The Steel Guitar Forum

Congratulations, Russ! We're so happy for you and so thankful you are being honored with your induction into the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame that you are sooooo deserving of! What a gifted, exceptional, one in a million, one - of - a - kind musician you are!! And what a blessing you have been to our f...

Hey Laney! So glad to get your DVD of the St. Louis gig! It's GREAT!!! We have thoroughly enjoyed it. Every minute. You did a great job entertaining everyone. Your singing was wonderful, as always. You gave a great "read" of each one of those letters the guys wrote! They were all hilarious...

Hi Everybody! Just wanted to say that it was an absolute blessing to be a part of this special day with these gifted musicians and hearing Laney sing was just the icing on the cake for me...for all of us! I've been a huge Laney fan ever since we began singing weekly on "The Lake Brothers" ...

Hey Bert (& Annie Lois)! Can't believe it!!! You finally joined the forum!!! (And you've been playing steel MUCH longer than I have!!! Tee hee! I'm convinced that only geniuses play steel guitar...you have to play that instrument with your whole body...I'd never figure it out! By the way, you di...

Just wanted to share with you all that Bill Mack, (formerly the Midnight Cowboy over WBAP in Ft. Worth, Texas) and now the Satellite Cowboy over XM Satellite Radio's Open Road, Channel 171, is playing Laney's new "Matters Of The Heart" cd! Bill began playing tracks from Laney's and Russ' m...

I did hear Ray talking live yesterday afternoon when he called in to Bill Mack's Open Road Show on XM Channel 171 Satellite Radio. It was deeply touching with much emotion in Ray's voice (and Bill's) expressing his appreciation to everyone for their support and prayers. Ray said that he had a stent ...

Thanks, Laney. It's so good to read your post about Saturday night. Again, I'm so thankful you had this experience with Connie AND that Connie had the blessing of singing with you! Both of you outsang yourselves! It was great! Hope to hear more of this! You two are definitely kindred spirits. God su...

I'm new to the forum and am thrilled to find you! Sounds like you have quite a "family" here. I had to join just so I could respond to Bill's post about Laney Hicks being on the Midnight Jamboree with Connie Smith last night. What a blessing to read this here so I could tune in! Laney sang...