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Topic: Live Cut From Last Sunday |
Pete Grant
From:
Auburn, CA, USA
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Posted 27 Jul 2005 8:53 pm |
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I was delighted when Houston Jones (www.houstonjones.com) asked me to play with them at their Auburn concert. I had sat in with them at a couple of late nite shindigs at Camp Remember at Strawberry Festival of Music (www.strawberrymusic.com). This was to be the first real concert with them. Glenn, the lead guitar player, sent me a couple of CDs so I wouldn’t be clueless, since we wouldn’t be able to rehearse. One of my very favorite songs on the two CDs is one from Three Crow Town (http://www.houstonjones.com/cds_and_samples_three_crow_town.htm), a Steve Earle gem called “I’m Not Getting Better at Goodbyes.” When I was practicing for the show, every third song I’d return to that one just to play it. At the gig, I asked Travis Jones to sing it and he honored my request. I’ll have to admit that I rather dominated the backup on the tune — it’s such a perfect country tune for pedal steel. I was pleased that the sound person had me in a dominant spot in the mix, nearly drowning out those pesky guitars.
It was a nice outside gig, once the temperature dropped from 104 degrees at sound check. At quiet spots, you can hear kids playing in the background. Here's the link to the page that has the link to the fairly large MP3 (4.3 Megs).
http://www.petegrant.com/houston_jones_auburn.html |
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Bob Carlucci
From:
Candor, New York, USA
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Posted 27 Jul 2005 9:26 pm
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| Pete.. VERY lovely!.. Nice execution,feel and tone. It sounded like a board direct recording leaving the vocal part with that sterile vibe[no reverb or effects ] but he is EXCELLENT and I would have liked to be out front when you guys played it!. REAL nice!! bob |
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Pete Grant
From:
Auburn, CA, USA
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Posted 27 Jul 2005 9:45 pm
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Thanks, Bob! Hey, between the powerful song and the kind of singer that just grabs you, you just have to play your best.
Yep, it was a board feed. We mic'd my Webb and I was playing my Dekley 12 extended E9. |
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Bob Martin
From:
Madison Tn
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Posted 28 Jul 2005 2:49 am
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Hey Pete, very good picking, very tasty and soulful. I love the low notes you include in your voicings. It's always nice to hear a nice tasty steel player. Keep up the good work!
Bob |
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Tony Prior
From:
Charlotte NC
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Posted 28 Jul 2005 5:24 am
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very nice..thanks for the link
t |
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Jay Fagerlie
From:
Lotus, California, USA
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Posted 28 Jul 2005 7:37 am
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That's was great Pete.
So how come MY Dekley SD12 Ext. E9 doesn't sound like that??? 
Jay |
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Brad Bechtel
From:
San Francisco, CA
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Posted 28 Jul 2005 10:28 am
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Nice job, Pete!
quote:
So how come MY Dekley SD12 Ext. E9 doesn't sound like that???
It will if Pete plays it! |
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Pete Grant
From:
Auburn, CA, USA
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Posted 28 Jul 2005 10:52 am
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| I thought maybe it was the Webb. |
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Walter Stettner
From:
Vienna, Austria
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Dave Baldwin
From:
Saskatchewan, Canada
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Posted 28 Jul 2005 11:23 am
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| just as it shoud be steel at its very best if i buy a dekley would it sound like that lol dave |
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