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Topic: Some MP3 files added to my site... |
Frank Estes
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Huntsville, AL
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Tom Diemer
From:
Defiance, Ohio USA
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Posted 17 Jun 2002 4:14 pm |
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Great playing Frank. Going to try to 'steel' some of those licks 
Sounds like we have a lot in common. CNE also, MPC also, A+. etc.. They don't let me play steel in church yet though, just guitar so far.
Thanks for posting the songs Frank. Loved hearing them.
Tom
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Frank Estes
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Huntsville, AL
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Posted 17 Jun 2002 7:06 pm
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Thanks for the encouragement, Tom! So, you are going to steal both of my licks. That's ok, I stole them from others...
I really like how Charlie did that flawless harmony on the "Wonderful Tonight" intro. We probably practiced that only once before that show. I do not think I have seen Charlie since that show.  His main band is a group called "Soul Society." I dig his playing.
Leslie is about 5 foot 2 and 90 lbs and sings like a "big girl!" |
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Jim Smith
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Midlothian, TX, USA
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Posted 17 Jun 2002 8:00 pm
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Nice stuff Frank! I did notice though, that the link for Crazy leads to Kansas City.   |
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Frank Estes
From:
Huntsville, AL
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Posted 18 Jun 2002 7:02 am
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| Ooops! Thanks for pointing that error out, Jim! It's the old cut-n-paste error. I have it corrected now. |
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Frank Estes
From:
Huntsville, AL
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Posted 18 Jun 2002 8:10 am
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| Actually, I do my best playing in church and unfortunately (or fortunately based on your perspective) our soundmen do not record our song services. Maybe that will change in the future. I plan to record some stuff at home in the future as well. I know, I know, you CAN definitely wait! |
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Frank Estes
From:
Huntsville, AL
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Posted 19 Jun 2002 9:08 am
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| Just added "Ramblin' Fever" sung and played by Charlie Thornton. |
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Gary Dillard
From:
Tuscaloosa, AL
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Posted 19 Jun 2002 5:18 pm
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Frank, you are da man! Great job! Would love to do some twin stuff sometime...who knows!!
Again, GREAT JOB! |
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Frank Estes
From:
Huntsville, AL
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Posted 19 Jun 2002 7:30 pm
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Thank you, Gary. If it were only so...
Folks, Gary was da' man with the gospel quartet, The Kingsmen. I remember waking up to the Kingsman Live LP that introduced tenor Ernie Phelps (sp?) many Sunday mornings in the mid to late 1970s. Gary did some very good steel that I wanted to copy. |
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Gary Dillard
From:
Tuscaloosa, AL
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Posted 20 Jun 2002 5:18 pm
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Thanks Frank for the kind words, just wish I could play then like i'm playing now. Since it was Gospel Music, the piano was the dominate insturment. Anyway, I'm having a blast now! It's nice to get with a small group that LOVES the steel and don't mind letting you play!
Thanks again FRANK! |
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Martin Weenick
From:
Lecanto, FL, USA
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Posted 20 Jun 2002 10:10 pm
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GOSH FRANK !! your fingers were moving so fast I couldn' even see them. I'll bet Doug J. is eating his heart out.
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Martin W. Emmons LG III 3/5 Peavy 1000 |
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Martin Weenick
From:
Lecanto, FL, USA
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Posted 20 Jun 2002 10:47 pm
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OOPS,Sorry Frank, my other post was not meant for you. It's real early here in Florida.
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Martin W. Emmons LG III 3/5 Peavy 1000 |
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Timmy Witt
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Rocky Face, Georgia, USA
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Posted 21 Jun 2002 1:53 am
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I told you Frank was right up there with the best. When are you going to record a cd?
Tim
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Tim
1990 Lashley Legrande D10 8 & 4. Profex II, Blue Tube II, Nashville 400
[This message was edited by Timmy Witt on 21 June 2002 at 02:54 AM.] |
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Tony Davis
From:
Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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Posted 21 Jun 2002 4:27 am
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Hey Frank!
I have to admitt that as amy old laptop wouldnt play MP3 I have never bothered clicking on to these things ..but tonight I just thought i would see if this new laptop would do it...what a great suprise..it worked.....and to hear you play was a bonus.......great...I love it!!
Tony |
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Frank Estes
From:
Huntsville, AL
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Posted 21 Jun 2002 7:09 am
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All this encouragement sounds like a conspiracy of some kind... (blushing) Thank you! Sincerely!
I just have so many steel guitar heros who have made me a better player with all their innovative ideas. It is hard enough trying to be a "copy-cat," let alone being a trend-setting stylist like they are.
Consider the song, "Blue Moon of KY" we did: There is some Jernigan, some Paul stuff at the beginning of my solo, Weldon stuff connecting pockets of notes, lots of Mike Johnson including that cool pentatonic stuff (PF maybe responsible for some this as well), even a touch of Bruce Bouton from "Country Boy" with that quick-stop fill with strings 3-4-5, a Lloyd Green lick at the very beginning used a few times later on, Sonny Garrish A-B pedal chord attack...
My part? All the blown licks and bad ideas! 
I wish we would have recorded that performance through the board, so that it would have been a better quality. Again, I was feeding off Charlie's great playing and this is the only recording I have with him working with us and that is why I used it.
I used a little chorus effect on "Wonderful Tonight" from the Zoom 505 and I thought it worked out nicely. I sent some of these tunes to Tony Prior, so hopefully the entire version of "Wonderful Tonight" will be playing on Live365 soon. www.live365.com/stations/289000
Thanks again. It really helps motivate me to work harder at trying to live up to those comments. I just swallow real hard and head back to the woodshed with sweaty palms--if my wife and boys let me! |
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Eddie Harper
From:
Fairfield, Ohio
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Posted 26 Jun 2002 2:29 pm
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| Frank aren't you thankful I let you practice on my Old Sho~Bud Eddie |
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Frank Estes
From:
Huntsville, AL
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Posted 10 Jul 2002 10:30 am
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Ed, I appreciated how you offered to let me borrow one of your Sho~Buds when I had to sell my only steel guitar for financial reasons. That was very generous, but as you recall, I just could not take you up on it.
It was quite a challenge playing your guitars as your sub at the church during those years. I never could get use to the Day Setup. Now had you offered an Emmons push-pull at the time, that would have been different!
Ed was trying to follow the scripture that reads, "If you have two steels and you see that your brother is in need, then give him one!" Except he was only going to lend it.
I have updated my site with some more MP3 clips. Three of them are Mike Johnson and one is a clip of Buddy Emmons' 1978 ISGC performance of "You are so beautiful."
http://frankestesmba.com/music.html |
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