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Howard Parker
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Maryland
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Posted 21 Aug 2003 8:32 am |
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Lotta discussion about Mr Randolph on the PSG side. This from RESOGUIT-L:
"For those of you that are fans of steel guitar, i highly recommend the "sacred steel" of Robert Randolph's new album "Unclassified" - on the credits, it says that Robert plays a Beard dobro on "smile" - a lovely, lovely tune."
Anyone heard this? Wonder what tuning he's using.
HowardP
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Howard Parker
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Gary Slabaugh
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Scottsdale, AZ
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Posted 21 Aug 2003 9:28 am
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| He was in Seattle Sunday playing "accoustic". I could not get there but was surprised that he played this style. |
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Russ Young
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Seattle, Washington, USA
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Posted 21 Aug 2003 2:09 pm
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| It's doubly surprising because most of the other performers were hip-hoppers ... not exactly the kind of concert where you would expect a dobro! |
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Chuck Fisher
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Santa Cruz, California, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 21 Aug 2003 2:44 pm
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| They have been playing his stuff on KPIG here, I heard a cut called "Squeeze", it was terrifying. Bass player is also very amazing. I'd like to know his tunings as well. |
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Steinar Gregertsen
From:
Arendal, Norway, R.I.P.
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Bob Stone
From:
Gainesville, FL, USA
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Posted 22 Aug 2003 11:26 am
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He's playing in A. The pull-offs and hammers at the end of the piece seem to indicate he is in std. 1-3-5-1-3-5 Dobro tuning. He could be using a capo or just be tuned to open A. The bright timbre makes me suspect the latter, but that could just be EQ on the recording.
Those extended, slurred voice-like passages played on one or two strings way up the neck are classic House of God stuff. If you are attracted to that sound, you might want to check out Aubrey Ghent's record on Arhoolie--or Darick or Chuck Campbell for that matter.
Just about all the House of God steelers have a lot of experience on std. Dobro tuning. It's the most common tuning they use on six-string laps, which is where most of them (including RR) started. |
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