The Steel Guitar Forum

Before Bill established his residence in Birmingham I knew him only as a fellow forum member... from Texas of all places. :( Soon after he arrived in Birmingham we met and I had found a new & faithful friend. Bill's life was all about helping people. He was always upbeat with a great attitude ab...

Listen up people: Tyler is the real deal. As some of you have mentioned he plays that old (50's, 60's,70's) stuff like he was there when it was all happening. And watch out when he gets back on that C6 neck. The boy can finesse the heck out of that stuff!!

Bill

Jim, Congratulations my friend. Guess it is a good thing you are on the Gulf coast in the SE and D.W. is on the Pacific Coast, Huh? Otherwise you might be stealing (steeling??) his gigs.
bh

How many noticed in the youtube video that Jussi's link brought up... a couple of pretty well known members of another GOO stars band visable just over Ray's left shoulder??
bh

Bob Simmons, You gotta be kidding. We finally got you to come out of hiding (do we owe Bill Simmons for pulling that off?) You are not only invited you are expected to grace us with your presence
bh

For me growing up in Florence,AL(Muscle Shoals area) in late 40's and early 50's the ones I could identify were Roy Wiggins,Jerry Byrd, Don Helms, Don Davis and our local ace,Ted Crabtree.Ted was the one who suckered me into playing that simple little instrument that Bud Isaacs turned in to a monste...

Haven't listened to it in quite awhile but Jimmy Bryant's "Pickin Peppers" impressed me a bunch.

bh

Bryan,
I know you well and I couldn't have given a better description of the person everyone should look for!!!

Bill

Tyler and Charlie Morrison did a wonderful job at Ted's service. I know Ted had to be smiling.

I had been looking forward to listening to Laney's Operation: "Russless" portion of the show. I have the CD but hearing it performed live on the ISGC stage with her reading the letters that came in from each "mystery" steeler and hearing her explain Russ's reaction to each one wo...

Big B,
I think you just talked your way in

Bill

Take a listen to John Hughey on Dickie Betts' Highway Call and I think you will agree John is definitely in the running.

I am surprised no-one tagged this thread and commented.It was a fun day in Jugtown Sunday afternoon.I hesitate to begin listing names because I will probably leave someone out and that would be bad. Heard some great vocals from our regulars, Calvin,Brenda,Leon,Gail,Skip,& Dennis. featuring some ...

Growing up in Florence,Alabama in the mid to late 40's I fell in love with the sounds of Jerry Byrd,Roy Wiggins,Don Davis and Don Helms.But this was before the day of Television and even as close as I was to Nashville we seldom saw these guys perform. Locally I could see Ted Crabtree live and in the...

Les, One thing that made Marty's performances so interesting was that you never knew what was coming next. Actually much of his routine was unrehersed and kinda spontaneous but it all came off very smoothly. To those not familiar with a Marty Robbins performance,Marty often seemed to be on the edge ...

Hey guys, Marty was a gifted musician and pretty well knew his way around on any string instrument including the steel. He enjoyed trading barbs with the guys in his band and you never knew what was coming your way next.Once when I was playing steel for him on a tour date in North Alabama he eased o...

Paul, I don't think I have seen the Public TV special you mentioned.If the steel player was playing an Emmons it wasn't me. I played a Stringmaster with my own single pedal E to A change when I played with Marty. Also, "Don't worry about Me" came down the tube after I packed the guitar awa...

Jody,Jody,Jody You just had to do it again,huh? I am glad your posts about Alabama create so much interaction by forum members. Some of you I know and have met and some I am familiar with but have not met. I think we need to work on that. Tim Bridges...Thanks for the kind words. I have enjoyed our p...

The Associated Press report that appeared in this mornings Birmingham news:::: "A late addition to the show was a tribute to the late Buck Owens who died in March, with Dwight Yoakum performaning his version of Owens' trademark Bakersfield Sound along with Brad Paisley,ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons an...

<SMALL>Basic music theory as taught to elementary school children long before Nashville was an incorporated city.</SMALL> Ron, you can force feed theory but that doesn't mean it gets put into use. I think the Nashville tag came about because the Nashville guys took the system and ran with it. bh

Tim,
You were still going strong Sunday night but are you sure you could have lasted 2 or 3 days?

All kidding aside, it was a totally enjoyable event and the comradery was beyond belief.
bh

<SMALL>Glad I'm not a member.</SMALL> Bob, if you are not now a member of a group and find you want join one I hope you are successful in finding one you feel comfortable with and better yet I hope you will reconsider your stand and become a member of the Alabama Steel Guitar Association. If you fe...

Tyler,
You have reason enough to be a "NO SHOW" but I know we can count on you to kick this thing off in fine fashion. One word of caution...I believe Bridges would throw you in the tank without thinking twice!
bh

T.C., If these are OEM Emmons legs the Collars are aluminum. Just a small amount of heat will do wonders. The expansion rate difference between the steel legs and the aluminum collar is considerable and you might find that a heat gun very similar to a hair dryer will do the job with out damaging any...