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There is a new president of the school, who is a fan of Alison Krauss and Nickle Creek. I am the first mandolin teacher there. Mike Idhe is still there and has always offered pedal steel as well as country guitar instruction (I began learning steel with him in the '70's when I was a student there). So there will be more "roots music" (I will be teaching a bluegrass guitar lab as well as a Django lab, Celtic ensemble, etc.) available...

I also play in a band (http://www.thewayfaringstrangers.com) that combines jazz and traditional American music. I hope to get good enough on the steel to play it in that band...

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[This message was edited by John McGann on 29 December 2004 at 07:04 AM.]

Well I was just talking to my friend Larry Koonse this morning, and he has been spending the last month working on that movie, re-playing all the Hank guitar parts.

If you don't know Larry, just know that he's an awesome jazz player with amazing technique and precision in his playing, and I can totally see how he would sound like Hank. The sessions were produced by Steve Vay. For some things, larry had to read to play the exact parts--for historical accuracy. Other times, when "hank would practice" Larry was ask to improvise. He said, that sometimes, they would say, "play something virtuosistic..." Which would be a little hard to do on demand, and one would understandibly feef self conscious about--it's like being asked to show off! LOL

Larry also played the Wes Montgommery parts (who is said to have inspired Hank to play jazz.)

I asked Larry whether the movie favored any theory re: Hank's "accident." He said he hadn't seen the finished movie... I guess we'll have to wait and see.

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I actually think it's the opposite. A popular movie could bring enough attention to HG so that the PBS special you're waiting for could actually get made.

Steel guitar players are going to be a huge part of this. (C6th and E9th especially)

Forumites, let us make the best of this. I know you will.

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When I first met Hank Garland he was 25 years old, had been in Nashville approximately ten years, and Sugarfoot Rag was on every Nashville guitar players play list. He had a short fuse when it came to producers and while rehearsing a thirty minute syndicated Opry segment called the Prince Albert Show, I saw a taste of it. Hank had been noodling around on his guitar between tunes, checking his chops and giving us all a kick in the butt when the musical director said, “Damn it Hank, knock off that crap, or save it for the show.” Hank’s face slowly turn crimson and he pulled the plug out of his amp and said something to the effect that he didn’t have to take crap from a wino. After cooling off, he finished the rehearsal and I found a few years later that he was right about the musical director. The man was fired from a major record label for his drinking habits.

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What an amazing book he has in him! Please write it all down.

[This message was edited by Rich Weiss on 14 March 2005 at 03:16 PM.]

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[This message was edited by John P.Phillips on 16 March 2005 at 10:47 PM.]

I had an opportunity to visit with Buddy for a few minutes during the Choo Choo Steel Reunion last year, but I didn't get a chance to propose this idea.

So here's the best pitch I can make:
Buddy, I work for a television station. I am an award winning video photographer. I don't want anything from you but your stories. I will come to Nashville whenever you say and video tape as many hours of stories as you want to tell. I will take the tape out of the camera and hand it to you to do with as you see fit. I will seek questions and topics from the members of this forum to spur your recollections. I would hope those memories would eventually be shared with all.

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[This message was edited by Ernie Renn on 27 March 2005 at 08:49 PM.]