Steel Players I cannot stand !

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Steel Players I cannot stand !

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Jody Sanders.
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Re: Steel Players I cannot stand !

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Bill Dobkins wrote::P
I'm with you on THAT one!
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NONE of us can stand, at least while we play.

We get to sit and relax, while the poor guitar and bass players do all the work. :mrgreen:
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Bill,how come I didn't make your list? You heard me play in Baxter Springs. :eek:
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I like 'em all. :)
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Post by Brint Hannay »

So is this one of those artistic rearrangements of sentence order, so that "Steel players I cannot stand" would be, in prose, "I cannot stand steel players"?

As in, "I can tolerate a lot, but steel players I cannot stand"?

Inquiring minds want to know. :eek: :P :mrgreen:
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Myself after one Lonestar too many!
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Myself BEFORE one Lone Star too many.
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Me, but I've got an electric wheelchair ! :lol:
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The one steel player I hate to hear is me.
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Any with bad intonation.Seems to be kinda common with many non pedal players using slants..
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Post by Rick Campbell »

Mike Perlowin wrote:NONE of us can stand, at least while we play.

We get to sit and relax, while the poor guitar and bass players do all the work. :mrgreen:
You forgot about Don Warden and W.C. Edgar? :)
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Steel Players I Do Not Like

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In the words of Will Rogers "I Never Met A Steel Player I Did Not Like) I don't think he said it exactly that way, but I am sure that is what he was thinking.
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Wilburn Meeks wrote:In the words of Will Rogers "I Never Met A Steel Player I Did Not Like) I don't think he said it exactly that way, but I am sure that is what he was thinking.
I think there must be a few players that he never met, Wilburn. Because there's a few that would have made Will change his mind! :wink:
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Here's a true story that supports Mike Perlowin's statement:

Gordon Terry, fiddle player and singer, and I were good buddies when we were both on the GOO back in the 40's and 50's. I talked to him on the phone just a few weeks before he passed on. He told me how bad his health was and said he didn't think he had a lot of time left. I said that I was thankful that I was still in good health. Gordon said, "Yeah, but you steel players got to sit down."
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Ray Jenkins wrote:Bill,how come I didn't make your list? You heard me play in Baxter Springs. :eek:
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Ray, you are my buddy, why would you think you'd be on the list.
Actually I'm like b0b, I like them all. This steel world we all love is different. It dosen't matter how good or bad some one is, Its about this awesome instrument. I have found more respect here than i ever had in the six string world.
I just thought this would be a fun thread. So keep em coming.
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I just checked the HIT'S, on this thread 1387 of you thought you were
going to hear me slandering someone :lol: Wrong! I love all of you.
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Inflated Egoes

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Great story Roy, but doesn't sitting put more stress on the back compared to standing? The only steel players I'm not particularly fond of are those whose egoes are way too large. I just can't separate the performance from the personality though I know I should be able to. steve t
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That's why we have such a thriving steel guitar custom seat business. :lol:
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Post by Stan Paxton »

Hey Bill,
I thought you had left the comma out: "steel players, I cannot stand". :P like "Playing, I cannot stand".
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