The Steel Guitar Forum

Jamie and Dave, the Zen Cowboys, are headed out west! Austin, San Diego, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Little Rock... Wed Aug 2, New World Deli, Austin TX, 7-9pm, The Zen Cowboys Sat Aug 5, Mr A's, San Diego CA 10am - The Zen Cowboys Sat Aug 5, The Black Cat, San Diego CA - The Zen Cowboys Wed Aug 9, Ma...

I'm coming to San Francisco to play 5 gigs in the next week or so. Various different types of gigs, ranging from all originals to mostly jazz to eclectic. Here is a copy of the notice that the booking lady made: Wed., Jan. 11, Madrone Art Bar, 500 Divisidero (@ Fell), 7 - 9 p. m. Full-on eclectic as...

Just wanted to let everyone know Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro will be live-streaming our shows tomorrow. Shows at 8 and 10 central time. https://snugjazz.com

So, you don't have to come to New Orleans.

We will play all the songs from Byways of the Moon and a few from Easley Rider.

1. Sheba Jazz/Piano Lounge, 1419 Fillmore St. (at O'Farrell) Thursday, March 10, 7 - 10 p. m. Instrumental jazz. It's a restaurant as well as a bar/jazz club, and great Ethiopian food! No cover. (already played) Today: 2. Free outdoor concert at St. Francis Square, Saturday, March 12, 1:00 p. m. at ...

1. Sheba Jazz/Piano Lounge, 1419 Fillmore St. (at O'Farrell) Thursday, March 10, 7 - 10 p. m.  Instrumental jazz.  It's a restaurant as well as a bar/jazz club, and great Ethiopian food!  No cover. 2. Free outdoor concert at St. Francis Square, Saturday, March 12, 1:00 p. m. at the Tichenor Square a...

Thanks, Daniel! No, Chris just does Vinyl and digital downloads. He says it's easier to make his money back that way.

Here is a link to a video of the solo steel medley from Byways of the Moon, a Miles Davis number into a Beach Boys tune.

[/url] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKYeG8GMpQA

The bandcamp for the whole album is [url] https://daveeasley.bandcamp.com/album/b ... f-the-moon

Hi, everyone! It looks like the album I did out in LA about 5 years ago is coming out soon, December I think. The producer, Chris Schlarb, just put out a pre-order for Digital Download or Vinyl. https://daveeasley.bandcamp.com/album/byways-of-the-moon It was a really great group he put together for ...

Here is a new CD called Easley Rider. https://davefeasley.wixsite.com/website On the above site there are a few nice reviews of it. You can stream it, download individual songs or the whole thing, and actually order the disc from the Louisiana Music Factory. There is also a video for song #3, Mockin...

Thanks, everybody! Rob McKendrick is still working on his website for this CD. But he tells me that you can order it through his email, mckendrums@gmail.com and he'll get it out to you right away. I haven't played with Brian Blade since 2016 when we played a gig together downtown. I did run into him...

Here's a cut off of a soon to be released CD by the Kolotov Mocktails.

George Mason (Brent's cousin) - fiddle
Rob McKendrick - drums
John Lang - bass (writer of this tune)
Dave Easley - pedal steel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dnMWcnCfRI

For awhile there I was playing most of my gigs on a single C6 12 and it was kind of fun when someone called a country song to try to get the 9th neck sounds on the C6th. Even though I'm playing a C6th/E9th Excel with the gear shifter now, I often still use the C6th for country songs even if they are...

Here's a version of Dickey Betts's Blue Sky I ran across from a trio gig I did a while back. Unfortunately the recording's a little quiet. You might need headphones to hear the bass player if listening on a computer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bh8R94H5Y1g

Dave Easley

Well, I guess I'd like to enter into this discussion, not to defend anything, there's no need for that, (as others have pointed out, we all have the right to do as we please and listeners have the right to like it or not,) but just to share my own perspectives. The term "self-indulgent" co...

Thanks for the offer, Jack! Maybe the next time we could work something out? I've got a New Orleans gig with The Quickening the night before but I really appreciate the thought!

Here are some youtubes from a gig I did with Colonel Bruce Hampton last year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4wUGpvdRT4 - Lucky Ol' Sun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpGhw_L3mGI - Zambi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_o3nONp2ug - Pennies From Heaven Hope you enjoy these! Dave Easley

I wanted to let people know I'm headed up north in a few weeks to do some gigs. Hope to see some of you along the way somewhere! Hope I don't freeze! Sunday, Jan. 26, 5 pm, Taylor Grocery, a nice family restaurant just south of Oxford MS. I'll be by myself with a loop station. directions copied from...

Just wanted to let any of you Nashville friends know that I'm playing at the Soulshine Pizza place in Nashville tomorrow with a rock band from New Orleans. It's a Saturday night. You're all probably busy. But, if you get a chance, stop on by.

Dave Easley

Thanks, Marty, for your very kind words! It was great to meet Ruthie! She's a really genuine person and, of course, an amazing talent and it's always great to play with George Porter and those guys. I remember he did a little dance during playback and I thought to myself, this music made George Port...

Hi, Ben. The 10th and the 12th I'm a little ways out of town. The Mockingbird Cafe in Bay St. Louis on the 10th 7-10. St John's Coffeehouse in Covington, 7:30-9:30 on the 12th. The 11th I think is a private party but it may be easy enough to come to. I'm not sure.

Hi, Ben. The 10th and the 12th I'm a little ways out of town. The Mockingbird Cafe in Bay St. Louis on the 10th 7-10. St John's Coffeehouse in Covington, 7:30-9:30 on the 12th. The 11th I think is a private party but it may be easy enough to come to. I'm not sure.

I felt really honored to play on a record called, Let It Burn, by a wonderful soul/gospel type singer from Austin last summer and it just came out a few days ago on Blue Corn Music. Ruthie Foster is a sublime interpreter. She treats each song in her own special way. The rhythm section from the Funky...

I should be around at that time. I'll be playing around the Gulf Coast from Bay St. Louis to Pensacola this spring with a variety of artists, Colonel Bruce Hampton, Ryan Balthrope, Cassie Krebs and Brooks Hubbert, but I often play the Maison Frenchmen in New Orleans on Sundays from 5-7 with Dave And...

I remember that cover band back in the 80's that Bob Watson mentioned. They were all a great bunch of guys but that keyboard player psychologically manipulated me into playing that solo. Nothing against Eddie VH. I respect anyone with a distinctive style but I wasn't any kind of a metal head. In tha...

I'm not so sure about the ceiling thing. An older person may never improve as quickly as he did in his teens or twenties but it's fun to keep trying and, as Bob Dylan said, "he not busy being born is busy dying." This thread brings me back the memory that in my first band there was a guy w...