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Topic: Steve Fromholts |
Ray Riley
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Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted 2 Oct 2010 7:04 pm |
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Have any of you Texas steelers played with Steve Fromholts. I have a recording on tape of his "Late Night Neon Shadows" I really like it.
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Herb Steiner
From:
Briarcliff TX 78669, pop. 2,064
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Posted 2 Oct 2010 7:28 pm
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I've known Steve for 38 years. He's never had a full-time steel player, but I've done gigs with him from time to time. A great songwriter and friend, he's had his share of hard luck health wise, but usually bounces back.
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Son, we live in a world with walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with steel guitars. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinberg? |
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Ray Riley
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Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted 2 Oct 2010 7:37 pm Thanks Herb
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| I have him on tape of Austin City Limits Anniversary show and he MC'd it. He sang that song and I really liked it. Tell him HI from Iowa Ray |
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Stu Schulman
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Ulster Park New Yawk (deceased)
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Posted 2 Oct 2010 7:45 pm
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I've done gigs with Farm Horse many moons ago,great writer and singer,and and wonderful person.Randy Beavers played on Steve's album from the 70's,check out "Bears" Great playing by Randy.From what I remember Steve,B.W. Stevenson,Micheal Murphy all went to the same high school,Herb will correct my dumbass. 
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Dave Ristrim
From:
Whites Creek, TN
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Posted 5 Oct 2010 8:19 am
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| Steven Fromholz put out some amazing records back in the day. Late Nite Neon Shadows was on "A Rumor In My Own Time". One of THE BEST steel solos ever IMHO. Phase Shifter never sounded better. That solo is one of the reasons I play today. |
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Bas Kapitein
From:
Holland
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Posted 5 Oct 2010 1:32 pm
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Thank you for bringing Steven back into my focus.
I played my two records from the seventies again and discovered Bears and Late Nite Neon Shadows. These two songs are one the b-side of a record I was evidently only playing the a-side of. It is a 35 year long, not discovered treasure in my own record collection.
His other record that I did play a lot was the one called “here to there”. Steven was the part of a duo (Frummox), but his singing dominated the songs. Especially “Texas Trilogy” brought a tale from Texas to me in Europe, from a world that was so different from my own. Only a few years later I could visualize the landscape that he described when I crossed Texas in a Greyhound bus. Only then I realized how well his picture resembled the real thing. |
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Jody Cameron
From:
Angleton, TX,, USA
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Posted 6 Oct 2010 3:41 pm
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| Didn't Steve write "I'd Have to be Crazy" recorded by Willie? jc |
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Stu Schulman
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Ulster Park New Yawk (deceased)
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Posted 6 Oct 2010 3:58 pm
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Jody,yes the story is that Mickey Raphael used to ride to Willie's gigs with Willie in his car,Everyone one was trying to get songs to Willie to have him record them and he was pretty much unapproachable...Mickey had put Steve's cassette of that song in the car's player without Willie knowing and then he turned the car on and like the song. 
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Ray Riley
From:
Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted 6 Oct 2010 4:58 pm Thank you
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This is great.All the information right at our fingertips. Thanks Ray
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Sho-Bud S-12 and a brand new N-1000 |
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Jody Cameron
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Angleton, TX,, USA
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Posted 7 Oct 2010 5:02 am
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Thanks, Stu...interesting story about Willie and Steve.
jc |
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Stu Schulman
From:
Ulster Park New Yawk (deceased)
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Posted 7 Oct 2010 9:17 am
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Jody,Poodie Locke who was Willie's road manager was one of my room mates back then so I got enough stories to write a book.We rented and destroyed a really nice 3 bedroom house/party crib from Eric Johnson's dad,and steel guitarists Josh Dubin and Danny Hawk rented the house next door,we had most of the steel players in Austin hanging out at one time or another,Herb Steiner,Jimmy Day,Lucky Oceans...I don't think that I ever slept back then.
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Steeltronics Z-pickup,Desert Rose S-10 4+5,Desert Rose Keyless S-10 3+5... Mullen G2 S-10 3+5,Telonics 206 pickups,Telonics volume pedal.,Blanton SD -10,Emmons GS_10...Zirctone bar,Bill Groner Bar...any amp that isn't broken.Steel Seat.Com seats...Licking paint chips off of Chinese Toys since 1952. |
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Herb Steiner
From:
Briarcliff TX 78669, pop. 2,064
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Posted 7 Oct 2010 9:32 am
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You slept. Once. In 1974. I saw you.
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My rig: Infinity and Telonics.
Son, we live in a world with walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with steel guitars. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinberg? |
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Stu Schulman
From:
Ulster Park New Yawk (deceased)
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Posted 7 Oct 2010 9:35 am
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In the middle of a solo!
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Steeltronics Z-pickup,Desert Rose S-10 4+5,Desert Rose Keyless S-10 3+5... Mullen G2 S-10 3+5,Telonics 206 pickups,Telonics volume pedal.,Blanton SD -10,Emmons GS_10...Zirctone bar,Bill Groner Bar...any amp that isn't broken.Steel Seat.Com seats...Licking paint chips off of Chinese Toys since 1952. |
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