The Steel Guitar Forum

Wow. He could have gotten together with the young Louis Armstrong. Imagine what that would've been like.

Looks like it was connected with a movie he made just before going off to the war, called "Pot O'Gold," which co-starred a big band called Horace Heidt and His Musical Knights. This picture of the band shows what looks like the same guitarist with his Gibson L-5 and that industrial-legged ...

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The John Prine show in Port Chester NY last night was a treat. Great band (plus a solo acoustic mini-set) including Fats Kaplin with alot of tasty PSG, along with fiddle and mandolin (he just barely got his fingerpicks back on to take a steel break in the middle of one song). John's touring all over...

That's how the guy on the Grateful Dead record played it...

Does anyone have any information on what copedant Vance Terry was using at the time of the 23 Club recordings? There are posts in the archives saying he used unusual tunings, but no specifics. There's some incredible psg playing on that Jimmie Rivers cd ("Brisbane Bop") and I'd be interest...

My first post. Hello, all. A friend gave me a copy of Brisbane Bop by Jimmie Rivers and the Cherokees and I am now in awe of the steel playing of Vance Terry. I've searched the archives and seen that a number of forum members knew him well. Can anyone offer any details about the copedent he would ha...