The Steel Guitar Forum

Allen, From your description we have two possibilities. At one point Town Hall Party had a two hour show live every afernoon with no audience in addition to the Sat. nite live show with an audience. The second possibility is we took the cast from Town Hall Party and did a syndicated show for Screen ...

Randy, The taped shows are not really mine to sell. But I'll give it some thought. One of the problems with the copies I have is that they are many generations from the originals and pretty fuzzy. Who made the DVD you spoke of that seemed to be a compilation? Did you buy it somewhere? Is it sharp an...

Mike, I realized when I typed that remark about how they (Hawaiians) hold the bar I would be in trouble. It is nothing unusual that I can describe but I know you can tell any Hawaiian player or Jerry Byrd (who is Hawaiian at heart) with your eyes closed. Lots of vibrato is part of it. For a while it...

Chas, Thanks for the picture. One of my favorites. To Randy and all those who asked about my beginnings....I started playing at about 8 on a regular acoustic guitar laid on my lap. Probably tuned to C6. My Mom sent me for lessons with an Hawaiian man who taught in a music store down the street . I s...

Ron Whitfield, Yes, I went to the Silver Saddle. Great food and enjoyed the saddle woven into the carpet. Never played there. The Maddox Bros and Rose were a band unto themselvers. I never sat in . They were some of the most colorful and exciting showmen you could ask for. As a little kid I was hypn...

Joe Savage...You asked about my tunings and amp. I am a great believer that any 6th tuning is the place to start. You can get three notes of just about any chord on the planet if you work it right. For me I loved E6th and when I got my 10 string my basic tuning went from a high G.# to a low E. I nev...

Jussi, Yes, I was priviledged to have two Bigsbys in my lifetime. The first was a double 8 no pedals.I had a lever on the A6 neck to change it to an E13th. After Bud Issacs came along with his sound I added two pedals. Then I sold that one and got a double neck with 10 strings on one neck and 8 on t...

To Jussi from Finland. You are absolutely right about the Bear Family DVDs What is beyond my comprehension is how I was on the show for more than three years and BF chose to release ONLY the ones from the last year that the show ran which was when Billy Mize played. I would have thought that just by...

Marian Hall..Answer to Joe Goldmark, I started playing for money at age 12 but didn't work in a band until I was 17. I guess I would have to say my career spanned more than thirty years. Arthritis was what made me stop. Crooked fingers play heck with steel. I never had a solo instrumental released. ...

Hi everyone, Thanks for the welcome. It took Cindy Cashdollar, Andy Volk and a team of mules to get started. Looking forward to finding out all kinds of good stuff. On Aug 9 Randy mentioned a DVD that I was on called Texas Ranch Party. Would love to know more. Also Bobbe Seymore said he had once had...