Donna Hammitt - ISGC on YouTube

[Bill Ferguson]

Here is a clip from the 1991 International Steel Guitar Convention.

Donna was and is a "Super Picker" as you will see in this clip.

Approved to air by Donna Hammitt and Scotty.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bxDI9zfcVM

Let me know if you like this. I only have a few more steelers to upload from the ISGC. Then I have quite a few approved to air from the Knoxville show.

Bill

Oh yes, I remembered to make this a "PUBLIC" video

[Billy Wilson]

That's a great one Bill. thanks for posting.

[Mark Eaton]

Wow-really nice.

She sure covered some bases in that medley.

[Walter Stettner]

Great stuff, as usual!

Can't Wait for the next one!

Thanks, Bill!

Kind Regards, Walter

[Charles Curtis]

IMO, just fantastic!!!

[Stephen Gambrell]

Good stuff! Thanks, Donna and Bill!

[Neal Yeagley]

Excellent Bill!! Like I said in an earlier post last week, you are truly a great asset to the steel guitar community. We all appreciate the effort and time that you have dedicated to these videos, and we also have to thank Scotty for letting you post these great videos. This is one of those great ones! Neal Yeagley

[James Cann]

Talk about a "guy magnet"! What is that je ne sais quoi about women who do what men tend not to expect!

Great stuff, but I can't identify the second song in the medley. Who can help?

[Don Discher]

#2 sounds like "Sweet Dreams" to me but the next one puzzles me.

[Bill Ferguson]

Songs are"
Walking After Midnight
Sweet Dreams
I Fall To Pieces
Crazy.

I stand corrected as I left out one of the songs. Guess I should have listened again before opening my typewriter.


Bill

[James Cann]

OK, Bill, here I am, my a-- in a sling:

As you were there and I wasn't, please don't read this as challenge. That said:

1. Walkin' after Midnight;
2. Unrecognized melody;
3. "I Fall to Pieces";
4. "Crazy"

I'll take your corrections, and thanks!

Regards!

[James Cann]

Ok, I've got "Sweet Dreams." The 6m in the second line threw me off.

from El Dorado:
Bull: "Dang! Took ya long enuff ta think a that'un!"

[Francis Smyth]

Where is she now .Is she stll playing.I never heard her before.Thanks Bill for the clip .I really enjoyed it

[Bill Ferguson]

Donna is now married and plays for her enjoyment. She no longer plays professionally (boo). Lives in TN

[Jerry Delpaz]

I must say I really enjoy watching all the clips you have posted so far and look for more every day.This lady is super.I really enjoyed watching her.I've watched it three or four times.I would like to see a view so I could see the pedal and knee lever workings as I am a beginner though,but keep them coming.I'm proud to be a fellow Georgian.Keep em coming...Jerry

[Bernie Gonyea]

Bill: Glad I didn't miss this posting; Where did you find this little beauty; Have never heard of her before now; And she is a beautiful Steel Guitarist; Wow, what a fantastic job she did on this medley; And the "Franklin" certainly did justice to Donna's excellent talent.. Whom would not want to hear her play again? I'm surprised that we haven't seen her; Has she performed with any of the big names in C/W Music? Thanks to Donna and you, Bill, for sharing her talents with we forumites.. Bernie

[Charles Curtis]

Bernie, I believe that she used to play with Whispering Bill Anderson, and she majored in music in college. I think that her dad was a steel guitarist also. You can look at her bio at her web-site, www.donnahammitt.com. It would be exciting to have a grandaughter like her.

[Bill Ferguson]

Charles, you are correct.
Donna is now married and settled down in Nashville, not playing professionally any longer.

What a great talent and great person.

Oh yes, her dad, Don Hammitt, is also a great player and the nicest person you could ever meet.

Bill