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Ron Whitfield
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Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 19 Dec 2003 6:32 pm |
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I wanna hear it.
In fact, I wanna go to the theater and see it!
She deserves way more attention than she's ever gotten. This gorgeous lady played the hell out of her Bigsby on the THP shows, but what happened before and after? Are there recordings from other ventures? How did she get her start, and who were her influences? What tunings did she prefer? What else does/did she play(instrumental/style wize)? She's still with us, so what's she been up to? Does she live in Hawaii(I hope!)? The questions are endless, and she virtually never gets a mention anywhere. Let's hear her epic. Andy Volk sez she stopped playing about 15 years ago, so there has to be plenty of material to enjoy, some place. But if not, at least we can still watch the 'Queen of Steel' do it for real, on those great shows from way back. THANK YOU MARIAN! |
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Walter Stettner
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Vienna, Austria
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Posted 20 Dec 2003 2:20 am
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Hi Ron,
I can't add much to the Marian Hall Story, but here is a little piece of info:
Bear Family in Germany has a CD out By Joe Maphis called "Flying Fingers" (BCD 16103) and guess who plays Steel on it? Right!
The CD only contains intrumentals, really worthwile listening to! Marian plays some incredible Steel here.
www.bear-family.de
Merry Christmas from cold and frosty Vienna!
 Walter
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Andy Volk
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Boston, MA
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Posted 20 Dec 2003 4:35 am
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There sre several DVDs out of various "star artists" on Town Hall Party (Johnny Cash, Eddie cochran, Mart Robbins, etc.). Don't know if Marian's on any of them.
There's an interview with Marian in my book on Lap steel. |
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Jussi Huhtakangas
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Helsinki, Finland
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Posted 20 Dec 2003 4:44 am
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| Nope, Marian Hall is not on those BF DVD's, THP house steel player at the time was Billy Mize. Marian is on the Ranch Party shows, as mentioned here before, those were filmed a couple of years earlier. |
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Terry Wendt
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Nashville, TN, USA
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Posted 20 Dec 2003 4:13 pm
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Okay,
I can't hold it in any longer!!! Cindy Cashdollar has written and interviewed Marian for the current issue of www.PedalSteel.us Magazine (Very extensively!) and I am looking forward to the response when everyone finds out WHO SHE IS!!!
Happy Holidays,
2pT
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TheEarlyDays.com
and appearing regularly...aLotOfSpace.com
Jimmy Crawford/Russ Hicks... and Buddy Emmons on Bass!
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Terry Wendt
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Nashville, TN, USA
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Posted 20 Dec 2003 4:34 pm
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Here's a picture of the two lovely steel players together!!
Terry Wendt
aka/2pt
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PedalSteel.us Magazine
TheEarlyDays.com
and appearing regularly...aLotOfSpace.com
Jimmy Crawford/Russ Hicks... and Buddy Emmons on Bass!
[This message was edited by Terry Wendt on 20 December 2003 at 04:35 PM.] |
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Terry Wendt
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Nashville, TN, USA
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Ron Whitfield
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Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 22 Dec 2003 10:53 am
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Great to see at least a smattering of success towards some info/material on her, but so far, all at a cost of $, and Postal service(for packages) to the islands since 9-11 is 'good luck' at best. Sure hope to hear more on Ms. Hall from ya'll.
Walter, thank you for the tip on the CD. I'll be getting it as soon as I find it.
Andy, glad to hear it, I wuz hoping you had something on her in your book, way to go! Will it be available anywhere in Hawaii soon(Borders, B&N, etc.)? In time, will you allow us Forumers, pertinant parts of your interview with her that didn't make it into the book?
Terry, many thanx for the pix(3 of my musical hero's in one shot!), and info on the mag/interview. Which issue #, or month is that one? Unfortunately, I doubt I'll be finding that issue or any other around here, or that they sell singles. But I'll be finding out. Anybody care to send me one when they're done reading it? I'll be happy to cover any costs.
And last but not least, mega thanx to Cindy for stepping up to the plate and getting a long over due job done on Marian. Who better than you to do it! Lucky you, lucky us. Now, if I can jes get me a copy... |
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Andy Volk
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Boston, MA
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Posted 22 Dec 2003 1:16 pm
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Ron, you can find it at Borders, B&N, Scotty's, Amazon, etc. or from me or b0b.
All the good interview materials are in the book. There's nothing held back you'd want to read.[This message was edited by Andy Volk on 22 December 2003 at 04:43 PM.] |
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Ron Whitfield
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Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 22 Dec 2003 1:25 pm
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Terry Wendt
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Nashville, TN, USA
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Posted 23 Dec 2003 7:20 pm
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Ron, I don't know for sure what Andy is talking about (perhaps he is speaking of my book "The Early Days" which is available at all of those places) but, aside from b0b, and maybe Scotty's, the only other place to get a copy of PedalSteel.us Magazine Issue #3 (which is where the pictures and Cindy Cashdollar article about Marian Hall will be found) is Click HERE to subscribe and/or order.
We have had great success is getting the magazines to HAWAII! From what I hear though, nobody wants to give them up once they get 'em Ron  Good Luck
Terry
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PedalSteel.us Magazine
TheEarlyDays.com
and appearing regularly...aLotOfSpace.com
Jimmy Crawford/Russ Hicks... and Buddy Emmons on Bass!
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Andy Volk
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Boston, MA
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Posted 2 Jan 2004 4:27 pm
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| Sorry, didn't mean to hijack your thread for a counter-commercial, Terry. By all means buy Terry's great magazine! Marion deserves as much recognition as she can get; she's an unsung pioneer. |
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basilh
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United Kingdom
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Posted 5 Apr 2005 6:13 am
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It's a pity no-one listened to Andy's plea to buy the mag...What's the latest info?
Basil
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Papa Joe Pollick
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Swanton, Ohio
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Posted 5 Apr 2005 9:45 am
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There is an interview with MH in the Sept '04 issue of VG mag.Lots of pics..She said ,of her copedent,.E6th-high G# on top-low E on bottem.."to get more range".Ped 1 is "Bud Isaacs adaptation" Ped 2 B6 or G#mi7-Ped 3 Emi6 or B5-Ped 4 is 7th 9th or 13th depending on how many strings are played.Ped 5 is her own invention,executed by Paul Bigsby.She used it with Ped 4 and interferes with half of #4's function, raising the E to F[instead of F#],while the C# still goes to D,for a dim.chord.Ped 6 yields an A mag7.
Good artical..She talks a lot about PB's steels.Check it out..
PJ. |
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Bryan Bradfield
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Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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