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John,

I dialed the number you listed but it seems it was a wrong number. Perhaps you could call me at (615)335-6381.

James

Thanks for the replies, guys! John, I will give you a call.

My wife and I will be in Austin from Monday to Thursday this week. We want to go out and hear as many steel players as we can find. Send us your post and tell us where you are playing. Look forward to meeting you and hearing you play.

James

I have a great idea for anyone who is serious about learning to play the blues on the pedal steel. Check out my course "Mississippi Blues for E-9th". In this course I give examples of all the scales that everyone has been talking about, all the chords that they fit over, all the common pro...

This weekend I'll be at REDNECK KOUNTRY (yes, with a K)in Tulsa,OK with Luther Lewis. Come on out and see us if you can.
It's on I44 just across from the casino north of town.

James

Chris, If you dig the 6th string lower by is't self you should try adding the raise on the 9th string with it.(6 down to F# 9 up to E) Then you can do some real neet stuff going from the 1 chord to the 5 and back. It's buy far my favorite lever( I also raise 1 a half step with it) Have fun!!! James

I used to practice with my eyes cloesed all the time. Now on the gig I almost never look at my frets. I think it does a great deal of good to take your eyes "out of loop" so to speak. I also think it helps with more than just pitch. If you don't have the eyes fixed on the guitar, you can s...

Miss Lana, Tell Terry that the CD will be in the works very soon (I hope). But in the mean time, My brother Mark has made a ton of up-grades to my web site with many more to come. He tells me soon we will have a link to download my tunes straight from Steel labs .com .We will be offering all the stu...

Rich, Thanks for the invite. Feel free to contact me to talk about it. Miss Lana has some great things to say about your shows. It was nice to see her yesterday at the Stage. She and her Mom both came to Nashville And I was pleased to have them at my gig. Dean, Great to hear from you as always. How ...

Miss Lana, Thanks for the "pretty good teacher" plug. If anyone would like info about lessons please see my web site. http://www.steellabs.com/

James

Thank you all for the kind words. It always makes the gig go by faster when people enjoy the music. One of the things I like most about my job is all the great friends I get to make. I hope we will all stay in touch with eachother.So you guys make sure to let me know when you'll be back in Nashville...

Hi David, I'll be at a new club on 1st ave.(don't recall the name).But anyway it's from 7 till 11. Give me a call and I'll tell you how to get to it if you want.
(615)335-6381

Enyoy Nashville my friend!

I've also seen guys tune string 6 up to C#.
That gives you the A7th chord on the last four strings.

James

Why Pedal steel? Because it’s the pinnacle of harmonic achievement. I mean after all, what else can make all those cool noises? I don’t know anything about the Tuba…..But I do know that I get enormous gratification when I pick up an instrument. It never seems to mater what type it is. I would bet th...

I sing and play at the same time,but I can't do it on everything. If I'm playing lead lines I tend to want to sing the same thing I'm playing.So I mostly "comp" while I sing, and then play fills when I get a breath. I used to Know I guy named Terry Reeves That could Play and sing just abou...

Gary, I use a Boss Blues Driver II for my overdrive. Since I have to play Rock & Roll about 40% of the night, It’s a big part of my rig. I prefer overdrive to fuzz, but the biggest thing is how you hook it up. I always put my stomp box first thing off the guitar before of the volume pedal. In th...

Mike, I love my Nashville 112. All except for two things. (1 The post on all the pots are made of soft and very breakable stock. The least little bump snaps ‘em right off. I’ve lost two and bent another to much to leave the knob on. I would have gladly spent a little more money for my amp, not to ha...

Ernest, The less pressure the better. As long as you don’t pick to hard the weight of the bar will be enough to create a clean ,pure note. This is of course if you don’t have any roller nut trouble. Pressing down hard will pull the strings sharp and it also kills the sustain. I once saw a video by a...

I'll be at Redneck Kuntry in Tulsa,OK with Luther Lewis. Not sure what the address is but it's on I-44 across from the casino. Drop by if ya' can.

I have a FISHMAN in my Dobro. It sounds OK but it feeds-back if you get to close to a speaker or you try to play very loud.

I had mine installed buy a banjo maker here in Nashville, but I'm sure you can find a web-site to get one from. I'll surf around and see if I can come up with a link.