The Steel Guitar Forum

Bruce was a deep thinker about the instrument and had the credentials to backup his opinions. I really enjoyed interviewing him for my lap steel book back in 2002. It's a shame that all he achieved with his Cumquat label is gone except for those who own his discs. His kids just weren't interested in...

I second Mark's recommendation for The Nashville Acoustic Sessions. It's a brilliant record from all the musicians involved.

Not really country but Skip Hop and Wobble (Douglas, Barenberg, Myer) and The Three Bells (Douglas, Ickes, Aldridge) are absolutely essential Dobro records.

Worked this out today ... inspired by a chord progression and voicings from the late guitar maestro Ted Greene. Ted was a master at decorating a melody using chord voicings as his anchor. Simple chords but open to endless variations. https://soundcloud.com/aev/teds-blues https://bb.steelguitarforum....

Here's a country compilation with more of an old time sound. My all time favorite Dobro record is Dobro by Mike Aldridge.

Apparently, nothing sells steel guitars like a playground fight.

While I still own an 8-string, I find beauty in the limitations of six strings and have come to the conclusion that there's an incredible amount of music waiting to be discovered if one tweaks the tuning, and as Mike said, concentrates on expression. Lastly, I find that with six strings, my personal...

Love how you're finding new and exciting tunes to do on steel, Guy. Very well done, my friend!

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Very cool, Mike. Your musical curiosity often gets spectacular results.

Go right ahead, Doug. That's what I did. It's a steal forum after all.

Thanks to Jim Hillmar for this cool chart of Fender's custom colors.

Jo Stafford’s version is great

It sure is! My favorite Jo Stafford LP is "American Folk Songs": achingly beautiful.

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Haunted Heart is one of those obscure standards that deserves to be better known. This tune came up in the thread about Early Autumn. Renee' Flemming's recording is probably the finest, most emotional performance of popular material by an opera singer I've heard. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9q0e...

Big Jim was such a great player! Well remembered.

Cool stuff! I love the way you think differently than many other steelers, Mike.

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Very nice, Bill.

Beautiful-looking; more traditional styling compared to Meaghan's design

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Gorgeous.

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Here's another minor key move I find very useful. In some circles, it's known as "The minor cliche" because it appears in so many songs - like the Beatle's "Michele" and "What are you doing the rest of your life" - to pick just two out of many. It comes in handy for add...

Thanks for all you do, Chris. Dick practically invented that relaxed legato yet swinging electric steel sound.

Excellent video, Ethan! Very well explained and demo'd. For anyone who wants to play around with the minor ideas Ethan talked about for B11th. Here's a basic template for a minor key blues most everyone knows. Like everything on steel and guitar, there are multiple ways to play the harmony and melod...