Obsolete Instruments?
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"Obsolete" is a funny word to use for a musical instrument, anyway. Different tools do different jobs well, and as musical needs change, sometimes the tools change.
But musical fashion is a very changeable thing, and the mainstream isn't the only stream, and people are always finding new ways to use old tools.
My perspective on this is that I've spent most of my adult life playing the viola da gamba, an instrument that was first declared "obsolete" almost 300 years ago. But I like it, dammit, and I'm stubborn.
Don't ANY of you guys sell your Stringmasters. And if you do, call me first.
But musical fashion is a very changeable thing, and the mainstream isn't the only stream, and people are always finding new ways to use old tools.
My perspective on this is that I've spent most of my adult life playing the viola da gamba, an instrument that was first declared "obsolete" almost 300 years ago. But I like it, dammit, and I'm stubborn.
Don't ANY of you guys sell your Stringmasters. And if you do, call me first.
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Jody Carver said it all on the subject of obsolete lap steels -- I would like to add the many Hawaiian lap steel players that thrilled the world before Pedal Steel. Pedal Steel is great for C/W music just as lap steel was played in C/W bands before Pedals came out. Those names are: David Keli'i, Dick McIntire, Andy Iona, Bobby Nichols, Danny Stewart, Joe Custino, Jules Ah See, Barney Isaacs, Sol Ho'opi'i, Tommy Castro, Hal Aloma, Eddy Pang, Jake Keli'ikoa.
These were the Hawaiian Lap Steel Players that we listened to back then and today -- all are deceased now -- I'm sure I missed some. Hawaiian Music sounds best on a lap steel or a non-pedal console.
Thank you for listening (reading).
These were the Hawaiian Lap Steel Players that we listened to back then and today -- all are deceased now -- I'm sure I missed some. Hawaiian Music sounds best on a lap steel or a non-pedal console.
Thank you for listening (reading).
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And let's also remember ...
Steve Howe, Cindy Cashdollar, Greg Leisz, Gary Brandin, Ben Harper, Kelly Joe Phelps, John Ely, Alan Akaka, Sonny Rhodes, Freddie Roulette, Paul Franklin, Jerry Douglas, Bobby Ingano, Rob Icks, The Campbell Brothers, Robert Randolph, David Lindley, Jr. Brown and many more.
Steve Howe, Cindy Cashdollar, Greg Leisz, Gary Brandin, Ben Harper, Kelly Joe Phelps, John Ely, Alan Akaka, Sonny Rhodes, Freddie Roulette, Paul Franklin, Jerry Douglas, Bobby Ingano, Rob Icks, The Campbell Brothers, Robert Randolph, David Lindley, Jr. Brown and many more.
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The great blues guitarist Jimmie Vaughan also plays lap steel and took some lessons with Jerry Byrd.
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