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Matthew Warman
From: here and now
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Posted 12 Dec 2010 2:03 pm
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Not sure if this has been posted before or if I'm posting it in the right section of the forum but while looking at steel players on youtube I came across this guy doing an interesting take on Bach on his GFI- see what you think:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vz_1lC51z0&feature=related
Last edited by Matthew Warman on 13 Dec 2010 10:04 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Mike Perlowin
From: Los Angeles CA
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Posted 12 Dec 2010 3:26 pm
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That's Doug "Ernest Bovine" Livingston. Doug is simply amazing. I saw him play in a jazz quartet few days ago.
There is a singer named Kathy Robinson who occasionally performs at a local club with just Doug on steel, and a bass player and drummer. No guitar player to clutter things up. Doug plays every fill and ride.
It is a major event every time this happens. I sit and watch in awe as Doug displays an unending stream of ideas.
Like I said, he is simply amazing. _________________ Please visit my web site and Soundcloud page and listen to the music posted there.
http://www.mikeperlowin.com http://soundcloud.com/mike-perlowin |
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Dave Grafe
From: Hudson River Valley NY
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Posted 12 Dec 2010 4:15 pm
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Stu Schulman plays some pretty good Bach on his E9 as well. |
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Tim Sergent
From: Hendersonville, TN, USA
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Posted 12 Dec 2010 5:29 pm
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So does Randy Beavers. |
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Stu Schulman
From: Ulster Park New Yawk (deceased)
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Posted 12 Dec 2010 5:49 pm
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Dave my Bach is worse than my bite! _________________ 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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Bill Hatcher
From: Atlanta Ga. USA
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Posted 12 Dec 2010 7:47 pm
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dougs playing is incredible
here is a bach piece i did on the non pedal 12 string with just non pedal steel and a bass part.
http://www.mediafire.com/?dianolxezml |
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Earnest Bovine
From: Los Angeles CA USA
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Posted 12 Dec 2010 9:46 pm
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Mike Perlowin wrote: |
There is a singer named Kathy Robinson who occasionally performs at a local club with just Doug on steel, and a bass player and drummer. No guitar player to clutter things up. Doug plays every fill and ride.
It is a major event every time this happens.
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You must have been so busy watching Glenn Beck that you missed more of these major events at Viva last week, just bass, drums, C6 steel, and the fantastic Karen Mitchell singing.
Speaking of major events, Cody has coaxed Troy Walker out of retirement every other Wednesday. |
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Mike Perlowin
From: Los Angeles CA
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Posted 12 Dec 2010 11:33 pm
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Earnest Bovine wrote: |
You must have been so busy watching Glenn Beck that you missed more of these major events at Viva last week, just bass, drums, C6 steel, and the fantastic Karen Mitchell singing.
Speaking of major events, Cody has coaxed Troy Walker out of retirement every other Wednesday. |
Glenn who? _________________ Please visit my web site and Soundcloud page and listen to the music posted there.
http://www.mikeperlowin.com http://soundcloud.com/mike-perlowin |
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Matthew Warman
From: here and now
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Posted 13 Dec 2010 10:03 am
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yes, Doug is really something playing Bach on the steel- I wonder what Bach himself would have come up with?
By the way Mike, I just visited your website and enjoyed your versions on the music from West Side Story. |
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Jim Eaton
From: Santa Susana, Ca
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Posted 13 Dec 2010 2:59 pm
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Bach sounds better when played in black socks!!!
JE:-)> |
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Bob Carlucci
From: Candor, New York, USA
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Posted 14 Dec 2010 2:45 am
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Monstrous talent on display... I cannot even comprehend having the ability to play a piece like that.
Kudos to Doug.
Really interesting and intriguing to listen to... _________________ I'm over the hill and hittin'rocks on the way down!
no gear list for me.. you don't have the time...... |
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David Hartley
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Posted 14 Dec 2010 10:34 am Hi
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That can only be described as fantastic.
Thank you so much for posting this.
I am not a classical fan and would never even start to try and work something out like that, but let me tell you this, that was so clever. Really clever stuff. Wow.
I contact Mike PearlyKing a few times a year and I know this is his love, and I can really appreciate the work that has gone into this.
You know, there are so many really talented musicians out there and I am so grateful that YouTube exists so that we can all see it at a click of a button.
Watch this also.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKRj-T4l-e8&feature=related
Very clever also. |
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John Alexander
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Posted 14 Dec 2010 7:47 pm
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Beautiful. When I first watched that video a month or two ago I was inspired to try finding the notes to the first few measures of a Bach Sinfonia (Bb) on the steel, and then when it became immediately apparent how hard that was going to be I picked something shorter and "easier," one of the Bach chorales, and even there I didn't actually reach a conclusion as to whether an accurate rendition of the piece was even possible on my guitar. But the music sure sounds great on steel if one can get it over there and play it nicely, as on this video. I'd love to hear more of this. |
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John Alexander
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Posted 14 Dec 2010 7:52 pm
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"Industriously practice the fugues of good masters; above all, those of J.S. Bach. Let the Well-Tempered Clavier be your daily meat. Then you will certainly become an able musician" - Robert Schumann, On Music and Musicians. |
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