The Steel Guitar Forum

I owe a great dept to Ray, he got me back into music after I quit for 10 years. I met him at the MASGA show in Wilson 10 years or so ago and he invited me to play lead guitar at Robert McGees Beaver Creek Barn. We played together there for several years. Recently we played together in 2 different ba...

This show is the best show on TV bar none and Marty is the ambassador of real country music. Everybody on the show is great and Leroy represents a part of our history that should be celebrated along with the Carter family folks he has on occasionally.The only change needed is to make it a hour so Le...

Your right about Mike , if he's playing it's going to be top level country.I love to hear him teamed up with James Mitchell.Pay real close when you listen to him and catch the little funny licks he throws in that the average person wouldnt notice.

Jesse fronts Brazilbilly , a band that does vintage country, western and some rockibilly. You should here him sing Marty Robbins material.They play at Roberts Western World ,the coolist place on earth,and sometimes you can hardly find room to stand when they perform.

As Jesse Lee Jones says at Roberts Western World "we dont do new country here because there aint no country" I know he's means in general. There is alot of real country especially on Willies Place on satillite radio . A new organization called Hillbilliesville says we should give up the co...

Finally some real country music on TV!

Zac Brown is considered country ,I mean they are played on country radio and on CMT and GAC on tv.Most people don't even know what a pedal steel guitar is and its just sad that this style of playing is going to be or already is more popular than way Emmons or Green played.

So sad that this is what the steel guitar has come to! So what if there is good crowd response. I know I'm being close minded but how much worse can so called country music get. This crap gets out to the masses and this is what they are going think a pedal steel guitar is. Distorted guitars have alr...

Thats where you find it. Its just getting started I think but I like their attitude and plans.

Check out Marty Stuart's new CD Ghost Train. It's great. It features the great Ralph Mooney on several cuts including an instrumental version of Crazy Arms! Marty is keeping Hillbilly music alive.Notice I didn't say country music, google Hillbilliesville to find out why I will not say I play country...

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I enjoyed the movie very much. Jeff is a very good singer and appears to play guitar well also. It seems to me when ever you see country music as a movie theme it is tradional country music they use .That corporate Nashville crap is'nt good for nothing is it?

I just got back from my second trip to Nashville in as many months,I'm hooked on Broadway!I was wondering what a rough estimate of available steel guitar players there are in Nashville. Some of the ones I've heard are Tommy White, Terry Crisp,Paul Franklin, Doug Jernigan ,Mike Sweeney,Tommy Butler, ...

Did you see True Country on RFD this weekend? They had Heather Miles ,James Hand and Jake Hooker on the first episode.Great show and we need more like it. Is it just me but is there a possible revival of traditional country music going on? A few years ago we did'nt have the RFD channel or Willie's P...

Did anyone hear Amber make her Opry debut Saturday night? She sounded great! May be there is hope for the Opry.

I like Sherriff Joe too.

I don't for second defend what these guys did but just merely stating facts.

The three places I have played that we were appreciated the most were The Ice House in Selma, N.C. ran by Bowie Martin ,it's a payed gig.The others are Central Prison in Raleigh,we were nervous about it because we were taking 5 girl singers,it was a large gospel band,but they really enjoyed it and w...

I wonder what influence southern rock and rock has had on the current sad shape country music is in.It seems to me that no longer do "country" guitar players admire Don Rich, Roy Nichols or Leon Rhodes but there heroes are Eric Clapton ,Jimmy Hendrix or any of the southern rockers.I believ...

Can anyone tell me how to play the cool intro lick on Amber Digby's "If You Were Me".It is song #2 off the "Here Comes The Teardrops" cd.Thanks

Real country music is not dead in Nashville! at least on Broadway and at the Station Inn it's not. I had the best time of my life this week in Nashville.I heard lots of good bands and good pickers.To me the best was at the "Wheel" followed by the "Stage" "Roberts Western Wor...

I'm going to Nashville next week and I would like to find the best places for traditional country music.I plan to see the Time Jumpers Monday night.I also would like info on places to see during the day.It's been 30 years since I last went. Thanks

WHAT A GREAT STATION!IT IS THE ONLY PLACE I KNOW OF TO HEAR REAL COUNTRY MUSIC AND NONE OF THAT NASHVILLE BUBBLEGUM CRAP ON REGULAR COUNTRY RADIO.

I AGREE WITH WHAT YOUR SAYING.HERE IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA WE HAVE THE COUNTRY TONIGHT MUSIC SHOW AT THE SELMA ICE HOUSE.IT IS RAN BY FELLOW STEELER BOWIE MARTIN AND FEATURES LOCAL BANDS THAT PLAY REAL COUNTRY MUSIC.WE NEED TO SUPPORT SUCH PLACES AND ENCOURAGE MORE TO OPEN.MAYBE THERE WILL BE A RE...

PLEASE CHECK OUT " SLEEPLESS NIGHTS " BY PATTY LOVELESS.THERE IS GREAT STEEL GUITAR BY AL PERKINS AND PETE FINNEY .HER VERSION OF CRAZY ARMS AND THERE STANDS THE GLASS BROUGHT TEARS TO MY EYES.THIS SHOULD BE ALBUM OF THE YEAR!SHE HAS TO BE THE GREATIST FEMALE SINGER OF ALL TIME!