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Jim West
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Posted 11 Apr 2006 8:03 am |
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| The Big E [This message was edited by Jim West on 11 April 2006 at 09:05 AM.] |
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Jim Sliff
From:
Lawndale California, USA
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Posted 11 Apr 2006 8:10 am
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| I'm now going to saw my hands off with a rusty butter knife. |
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John Davis
From:
Cambridge, U.K.
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Posted 11 Apr 2006 8:16 am
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I was right...Emmons is god  |
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 11 Apr 2006 9:01 am
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| Today's lesson ....... |
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Les Green
From:
Jefferson City, MO, R.I.P.
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Posted 11 Apr 2006 9:07 am
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| It just ain't fair........... |
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Larry Strawn
From:
Golden Valley, Arizona, R.I.P.
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Posted 11 Apr 2006 9:14 am
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One steel guitar for sale/ Cheap!!
I don't need it!!!! lol..
Larry
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Fessenden S/D 12, 8/6 Hilton Pedal, Sessions 400 Ltd. Home Grown E/F Rack
"ROCKIN COUNTRY"
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Ray Minich
From:
Bradford, Pa. Frozen Tundra
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Posted 11 Apr 2006 9:26 am
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Ah yes... With a little practice, me too...
After the first 1000 years maybe...
Just sign me Grasshopper...
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Mark Eaton
From:
Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 11 Apr 2006 9:29 am
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Thanks for posting that, Jim-unbelievable!
As a newbie to pedals I learned something from that clip: I get the general impression that most good pedal players don't manipulate the bar much-because it is unnecessary to do so get your musical "point" across in most pieces, when you have access to pedals and knee levers.
I am used to moving the bar around a lot on the dobro, and somewhat less on the lap steel. But the trick stuff/showmanship in that video aside, the Maestro is moving that bar around a lot and lifting it off the strings.
Jim Sliff-I'm not hassling you with this next comment-so please don't take it that way-but your post is similar to statements I have heard when people are near me and they are watching someone like Jerry Douglas play the dobro. I know it is said in fun-but it sort of indicates that one might as well throw in the towel, because they will never be able to play like that.
Buddy Emmons of course is not mortal like the rest of us, so getting bummed out after seeing that video is not an option!
I take inspiration from this kind of stuff, because it means that someday with a lot of practice, I may have an outside shot as being about 1/20 as good as Buddy, which would probably make me a solid player!
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Mark
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Roger Kelly
From:
Bristol,Tennessee
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Posted 11 Apr 2006 9:30 am
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How would you like to see the Tab for that one?  Unbelieveable. |
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Lee Baucum
From:
McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 11 Apr 2006 9:36 am
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| What the... |
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Ben Jones
From:
Seattle, Washington, USA
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Posted 11 Apr 2006 9:45 am
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| that was pretty good and all but his hat never flew off |
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Anders Brundell
From:
Falun, Sweden
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Posted 11 Apr 2006 9:50 am
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I've picked desperately for 25 years and the best I can play woudn't even be a warm up exercise for BE. How come the diffences are so huge? If this was wightlifting BE would lift 100 tons and I 150 kilo.
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Klaus Caprani
From:
Copenhagen, Denmark
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Posted 11 Apr 2006 10:00 am
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I just pretend that it's because I don't play C6...........
(And conveniently forget that he's able to to exactly the same on E9)
Awesome! Unbelievable!
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Klaus Caprani
MCI RangeXpander S-10 3x4
www.klauscaprani.com
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Henry
From:
Europe
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Posted 11 Apr 2006 10:25 am
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Jim Thanks !!!
BTW what year and where,,,,?
Henry |
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Jay Fagerlie
From:
Lotus, California, USA
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Posted 11 Apr 2006 10:34 am
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Uh.....ummmm.....uh...
What can I say?
Wow
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Darvin Willhoite
From:
Roxton, Tx. USA
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Posted 11 Apr 2006 10:35 am
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BTW, that whole show is (or was) available from Scotty's on DVD. The whole show was great, Buddy and Bobby doing what they do best.
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Darvin Willhoite
Riva Ridge Recording
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 11 Apr 2006 10:44 am
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I wish I could play like that... and then I wouldn't.
(Yeah right, Cohen) |
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Bobbe Seymour
From:
Hendersonville TN USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 11 Apr 2006 11:20 am
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Yep, no need for me to ever put up any more clips! This proves that Buddy is the living legend we all have always thought he was.
Mr. Unforgettable,
Bobbster, |
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 11 Apr 2006 11:21 am
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Oh yeah?! 
I could play more steel when I was 21 than Buddy could when he was 12!
(But, somewhere along the way, I got "distracted", and he passed me. Bummer.) |
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Larry Bell
From:
Englewood, Florida
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Posted 11 Apr 2006 11:22 am
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Many of us remember the Convention back in the late 70s and early 80s -- back then it was truly THE BUDDY EMMONS SHOW (at least for me and all my gang).
Scotty would end the show most every year with Buddy -- last thing Sunday -- I wouldn't ever DREAM of leaving b4 hearing what he had to spring on us in his a capella, tour de force ending. He'd do a different one each year and it just kept getting better and better. One year he'd play the boppy riffing for a minute or so and then break into some cool Travis fingerpicking thing that would end with him slowly moving his bar back so that it sounded like a record being slowed down and then he'd wind it back up again. The bag of tricks has NO BOTTOM.
Thanks for letting us listen to this example and for the others that it conjured up -- at least in some of our minds.
There is but one Buddy Emmons.
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Larry Bell - email: larry@larrybell.org - gigs - Home Page
2003 Fessenden S/D-12 8x8, 1969 Emmons S/D-12 6x6, 1984 Sho-Bud S/D-12 7x6, 1971 Dobro, Standel and Peavey Amps
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Ken Byng
From:
Southampton, England
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Posted 11 Apr 2006 11:34 am
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| That was probably Buddy at his peak - awesome. |
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Billy Wilson
From:
El Cerrito, California, USA
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Posted 11 Apr 2006 1:22 pm
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| That was a ton of fun to listen to and watch. You guys really make my day when you put up these wonderful clips. Keep 'em comin'!! |
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Frank Parish
From:
Nashville,Tn. USA
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Posted 11 Apr 2006 1:32 pm
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| I've never heard Emmons at anything but his peak. He always has something new and is forever the showman. |
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Ron Kirby
From:
Nashville TN
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Posted 11 Apr 2006 1:41 pm
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| LONG LIVE THE KING !!!! [This message was edited by Ron Kirby on 12 April 2006 at 07:32 AM.] |
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Jennings Ward
From:
Edgewater, Florida, R.I.P.
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Posted 11 Apr 2006 1:48 pm
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GENIUS
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EMMONS D10 10-10 profex 2 deltafex ne1000 pv1000, pv 31 bd eq, +
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