Video: Jernigan tears it up in Leslieville

Dwayne Martineau · Post by **Dwayne Martineau** » 12 Jun 2007 1:12 pm

A short video of Doug Jernigan (and Scotty) at the 4th Annual Canadian Steel Guitar Show in Leslieville, Alberta.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hP8YbVus_TE

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Jamie Lennon · Post by **Jamie Lennon** » 12 Jun 2007 3:23 pm

all I can say is amazing !!!!!!!
great playing

Bob Blair · Post by **Bob Blair** » 12 Jun 2007 7:19 pm

I can't say enough about Jeff Bradshaw's show this year. In addition to Doug and Scotty there was a great lineup of Alberta pickers, and the amazing Bob Taillefer from Ontario. Jeff had a stellar band, who were just as comfortable with the jazz Bob was playing as with the country stuff. There were a lot of good pickers in the crowd too. It is great to see Scotty get the attention he deserves as a musician - he spends so much of his time and energy showcasing other musicians that his own abilities don't always get noticed - his set was riveting. What a great way to spend a Sunday afternoon and evening!

Bob Taillefer · Post by **Bob Taillefer** » 12 Jun 2007 8:08 pm

I want to thank Jeff Bradshaw and his family for presenting a great steel show.

The hospitality was great.
(Lubelle Taylor's Bed & Breakfast was a real treat.)

Getting to hang out and hear all the pickers was also a real treat.

Jeff indeed had a stellar band.

They did it all with such ease.

I had a great time!

Merci beaucoup Jeff! Bob

p.s. Doug Jernigan sure knows how to scare everybody! Incredible player!

Dwayne Martineau · Post by **Dwayne Martineau** » 12 Jun 2007 10:21 pm

Definitely a good time.

Scotty and his 1932 Fry Pan were the highlight for me. That, and *not* running out of gas on the way home. That was a close one.

There was some serious monster playing going on that night. I think Jernigan and Bob Taillefer are aliens. Or robots. Maybe both.

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Drew Howard · Post by **Drew Howard** » 13 Jun 2007 8:49 am

Is Doug playing a Fessy?

Jim Sliff · Post by **Jim Sliff** » 13 Jun 2007 9:35 am

I've never seen Doug play - am I seeing something wrong, or is he not using his right-hand middle finger to pick?

That's some amazing stuff. Reminds me of a Greg Noll quote about Surfer Laird Hamiltom on an incredible once-in-a-lifetime wave:

"That ****'s impossible - you don't DO that!

Doug Earnest · Post by **Doug Earnest** » 13 Jun 2007 9:43 am

Every time I watch the great Doug Jernigan pick I think of a Jeff Newman seminar I went to one time. We were talking about right hand position and Jeff said something to the effect of -- "Of course then you have Doug Jernigan - he doesn't hold his right hand anything like you're supposed to...but he gets by with it!" Jokingly, of course. I kinda think Doug actually does use his middle finger, but it sure doesn't look like it.

Brint Hannay · Post by **Brint Hannay** » 13 Jun 2007 9:51 am

Incredible! It's just not fair!

It does look as though he's at least mostly not using his second finger to pick for single-note work, alternating between thumb and first finger, rather than thumb and second like a lot of other players. It's interesting to watch his third finger, too. It's hard to tell, but it almost looks as if he's using the tip of his third finger (among other things) to block. In any case, its movements look very precisely controlled.

Jay Jessup · Post by **Jay Jessup** » 13 Jun 2007 9:55 am

I think Doug does his single note stuff alternating his thumb and index rather then thumb/middle a la E and many others. I think his hand looks even stranger when viewed from the top, very flat, if I tried to play like that my hand would tense up and I would have horrid tone. It's an understatement to say Doug doesn't suffer from any of those problems and it goes to show there's plenty of ways to skin a cat.
There was a thread a while back about some new 12 string tuning that Doug and Gary Adams are working on, this looks like he is still using the D-10 for shows.

Roger Shackelton · Post by **Roger Shackelton** » 13 Jun 2007 10:28 am

One thing no one has mentioned is that Doug wears his thumb pick above the knuckle.

Bill Ferguson · Post by **Bill Ferguson** » 13 Jun 2007 12:56 pm

Great video. An idea for you. If you would post this under "Steel On The Web", I think you would get more hits. It would not get lost in the long threads.

Plus BOB set that section up for stuff just like this.

Bill Ferguson

Bob Blair · Post by **Bob Blair** » 13 Jun 2007 4:37 pm

To answer your question, Drew, Doug was playing a Fessenden at the Leslieville show, but I think the guitar is one of Jeff Bradshaw's. I don't think Doug brought an axe with him.

Jeff himself played his new Jackson at the show, and sounded great.

Stephen Gambrell · Post by **Stephen Gambrell** » 13 Jun 2007 5:47 pm

Great players like Doug,Lloyd Maines, and others, PROVE that there's no one RIGHT position for the right hand. I think Doug uses picks on three fingers, doesn't he?

Brint Hannay · Post by **Brint Hannay** » 13 Jun 2007 7:26 pm

I think Doug uses picks on three fingers, doesn't he?

I wondered that. It kind of looks that way in this clip. I speculated above about blocking with the third finger, but this makes more sense.

Jay Jessup · Post by **Jay Jessup** » 14 Jun 2007 6:57 am

Well I am no expert on Doug's technique but I have been to a seminar he put on at Billy Coopers a few years back. I am pretty sure he only uses only a thumbpick and two fingerpicks and I know he wears his thumbpick further on than most but I'd be real surprised if he wore it above his thumb knuckle, could be wrong though??

Bob Kagy · Post by **Bob Kagy** » 14 Jun 2007 2:19 pm

That right hand technique is amazing to see. And that guitar is loaded with knee levers. Somebody said that was Jeff Bradshaw's guitar? Is he the builder?

Doug's Jazz by Jernigan CD has some very, very nice jazz C6th imo. One of my top favorite steel CD's.

Bob Blair · Post by **Bob Blair** » 14 Jun 2007 2:49 pm

Bob, the guitar is a Fessenden - Jeff just owns it.

Bob Kagy · Post by **Bob Kagy** » 15 Jun 2007 5:22 am

Thanks Bob - I couldn't read the logo.

Bob Hickish · Post by **Bob Hickish** » 15 Jun 2007 5:40 am

There is a possibility that Doug Jernigan will be here in the
Northwest for a steel seminar the 24th of August , its just now in the
early stage planning . I will post the detail here on the Forum
when its all worked out .

This will be in Port Townsend Wa.

Hick

Keith DeLong · Post by **Keith DeLong** » 15 Jun 2007 2:48 pm

Doug may have been playing someone else's guitar, but he played it like he owned it . The show at Leslieville was great, lots of variety of players and styles, and DeWitt Scott and Doug were a special treat. Congratulations to Jeff Bradshaw and thanks to his brother for the battery boost, we left our parking lights on

Bob Hickish · Post by **Bob Hickish** » 23 Jun 2007 7:41 am

Its been confirmed , Doug is going to be here in the Northwest
in August , check it out . http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=111864

His seminar is 60 bucks but the jam and concert is free to the public .
Bill Wolfe & Buddy Brewer are the ones putting this on , Bill & Buddy
are top hands on PSG as well . it should be grate fun & music with a master
like Doug Jernigan .

Tony Prior · Post by **Tony Prior** » 25 Jun 2007 2:51 am

Alternate thumb and index or middle,which ever is more comfortable. Alternate is the key...

Doug is monster with a gentle spirit, a class act and has been for decades.

Paul Graupp · Post by **Paul Graupp** » 25 Jun 2007 2:06 pm

Doug and I crossed paths back in the 60's. He was working with Connie Smith and after the show I drove him to see Miller Guitars. He played the hoedowns on one of Miller's guitars as if he had been playing it all his life. I was a very keen watcher of fingers and feet in those days and would have said something if he used the current finger styles he's using. But he wasn't. Ain't it funny how time slips away ??

TRegards, Paul

Danny Williams · Post by **Danny Williams** » 25 Jun 2007 6:05 pm

I've know Doug for many years now and I have spent time with him at his home. Doug uses his thumb pick a little higher than most but no above his nuckle. He uses two finger picks. He uses both fingers while he plays but he does seem to use the index finger a lot. Watch him when he plays the OBS. He doubles up on his thumb then he uses the index and middle finger. Doug told me it isn't important whether you use all three pick but is important that you use at least two. Doug is a very nice man who lives his Christianity. A quality not found too often these days. I thank God for the day I met Doug Jernigan.

Danny

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