The Steel Guitar Forum

I am so sorry to hear the Hank has passed away. He was very knowledgeable of music theory and that reflected in most of his playing. Hank played the rhythm guitar on my CD Keepin' It Country. He also played the ending to Misty and complmented the tune by adding some vamps to the tune. He will be sad...

Mike attended the International Steel Guitar Convention several years. I couldn't get him to perform but it seems like I do remember him playing on stage with Hal Rugg and a couple more Dobro players and I may have it on VHS. I stocked his instruction material at one time and they were on a very pro...

I heard about Jess passing when I was in Phoenix. He was a friend to all who met him. He organized a Steel Guitar Hall Of Fame fund raising show for many years in Toledo. I remember one time I went to Gibsonburg, OH and put on a seminar for Joe Binder and that was the time that I bought my Rickenbac...

The steel guitar schedule this year was just full of fine players! Hearing Bud Isaacs play was a treat for me. I told the people that when Bud played on "Slowly" he revolutionized the sounds of the pedal steel guitar overnight! A lot of players began to put pedals on their lap steels. I pe...

Hi John, The R in my arrangements means Rest. If you are reffering to Steel Guitar Rag in the 6 Solos Non-Pedal it is explained in the symbol page. A single R means rest for one count or a quarter rest. Its counted but not played. The R connected with a half circle connected to the 2 indicates that ...

I traved to Reidsvills, NC to visit with Leonard Stadler but never got to meet Lenny. Leonard immediatel put me to work polishing pedal bars. I'm sure that Lenny shared his fathers fellings-Be Kind To Everybody. Condolances to his wife and family. Scotty P.S. The Marlin was the very first steel guit...

I visited the factory where the Dekley was built and got to be good friend with Jim. We left the NAMM show in Anaheim, CA and did a trip up the West Coast promoting his guitar. We flew to San Franciso and rented a car and with our baggage and the steels we had we had to tie some things on the roof o...

I could write a book about Chuck. We had many jam sessions at Scotty's Music and in the basement of Chucks home. We recorded every one of them. We would have jam sessions with local steel players and pro players. Wally Murphy, Doug Jernigan, Curly Chalker, Buddy Emmons, Buddy Charlton, Terry Bethel ...

I'm am so sorry to hear of your loss. You have our sincere sympathy. Scotty & Mary

You have my congratulations for your induction! St. Louis can't be far behind.
Scotty

I'm so sorry that I have to cancel the Gulfport show. November 3rd is Mary and my 61st wedding anniversary. It was OK when Mary could come with me. She had a hip replacemment two weeks ago and will not be up to the trip. I feel like I should stay home and be with her especailly as it is our Annivers...

I'm so sorry that I have to cancel the Gulfport show. November 3rd is Mary and my 61st wedding anniversary. It was OK when Mary could come with me. She had a hip replacemment two weeks ago and will not be up to the trip. I feel like I should stay home and be with her especailly as it is our Annivers...

We went to the hotel for some last minute updates. We found out that the $10.00 discount is for parking in the Millennium Hotel "Black Level" parking lot only.

I apologize for the confusion in my earlier posting. But that was all the information I had at the time.

Scotty

Good news for you that are driving to St. Louis for the I.S.G.C. Convention. The hotel has agreed to take $10.00 a day off the normal $18.00 a day parking! Scotty

Hey Ben - I may have to go to the airport to pick someone up and if you still have that 40 year old Cadilac then sure - I will need your sevices again. See you in St. Louis. Scotty

The ISGC Convention is drawing ever so near. Here is updates on the Convention Hall Of Fame Fund Raising Show will be a Tribute To Herby Wallace. Herby played on every one of the HOF shows! Steel players are Ron Elliott, Joe Wright, Mike Sigler (Mike has also played on many of the shows), Virgil Wat...

Seeing that list by Danny Hammers is impressive. Two things

1 - I hope it doesn't take people from the main ballroom and not hear all the players.

2 - A badge is needed to get into all the display rooms.

See you in St. Louis. Scotty

I think the show went quite well. I was able to visit with some old friends and even made a couple of new friends. I would also like to compliment the sound crew. They rarely get any credit unless something goes wrong and then it is a complaint. I did not hear any complaints about the sound. Good jo...

I notice that I made a few type written mistakes in my article but I don't know how to correct them. I don't see the word "edit". Sorry - Scotty

I was at my store, Scotty's Music" in St. Louis and whole bunch of long haired people came in and all I said to them was "Howdy". I didn't know who they were.They got really riendly and in fact invited me to the Keil Auditorium in St. Louis for their sound check. I went and there was ...

Here is more information about this years Convention. The HAWAIIAN GATHERING - Friday from 10:00am- 3 :30pm Roger Edgington Leonard T. Zinn Margie Mays Sharon Denny Bill Stafford Virgil Watts & Starla Queen Mitsuo Fujii Kayton & Louie Roberts with their own band Scotty may join one or two of...

Joshua - Sara's father is in ill health so she had to cancel this year to stay close to her dad. We will to get her again next year. Scotty

The best way to order badges is three fold. 1 - Send an email to scotty@scotysmusic.com 2 - Pay at the registration booth 3 - Call(314) 427-7794 between the hours of 10:00am to 2:00pm Individual cost Thursday night Steel Guitar Hall Of Fame Show $10.00 Friday all day and night $35.00 Late Friday Nig...

I knew Bobby quite well. We used to exchange stock between our stores many years ago. As time went by I realized that he had a lot musician friends that he had played for and with and they were all top name peole. He did help me at our booth at the Convention for many years. You can count him among ...

I knew Bobby quite well. We used to exchange stock between our stores many years ago. As time went by I realized that he had a lot musician friends that he had played for and with and they were all top name peole. He did help me at our booth at the Convention for many years. You can count him among ...