The Steel Guitar Forum

Jon, Cameron Crowe, who wrote and directed Almost Famous, actually started as a teenage writer who got hired by Rolling Stone, as depicted in the movie. I think his first assignment was the Allman Brothers. He travelled with them and wrote a story. They were an up and coming band in 1970 -71. To tha...

I read a funny story about this song. Fisher was working with legendary but hitless London rockers Screaming Lord Sutch and his band. The drummer/bandleader said they were onstage one night, waiting for the doors of the dance hall to open. He was apparently a bit of a curmudgeon, and when the organi...

Forest Gump? Ouch.Forest was a dumb guy who stumbled into History through a series of mis-haps and blunders.Did he have any visible skills besides ping-pong? I look at the Burrito Bros as being largely Parsons'and Hillman's act.They wrote the tunes and arranged and co-sang the harmonies.Certainly Sn...

Good stuff.I hope this isn't taking too much of a left turn,but it's something I've always wondered about. In the early days of commercial Country Music,there were solo acts (Jimmie Rodgers) and groups (The Carter Family),and Star Plus Band (Roy Acuff and,Bill Monroe and).In the last category,the ba...

I seem to recall Nipper,the little fella from the RCA logo pictured staring at the phonograph horn.
It could be false memory syndrome,however.

From playing outdoor gigs in the FL Keys,I'm familiar with the problem.It's the sticky dreck that occurs in super-humid hot climates.And I second Fast Fret sprayed on the back of the neck (and strings).It works like a charm.If I couldn't find any,I'd try the little towlettes sold for cleaning eyegla...

Has anyone written "The Days Of Whining Posers"?

"uses it as a stand for his keyboard onstage."

That's incorrect.He has it set up near his keyoard,and once in a while puts a lyric sheet on it.It's there for the vibe.Think of it as hillbilly feng shui.

Jethro Burns used to refer to Chet doing that,and announce that he was going to play 3 songs at the same time:Theme From Dr Zhivago,Somewhere My Love,and Lara's Theme.

As far as blending r&b with country,like Delbert and Glen did (that's a killer LP,by the way),the Amazing Rhythm Aces were my favorites.Lead guitarist Barry "Byrd" Burton also played pedal steel and dobro,and all of their albums were excellent. Lead singer Russell Smith tried a differe...

Cody, I don't know if Etta James recorded "Feeling Good" or not. The version I'm familiar with is by Nina Simone.It was used in the HBO series "Six Feet Under" a year or two ago.In fact,there was a promo spot that consisted of the complete song,with scenes of the various series c...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">quote:</font><HR><SMALL>But Yesterday and Georgia? Is this wrong, or am I'm missing something? </SMALL><HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I've read that article before,and I find the arguments it makes absurd.The melodies of those 2 song...

I must have listened to The Weight a thousand times and never paid attention to the bass line. Then one time I asked a new bass player to learn a list of tunes.He dutifully downloaded some mp3's and learned the bass parts.No band rehearsal. The first time we played The Weight on a gig,the whole band...

The song was copyrighted by Robert Jones,a New Orleans piano player.But it's origin is widely credited to the Mississippi Sheiks,the 30's jug band that also gave us "Sitting On Top Of The World."

You know how the intro lick starts as a 5-note phrase,repeats,and then turns into a full 8-to-the-bar type boogie woogie line? According to a book I have called "Behind The Hits",Orbison and his co-writer had been working on the tune for awhile when Roy's wife came home.Roy told her "...

The Beatles were the Cartwright Family of English pop music.John was Ben (Pa) Cartwright,Paul was Little Joe (chicks dug him),George was Adam (the serious one),and Ringo was Hoss.Just smaller.

Scott, Not to get all anal about it,although what else is the internet for? "there's a movie called 'Fillmore' which documents the closing of the Fillmore West in 1974." Actually,it was summer 1971.The Dead and New Riders played on 2 July 1971. "Jerry sits in with the New Riders durin...

I've never heard of him playing it.Bob has it there for the vibe.Sometimes a lyric sheet for new (or new old) song is placed on it. When George Harrison died,Dylan played "Something" at Madison Square Garden in honor of him.On the recording,you can hear a roadie asking Dylan "Do you w...

Julie London was torchin'.

"and it's so very important that you know right?...." Not vitally,no.But when people start vehemently protesting that a subject shouldn't be talked about,and then proceed to talk about it,it sparks my interest all the more. Sometimes I prefer to learn the truth about something for myself,a...

"why why why..must we dig?" Beacause we're curious? Because we're interested? Because we want to know? "are we at a point where we care more about lifestyles them music?" Lifestyles?? That's gotta be the euphemism of the year. People been talkin' about murder since Cain slew Abel...

"Cooley murdered his wife when he caught her in an act of infidelity." I just read several accounts of the case and trial,and this wasn't alleged by anybody. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime_file/story/15318p-14533c.html "I think as Bill said,If Johnny Cochran was Spade's attorne...

I remember going to a vintage guitar shop in 1980 with a buddy.I'd told him I preferred Teles to Strats.As we were trying out different axes,he handed me a '57 Strat in like-new condition.Nice guitar,but I was just outraged that the asking price was $1,000. To put it in perspective,6 years earlier I...

". In front of his keyboard it looks like there is a gold "console" non-pedal guitar with two diamond emblems on the face." It's a blonde Stringmaster.Once in a great while a lyric sheet is placed on top of it.I guess Dylan likes it better than a music stand.It's mainly there for...

This isn't about a fight,but I thought it was a pretty good story,told to me by a friend. We were on the road,and had a gig at a big roadhouse out in the sticks.The place looked like a converted barn,with a long wooden bar running along one side of the room.One night before starting,we noticed this ...