28 December 2003 03:24 PM
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Great !!! Bruce |
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Bob Hayes Member From: Church Hill,Tenn,USA |
posted 28 December 2003 03:51 PM
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Rick, I DITO All of the Replies...Grrrrrreeeeetttt! Grouchy |
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Dirk B Member From: Columbia, MO, USA |
posted 29 December 2003 08:52 AM
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Awesome! Hey Rick, did Mingus write the words, or were the words written later on by Rahsaan Roland Kirk? |
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Dave Van Allen Member From: Doylestown, PA , US , Earth |
posted 29 December 2003 09:19 AM
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wow! Thank You Rick |
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Don McClellan Member From: Kihei, Maui, Hawaii |
posted 29 December 2003 11:48 AM
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Very, very nice. Thanks and keep 'em comin'. Don |
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Ricky Davis Moderator From: Spring, Texas USA |
posted 29 December 2003 12:13 PM
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Pretty Dang good for some Surfer Dude..  Kevin; I have to play steel with that Genious standing beside me on Bass also....When Heather Myles comes to Texas and Brings this world class Steeler/Musician, to play Bass...ha... I tell Heather all the time...:"Why do you use all these other Steel players on your CD's, when you have the Best and he even plays in your Band"???? She always replies....: "Oh I know and I did everything I could to get him on at least one song on this last CD"....By the way it was the last song on the CD called> "Cry me a River" and we all know; only Rick S. could play that song.....I know I can't....as I could only name the first chord and ALL the other ones I don't have a clue...ah..ha. You'da Man Surfer Dude. Ricky |
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Rick Schmidt Member From: Carlsbad, CA. USA |
posted 29 December 2003 12:48 PM
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Geez guys I'm overwhelmed...thanks so much! Ricky...what I told Kevin applies to you too! I love playing a supporting role to INCREDIBLE musicians like yourself! It's more important to me to seek out inspiration from my soulfull comrades than to have to try and be always on my top game. That's the beauty of doubling. I've had the opportunity to play onstage with so many of my guitar and steel guitar hero's without ever having to get into a competition mode. I love rooting y'all on! Although part of the fun is to "get into your kitchen" now & then. Anyway....traveling with a doubleneck steel is getting almost impossible in this day & age, and while youre sweating packing up and loading out, I'm out having my second sasparilla. Dirk...I'm really not sure if it was Roland Kirk or Jon Hendricks. I only know that this wasnt the Joni Mitchell version, which is a little wordy for my purpose. I only sang the first verse.(of two) [This message was edited by Rick Schmidt on 29 December 2003 at 01:00 PM.] |
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Graham Griffith Member From: Glebe, N.S.W., Australia |
posted 30 December 2003 04:20 AM
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Rick, Add my name to the fan club. Nice! Graham |
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Rick Schmidt Member From: Carlsbad, CA. USA |
posted 30 December 2003 09:51 PM
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A few of you guys have emailed and have said you've been having problems hearing this clip. You might try right clicking, click "Save Link As..." (on a PC at least), then save it to a temp folder or somewhere where your MP3 player can play it. (if you have one.) Then all you need to do to delete it is hit "shift" + "delete" if you don't want to keep it on your hard drive. The streaming thing doesnt always work on my older computer/internet connection either. Thanks again for your indulgence! Rick [This message was edited by Rick Schmidt on 30 December 2003 at 09:56 PM.] |
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