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BOBBY JACKS
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Post by BOBBY JACKS »

What Kind Of Guitar Is This Steel Player Playing and Why Does He Have An American Flag Over top of the Brand Name I Assume ??
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Mike Perlowin
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Link? Picture?
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Post by Dave Alfstad »

Hey Bobby,
There's no picture in your post, but Kevin Clemons plays for the Presleys. He is an Iowa native. DeVere Adamson taught him early on.

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Post by Doug Rolfe »

It's a Williams. You can tell by looking at the changer. Supposedly the network didn't want to show the Williams logo as that would be "advertising" for the steel company. I was told that, but I have no verification of its validity.
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Doug - I think you are right - That is what he normally plays - Don't understand the cover up tho - Nothing over Fender, Gibson, etc.
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I Know He Has Played A Williams And I Saw It when the Logo Was Showing,,, I'm Suprised that they would only pick on the Steel Guitar Player when ALL the Guitars Say Fender , Martin Etc, On Them ,, He's Not Mad At Williams Is He ?? What About The Peavey Amps Etc , I find it hard to believe that Advertising would be a issue , but with All the things going on in the world it would't surprise me !
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He had gotten a Rustler Steel and used it a few times on the show with some promotion of it on the side. I would guess something happened there and thus the flag over the Williams like we would not know. I would like to know the story. Does anyone here know? He had played this black Williams for quite some time and it does sound good. J.R.
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Post by Daniel McKee »

I noticed he had covered the logo up and thought it was odd.
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Post by Jim Hird »

J R Rose wrote:He had gotten a Rustler Steel and used it a few times on the show with some promotion of it on the side. I would guess something happened there and thus the flag over the Williams like we would not know. I would like to know the story. Does anyone here know? He had played this black Williams for quite some time and it does sound good. J.R.
I've noticed that he played both Rustler and Williams steels. He makes them all sound good.
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Post by Buddy Castleberry »

i talker to kevin awhile back about
how good his sound was .
he give all the credit to the sound man .
he said they didnt use amps that everything was direct
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