TV Opry Dec 21

Janice Brooks · From: Pleasant Gap Pa

7:00-8:00
Ricky Skaggs
Aaron Tippin
Bill Anderson
Lee Ann Womack
Dean Miller

Leigh Howell · From: Edinburgh, Scotland * R.I.P.

Thanks Janice. I'll probably check this one out.
Leigh

Janice Brooks · From: Pleasant Gap Pa

Ok Lee Anne has gone offtrack.
However there was Dean Miller with Roger's classic and priceless photos.
Someone had steel behind Ricky Scaggs
and Bill Anderson and Jan Howard had an interesting arrangment of Joy To the World.

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Janice "Busgal" Brooks
ICQ 44729047

Reggie Duncan · From: Mississippi

Was that Tommy White playing a Sho-Bud behind Ricky? Beautiful playing to say the least!

Dave Robbins · From: Cottontown, Tnn. USA (deceased)

RetCop,

Reggie,
Yes, that was Tommy's old SHO-BUD (70 Professional). During the 9:00 to 9:30 break tonight I got the pleasure of sitting down at Tommy's SHO-BUD just for a moment and found it to be probably the best playing old SHO-BUD Professional I have ever seen! It is a great guitar played by a great player...Go get 'em "Killer!"

Dave

Reggie Duncan · From: Mississippi

Dave,
I enjoy your playing too!

Jim Smith · From: Midlothian, TX, USA

It was nice to hear Tommy playing again and I heard shades of Lloyd Green in his tone.

I saw a few shots of his Sho-Bud, but the only view of him was his hands. His wife Teresa is great at getting shots of the steel players, but I guess the powers that be didn't want us to see Tommy this week.

Was Tommy playing the Sho-Bud because Johnny Cox is still borrowing his MSA?

Dave Robbins · From: Cottontown, Tnn. USA (deceased)

Jim,
out of all the guitars Tommy has and could have played, he chose that 'BUD. I happen to know he just happens to "like" the old 'BUD. He also has a blonde 'BUD, too, but he still chose to play the dark one! What does that tell ya? I'll give ya' a clue...the dark one's got "great" tone!

Reggie,
thanks man.

Dave

[This message was edited by Dave Robbins on 22 December 2002 at 09:11 PM.]

Butch Foster · From: Pisgah, Alabama, USA

Dave, I second Reggie's compliment of your playing-I look forward to the Friday's and Saturday's when you are on the show.

Joe Casey · From: Weeki Wachee .Springs FL (population.9)

Friday Nite Dave was on with Satin Sheets ,infact the band was tighter than a frogs behind.(water tight) Jeannie did a great job as usual and she is changing material everytime she appears.She isn't predictable.

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CJC

Jim Smith · From: Midlothian, TX, USA

Dave, glad to see Tommy is playing guitars because of their tone, and he had it to the bone Saturday night!

Dave Robbins · From: Cottontown, Tnn. USA (deceased)

Retcop,
dead on the money! The marks of a truly gifted, talented, and experienced player is not only their ability to play well, but to get good tone while doing so.

However, the same gifted, talented and experienced player will also have that same ability to know what sounds good and what doesn't, no matter what brand.

Buddy "always" sounds great no matter what he plays, but I'm sure he would be the first to tell you what particular guitar he played that had the best tone and why. He knows what he prefers, in the way of the "sound or tone" of an instrument, that will inspire him (he once told me a long time ago that he looks for a guitar that has that "bell like tone!"), then the rest is all up to him!

Tommy, being the gifted player he is, no doubt knows what he wants, and when he hears an instrument that gives him just what he is looking for it inspires him to play. He can settle into "playing" instead of concentrating on trying to "milk" every ounce of tone from it.

Being steel players, we are very "sound" oriented. If it doesn't "sound right" to us then we'll not play our very best. When we hear that sound that inspires us, we will play our very best. The "sound" and "what we play" is an extension of our very soul! Sometimes our influences and hero's will even show through in our playing, but it's all about our heart, man!

Personnally, I never let a guitar play me, I play the guitar. If the "sound" I hear gives me that "warm and fuzzy" feeling, I play better... no matter how clanky, soft, stiff, smooth or awkward that guitar may be. Some guitars play better than others according to "my" preference, but if what I "hear" inspires me, I will play better!

Afterall, I think we all want to play a little better...don't we?

Dave

Dave Robbins · From: Cottontown, Tnn. USA (deceased)

Butch and Joe,
thanks so very much guys! It was our pleasure...really!

Dave

Al Marcus · From: Cedar Springs,MI USA (deceased)

Dave Robbins- you are a very perceptive musician. I can heartily agree with what you just wrote.

When I am not getting the tone, I hear in my head or when the guitar is out of tune, I simply play lousy . But when the guitar is in tune and I am getting THAT tone, I am inspired and play better than ever. So you put your finger on the truth....al

[This message was edited by Al Marcus on 23 December 2002 at 07:08 PM.]

Martin Weenick · From: Lecanto, FL, USA

Dave, I agree with every thing you said. When I watch and listen to my " Evening on E-9th " video with Lloyd and Tommy, it just seems to me that Lloyd is not as comfortable playing the JCH as he would be on his Sho-Bud that he knows so well. Dont get me wrong, his performance was great, but I believe he could have been more relaxed and played with a little more feeling had he been behind his beloved Sho-Bud.

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Martin W. Emmons LG III 3/5 Peavy 1000

Dave Robbins · From: Cottontown, Tnn. USA (deceased)

Martin,
that could be, but that would really be a good question for LLoyd. His answer I'm sure would be very interesting.

Remember, it isn't about "brand," it is about "particular" guitars sounding best to "our own ears." It isn't about favortisism or preference, it is about "what we hear" and not what we see. Tommy also has another particular brand of guitar that also sounds exceptional (to both him and I), but he has another guitar of the same brand that doesn't seem to sound as well. And don't forget, he also has another SHO-BUD that doesn't seem to sound the same either, not that any of these other guitars sound bad! I'm sure Tommy has his "favorites" and I'll bet there are many reasons why they are. But man, when you play a certain guitar and it really affects you in a way that inspires you, you are going to play even better.

I have seen a few guitars from different manufacturers that just sounded exceptional to me (ask Mike Cass about the Excel he and I played that had the "cracked body!). I have also found guitars within "my preferred brand" that I thought just didn't cut it, so finding that "special" guitar that really knocks us out can be a rare but very rewarding experience.

Question:
Do you play "your" guitar out of allegiance to a particular brand, or do you play it because hearing "that" particular guitar does something for you that no other guitar can do, even within the same brand?

There are huge differences between: knowing/not knowing the difference, playing out of allegiance to a brand, playing what you can afford, being a collector, or playing what makes you feel better and play better!

For me, I have two guitars that are my favorites, both inspire me but in different ways. However, all the rest of my guitars are just "collections."

How about you?

Dave

Dave Robbins · From: Cottontown, Tnn. USA (deceased)

Myron,
LOL!...at least yer consistant, eh?

Dave

Janice Brooks · From: Pleasant Gap Pa

Looks like a cool opry rerun.
BTW Dale Watson will be on Saturday at 6:30 and 11:30.

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Janice "Busgal" Brooks
ICQ 44729047

Janice Brooks · From: Pleasant Gap Pa

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Janice "Busgal" Brooks
ICQ 44729047

Paul Graupp · From: Macon Ga USA

Janice: Did you mean to say ... - - - ... ?