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Jeffrey McFadden
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Missouri, USA
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Posted 9 Mar 2018 6:01 am |
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This is just a general thanks comment, to all of you.
At about two and a half weeks I can coax music out of my pedal steel, using mostly the A&B pedals and various string combinations (grabs). I played it at a VFW gig last Sunday night, kept the volume down, made a lot of mistakes, but made some music too. The club manager told me yesterday that it was music. People danced.
I can play simple versions on my E9 neck of most of the songs I used to play on my C6 lap steel. I play stuff in a 3 fret pocket plus pedals that took 7 frets on the lap steel,
This is like the first major station on a lifetime journey. Another jam tonight, with old friends who pretend they can't hear mistakes.
Those of you who have been answering my beginner questions all share credit for this, and I thank you,
Jeff
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Fred Treece
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California, USA
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Posted 9 Mar 2018 4:29 pm
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Wow you are brave! I waited 6 months before doing my first gig. It was a horror movie for me, but in the end it was the songs that got hacked up and not me.
Congratulations, Jerry. It is a big step getting that first time out of the way. |
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Don Kuhn
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Poetry/Terrell ,Texas, USA
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Posted 9 Mar 2018 5:32 pm
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Fred Treece
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California, USA
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Posted 9 Mar 2018 10:10 pm
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| Don Kuhn wrote: |
| But at least you had some fun and that's what counts. |
It was more fun than a poke in the eye with sharp cheddar from a barrel of naked monkeys in a strange place where there’s a clown on fire singing happy birthday. |
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 10 Mar 2018 8:25 am
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| Fred Treece wrote: |
| Don Kuhn wrote: |
| But at least you had some fun and that's what counts. |
It was more fun than a poke in the eye with sharp cheddar from a barrel of naked monkeys in a strange place where there’s a clown on fire singing happy birthday. |
I don't know Fred. I rather like that scenario. 😆
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Jeffrey McFadden
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Missouri, USA
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Posted 10 Mar 2018 11:00 am
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| Fred Treece wrote: |
Wow you are brave! I waited 6 months before doing my first gig. It was a horror movie for me, but in the end it was the songs that got hacked up and not me.
Congratulations, Jerry. It is a big step getting that first time out of the way. |
The gig this coming Friday is more important to me. I hope I can perform a simple part cleanly by then.
Complex & creative? I can't even see that from here. 
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