US Capitol Christmas Tree Lighting Dobro player
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- George Rout
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US Capitol Christmas Tree Lighting Dobro player
At the party for lighting the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree in Washington, there was a sort of bluegrass band with a Dobro. Anybody know who the Dobro player was????
Geo
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The performer was probably Lindsay Lawler - if so, the dobro player was probably Dave Barnes.
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Maybe I'm missing something here, but the performers for the event are listed and pictured here:
http://thenationaltree.org/lighting-cer ... erformers/#
http://thenationaltree.org/lighting-cer ... erformers/#
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That was you George,don't you remember?First there was the whole crazy scene at the airport when the TSA officer pulled you aside when he found your tone bar thinking it was some kind of ammunition,and your finger picks were projectiles from some crude homemade bomb.
Luckily you had copies of both Lorraine Ruymars and Andy Volks books and they let you go so you had just enough time to tune up and perform,quite nicely I might add.
Of course you would have gotten out of there earlier,had you not insisted that the TSA guy pronounced Sol Ho'opi'i correctly.Don't you remember any of that?It reminded me of that Mel Brooks schtick when you held his cheek as he said "Ho'o" ,over and over,"Ho'o
Ho'o" it was hilarious
Luckily you had copies of both Lorraine Ruymars and Andy Volks books and they let you go so you had just enough time to tune up and perform,quite nicely I might add.
Of course you would have gotten out of there earlier,had you not insisted that the TSA guy pronounced Sol Ho'opi'i correctly.Don't you remember any of that?It reminded me of that Mel Brooks schtick when you held his cheek as he said "Ho'o" ,over and over,"Ho'o
Ho'o" it was hilarious
I wanna go back to my little grass shack........
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Okay Snookums, where are you coming from!!!!!!!! You've had too much Christmas cheer!!!!!! But yes, I do remember that!!!!!!!! Ha ha.
Thanks John and Brad also. It's no big deal anyway guys. My niece is employed with Alaska Airlines who are one of the tree sponsors. She was there for the event and talked to the Dobro player but couldn't remember his name.
Geo
Thanks John and Brad also. It's no big deal anyway guys. My niece is employed with Alaska Airlines who are one of the tree sponsors. She was there for the event and talked to the Dobro player but couldn't remember his name.
Geo
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"I play in the A Major tuning. It's fun to learn and so easy to play. It's as old as the hills....like me"
"I play in the A Major tuning. It's fun to learn and so easy to play. It's as old as the hills....like me"
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And a Happy New Year to you Tom, but you shouldn't be wasting your imte in Florida, we need you here to shovel snow!!!!!
G
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US Capitol tree lighting Dobro Player
The Dobro player was Josh Matheny, a Nashville Musician and session player. Josh is also a great Lap Steel player. Check him out on the Scantic River Guitars web site. www.scanticriverguitars.com
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Thanks for the clarification!
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Hey TOM... Quit pickin' on poor George ! (ha!) Your thread had a moment of truth in it as I was "paged" over the huge VANCOUVER airport on my way back from Hawaii a few years ago....to report to SECURITY !
When I arrived at SECURITY, I was ushered into a bare room in which a monitor showed a guy going through my luggage and holding up my (plastic) steel bar. Gads, I had a helluva time explaining the bar was required for the steel guitar just as a bow was required for a violin! I eventually convinced the officer and was spared a night in jail ! (ha!)
When I arrived at SECURITY, I was ushered into a bare room in which a monitor showed a guy going through my luggage and holding up my (plastic) steel bar. Gads, I had a helluva time explaining the bar was required for the steel guitar just as a bow was required for a violin! I eventually convinced the officer and was spared a night in jail ! (ha!)