Recording of Sol Hoopii Rickenbacher playing some jazz

Andy Volk · Post by **Andy Volk** » 10 Jan 2021 10:40 am

Thanks for the insight into your playing, Mike. I like your revised approach to this jazz material.

It helps carve your niche a little deeper as opposed to the hundreds of keys, bass, drums, with solo instrument versions out there. It also makes a statement about the steel being an instrument and not a "genre instrument."

Daniel Baston · Post by **Daniel Baston** » 11 Jan 2021 9:52 am

This is fantastic Mike! Very inspiring. I love this tune. Sol would be proud. I think Wes might dig it too.

Raymond Craig · Post by **Raymond Craig** » 11 Jan 2021 12:45 pm

very nice Mike

Nelson Checkoway · Post by **Nelson Checkoway** » 16 Jan 2021 2:59 pm

Very nice, Mike. You know Iâ€™m a big fan of your bebop-post-bop steel playing which sounds great here. But I donâ€™t want to let your rhythm playing go unmentioned. Your uke and bass parts drive the songâ€”great choices on your bass lines and the song really opens up in the B section. Sounds like a classic quartet arrangement and I donâ€™t miss the drums one bit! Very cool.

Daryl Brooke · Post by **Daryl Brooke** » 16 Jan 2021 4:49 pm

Really nice!!

Jesse Pearson · Post by **Jesse Pearson** » 17 Jan 2021 2:23 pm

That's impressive, great tone and very in-tune playing. I think that's the best jazz tune I've heard on non peddle steel for being in-tune and sounding like a typical straight ahead jazz performance piece. I personally can't play in-tune close enough on steel to satisfy my own jazz style that I can do easily on other instruments. But your proving it can be done. Good for you Mike...Wow, how'd you come across one of Sol's steels...Trip!