The Steel Guitar Forum

Hi Greg ! Thanks for the shout out and I'm real glad you liked the show , we sure had fun playing for ya! The Melbourne Arts Centre is a world class venue and home to some of the finest orchestras in the world so I'm real proud to see a pedal steel up front and loud in the mix there. We'll definatel...

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Cheers , Shane.

WOW !!! Amazingly strange and beautiful alchemy. Fantastic synergy between you all. It's like walking into a bar on some distant planet and overhearing three higher life forms conversing about politics , love and probobly sport and what was better....M.A.S.H or Happy Days.

Thanks Susan.

Thanks a bunch folks, appreciate the possitive feedback.
Cheers, Shane.

Hey pedal pushers and other outcasts, here's a live clip of my band Lost Ragas playing a track from our recent album ' Trans Atlantic Highway '. Don't be fooled by the title , it's actually a love song of sorts. Ha! As usual my 82' PP through Tom Brumleys 63' Super Reverb, and when it hits the solo ...

Oh , I was typing as I watched and then....lo and behold you played it! Well part of it ha!
Bravo!! and thankyou.

Fantastic Susan! Loved the story about Olivier Messiaen. I'm going through a big Messiaen phase myself at the moment, was thinking his piece Fete Des Belles Eaux written for 6 Ondes Martenot would be great arranged for pedal steel. :) If he were alive I'm sure he would write for pedal steel, he was ...

Thankyou all for your kind words, I'm so glad you liked it. They'll inspire me to keep going.
Cheers , Shane.

Howdy folks, here's a piece I wrote for pedal steel and piano that I set to a homage to the great American artist Edward Hopper.
It's titled ' Reflections In Silver'.
It's sparse and cinematic, hope you enjoy it.
Cheers , Shane.
http://youtu.be/Lc5Y0MrfMRU

Today EVERY steel guitar is crying, they lost the big daddy, the greatest , no contest and from what I'm told, a great man.
I'm truly sad.
RIP Mr Emmons , the world loves you.

Shane.

That's awesome Aaron! Appreciate you saying so.
In case you havn't seen it, here's an animated film clip I made for the single MARIJUANA MORNINGS I wrote for the album.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEfl700yBz0

Cheers, Shane.

Cheers Bobby, I walked into a record store last week and it was displayed prominently at the entrance between Sticky Fingers and The Alabama Shakes. So you're probobly not alone there. :) Hey Brendan, thanks buddy. Catch ya soon.I'm sure you have a truckload of stories from your trip I need to hear....

Hey folks , if you're into hearing some new music check out the new album by my band LOST RAGAS. It was described in a review as " like Sturgill Simpson and Beck jamming with the ghost of Harry Nilsson " . The album is ' Trans Atlantic Highway ' and you can hear it and download it from her...

Great stuff Jeremy! Tasty playing . What a dream to work with Ry. I believe Sam is heading out to Australia soon with Justin Townes Earle. I'll definately go check him out.
Cheers and congrats on the great work,
Shane.

Cheers Jim, so glad you dig it. Thanks for the kind words.

Excellent Ron, glad to put a smile on peoples faces. I must admit I smiled a lot making that clip, it took some time but it sure was fun.
Cheers.

Hey Curt, happy to share the process with you. I wrote this song and so I had a pretty strong concept of what was going on it before I brought it to the band. The steel part was fairly obvious to me straight away, the refrain that builds. The other parts during the verses and choruses we all improvi...

Thanks Joachim, glad you liked my steel. Mike, cheers mate, I told Matt who sang it that it reminded you of Ron Sexmith and he was very happy about that. We're both fans of Ron's so it's a more than welcome comparison. Joseph, the eagles comparison makes sense, we all sing and write in this band and...

Thanks for the kind words Charlie, much appreciated.

Thanks Curt! That's the best possible result. Cheers to ya and thanks for checking it out.
Shane.

Howdy folks ! Here's a new song from my band " Lost Ragas ". It will be on our next album due in May 2015. I wrote this song and I also did the film clip. It was recorded live in the studio and then I did a one take double of the melody in a few spots. I played my 82' Push Pull (which you ...

That cows vid is awesome, I couldn't help but sing to myself…Just a closer walk with beef.
Sorry cows.

Very inspiring Susan, thanks for sharing this!

Thanks Paul, I appreciate your honesty too. Hopefully I'll bump into you in Colorado some day. It sure looks beautiful there!
Cheers, Shane.

Hi David, ha! It was a bit of a squeeze to get in the back seat with a D-10
on my lap but I made it. Reckon the spanner might catch on.
Hope to see you at a show!
Cheers, Shane.