Letterman this Wed. 6/26

Jon Graboff · Post by **Jon Graboff** » 26 Jun 2007 11:45 am

I’ll be on the Late Night with David Letterman this Wednesday June 27 with Ryan Adams and the Cardinals playing my Sho-Bud Pro l. I recently did a total rebuild of it with John Coop’s fantastic parts. There are still a few ergonomic adjustments I still need to make, but oh! What a difference! Thanks Coop!

Danny Hullihen · Post by **Danny Hullihen** » 27 Jun 2007 11:12 am

Hey Jon. We'll be sure to be watching for you!

Steve Alcott · Post by **Steve Alcott** » 27 Jun 2007 9:13 pm

Nice job, Jon

Bill Dobkins · Post by **Bill Dobkins** » 28 Jun 2007 5:05 am

Jon, do you play with this band all the time?
Good group, good song and you sounded great...

steve takacs · Post by **steve takacs** » 28 Jun 2007 7:17 am

I saw it too, liked the song & performance as well and wondered who that steel player wasy. Nice job, Jon. steve t

Marc Friedland · Post by **Marc Friedland** » 28 Jun 2007 10:16 pm

Very nice job Jon.
Good singing and interesting material also.
Marc

Brian Wetzstein · Post by **Brian Wetzstein** » 2 Jul 2007 3:09 pm

Sounded great!
I am looking forward to your stop in Seattle.

brian

Eric Knight · Post by **Eric Knight** » 6 Jul 2007 12:08 pm

i have been playing along with cardinals songs for a while, its been great practice for me.

Bruce Freisinger · Post by **Bruce Freisinger** » 14 Jul 2007 8:56 am

Jon Graboff wrote:I’ll be on the Late Night with David Letterman this Wednesday June 27 with Ryan Adams and the Cardinals playing my Sho-Bud Pro l. I recently did a total rebuild of it with John Coop’s fantastic parts. There are still a few ergonomic adjustments I still need to make, but oh! What a difference! Thanks Coop!

BTW... Happy Belated Birthday, S-S-S-Slider!

Bruce Freisinger · Post by **Bruce Freisinger** » 21 Aug 2007 2:22 pm

For those that missed the Letterman spot:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRuY49nXgA8

BTW, You sounded great at the Somerville Theater, John!

Jon Light · Post by **Jon Light** » 21 Aug 2007 2:32 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcAmswcV0gY

I find this Magnolia Mountain outstanding. Beautiful song, sort of a tribute to the Dead, seems to me, performed with the poise and sonic cohesion of a band that has been working together for a while. Better than average recording quality too.

Tommy White · Post by **Tommy White** » 21 Aug 2007 7:26 pm

Jon Graboff,
Good on you son. You have the nod.
You sounded great...in tune, taste, tone and you sang harmony too! I wish you the best. The show reminded me of the first time I heard Rusty Young.
All things good for the pedal steel and for it's future.
All the best to you,
TW

Kevin Hatton · Post by **Kevin Hatton** » 21 Aug 2007 7:32 pm

Jon Graboff, you are a very tasteful player. Great tone on the Sho-Bud and knowing where to lay your parts in without over playing. The sign of a great steel guitar player. Bravo. Excellent arrangement very professionally done. Ryan is is getting artisticly mature and better all the time. I am very impressed with his singing and artistry on this. Jon Light, I thoroughly agree with you.

Danny Hullihen · Post by **Danny Hullihen** » 22 Aug 2007 2:09 am

I got an email from Jon yesterday, and he is now in Adelaide, Australia! He says it's weird to be on the other side of the planet where water goes down the drain, among other things!

The things you played on the Letterman show was fantastic, and it's always great to see the side men getting a little exposure as well!

Good on ya mate, and keep up the great work.

Danny

Tamara James · Post by **Tamara James** » 22 Aug 2007 4:37 am

Jon Light wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcAmswcV0gY

I find this Magnolia Mountain outstanding. Beautiful song, sort of a tribute to the Dead, seems to me, performed with the poise and sonic cohesion of a band that has been working together for a while. Better than average recording quality too.

I like this song. But I don't think I ever saw a man(?) with pig tails before. Thanks for posting the link.

Jon Graboff · Post by **Jon Graboff** » 28 Aug 2007 4:48 pm

Hey folks, thanks for the nice comments. I really appreciate it! To my NYC pals Steve Alcott and Jon Light, thanks for all the continuing support. It’s great to know that my homies got my back.

Bill Dobkins: I’ve been in the Cardinals for a little over 2 1/2 years.

Tommy White: high praise indeed!

Here’s a YouTube link to an additional song with a boatload of steel on it that we performed for the Letterman audience after the show ended. It was posted as an exclusive web only video on the Late Night web site. When the song ended, I felt a hand on my shoulder. I assumed it was a stagehand telling me to get up so they could clear the stage but it was Dave! I looked right at me and said “nice job”. I have a friend who works on the show and he told me that Dave never does that kink of thing and I should take it as a big compliment. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dty4Jk0eERA

David Doggett · Post by **David Doggett** » 28 Aug 2007 8:35 pm

Very nice stuff. I had to listen to all those YouTube clips. And it was a very enjoyable "chore."

Bryan Rankins · Post by **Bryan Rankins** » 29 Aug 2007 5:49 am

Very tasteful. Great tone and control. Thanks for keeping the steel in the spotlight. It was there exactly when it needed to be. Congrats and (raising glass to toast) here's to many great opportunities.

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