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These are ALWAYS EXCELLENT . . .and I look forward
to going every time!

You do an OUTSTANDING JOB Harvey!!

Thank you sir,

BR

A wonderful musician. Viciously unique!

AND WHAT A MUSICAL LEGACY he has gifted this world with!

The passing of Peter Huggins was the talk of Larry Briggs' Costa Mesa Vintage Guitar Show this weekend.  Norm Harris' crew did a GREAT video tribute to Peter here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dvOp0rycd0 Attached- Deke Dickerson's AWESOME Tribute to our friend! Until we meet again old pal! Barn...

I will post more info in GONE HOME- but Peter
was most active in the LAP STEEL section.

Rest in peace old pal!

B

https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2203/9767_Barney_Kessels_LAP_STEEL_1.jpg I thought this was just too cool not to share. This is at The Amigo's Vintage Guitar Show in Costa Mesa, CA. It was purchased at Barney Kessel's estate sale. All of the magazines in the photo have Barney's home address ...

re: Bakesfield Guitars by Willie G. Moseley


I have a copy of this book . . . .and it is
outstanding!

Thank you for posting pictures of your VERY COOL steel Noah! I shared your link with key members of the Kiesel family, and received very positive replies from them. This one from the late Lowell Kiesel's son Mark contained some history, and I am proudly posting it here with his blessing: https://bb...

Another perfect event! Special thanks to Harvey Hanson and Frank Carter for making this happen so professionally. ( Wonderful playing too, Frank! ) ALL the players sounded GREAT! ( Jay Dee Maness looks younger every year, and this living legend 's playing is as strong as ever!) I am not a pedal ste...

I have been twice now, and it is a BLAST! SOOOOO many good players there! The ELKS Lodge is an outstanding facility- excellent food menu at below market prices, and yes- and a full-service bar from 11am on. If you haven't been- popular backing tracks played thru a pro P.A., and charts displayed on ...

They also got his wife Tanya Rae's Martin acoustic.

This is just plain hard to believe!!

Hi Doug- Sorry this took so long. A good friend of mine was The Ventures road manager in the USA for 18+ years. It took a while for him to reply- but he said this is the late RED RHODES playing steel. RED is also featured on The Ventures album- "The Ventures In Space". Hope this helps, Ba...

My favorite and most valuable is my EH-185. My EH-185 was selected for the STEEL Section beginning photo for the 2020 Vintage Guitar Price Guide . Jazzed! We discussed it in depth when I posted the video of Joe Bonamassa playing it: https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=340354&sid=e5f...

b0b wrote:The pedals you see in the picture are the guitar behind it. Here's a web page about it:

https://b0b.com/tunings/murphey.html

Shows you what I know!

Thanks b0b! GREAT article too!!!

Barney

I stopped by to just say hi to my pal Jim Palenscar last week. I do not play pedal steel- but I spotted this cool instrument in the 2nd showroom, and thought it was just too cool not to take a picture of. What caught my eye was that it is a 9 string . . . . . and THEN I saw the sign. Jim says it wa...

Thank you very much Garry- very kind of you to say. Bobby plays lap steel as well as electric guitar with TAJ MAHAL 's touring band, in addition to his own band in Hawaii- The Bobby Ingano Trio. ( HIGHLY recommended when you are in Honolulu! ) A few days after this issue started mailing out, Taj wa...

Vintage Guitar Magazine 's interview with our STEEL GUITAR FORUM friend Bobby Ingano posted below, with permission. Hope you all enjoy it. Check out VG's web site and consider subscribing- it is a bargain! I have been reading every issue, for 30 years now. Barney ( Author of Bobby's article. ) http...