Guitar Player Magazines Tribute??To My Father

Anita Kleinow · Post by **Anita Kleinow** » 10 May 2007 11:12 pm

I heard it was bad, but now after finally being able to get a copy, I am livid! GP announced last month that this was to be a fitting tribute to Sneaky Pete.
GP was notified that I was willing and available for an interview or any questions they might have. They never contacted me. The journalist??? Vincent Demasi had an entire month to do research and right from the gate, the first paragraph he states, Sneaky was a "native of Ohio". Wrong! South Bend, Indiana!

I am asking all forumites to email GP and let them know you are disappointed. I am writing a scathing letter to the editor and I am certainly going to call Chris Hillman, who called me a few weeks ago asking me if I was mad at him. Now, I know why he asked.
I think Sneaky deserves better than this embarassing
same-o-same-o. Thank you.

Stu Schulman · Post by **Stu Schulman** » 11 May 2007 1:37 am

Anita,No Depression had a real nice thing on Your Dad,Did you get to see that yet?Stu

Herb Steiner · Post by **Herb Steiner** » 11 May 2007 3:54 am

Anita
I'd be livid also! And sadly, my experience in working for newspapers (!?) is that far too many *journalists* are lazy and disinterested in anything that exists outside of the little bubble that surrounds their own self-centered world.

"Research about an old man who played pedal steel? Yawn..."

Your dad was a great player, a great influence, and a great man who helped me in my career. Even filling in for me with the Jimmy Lawton Band... a low-pay gig he really didn't need at all... when I was moving to Texas and needed a sub desperately.

Stu, thanks for the tip. I will definitely check out the No Depression article.

Charlie McDonald · Post by **Charlie McDonald** » 11 May 2007 4:22 am

Can anyone hip me to a link to the No Depression article? I did a search, but no joy.

Cause I really don't want to read a 'review' by yet another music critic that doesn't know sh*t from Shinola. I never did like Guitar Player....

I'd be burned too, Anita.

Hope you put your best writer's skills into a scathing diatribe against the madness. (Now that would be worth reading.)

Joe Alterio · Post by **Joe Alterio** » 11 May 2007 4:41 am

I'll add that Vintage Guitar magazine did a long obit on Sneaky Pete, only to note that he was the one that played on most of "Sweetheart of the Rodeo"! I, and many others, wrote in to note that this was incorrect (as was the caption to a picture of Tom Brumley playing with Buck Owens noting he was playing a "Sho-Bud" instead of "ZB").....they did print one letter to the editor that pointed out the errors.

Hard to get good help these days at the magazines!

Bill Hatcher · Post by **Bill Hatcher** » 11 May 2007 4:54 am

Makes you really want to believe everything you see in print doesn't it.

Anita Kleinow · Post by **Anita Kleinow** » 11 May 2007 5:57 am

Thanks guys! I am going to rip them, that's for sure.
Gotta go to court this morning, but when I get back I'm not going to do anything but put pen to paper and eloquently make them sorry they ever ran into me. heehee I appreciate your support. Love ya!

Mark Lind-Hanson · Post by **Mark Lind-Hanson** » 11 May 2007 8:50 am

It makes me happy -that in all the years I've been playing, I have never subscribed to GP (beyond the first year, which my parents got for me!).

Jason Odd · Post by **Jason Odd** » 11 May 2007 9:23 am

Did any of the articles mention his L.A./Seattle based rock band Sir Raleigh & The Coupons from '64/65...?

They once opened for the Beach Boys in Seattle, and evolved out of the Lazy X Club house band, the Norm Raleigh Band. Sir Raleigh & The Coupons also cut a few singles, all garagey Beatles inspired pop-rock numbers, and damn fine at that.

J.

Stu Schulman · Post by **Stu Schulman** » 11 May 2007 9:33 am

Anita,If you can't find the April issue of "No Depression" I can give you mine,Stu

Anita Kleinow · Post by **Anita Kleinow** » 11 May 2007 9:47 am

Jason-No mention of Sir Raleigh and the Coupons, who included Johnny Meeks and Dewey Martin.

Stu-I'd be grateful to receive your copy of No Depression. Thank you.

Stu Schulman · Post by **Stu Schulman** » 11 May 2007 9:52 am

Anita,Send me an address and i will send it to ya',Stu

Stu Schulman · Post by **Stu Schulman** » 11 May 2007 9:58 am

I scanned it,I'm not sure how it will look?I'm not sure why the 2nd page came out with smaller type?

Anita Kleinow · Post by **Anita Kleinow** » 11 May 2007 10:11 am

Thank you, Stu. That was a very wonderfully written "tribute". What Vincent Demasi wrote for Guitar Player is weak to say the least.

Stu Schulman · Post by **Stu Schulman** » 11 May 2007 10:18 am

Anita,when I was a teenager my Mom used to get me a subscription to Guitar Player,and a gross of guitar picks every year for my Birthday,That's when it was a good Mag. these days I can go to Barnes,and Nobles and flip thru it in about two minutes...It might be a good one to train a parakeet with?Stu

Greg Simmons · Post by **Greg Simmons** » 11 May 2007 11:16 am

Can anyone hip me to a link to the No Depression article? I did a search, but no joy.

Maybe an easier read than the scan...posted by the author, Brsyon Jones:

http://gramparsons.com/bboard/bboard_cs ... 64&topic=0

Stu Schulman · Post by **Stu Schulman** » 11 May 2007 11:20 am

Thank you Greg,I couldn't find it anywhere...Aint I dumb!

Greg Simmons · Post by **Greg Simmons** » 11 May 2007 11:27 am

No, you're not dumb, but sometimes Google let's us down:)

I've gotta echo everyone's sentiments - I was extremely disappointed in the Guitar Player "article"

Dustin Rigsby · Post by **Dustin Rigsby** » 11 May 2007 11:42 am

I've always hated guitar player ! When I was a young snot nose kid,I always bought Guitar for the practicing musician because they had tablature every month. I always thought of GP as a publication for snobby jazz players(hey....I was just a kid)!

Anita Kleinow · Post by **Anita Kleinow** » 11 May 2007 11:44 am

Thanks for that Greg. If anyone would like to join in my effort, the email address for GP Feedback is:
guitplyr@musicplayer.com

I'm curious to see how many, if any, they print.

Mark Eaton · Post by **Mark Eaton** » 11 May 2007 11:58 am

I never miss an issue of No Depression...it's my favorite magazine, music or otherwise. If anyone were going to get the story reasonably correct, it would be them.

Herb Steiner · Post by **Herb Steiner** » 11 May 2007 12:24 pm

Peter Blackstock and I used to be colleagues at the Austin Chronicle, though he was in editorial and I was in advertising. But he and Grant (Alden) are true music junkies for roots, traditional-style country, and Americana.

I was honored when Peter asked me to write the ND obituary for my pal Speedy West.

No Depression is one of the most well-written and edited music magazines in the world, regardless of genre or subject matter. Most forumites would be well served to subscribe.

No Depression website

basilh · Post by **basilh** » 11 May 2007 4:23 pm

Anita, we have an article about Pete in the latest issue of our magazine. Can we post it here for you and all to see ?
Baz

Anita Kleinow · Post by **Anita Kleinow** » 11 May 2007 4:35 pm

Sure, Baz! That would be really great! Thank you very much.

basilh · Post by **basilh** » 11 May 2007 4:49 pm

From the March Issue of Aloha Dream magazine..

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Guitar Player Magazines Tribute??To My Father

Guitar Player Magazines Tribute??To My Father

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