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Fantastic collection of songs! Also at the bottom of the page there is a link to a Red Rhodes mix tape.

Many of the youtube clips I tried to watch were deleted. So I did some youtube wandering and found this one. Some sweet playing...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_J1yHcyh70

Fantastic, thank you all for the info

Hello all, just a quick, possibly dumb, question: During my daily viewing of "steel guitars for sale" where I pretend to have money to upgrade to a better steel, I've noticed in some of the photos of the underside of certain guitars there is a chunk of foam in between the rods, sorry don't...

Fantastic! Love that intro. Who's the singer?

Nice!! It's finds like this that makes searching dusty record bins worth it!

Will Oldham, working under the name "Bonnie Prince Billy" released the album, "Greatest Place Music" where he re-does some of his older songs using Nashville session musicians. One of them being Mike Johnson. On almost every song there seems to be a gem of steel guitar playing. A...

Killer! Does Jaydee play on the whole album or just that song?

great stuff, gonna have to keep my eyes peeled for that record. Seems to have the qualities that made certain aspects of Southern California country-rock great: Being both kind of slick yet burned out at the same time.

Hey Joachim,
I always enjoy the music you post.
How about this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvJJ0u8Ci8M
I don't know who's playing steel but it sounds pretty good.

sounds right to me...

Some more great stuff I wish I could play:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI56hQOsmos

I haven't been able to buy a guitar from John, yet,(lack of funds). However, I had a great conversation with him over the phone. He was extremely generous with his knowledge of the psg. Hopefully, at some point in the near future I'll be able to get my s**t together and by a steel from him.

Hey Jonny,
As always, sounds fantastic, great playing. Where is it that you guys play on Tues nights? I'll try and make it over there. Also thanks for putting me in touch with John Widgren, a great guy and his extensive knowledge of the psg helped me quite a lot.

check out Susan Alcorn. Amazing steel musician, fantastic music. Goes pretty far out there.

The solo around 1:55 is out of control, makes me want to go play my steel and then I do and then I cry bitter bitter tears.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvoeEpPkVqg

Hey John,
Great songs, beautiful playing. Also thanks for taking the time to talk to me about the many mechanical intricacies of the psg.

I replied over on the non-pedal section and I'll reply here as well... Fantastic!

Fantastic. It's amazing to hear the places people take this instrument, thanks.

I love it! When I'm digging through the ruins of post-apocalyptic civilization I want to play a steel like that.

Hey Joachim,
Thanks for posting this. Always good to learn of an album to look out for.

Hey Chuck, Yeah distance does seem to be a problem with organizing steel players in and around the NY area. I live in Greenpoint Brooklyn, which, I'd say is a bit of a haul from where you are. However, maybe when the weather is nicer and we're all not being pummeled by snow, maybe something could be...

Hello all, Being that I live in NY and there's not that big of an organized steel community, I was wondering how steel guitar jams work? I've watched some clips on youtube and understand the basics of how one works. My question is: Is a player participating in one of these jams expected to know any ...

Susan, very beautifully, tastefully played.

Hey Roger,
That's a great clip, thanks. Yeah, the whole "Plantation records" thing is a strange one. I guess she probably didn't have a whole lot of options to chose from.