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Topic: Ray & Asleep, who's the steeler on this latest tour? |
Brooks Montgomery
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Idaho, USA
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Posted 18 Aug 2021 11:24 am |
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Asleep at the Wheel is coming to Montana. Anybody know who the steeler is for this tour?
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Andy Volk
From:
Boston, MA
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Posted 18 Aug 2021 11:56 am
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Cindy Cashdollar did a bunch of East Coast dates.
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G Strout
From:
Carabelle, Florida
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Posted 18 Aug 2021 11:56 am
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Most likely it will be Flavio Pasquetto. He is from Italy and has played with them off / on since 2019 I believe. But who knows? They haven't posted a line up that I know of.
Gary
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 18 Aug 2021 3:30 pm
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I’m sure they’ll have the right person until Flavio returns.
Last edited by Mike Neer on 18 Aug 2021 4:13 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Jeff Garden
From:
Center Sandwich, New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 18 Aug 2021 3:56 pm
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| Cindy Cashdollar was with them last month when I saw them in Plymouth NH. |
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Mike McBride
From:
Indiana
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Posted 12 Sep 2021 4:16 am
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| He was calling the steel player "Curtis" last night in Muncie Indiana. |
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Jon Light (deceased)
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Posted 12 Sep 2021 4:27 am
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| On 9/10 Cindy posted "Looking forward to going back out on the road with them again in October!" |
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Chris Templeton
From:
The Green Mountain State
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Posted 12 Sep 2021 7:26 am
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Somewhat related to the topic:
It's been a few years since we've been in touch, but I've been friends with former AATW steel player, John Ely, for a long time.
When he left AATW in '92, he got me an audition with them. I spent a week at John's learning probably 75 songs.
I played some corporate gig about 100 miles east of Austin.
On the ride back to the office, in their classic tour bus, it was pretty much silent.
I was looking for some kind of inkling on how I did. Not a word.
The next day, I went to their office to get my gear only to find that the bus had left for a gig in San Antonio WITH MY GEAR!
I still didn't know if I got the gig. I drove to San Antonio to get my gear and Cindy Cashdollar was playing the the show and got the gig with the band..
I stayed for the show and Johnny Gimble was sitting in on fiddle.
John is in my top 5 Hawaiian players I've heard. His knowledge of Hawaiian players, music and recordings is fantastic.
In the early 90's he moved to Oahu to try his hands there. He wasn't able to break into the steel scene, to my disappointment.
John suffered a debilitating shoulder injury from using his bar hand shoulder, sometime in the 90's.
When I had lessons with Jerry Byrd, he would sometimes tap on the shoulder of of my bar hand and say don't move it when sliding or using vibrato, use the wrist and forearm.
John had to correct his bad habit and recovered from his injury. John lives in Minnesota now.
Check out John's most excellent web site ontunings and string gauges: https://www.hawaiiansteel.com/tunings/tunings.php
This is a recording we did of "l Love You So Much" at Stepbridge Studios, in Santa Fe in 1989.
I was obliged to use the studio for another hour, so I called this song. I had never worked out an arrangement, so I did it from memory. I 've always thought of it as the quintessential steel song.
I sent a cassette of it to Jerry Byrd and he responded that I played it wrong.
Check John's great playing on lap:
https://christophertempleton.bandcamp.com/track/i-love-you-so-much-it-hurts
Me on an '75 wood neck Emmons, red and black sunburst, that was stolen, John on a Fender double neck (trapezoid pickups)
Jeff Sussman - vibes, David Toland-Bass, Ian Wallace-Drums
Wally Murphy was with AATW for a stint in the 70's. He was fantastic!
Got to respect Ray & Co. for keeping western swing going.
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Joe A. Roberts
From:
Seoul, South Korea
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Posted 12 Sep 2021 4:15 pm
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Thank you so much for taking the time to share all this. So, so much to think about in that post… |
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Chris Templeton
From:
The Green Mountain State
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Mike Auman
From:
North Texas, USA
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