Alvino Rey on youtube

J D Sauser · Post by **J D Sauser** » 23 Jan 2007 9:42 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7k39763NGA

... J-D.

Bob Ritter · Post by **Bob Ritter** » 23 Jan 2007 9:48 pm

loved it two thumbs up.

David Doggett · Post by **David Doggett** » 23 Jan 2007 11:33 pm

Very interesting. I notice he did a lot of full strums, both forward and backwards, across all the strings. With our fancy picking and complicated tunings, we seem to have lost that art.

J D Sauser · Post by **J D Sauser** » 24 Jan 2007 5:05 am

He was a chord-man... that's one thing I thought he was known for. Quite a showman too... and one of, if not the first public pedalist.
... J-D.

Al Marcus · Post by **Al Marcus** » 24 Jan 2007 7:33 pm

J.D.-Nice to hear you are coming back to the states. No more Spain, eh?

I remember Alvino Rey so well, I saw him when I was 15 years old playing a D9 Gibson Grande Console, in 1937. I stood right in fron of the bandstand watching him all night. He had a couple of wires with spoon pedals on the right end, so already fooling with pedals. I still strum a lot with full chords playing his style.

He was the Grandfather of the pedal steel guitar. Had a great band too with the King Sisters....al.

:)

Post by **Dave Mudgett** » 24 Jan 2007 8:32 pm

Cool stuff - talk about a "swing all-stars" project.

My dad still talks about seeing Alvino Rey when he was in military training in SoCal during WWII.

J D Sauser · Post by **J D Sauser** » 25 Jan 2007 6:46 pm

Al Marcus wrote:J.D.-Nice to hear you are coming back to the states. No more Spain, eh?

I remember Alvino Rey so well, I saw him when I was 15 years old playing a D9 Gibson Grande Console, in 1937. I stood right in fron of the bandstand watching him all night. He had a couple of wires with spoon pedals on the right end, so already fooling with pedals. I still strum a lot with full chords playing his style.

He was the Grandfather of the pedal steel guitar. Had a great band too with the King Sisters....al.:)

Al, I was thinking of you when I posted this... we talked a lot about early Gibson PSGs years ago. I am glad you saw this and I hope yo liked it.
Thank you for welcoming me back but as it seems, I am just passing thru. I am relocating to the Dominican Republic... yeah, it's just getting wilder, I know

. Now I need to dig them Bachata, Merengue and Salsa licks

Thanks! ... J-D.

Al Marcus · Post by **Al Marcus** » 25 Jan 2007 7:24 pm

J>D>-good to hear from you. But you sure do get around!.
when I first saw Alvino he had a double neck, no pedals, I did too, the next time a saw him in 1942 , he had his Gibson 6 pedal Electra-Harp, he took the cabinet off so I could see him working the pedals, I watched him all night again. As you know, I copied every one of his records. But I got drafted in 1942 and didnt get Gibson Electr-Harp like his until my discharge in 1945 and I was very lucky to find a used one. I paid more for it than they listed new in 1942..

Keep in touch with us through the Forum. We would like to hear from you...al.

:)

J D Sauser · Post by **J D Sauser** » 25 Jan 2007 8:42 pm

I'll keep in touch, Al.

I was the first (and probably only) forumite in Ecuador, about 10 years ago before I moved to the States. Now, I'll soon be probably the only one from the DR (?).

... J-D.