The Steel Guitar Forum

Hello, Does anyone on the forum know the musical whereabouts of the great James Calvin Wilsey? He is the man responsible for the twangy,ethereal guitar work on Chris Isaak's first few records. I read a few years ago that he was leading an instrumental band called The Mysteries that was planning to r...

R.E. Mr.Hatton's reply 'we can't have those Christian white people playing their own cultural music on T.V.', I hope you were being tongue in cheek. I think Mr. Steiner is probably correct on this one. If your statement was serious,well, it's hard to know where to start. Why do you assume that non-c...

R.E. Variax replacing Teles, etc. I remember back in the 80s when electronic drums were going to make "real" drums obsolete. The Variax is probably a great tool, but I think humans have too great a tendency to proclaim that every new thing makes every old thing it was designed to replace o...

Loretta Lynn's new album, Van Lear Rose, comes out Tues. April 27th. It is produced by Jack White of the White Stripes, and, according to her liner notes, it is her first album for which she wrote all of the songs.I've heard an advance copy and her singing is,to me, as good as ever.

David, I actually found a "decent" component 8-track player that plugs into my home system but I appreciate the offer.I must have left that ET 8-track in the car,though,(along with my prized AC/DC Back in Black 8-track)--"finders keepers" rules apply! Believe it or not,there is a...

Thanks to everybody, especially my fellow Texan JW Hock (I was born in Amarillo but for some reason have been in Kansas for fourteen years!).I've located a copy of the album on gemm.com.Thanks again!

Does anyone know if the album called "The Ernest Tubb Story" is the one where ET re-recorded a bunch of his famous songs with his then-current line-up, and if Buddy Emmons plays steel on at least some of the album?I used to have this on 8-track (finally sold the car that had the 8-track pl...

I received the VHS of this film for Christmas and not only is it great that Mr. Goehl made this film in the first place,he did a terrific job.I believe it was his first experience with filmmaking and he knocked it out of the park.Very professional, plus he didn't dwell on the more "sensationali...

R.E. The original post: 1. I disagree with a lot of your criticism, but God bless America.. 2. It sounds like the changes you recommend would make the music something other than bluegrass; the beauty is, that's how we got great music like bluegrass (and jazz, and western swing, and honky tonk...).Wh...

Haven't heard Conway do it, but Ray Price and Willie Nelson have both recorded great versions. I have it on a Ray Price record called "The Same Old Me" and the composer credit goes to the both of them. I've also heard the Derailers play it live.

Hello, Does anyone know the status of Ray Condo and the Ricochets (with the great nonpedal steel player, Jimmy Roy) and Joaquin Records, the label responsible not only for Ray's records but great reissues of Billy Jack Wills and Jimmie Rivers? If you go to the Ray Condo website it shunts you off to ...

I am trying to find a copy of this rare LP, Tut Taylor "Dobro Country" on World Pacific. I would gladly pay someone for a cassette or CD copy of the album. I have a copy of his 12-string Dobro record; I'd trade a cassette copy of that if so desired. Thanks! You can e-mail me at kbizzy@hotm...

My band is getting ready to put out our first CD, and I am looking for manufacturers. So far, the best sounding deal I've seen is from Oasis. Does anyone have any experience with them, especially with the quality of their mastering?
Thanks!

Saturday night we were sitting at a friend's house playing dominoes and listening to the great Milton Brown box set. There was one line of a song that was driving us crazy and we could not figure out. It's the last line of the last verse of "Weezie-anna", where the sailor strikes a match o...

Also the Station Inn. The Time Jumpers play every Monday, I think, and lay down some excellent western swing. Don't forget the new Country Music Hall of Fame should be open to the public by then. Be sure and at least walk through the Ryman, too.Visit Hatch Show Print while you're on Lower Broadway, ...

This is a true crying shame.I'm from Oklahoma, and for all the fun I've heard people poke at my home state, I've heard lots of people express reverence for Bob Wills, his Tulsa years in particular. Looks like we're going to need more lodging in the Turkey,TX area for people who want to gather and re...

Okay, I'm stoked to hear this gentleman play--are there any currently available recordings of his picking?

Agreed, but my wife and I just got back from a vacation in Nashville,and try as they might,the new breed of creeps just can't completely paint over the good stuff.At Jim & Layla's Country Hillbilly Bluegrass Inn on Lower Broad we saw an awesome rockabilly/hillbilly singer named Slick Andrews wit...

Wynn Stewart had a great recording of it; I think it was written by Vern Stovall,haven't seen a recorded version by him.Elvis did it, too!

I noticed his name in the credits on Hank Williams III's debut album,but I'm not sure which tunes he is on. Vernon Derrick is also listed in the credits.If you haven't heard this album,it's surely worth checking out.

Any reports from Turkey, TX?We had to miss it this year,so we went to the March birthday celebration in Tulsa.Sure missed our room at the Western Motel in Memphis.Was Benny Garcia back in action yet?Any surprise guests this year?

May not be kosher to post a reply to your own post,but here it is just the same.I don't think anybody should be "forced" to accept anything,little kids and their mom's cooking being the exception.Like I said in my first post,live and let live.Besides,it's awful hard to pick when you're poi...

First of all, let it be known that I'm not defending Garth; no matter what cause he is behind, I think his music leaves a lot to be desired. Second of all, amen to free speech. That's why I live in America.Relating to that, I thought "shoot them down" was an interesting choice of words.No,...

Armchair survey: how many of the people griping about "getting the government off our backs" make it their personal hobby to stick their noses in other people's private lives,or,more to the point,in their bedrooms. Take a tip from country music: Mind Your Own Business, Live and Let Live, a...

A good current album featuring non-pedal steel jazz is "The Hot Guitars of Biller and Wakefield", on Hightone Records featuring Jeremy Wakefield on the Bigsby steel.Mr. Wakefield is likewise featured on a new CD by T.K. Smith's Ranch Boys. Also on Hightone check out "Big Sandy present...