Bo Legg wrote:Mr. Cage, Some of us have cattle, and can't afford a hat. And my hearing is GD when it comes to Dylan. But Mr. Cage any fool can hear that you play a heck of a lot better steel than Mr. Garcia. What makes him an icon and so few of us know about you. I'll tell you what STUPIDITY!
To those of us who think of Garcia in terms of icon status, it has nothing to do with his steel playing - with the possible exception of some guy on a guitar forum a few years back who rubbed Mike Perlowin the wrong way by proclaiming that Jerry was indeed the world's greatest steel player.
I don't have to be an apologist for Garcia as a guitarist and a musical mind, I know how great he was.
wow this is getting brutal... I just wanted to show Jerry a little lovin' is all..
Duncan.. wow, that is REAL early steel from Jerry off the Volunteers album... November 1969.. He was REAL green there lol.. pretty awful in a lovable kind of way... I bet he was just starting ...
Deja Vu was released just a few months later in March 1970, and his playing was seemingly much improved already, but what do I know???
With the releases respectively of Workingmans Dead in June of 70 and American Beauty in Nov 70, Jerry was a vastly improved player and was gaining the respect he deserved as a steel stylist that had a unique tone touch and feel.. No NOT a technician,not a peadl steel artist, not a virtuoso, but hell the guy was a good steel player with a good sound, and his very famous musical contemporaries friggin' KNEW it and paid him to make thier own albums sound good..The man could certainly play the instrument.. I sure liked his sound, and learned a hell of a lot from him.. I raised and supported a wife and 4 boys with the licks I copped off the guy... I will NEVER say one bad thing about him.. The cat had good music coursing through his soul... Rest in Peace... bob
I'm over the hill and hittin'rocks on the way down!
no gear list for me.. you don't have the time......
Wow! 4 Pages. I'm waiting to see how long this thread stays in the top 10. Started by a video of a musician NOODLING & TUNING his steel. Hit a nerve?
OK, I just looked this one is neck & neck with the Buddy Emmons thread! LMAO! This is going to get interesting! I'm thinking about going over there and bagging on Buddys bass playing. He really wasn't all that technically proficient on bass.
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After reading all the informed and interesting threads, I pulled up my music list and played some JG. In my mind I tried to plug in a Day and other greats styles into the song and I found that it was impossible to do because the JG solo and fills were so ingrained in my mind. I put down the earphones and went to get a cup of coffee and I realized I could almost do the fills and solo note for note in my mind bad notes and all and with the same tone. I realized I wouldn’t want the steel played any other way on those songs. You folks here have been trying to tell me this all along. It’s not how good technically you play, it’s about the music. SO HAND ME MY SIGN
Bo, it took a LOT of class to make that post. Very kind of you to do it as well.
Isn't it interesting how a "stylist"'s certain licks and note choices will get locked in you mind like that? I've found the same things with 6-string and mando players - The guys with a distinctive style will MAKE stuff run through your head like that, while 90% of the musicians you hear might be good and entertaining...but nothing they played will "stick" with you.
It's the "creative muse" vs "the tab arrangement".
The never-ending quest for taste, touch and tone.
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