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Martin Abend
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Berlin, Germany.
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Cliff Kane
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Joey Ace wrote:Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
(About an hour north of Buffalo, NY)

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Hey Joey,
we've got lots of family on my wife's side in Hamilton, Dundas and Ancaster. My wife grew-up in the Hammer, good friends with the old Teenage Head crowd, Tim Gibbons, Dave Rave, etc. Do you know these folks? Hamilton's a great town, but it sure gets cold there.

I was born in New Port, R.I., while my father was stationed there, but I grew-up in Palo Alto and San Francisco. I had the great fortune as a child of seeing a lots of very good live music in the La Honda area, P.A., Menlo Park, Golden Gate Park, etc. Commander Cody, New Riders, Dan Hicks, Elvin Bishop, etc., all of the 60's/70's northern California hippy country stuff. KFAT radio :o anyone remember KFAT? And later into the early S.F. punk scene, places like The Temple Beautiful (next door to the People's Temple :twisted: ), Mabuhay Gardens, Club Foot........anyone remember this......(I bet b0b does :) )
Now I live on an avocado and mushroom farm in the hills south-east of Los Angeles. It's very quiet and peaceful here, but lately it's been way too hot.
Cheers!
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Joe Naylor
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Braman population bout 100 now maybe few more - moved to Phoenix where I am now from San Antonio.

and someone will ask where Braman is located - I-35 in the Northern part of the state -yep

Two kinds of people in the world - "Okie's and people who wished they were"

:lol:

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Joe Naylor, Avondale, AZ (Phoenix) Announcer/Emcee owner www.steelseat.com *** OFFERING SEATS AND Effects cases with or without legs and other stuff ****** -Desert Rose Guitar S-10, Life Member of the Arizona Carport Pickers Assoc., Southwest Steel Guitar Assoc., Texas Steel Guitar Assoc., GA Steel Guitar Assoc., KS Steel Guitar Assoc. (Asleep at the Steel) tag line willed to me by a close late friend RIP
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Allan Jirik
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Born in Detroit, MI and currently reside in West Bloomfield Twp, one of the northwest suburbs.
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Diego Sciocchetti
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I'm from Imperia, Italy.
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Ken Byng
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I live mainly in Southampton, UK, although like Gus York in the above post I also have a home in Devon. That's where I will retire in a year or so. In the 70's, we had 12 steel players within a 10 mile radius in Southampton. Now we just have 2 of us.


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North Devon coastline
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Michael Hummel
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Born in Toronto, but living in The National Capital Region (Ottawa) for the last 28 years. Below is a picture of people skating on the Rideau Canal close to our Parliament Buildings.


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For a region of 1 million, I only know of 2 other steel players in the area. There has to be some other ones hiding in the woodwork!

The Ottawa Valley is known for its love of country music.

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Niels Andrews
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Peoples Republic of Kalifornia!
Die with Memories. Not Dreams.
Good Stuff like Zum S-12, Wolfe Resoport
MSA SS-12, Telonics Combo.
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Alan Brookes
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Niels Andrews wrote:Peoples Republic of Kalifornia!
Which people would that be ? :roll:
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Niels Andrews
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Santa Cruz of Course! They had a Communist Party long after the fall of the USSR.
Die with Memories. Not Dreams.
Good Stuff like Zum S-12, Wolfe Resoport
MSA SS-12, Telonics Combo.
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John Peay
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Born and raised in Clarksville, Tennessee...
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Jim R. Harrison
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I was born, raised, & educated in Vancouver, BC. After finishing at UBC, I moved to Ontario as a fisheries biologist. After 4 years, I returned back to BC to teach biology & have lived in North Vancouver for the last 30 years. Professional steel guitarists I know in this area include Art & Lorene Ruymar, Ian Stewart, John Cadeau, Michael Flunkert, Len Ryder (who I first saw when I was in Sr. high school), and my steel teacher, Elizabeth West.
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Chuck Hall
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Warner Robins, Georgia.....
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Kennert Lindskjold
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Tranbjerg, Denmark. There Are Very few steelers here.
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Burlington, NC
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Alan Brookes
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Ken Byng wrote:,,,like Gus York in the above post I also have a home in Devon...
I did my B.Sc. at Exeter University. I love Devon. 8)
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Rani Platek
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Tel-Aviv...Israel
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Stephen Gambrell
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A petri dish.
JK! A little town called Ware Shoals, South Carolina---Where men are men, and the women are all cousins.
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Jamaica,................New York. :lol:
Amor vincit omnia
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Allen Hutchison
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Brisbane Queensland Oz :D

Botanic Gardens

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Brisbane River & City

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City Beach Parkland

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We have an active steel guitar club that meets every month & holds an annual festival with national & international guests. (see brissteelguitar.com)
Gene Jones
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Indian Territory Oklahoma. I was the last family member born on my grandfather's original homestead in old Greer County that was a land grant from Indian territory.
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I forgot to add that my maternal grandmother was a full blood choctaw who voluntarily moved to Oklahoma when the tribe was under extreme pressure to reclocate.
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Balsam, N.C.
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