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Topic: Tom Morrell playing "Boot Heel Drag" on his Bigsby |
Mike Neer
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Posted 4 Dec 2012 6:16 pm |
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I just uploaded this rare video of Tom Morrell shot in OK in 1994 playing his Bigsby and just killing it. With Leon Chambers, Leon Rausch, Bobby Boatright and friends.
Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Bq4p8xMFs
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Roy Thomson
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Wolfville, Nova Scotia,Canada
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Posted 4 Dec 2012 6:47 pm
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Great Show!!
Thanks Mike 
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Matthew Dawson
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Portland Oregon, USA
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Posted 4 Dec 2012 6:57 pm
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| Whoa, thanks for posting this! |
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Mike Neer
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Posted 4 Dec 2012 7:00 pm
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You can see that his front neck is not strung up. His tunings appear to be E13 in the middle and C6 on the back.
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Mike Anderson
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British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 4 Dec 2012 7:20 pm
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Where the heck do you get this stuff Mike? The video of the Tophands playing "Pfhoolockah" at your site is fantastic too; I am totally blown away by Leon Chambers' solo in that one as well as this!
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Chris Gabriel
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Oregon, USA
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John Rosett
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Missoula, MT
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Posted 4 Dec 2012 9:16 pm
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Thank you, Mike!
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Benjamin Franz
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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Posted 5 Dec 2012 12:01 am
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| Thank you Mike! |
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Morgan Scoggins
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Georgia, USA
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Posted 5 Dec 2012 4:26 am
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That is just about the best picking I have seen in a while!!
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David Cook
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Florida, USA
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Posted 5 Dec 2012 5:54 am
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| Thanks again Mike!! Why can't he smile? |
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Lee Gillespie
From:
Cheyenne, Wy. USA
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Posted 5 Dec 2012 6:42 am Tom Morrell
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All Steel Guitar player have quirks...Tom never smiled
Buddy Charlton when with Tubbs..always had his hat pulled down over his face. The wife told me I always had a scowl on my face when I played. Jerry Byrd hardly ever looked up from his guitar when playing.. etc etc....Lee |
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Dale Rottacker
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Walla Walla Washington, USA
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Andy Sandoval
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Bakersfield, California, USA
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Posted 5 Dec 2012 9:50 am
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| What a great band too, good one Mike. |
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Paul DiMaggio
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Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 5 Dec 2012 11:26 am
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I seem to recall some discussions on the forum about why Tom had that low E on his tuning. He may have even been quoted saying the he didn't know why either. Boot Heel Drag sounds like at least one explanation for it.Tom's playing is always awesome and the band is also.
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Greg Booth
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Anchorage, AK, USA
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Posted 5 Dec 2012 11:34 am
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That was great! What a player. One thing I noticed was during the piano man's ride and before he took his first improv solo, he completely stopped playing altogether. That's a great thing to do and hard for me to remember. Makes for a nice entrance. In some bluegrass bands the person playing fills will often take the next solo.
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Kevin Brown
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England
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Posted 5 Dec 2012 3:34 pm
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Wonderfull mike, many thanks, especially loved his facial expression during the intro, you got the feeling he was thinking 'lets cut the crap and lets get on with it !!'
I'v already sent links to a few mates, great stuff |
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James Nottage
From:
Indiana, USA
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Posted 5 Dec 2012 5:52 pm
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My, my, my. Love it.
James
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Mike Neer
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NJ
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Posted 6 Dec 2012 5:32 am
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Sweet, impeccably swinging, fluid playing, isn't it?
Tom's tunings were
E13 (high to low): G# F# E C# B G# F# E D E
C6: G E C A G E C A G F
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Jim Cohen
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Philadelphia, PA
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Stephan Miller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
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Posted 7 Dec 2012 1:23 pm
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| Mike Neer wrote: |
| Sweet, impeccably swinging, fluid playing, isn't it? |
Always.
Man, I love being able to watch my favorite steeler.
--Steve |
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Alexander Stepanenko
From:
Moscow, Russia
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Posted 7 Dec 2012 1:42 pm
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| I've almost learned the solo. In C6. A very cool song.Thanks,Mike |
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Billy Tonnesen
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R.I.P., Buena Park, California
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Posted 7 Dec 2012 4:55 pm
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Bootheel Drag was written by Herb Remington shortly after he joined Bob Wills. There is a U-Tube somewhere with Herb explaining how it came about. It
was recorded by Bob Wills and became a Steel Guitar Standard Instrumental played by us Old Timers over the years. On the original Bob Wills recording there is a great three way "Ride" played by Herb, Tiny Moore, and Eldon Shamblin. Three way "rides" have pretty much become a thing of the past in mainstream Country Music of today.
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