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I had the good fortune to work with Pete doing animation/special visual effects for one of the RoboCop movies, ironically long before I decided to learn to play steel. I knew who Sneaky Pete was at the time but didn’t know he and the animator Pete Kleinow were one and the same! We had many laughs ...

Hi George,

Sounds good. I sent you a pm.

Mike

http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix1504/5940_image_1.jpg This is 23" but I think similar to what Freddie played. It's from the Bay Area originally so would be cool for that to go back to help Freddie. I'm in Nova Scotia so maybe there's something similar or a 26" closer. Let me know th...

There's certainly a resemblance. Though he doesn't list it as a credit on the television appearance part of his website.

He appears again in Part 4 around 3 minutes in, playing Blue Hawaii. No close up though.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxAdhG0X ... re=related

Late '70's TV. No credit given. Check him out at 4:29 mark.

Don,

Sounds good, will do!

Mahalo,

Mike

George, thanks much for the konaweb and konabob links. Turned up all kinds of good things. We'll check him out at the farmers' market.

Roy! thanks for the good wishes and for reminding me about the HSGA! My brain is still jet lagged.

Mike

Hi,

Longtime lurker and steel student of Roy Thomson's looking to meet, hear and play with steelers on the big island in the next few weeks. Any tips on good venues and upcoming events greatly appreciated!

(Brad feel free to move this, I wasn't sure where to post it.)


Thanks,

Mike

James, I'm really glad to have had the opportunity to contribute to the project. It was a real pleasure and a fabulous learning experience. I appreciate the kind words! Thanks to your offer and patience, and with Roy's help and encouragement I was able to take another firm step down the steel path. ...

I had the great pleasure of working with Pete on a couple of movies, long before I took up the steel guitar. At the time I knew only of Sneaky Pete the musician and could not for the life of me believe he was one and the same with this stop motion animator I was working with. I was new to the visual...

Anita, I'm really sorry to hear the news about Pete. I had the great fortune of working with him in the early 90's on the 2nd RoboCop movie at Phil Tippett's place in Berkeley. There were a lot of laughs with Pete during that production- I recall him being cooped up in a little smoke room animating ...