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Russell Willis
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Western Bling From Houston Texas

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I’ve been a forum member for about 5 years and I’m finally going to make my first post. I have a group called Western Bling in which I play guitar and steel. Earlier this year we put out an album of Western Swing standards and a short live video. I switch over to the steel around the 1:40 mark when we kick into Roly Poly on the video below. C6 certainly isn’t my strength but I’m making good progress on that neck.

https://youtu.be/jG0N_DPFm_s

If you want to hear more, our album is called Western Bling Plays Western Swing and its on iTunes, Spotify, etc. www.westernblingmusic.com
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Bill Terry
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Post by Bill Terry »

Where's the 'Like' button??? :-)
Dale Tenney
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Post by Dale Tenney »

I loved it!
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Post by Stan Paxton »

8) Hey Russell,
I don't do C6 at all;, but you a fine job, I really liked it.
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Jim Park
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Post by Jim Park »

Mighty fine! Excellent work! Keep on Keepin on! The whole band is killer.
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Post by Dennis Brion »

That was some pretty good stuff!
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Post by Joe Krumel »

Very nice !!!
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Blake Hawkins
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Post by Blake Hawkins »

I liked it too.
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Craig Stock
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Post by Craig Stock »

Two thumbs up, great tight band and love the western swang!
Regards, Craig

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Sam Lewis
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Super nice job, Russell. Western Swing is my favorite and your group is very good. Keep on playing that great stuff.
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Larry Dering
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Post by Larry Dering »

Good stuff Russell. Love that swing.
Russell Willis
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Post by Russell Willis »

Thanks everyone. I’m glad to see that people are enjoying the post.
Steve Matlock
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Post by Steve Matlock »

Great job!
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Don Kuhn
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Post by Don Kuhn »

Russell I thought you guys sounded really good and I liked the opening song. Keep those vids a coming.
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Post by Mack Quinney »

Wow, sounds fantastic! Good mix, fiddle and steel, Western swing, what more could you want! Excellent!
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