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Jim Pollard

 

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Cedar Park, Texas, USA
Post  Posted 19 Jul 2020 5:23 pm    
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So I've been asked to play lap steel on a friend's country waltz. I'm looking to get in the right frame of mind before I start tracking. So, if you have a favorite waltz that has lap steel on it. Please drop me a link!

Jim
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Nic Neufeld


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Kansas City, Missouri
Post  Posted 19 Jul 2020 5:38 pm    
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I had just gotten my first resonator when I recorded this. Three quite old Hawaiian waltzes in a medley that my teacher had me working on. Rusty in spots for sure (I probably need to pull the chart out and work on it again, its been a while!)

https://soundcloud.com/nicneufeld/waltz-medley-c6
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Tom Snook

 

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Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA
Post  Posted 20 Jul 2020 2:08 pm    
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Check out JB's Old Timey Waltz from his instructional video on YouTube. I think it's in E7 tuning.
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Joe Elk


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Ohio, USA
Post  Posted 20 Jul 2020 2:53 pm    
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Hard to beat Waltz Across Texas
Joe Elk Central Ohio
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Jim Pollard

 

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Cedar Park, Texas, USA
Post  Posted 21 Jul 2020 5:20 am    
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Thanks ya'll. That's at least got me off to a start. I also found an old thread with a list of "must practice" songs that I'm picking through.
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Roy Thomson


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Wolfville, Nova Scotia,Canada
Post  Posted 21 Jul 2020 10:39 am    
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https://soundcloud.com/roy-thomson/waltz-of-the-wind-2

The above link is another idea for a song. Don't hear it very much today. I liked it so made it a steel solo. HNK wILLIAMS WROTE it and never recorded it. It was found after he had passed.
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Don Crowl

 

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Medford, Oregon, USA
Post  Posted 23 Jul 2020 9:07 am    
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“When two worlds collide” is a very good waltz for steel. I use a modified B flat 13th tuning. I have no link for you but I really enjoy polishing it up from time to time With a tasty Occasional bar slant, Etc. Great Roger Miller tune.
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Kirk Francis


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Post  Posted 23 Jul 2020 9:16 am     waltzes.
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the PA'AU'AU WALTZ is an hawaiian classic, fraught with ritardandi and grace--
check out tony ku's version on his 1979 "original hawaiian steel guitar" album, or jerry byrds version on "hawaiian style guitars".
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Norman Evans


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Tennessee
Post  Posted 23 Jul 2020 1:34 pm    
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Check out Herb Remington on Somewhere My Love starting about 8:23 in this clip.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkFzEeYuRu0
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Joel Bloom

 

Post  Posted 23 Jul 2020 10:12 pm    
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Loretta by The Henrys (on a resonator) has a sweet
melody and waltz feel.

https://youtu.be/c1VdreZCvQU
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Peter Jacobs


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Northern Virginia
Post  Posted 24 Jul 2020 5:10 am    
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"I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" is pretty spot on for a great country waltz, although I prefer it a little slower than the original recording.
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Jim Pollard

 

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Cedar Park, Texas, USA
Post  Posted 24 Jul 2020 6:39 am    
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Thanks ya'll! Great ideas.

Jim
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Nic Neufeld


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Kansas City, Missouri
Post  Posted 24 Jul 2020 5:59 pm    
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My teacher happened to assign me another waltz at our lesson this week. Wehiwehi 'Oe. One version, by Barney Isaacs and George Kuo, here:

https://www.amazon.com/Wehiwehi-Oe/dp/B083GB1CV6

Those outro chords, something special!
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Jim Pollard

 

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Cedar Park, Texas, USA
Post  Posted 5 Aug 2020 8:12 am    
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In case ya'll wonder what this thread led to here's the preliminary mix. https://soundcloud.com/jimpolld/broken-spoke-engineering-mix20200803-2wav.
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