The Steel Guitar Forum

I met Red during a long stay I had in Los Angeles in the spring of 1970. It was my second trip from my native Denmark to the USA, and my interest for the steel guitar was relatively new having been awakened by the Byrds´ "Sweetheart Of The Rodeo" LP which had made me fall in love with the...

Dear Mary, Sandra, Brenda, Debbie, Tim, DeWitt Jr. and Mike, what sad news. My thoughts go out to your whole family with much gratitude for all Scotty and you all have done over many years for the steel players and the fans of the instruments, especially us players from overseas. I will never forget...

Hi André, how good to hear from you! It´s been a long time, in fack way too long. I´ve just returned with Martina fron a 2-week trip to the states which ended in Dallas where I for the first time participated in the Texas Steel Guitar Jamboree. Lots of fun. Hope you and Roger and Russ are all doi...

I have just returned from Dallas and am bach here in Germany, and due to the jet leg factor and it´s induced sleeplessnesss I am looking around in the Steel Guitar Forum, where I just found Sandras wonderful photos of Rick. I just had the most pleasant get together with Rick in Dallas, and I´m mos...

I just came back to Germany after having been to Dallas for the first time. A big THANK YOU to Allan and Debbie Talley and the whole crew for putting up a fantastic show and for making us "foreingers" feel so welcome. We had a ball and we will try to make it back at the first opportunity. ...

Dave, you are right, Red at a time had a close connection to the Dekley company, and he hooked me up to them in the late seventies. That led to Dekley lending me a steel for a concert in New York for the North East Pedal Steel Guitar Association and a later purchase for me, but that is another story...

My main guitar has the old Lawrence pickups and the backup which I bought second-hand in 2001, has E66. They both sound great

I´m the happy owner of two JCH steels. Ít´s convenient to have two for tours over extended periods with breaks in between allowing me to persue other live and recording projects with one steel while the other remains with the PA or trucking company. They are set up identically with 9/10 having what ...