First Steel Guitar Pix? Found one.

Eric West · Post by **Eric West** » 1 Jan 2003 4:35 pm

My mother brought a box over some time ago with my original bar as well. It was one of those flat diamond stamped jobs.

I still have what's left of the hawaiian guitar I got from my grandmother in '54. It had printed note values, a raised nut, and no name. Note I played it in a different position than most kids, and I didn't need shoes, cause there weren't any pedals..

It does bring back memories of watching the Arthur Godfrey show, and wanting a ukulele.

Kids are so cute...

Ed Naylor · Post by **Ed Naylor** » 1 Jan 2003 4:40 pm

I still have my old "GENE AUTRY" guitar that I gave $4 and sold 12 boxes of salve. That has been some 62 years ago. Ed Naylor Steel Guitar Works

Kevin Hatton · Post by **Kevin Hatton** » 1 Jan 2003 6:34 pm

Eric, that picture is an absolute classic and speaks volumes about dedicated musicians.
Wonderful.

Eric West · Post by **Eric West** » 1 Jan 2003 10:08 pm

Ed. I had one that was brown in color, I believe, nylon strings, if any, and cranked, it played "I'm an old cowhand". It was given to me by the same maternal Grandmother. It was of course, a toy. I remember it from the same time period. Incidentally, she recently, at 90 gave up her regular free gig playing piano at the Lakeshore Retirement Home in Glenwood Minn, after playing there for 40 years. Now she just plays part time.....

"...We know all the songs that the cowboys know
'bout the big corral where the doggies go
We learned them all on the radio...."

Yup. Life was simpler...

And it was just beginning...

Frank Parish · Post by **Frank Parish** » 2 Jan 2003 1:32 am

Eric,
Cool picture and the guitar ain't bad either. Is that a Crossover, Professional, or just what in that picture? Do you know a guy name Lynn Poulson? Guitar player, bass too and sings really honky tonk and does a bunch of cowboy stuff. He's from somewhere around your neck of the woods.[This message was edited by Frank Parish on 02 January 2003 at 01:34 AM.]

Larry Behm · Post by **Larry Behm** » 2 Jan 2003 5:02 am

I worked with Lynn in two bands in Portland, Lonestar and The Lansings. Lynn had guitar tone to die for, you would have to walk many a mile to hear tone like his. He is also my favorite country singer, playing steel behind him made me feel like Buddy behind Darrell McCall.

One night on a gig at the Flower Drum I told him to play ever note as if it was the last note he was ever going to play. He looked at me and said "what"?. I told him again and explained it to him, you should have heard him sing and play then.

If you see Lynn tell him hi for me.

Larry Behm

Eric West · Post by **Eric West** » 2 Jan 2003 11:07 am

The PS is a Pro III that I bought in 78 and refinished some years ago. I decorated the front somewhat to cover the putty in the birdseye. It had some iregularities. Not in the sound department. The Tonal Qualities have been enhanced by aging. Might do some reworking if I get some time off. I'm fooling with a different tuning. Hard to fix something that's not broke...

Lynn P.

I was just talking about him the oher day. He was around town for a long time playing with several bands. I liked his clean, tasteful, and *in tune* playing. If I remember right, he used a B bender, and I enjoyed playing with him in a couple spur of the moment gigs.

He would always get a ration of whatever you call it from me for Logging. He ran skidders and chainsaws. I would always check to see how many fingers he had, and bug him to "quit his day job."

Was glad to hear that he got out of this cesspool of mediocrity where I seem to be one of the patron saints...

I worked an excavation job with his and Donny Herron's father in law. Seems they married sisters. Dewey told me more about what he had been doing musically, and I was glad to hear it.

It's a trait that I inherited from one of my grandmothers, but when I don't see someone for a few years, I always am surprised that they do anything but well.

Lynn is one case that I'm glad has so far. He certainly has a proud father-in-law.

Nice young man.
[This message was edited by Eric West on 02 January 2003 at 11:14 AM.]