Quiz: Who is this pedal steel guitarist?

Jason Odd · Post by **Jason Odd** » 17 Nov 2001 7:18 am

Ernie... you're a cheater! (of course I tried the exact same thing, but he beat me to it).

Carl West · Post by **Carl West** » 17 Nov 2001 10:13 am

Maybe . . it's jIm b0b ?

Harold Dye · Post by **Harold Dye** » 17 Nov 2001 11:06 am

I feel sure it is either Shirly Temple or Al Gore...not sure which

Dave Robbins · Post by **Dave Robbins** » 17 Nov 2001 11:22 am

It's not Buddy's hands, it's not Buddy's Sierra, and his right hand is too close to the pickup. Besides, there "ain't" no jewelry!

Dave

Lee Baucum · Post by **Lee Baucum** » 17 Nov 2001 11:37 am

Here is a place to go for a better picture of him.

http://www.rvi.net/~aldg/aldg's%20music%20photos/Local%20Musicians/Jim,%20Guitarist,%20etc./Jim%20playing%20Sierra%20PSG_1.JPG

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Lee, from South Texas

Jim Bob Sedgwick · Post by **Jim Bob Sedgwick** » 17 Nov 2001 11:42 am

Carl: Nope, it's not me. I have never played a Sierra in my life. Also this guy is much better looking.

Pete Mitchell · Post by **Pete Mitchell** » 17 Nov 2001 3:12 pm

Those are Jimmy Day's chops. .....Pete

Dennis Detweiler · Post by **Dennis Detweiler** » 17 Nov 2001 4:14 pm

Some of you were real close!! No one knew about Jimmy Day's illegitimate son.

Al Gershen · Post by **Al Gershen** » 17 Nov 2001 6:54 pm

Hi SGF:

It's a wrap!

The steel guitarist is my good friend, Jim Coward from Central Point, Oregon, playing his Sierra steel guitar.

Jim is a long time friend of mine and he's mainly a lead guitarist (in the style of Chet Atkins) and country singer.

I'm glad everyone seemed to have a good "sense of humor" with this one.

I find it very interesting that by looking at the way a player has his hands, fingers, etc., you are able to make a very educated guess who the player is...in this case, many thought it was Buddy Emmons I assume because Buddy plays a Sierra pedal steel guitar at times.

Sorry for the trickery.

Have a great weekend.

Regards,
Al Gershen

[This message was edited by Al Gershen on 17 November 2001 at 06:55 PM.][This message was edited by Al Gershen on 18 November 2001 at 01:49 AM.]

Lee Baucum · Post by **Lee Baucum** » 17 Nov 2001 10:54 pm

Al - I also enjoyed looking at all of your other pictures. Jim's has some great looking instruments!

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Lee, from South Texas

Al Gershen · Post by **Al Gershen** » 18 Nov 2001 1:47 am

Hi Jim Baucum and SGF members:

Your's right, Jim Coward does have some very good gear.

He's retired and I admire him because he's always buying new things (effects, guitars, amps) to help him improve his sound musically. He even sold me his Peavey Vegas 400 amp to replace my Fender Twin-Reverb (I sold it because as I got older, it got heavier...expecially with those JBLs) amp.

At one time I believe he actually sold pedal steel guitars to music stores as a manufacturer's representative from Sierra steel guitars. This is many years ago and it's probably the seed that created Jim's almost lifelong interest in the pedal steel guitar.

I've never heard him play pedal steel guitar at a gig (I've personally played steel accompanying him while he played lead guitar and sang country music) but occasionally when I visit him at his home (his steel is always set up), he'll crank it up and play a few tunes. He even lets me try it, too.

Here's a link to some other photos I took of my good friend, Jim Coward:

http://www.rvi.net/~aldg/aldg's%20music%20photos/Local%20Musicians/Jim,%20Guitarist,%20etc./

To me people like Jim Coward respresent the "silent majority of the steel guitar world; they don't play weekends but they have a strong interest in the instrument such that it's a very important part of their life.

It really isn't important if these people are good or not on the instrument. It's their dedication that I admire.

I look at myself: I play a gig every Saturday night with a 5 piece country band in the City of Rogue River and at home at other times, I never practice the instrument. Yet, I consider myself a very dedicated steel guitarist, in a certain sense.

Well enought of this. I put Jim's photo under this special subject thread to have a little fun with other SGF members and I believe it worked.

"No harm and no foul."

Jim's not on the Internet (he has a computer but it's not online) but the next time I visit him, I'll take my HP 620LX handheld personal computer and show him this subject thread. I believe that he'll enjoy it.

Regards,
Al Gershen

ps: I'm killing time waiting for the meteorites to show up here in southern Oregon. It's almost 1:40 AM PST.

Post by **Joey Ace** » 18 Nov 2001 6:58 am

That was fun. Thanks Al.

I'd like to see more quizes like this, ID the player by the hands/gear.

OK I'll go next:

If no one gets it in two days, I'll post hints.

-j0ey-

Bobby Boggs · Post by **Bobby Boggs** » 18 Nov 2001 7:52 pm

My guess,someone trying to copy Paul Franklins hand stance?Heck I'll just guess and say Paul Franklin Jr. Never seen that guitar though.[This message was edited by Bobby Boggs on 18 November 2001 at 07:59 PM.]

Post by **Joey Ace** » 19 Nov 2001 9:22 am

No, not PF.
This Canadian player has performed at the 2000 PSGA and 2001 ISGC and has recording and producing credits.

Bobby Boggs · Post by **Bobby Boggs** » 19 Nov 2001 10:01 am

Bob Taillefer?[This message was edited by Bobby Boggs on 19 November 2001 at 10:12 AM.]

ebb · Post by **ebb** » 19 Nov 2001 3:30 pm

definitely Taillefer[This message was edited by ebb on 19 November 2001 at 03:31 PM.]

Skip Cole · Post by **Skip Cole** » 19 Nov 2001 3:48 pm

Either Al Briscoe or Dennis Manuel.Naw, it can't be Dennis, he wears gloves when he does outdoor gigs this time 0 year.

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"Steel is the real deal"

Post by **Joey Ace** » 19 Nov 2001 5:44 pm

ebb Wins!!!
Bobby said it first, but we have to accept his first reply.

See the full picture at <A HREF="http://www.steelguitarcanada.com/album4.htm" TARGET=_blank> Al Brisco's Photo album.
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Bob produced and played on the Northern Steel CD, and much more.

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-j0ey-
www.pedalsteel.tv

[This message was edited by Joey Ace on 19 November 2001 at 05:56 PM.]

Post by **Joey Ace** » 20 Nov 2001 2:51 pm

Here's another.

Unique, eh? This guy's not Canadian.

-j0ey-

Post by **Joey Ace** » 24 Nov 2001 9:22 am

No takers??

Hint One: Mullen Guitar
Hint Two: Photo taken Main Stage ISGC 1999