Let's all thank Scotty

Bill Ferguson · Post by **Bill Ferguson** » 26 Sep 2007 2:06 pm

Scotty has agreed to let me continue to post International Steel Guitar Convention videos.

We all owe him a great big

THANK YOU SCOTTY

Bill Ferguson

J D Sauser · Post by **J D Sauser** » 26 Sep 2007 2:26 pm

Yes. A big thank you to you all.
You have no idea how important that is to some.
I have always been a great fan of people like Speedy West, Jerry Byrd and so forth. I only started visiting conventions from the late 90's on. I was fortunate to meet and spend an afternoon with Speedy and exchange some written communications with Jerry Byrd. But I have never ever seen them play (except for a couple of Tennessee Ernie Ford clips on youtube recently).
It is historically important that this material becomes available to the following generations of steel guitarists.

Thanks! ... J-D.

Billy Wilson · Post by **Billy Wilson** » 26 Sep 2007 3:32 pm

Thank You De Witt Scott and all the players. I really engoy getting to see thes clips. Here's some players I would like to see and hear.

Joaquin, Joe Goldmark, Speedy West, Bobby Black, Jerry Byrd, Julian Tharpe, Buzz Evans and lots of Jimmy Day and Ralph Mooney

Marlin Smoot · Post by **Marlin Smoot** » 26 Sep 2007 9:30 pm

A HUGE thanks to these two gentlemen and all the players and music we get to enjoy because of them.

Bill Ferguson · Post by **Bill Ferguson** » 27 Sep 2007 3:04 am

Billy Wilson,

"Joaquin, Joe Goldmark, Speedy West, Bobby Black, Jerry Byrd, Julian Tharpe, Buzz Evans"

Sorry, this is before the video taping days.

Bill

Charles Curtis · Post by **Charles Curtis** » 27 Sep 2007 3:53 am

I am most grateful for the work that Scotty has done and continues to do; IMO, many have benefited in many ways due to his work. And thank you Mr. Ferguson for posting these videos that we enjoy.

JERRY THURMOND · Post by **JERRY THURMOND** » 27 Sep 2007 4:27 am

Thanks Scotty for every thing you have done for the Steel Guitar.

Jerry

Paul Wade · Post by **Paul Wade** » 27 Sep 2007 5:01 am

scotty,
thanks so much for this

Jack Stanton · Post by **Jack Stanton** » 27 Sep 2007 7:02 am

Scotty & Bill,
Thanks to both of you for sharing all this great stuff!

Matti Viitala · Post by **Matti Viitala** » 27 Sep 2007 11:45 am

Thank You Sirs.

Alan Miller · Post by **Alan Miller** » 27 Sep 2007 2:26 pm

Thank you Scotty for letting all of us who cant, or have not yet visited the ISGC (or any other big steel convention) see these great players.
I am only one of many who look forward to seeing Bills videos on youtube ,there would be a viod in my time on the internet were they not there.
Where else can the steel guitar get worldwide exposure as good as this ?
Personally I think these videos have done almost as much to help new players gain enthusiasm for this instrument as your instruction books have done for many years now.

ebb · Post by **ebb** » 27 Sep 2007 2:42 pm

we all owe dewitt a huge helping of gratitude and love for his personal sacrifice and devotion to a young instrument that was without a champion before him. he is most deserving of his hof induction. thank you scotty

John McGlothlin · Post by **John McGlothlin** » 27 Sep 2007 2:56 pm

Thank you ever so much Scotty for all of your hard work putting together the Steel Guitar Convention and thank you Bill for what your doing to allow everyone to see and hear all of the great steel players....you are both excellent steel players also.

Roger Kelly · Post by **Roger Kelly** » 27 Sep 2007 4:54 pm

Thanks Scotty and Bill for all your hard work that goes into making these clips available here. I certainly appreciate it.

Bob Watson · Post by **Bob Watson** » 27 Sep 2007 7:20 pm

These video clips are great! Thanks Scotty for sharing them with us and for all of the hard work you and your family put into the ISGC. Bill, keep 'em coming!

Larry Strawn · Post by **Larry Strawn** » 27 Sep 2007 8:05 pm

Scotty,

Thanks for the clips and all you've done for all of us.

Bill,

Thank you for your hard work and time it takes to keep these clips posted!

Larry

CrowBear Schmitt · Post by **CrowBear Schmitt** » 28 Sep 2007 12:40 am

Thanx Scotty ( & Bill too) for lettin' us over here in on it
Many of us here do appreciate i'm sure
Keep it up & Thanx again

Jamie Lennon · Post by **Jamie Lennon** » 28 Sep 2007 1:59 am

Thanks Scotty and Bill too, these videos are great !!!

Bobby Caldwell · Post by **Bobby Caldwell** » 29 Sep 2007 11:39 am

A big thank you to Scotty for all he's done for steel guitar. Not just the videos but steel guitar shows that go way back before he started ISGC. He has helped many steel players in their time of need , and I won't go to much into that, but Scotty has kept many of them afloat fiancially. He has talked many players to come out of retirement to play once again and they started a whole new career. He recoreded some of the best players when no one else would. He has taken young talent and brought them to attention of all of us. There is not an award big enough for the likes of "Scotty". But maybe a real big thank you from all of us will make his efforts seem worth while. Scotty does not take pats on the back easily, but lets all do it anyway. Scotty thank you for all you have done for the steel guitar and its players. It has not gone unoticed. Loveyou my friend. And Bill you have done so much for the steel guitar as well keep on keepin' on loveya pal, Bobby

Bernie Gonyea · Post by **Bernie Gonyea** » 29 Sep 2007 3:27 pm

Scotty and Bill; you both do such a grand service to all steel players every-where; I watch Bill's videos faithfully and know the work of Scotty's putting on that sensational International Steel Guitar Convention every labor day week-end. All I hear are good words about it; have never been to a big steel guitar show in my lif-time of loving and playing this instrument. Started my career in music back in 1952 with one of the Harlin Bros. Multi-Kord Pedal Steels.Wish this SGF had been in existence back then; but at least today we do have the likes of SCOTTY & BILL; thank god for them..Bernie

Bobby Caldwell · Post by **Bobby Caldwell** » 4 Oct 2007 10:39 am

I think we need alot more thanks for Scotty. How about it. Bobby

Joe Harwell · Post by **Joe Harwell** » 4 Oct 2007 11:38 am

Thanks, Scotty & Bill & all the artists who have allowed us to enjoy these performances.

Frank Freniere · Post by **Frank Freniere** » 4 Oct 2007 6:15 pm

Many thanks, Scotty. How about adding Wally Murphy & the "William Tell Overture?"

DeWitt Scott · Post by **DeWitt Scott** » 4 Oct 2007 7:56 pm

I want to thank every one that has given me so praise and thank you. I am not alone in this venture. You should be thanking Bill Ferguson for taking his time to put all those players on the forum for your enjoyment. What promted me to OK more players for Bill to add to the list was I seen a section with Paul Franklin and I was thrilled! AND I had no thought of trying to copy it for later enjoyment. Bill says you can't copy it anyway. Paul played his first show in St. Louis when he was 16 years old. We have had a wonderful friendship all these years. I feel like a second father to Paul and also to Tommy White. Tommy played St. Louis when he was 12 years old. I have that performance on cassette. WOW! He played Orange Blossom Special as fast as the fiddle player and they slowly made the tempo faster and faster. Tommy finally had to give up but as a last resort.

I started the video at the International Steel Guitar Convention in 1979. That was about the time when the video became available. Duane Marrs helped me get the video machine and the camera. The machine was a Pansonic and you could overdub on it without erasing anything. It didn't take long for us to "burn" the screen on the camera and the recordings may not be so good BUT they are about the players some of which are now deceased. Jerry Byrd, Jimmy Day, Curly Chalker, Julian Tharpe, Zane Beck, Leon McAuliffe, Speedy West, Joaquin Murhpey, Jeff Newman, Jimmie Crawford, Hal Rugg, Little Roy Wiggins and I could go on and on.

If I don't transfer them pretty soon from VHS to DVD they may not be playable. I have two machines now that can transfer the VHS to DVD but none of us at Scotty's Music has the time to make that transfer! Bill Ferguson is the only person I know that is truly honest about what he is doing and more importantly how he is true to his word. "Don't make copies".

In the meantime, I will check with Bill and see how and if he has time to help with the transfer of VHS to DVD and then post them on the YouTube. I have an estimate of about 500 hours on VHS that Bill doesn't have. We had many local shows sponsored by an organzation I started and Jerry Byrd came up with the title, "Steel Guitar International." We have many hours on video of those shows. Some local players on them but also a name player or two on each show. I published a SGI Newsletter for 16 years. We I gave it up we over 2,200 members. I started it in 1977.

You want to talk about photos of a player? I have over 13,000 photos starting from the 1960's through 2007.

One more thing. It probably wouldn't take much for me start the videos again.

A special thanks to Bobby Caldwell for bringing to light some of the things I would never tell.

Now you know, "A Part Of The Rest Of The Story."
Scotty

Al Marcus · Post by **Al Marcus** » 4 Oct 2007 8:26 pm

Thank you Scotty and Bil for all your work and contibutions to the Steel guitar World. Iam sure that we all appreciate it as I know I do. I was at your early convention for the first time in 1976 in St.Charles MO. I believe. I'll never forget it...al.

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