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Topic: Cause chicks dig it ? |
Chris Morano
From:
Rowe, Massachusetts, USA
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Posted 31 Oct 2003 7:58 pm |
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| Recently sitting around after a gig my friends and I were discussing what inspired us to spend all those years practicing and playing to master our instruments. Though many of us had in part more lofty motivations, the universal answer was we thought it would get us girls. Now that I am at an age where getting lucky means the kids are all out and the wifes at her sisters, I often ask why do we do it. Why keep trying when the gigs stop being fun, the nights too long, the latest McCountry song I have to learn is as bad as the last. Despite all this I still swoon every time I hear great steel singing through on the radio. I suffer through all the pop pablum purveyed by pretentious, Nashville pretty-boys (holy natering nabobs of negativism) hoping for a few honest bars of steel. When I do hear it I fall in love all over again. Is it hopeless? What motivates you guys? |
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Keith Murrow
From:
Wichita, KS
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Posted 31 Oct 2003 8:26 pm
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Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 31 Oct 2003 9:09 pm
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| At my age, I only do it because folks look up to me; like when I'm driving that REALLY BIGG TRUCK. |
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Fred Shannon
From:
Rocking "S" Ranch, Comancheria, Texas, R.I.P.
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Posted 1 Nov 2003 5:07 am
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Keith,
I couldn't agree with you more. I quit playing for about 9 years and I have to tell you sincerely, they were the most unhappiest years of my life. After being a bandleader for a number of years, and playing every 'tonk' in 4 or 5 states, one has to believe that the frustration of being a band leader or condoning the activities of a room full of drunks for 4 hours, to continue playing has to be a love of the instrument and the "good sounds" from a "good band".
I told my band sometime ago, "I don't hit any bad notes. There's just 2 "can'ts" here, you "can't" stay up with me, you "can't" stay. Clears the air right up front.  
And Ray, I've been there and done that too.
Chris, well stated.. I immediately go into the arms folded position on this new crap called "country". Not on the bandstand where Texas Pride is playing, I can MAKE THAT GUARANTEE.
Fred
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If it aint got a steel, it aint real
[This message was edited by Fred Shannon on 01 November 2003 at 05:10 AM.] |
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Damir Besic
From:
Nashville,TN.
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Posted 1 Nov 2003 8:44 am
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Everything we man do boils down to "girls".If we buy a great car,we bought it thinking about what girls will say,when we buy a fast motorcycle we buy it because girls love them,when we play in the bar we play for women attention,if we work a hard job we do it to make money for who?girls of course.Sure many things we do because WE like it, but the bigest reason is ,girls.And I think it is a natural thing afer all,we love girls and we want them to love us,talk to us,smile at us and ...well,you know already,you`re all musicians here.Music is like a drug,once you`re hooked up you`re done.Once you get to the stage and enjoy what you do AND get paid for doing it,you`re hooked.Music is the biggest part of my life,never let me down or hurt me,brought only fun and joy,there is no better feeling for me on this world than make some great music with the good friends,on the stage or in the back yard next to the BBQ grill and some cold beer...and of course...some girls...
DB
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Jody Carver
From:
KNIGHT OF FENDER TWEED
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Posted 1 Nov 2003 8:48 am
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Double Post....they lift all four I see
a message on this Forum "Flood Control" Please wait..could you wait if you were a dog
?.[This message was edited by Jody Carver on 01 November 2003 at 08:53 AM.] |
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Jody Carver
From:
KNIGHT OF FENDER TWEED
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Posted 1 Nov 2003 8:50 am
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I disagree to a point.I play for my dogs.
It gives them a lift.
When I play they lift their back legs. 
edited out of respect for my dogs. |
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chris ivey
From:
california (deceased)
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Posted 1 Nov 2003 9:47 am
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| like motorcycles and other questionable delights...i wouldn't try to convince anyone to do it (i may, in fact, advise against it), but i've got to! |
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Pete Burak
From:
Portland, OR USA
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Chris Erbacher
From:
Sausalito, California, USA
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Posted 1 Nov 2003 11:50 am
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| i'm still a young guy compared to the average steel player's age, and i play the steel because to me it is one of the sweetest sounding instruments and i can't get enough of it's sound, i love it and can't pull myself away from it. my friends think i am crazy, maybe i am, but i love music to the point of compulsion and have loved the sound of the steel since i first heard it. on the notion of chicks, yeah they love musicians, i liken it to being kind of a snake charmer. i'll take whatever helps. the bottom line for me is the sound. did i mention that i happily lug around a couple hundred pounds of equipment for this sound? |
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Eric West
From:
Portland, Oregon, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 1 Nov 2003 12:01 pm
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Is it too late to put in a vote for..
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BBwwaahahahaaa.....
EJL
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 1 Nov 2003 6:40 pm
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Well, I have a "friend" who plays for the adoration of crowds because he didn't get enough of it from his parents when he was growing up...
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Damir Besic
From:
Nashville,TN.
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Posted 2 Nov 2003 8:01 am
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~babes catcher~...
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Bobby Lee
From:
Cloverdale, California, USA
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Posted 2 Nov 2003 9:38 am
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Whatever girls I attracted with my steel guitar, I scared away with my wierd personality. Except for one. 
I play because it's who I am. If I stopped, I'd have to die. I couldn't live long without it. I don't even know why, and I've thought about it a lot.
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Sierra Session 12 (E9), Williams 400X (Emaj9, D6), Sierra Olympic 12 (C6add9),
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Chris Schlotzhauer
From:
Colleyville, Tx. USA
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Posted 2 Nov 2003 10:22 am
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Eric West
From:
Portland, Oregon, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 2 Nov 2003 1:06 pm
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It's possible that "chicks dig" steel players a bit more because the value of their equipment looks to be a little more than the other instruments.
I've found that except for the occaisonal "grudge thing" that very few women think seriously about "dating" musicians, mainly because they know, or soon find out how cheap they/we are working. I don't know how many musicians it dawns on, but most musicians are looked at as bums. I doubt that you'd find bums lined up at the "day labor" lines we all pass that would work for 5 or 6 bucks an hour. Even the Illegals..
The only "luck" I ever had/have was/is when I immediately mention that what money I make at 50-150$ a night is actually just "cigarette money". I won't have to explain making $47.50 a night because if my friends haven't shot me as per my instructions, I'll have done it myself.
When there's a jar on the bandstand saying:
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I think it gives them a "pretty good clue". They'll go for the guy that drives a dump truck, or works in a chip factory, fast food place, or lube rack and gets PAID.
As far as harleys being "babe magnets". I've found that indeed they are, but somehow the magnetism works on a gross weight scale.
Damir. I like the "buddy seat" arrangement on that bike. I doubt that many of my "girls" woud fit on it however... I always bring my shock adjuster and set them up a bit before I head out on a "babe mission".
I think from looking at Bobbe, that it's really "Airplanes".
EJL[This message was edited by Eric West on 02 November 2003 at 01:15 PM.] |
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Cal Sharp
From:
the farm in Kornfield Kounty, TN
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Posted 2 Nov 2003 1:07 pm
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I've never noticed any chicks on the dance floor playing air steel. That should tell us all something...
C# |
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Joey Ace
From:
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 2 Nov 2003 2:15 pm
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If they were, Cal, I'd think they were "Air Ironing".
I play because I love it, it's in my blood, and I have to. I also have to improve. It doesn't matter how good I get, I have do better. Weird but true.
Keith Murrow's post said it all for me, until I read Jim Cohen's post. Now I'm wondering what's my reason for this behavior... |
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Herb Steiner
From:
Briarcliff TX 78669, pop. 2,064
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Posted 2 Nov 2003 2:24 pm
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I agree with Damir, 100%. It's the reason why we have an audience. Boy must meet girl.
However, as you age, things other than sex seem equally as important. Right now, I play in the bands I do because I enjoy the chemistry these particular musicians makewith me.
C# and Joey... ROTFLMAO!
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Texas Steel Guitar Association
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John McGann
From:
Boston, Massachusetts, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 2 Nov 2003 2:36 pm
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Brendan Mitchell
From:
Melbourne Australia
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Posted 2 Nov 2003 3:22 pm
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Ditto with Damir whether we like it or like to admit it or not.Also because it makes such a great sound.
Brendan |
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Ray Minich
From:
Bradford, Pa. Frozen Tundra
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Posted 2 Nov 2003 9:04 pm
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Yes, it's the sounds. There are so darn many of them, in so many places & combinations. They grab you by the ears and don't let go. You replay the lick in your head over and over again wondering how it was done and if you can do it too, with (the ever elusive) just enough practise and experience?
In order to get some structure to my madness I'm currently on Week 1 of Book 1 of Jeff Newman's 10 book, year long training course and already he's got my right hand hurtin'. But again it's no pain, no gain...
From his photo he looks like he could be a demanding schoolmaster :>) |
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Jeremy Steele
From:
Princeton, NJ USA
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Posted 3 Nov 2003 7:13 am
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| Much as I love the steel, we all have to face the fact the we have picked an instrument which is not exactly the most appealing to the distaff side...probably the only horn with less sex appeal is the BANJO (just my luck that I play 'em both). |
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CrowBear Schmitt
From:
Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
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Posted 3 Nov 2003 7:26 am
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i had more access to Chicks when i was a roadie
(while the guys were playin' dig ?)
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Bill Llewellyn
From:
San Jose, CA
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Posted 3 Nov 2003 7:50 am
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I started steel at age 43 after 11 years of marriage. I wasn't, and still am not, using it as a girl getter. For obvious reasons. I do appreciate the fact that my wife likes my playing and our 6 year old daugher thinks I'm the greatest player in the world.
Back in high school and college, I played keyboards in assorted bands. Nothing was less interesting to the girls. In the bands I was in, the drummers got the most attention from the ladies, then the singers, then the lead guitarists, then the bassists. The keyboardist was apparently thought of as being on, or from, another planet. I'd imagine PSG would have been similar, since it is a sit-down instrument which immobilizes and absorbs the player similarly to keys, making the player seem too distracted and inanimate to be all that interesting to the ladies. At least that's my theory.
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