The Steel Guitar Forum

For all of you in the Santa Cruz, California, area. I had a chance last week to hear what I thought was a great Hawaiian group called Island Breeze. I take it that they play quite a bit in the area. A lady named Patty was playing the non-pedal steel and did a great job. If you get a chance to see th...

Jody,

Congratulations from all of us at MSA on your 2008 Steel Player of the Year award!

Reece, Kyle, Jerry, Dave

Jody,

Reece asked me to pass along congratulations to you on your induction into the Hall of Fame from all of us at MSA!

Reece, Jerry, Kyle, Dave

Reece is having some computer issues and asked me to post the following on his behalf and that of the entire MSA team. Dave ____________________________________________________ We at MSA very much enjoyed the TSGA show held last weekend in Dallas and have many people to thank for that. Thanks to: - ...

Mike,

The steel player was Carco Claveria. I believe he lives in Nashville and has played with Asleep at the Wheel.

The bass player was David Tanner. Some time ago, he sold his law practice in Indiana and moved to Nashville to pursue music.

Both of them are very talented.

Dave

Mark,

Congratulations on a well deserved award! We appreciate you.

Dave

Richard, Reece, Kyle, Jerry and I have discussed the general outline of such an idea, but getting the new company started and the attendant issues that accompany getting "up and running" have taken priority and the idea hasn't moved beyond the discussion stage. If there was enough interest...

Richard,

What time of year did you have in mind? Also, annually? Or, a One-time thing?

It might be a fun thing to do if there were enough people interested. The logistics and timing might not be good at the same time as the Texas show. Maybe later in the year would be better.

Dave

Jim Peters,

Maybe you should read that letter again. My point is that Bradshaw absolved Reece of any wrongdoing.

What's your point?

Dave

Tom Olson, Jim Peters, The letter that Bradshaw posted above about Maurice Anderson was written, I believe, in 1993. In September of 2002 Bradshaw wrote the following and, on this Forum, provided a website link to it: To Whom it May Concern: During the last several years, a conflict between me, Maur...

Tom, You suggest that I rethink my post to Bill Hatcher wherein I said that his posts are informative and articulate; and, further, that it is beginning to appear that the steel guitar community is finally fed up with certain matters to which Bill referred. Those comments stand. It is the height of ...

Jim Peters,

My response was, of course, to Jim Molberg and not to you.

Dave

Jim, MSA Pedal Steel Guitars LLC that was formed in 2002 ("MSA")has and had no obligation for any matters related to the "old MSA" that discontinued business sometime in the early 1980s. Nonetheless, because the MSA principals wanted to, they developed the RESOLUTION Process, a p...

Bobbe, That is absolutely wonderful! I am the proud owner of "Bobbe Seymour Live," "Soulful Steel," "Priceless," and even the "Bobbe Seymour Legal Defense Fund" CDs. Anyone who doesn't own any of these is missing some great playing. In fact, anyone who doesn't...

Dan,

I don't think you should have kept your mouth shut. By establishing this thread in the well done manner you have, you have framed some significant issues and have done a service for the steel guitar community.

Dave

Bill,

Your post above is yet another example of your informed and articulate writings and I applaud you for it. It is beginning to appear that the steel guitar community is finally fed up with the goings on to which you have referred.

Well done!

Best Regards,

Dave

Stephen, Just so you are aware. The information that Jim Molberg is currently pasing out regarding MSA is riddled with falsehoods. As you may have read on another thread (now closed), I challenged him to join us in a mediation to determine in the truth or falsity of his allegations. He has yet to ac...

Jim Molberg, P.S. The reference to Dallas in my previous post refers to Dallas, Texas, USA. b0b, We didn't intend to involve you other than as a beneficiary. Additionally, we thought that certain members, on their own, might be interested in administering a fund But, if you are uncomfortable with th...

Jim Molberg, Fred Shannon is a fine, upstanding and honorable man. Whether or not he contacted any depositors of the MSA company that discontinued business over twenty years ago, I don't know. But, Fred had nothing whatsoever to do with any depositors of that company receiving anything. The new comp...

Rex, Thanks for the nice comment. Sidney, Thank you. Little Lindsey Reece is such a delight, I look forward to seeing you both again this year in Dallas. Joey, Thank you. I really enjoyed getting the chance to spend some time with you at breakfast that day and hope we can have many more chances to g...

Bruce,

Rather than bore a new generation (or any other generation) of Forumites with historical matters, I responded to you privately.

Dave

Bruce, You wrote: "but...it was only when the new msa realized that there was bad p.r. coming out of the issue (no matter which side of the issue one was on) that they instituted the resolution process. this is not the same as taking a proactive approach to doing the right thing...again, in my ...

MSA is proud to announce that it has made an agreement with David Wright and an agreement with Duane Dunard each to represent the MSA MILLENNIUM at various shows and other venues. David will represent the MILLENNIUM in the West and Duane will do so in the Midwest. As many of you know, David is an e...

Earl, The thanks goes to you for taking your time to test drive the MILLENNIUM. We really appreciate your kind comments and we were very pleased to have you visit with us. As for your reference to the great Buddy Emmons, we would be proud for Buddy Emmons to be a MILLENNIUM player and also would be ...

Fred, I'm surely glad I finally got a chance to meet you and your lovely family. I've been looking forward to that for a long time. Really enjoyed spending time with you. Dave Gene, Don't be too hard on yourself for not wearing a name tag. When David's in his "musical zone" he doesn't reco...