The Steel Guitar Forum

Maybe RR is about the performance as much as it is about the Music ?

I think it is about the money,in a few years after he has few million bucks saved on his bank account he can slow down and join us here arguing about the color or tone of the steel guitars and maybe even spend some time learning cold cold heart or Bud`s bounce,right now I think he is concentrating on making cash.

Db

A few million bucks ?

Thats a lot of money for a short period of time with no song on a National Chart...

I hope he earned that much ...

I hope I earn that much !

Thats a lot of money for a short period of time with no song on a National Chart...

well,I would imagine that is his goal,I don`t know how long is going to take him but I think ,if he is smart he can make pretty good money in 10-15 years of successful playing and touring.Million dollars these days is nothing,1,2,3 or more million dollar houses are for sale all over the Nashville and I`m not even talking about New York or California or Hawai where you can find some pretty wild prices.

But that`s what I would do if I was him,I would concentrate on making cash and listen my label and my manager and try to put on the side as much cash as I can as fast as I can, I wouldn`t care if I have to sing or dance or play, as long as I`m making good money.

Db

My thoughts on RR are this: "You can't argue with success". I'm just glad a new generation is getting some "steel exposure"; whatever form that may entail.



JC

'Saw RR two weeks ago, here in Portland.
Near capacity crowd, treating him like he was Jimi H or Jerry Gar!
IMO a national radio hit would risk ending his career (the one-hit-wonder thing). He needs to keep under the radar like the GD did for so many years, selling out big shows, constantly touring, developing a cult following, etc.
90%+ of his tunes were faith based, including the Doobies "Jesus Is Just Alright With Me".

I'm just glad a new generation is getting some "steel exposure";

they dont even know he's playing a steel. "That guy can really play slide guitar" is what I hear his fans saying about him. They dont seem to associate it in any way with the instrument most of you know and love.

Ben Jones wrote:

I'm just glad a new generation is getting some "steel exposure";

they dont even know he's playing a steel. "That guy can really play slide guitar" is what I hear his fans saying about him. They dont seem to associate it in any way with the instrument most of you know and love.

That's because, as has been noted frequently on the Forum, RR is for the most part playing PSG like slide guitar with more strings. *Not that there's anything wrong with that.* But it doesn't "introduce a new audience" to the unique potentials of the pedal steel.

I get "you sound good on that slide guitar" all the time when I have been playing country pedal style, anyway!

Brint I think most people just dont really even know one instrument from another. They just wanna hear some good music and have a good time at a concert. Anything horizontal to them is often seen as a keyboard...hehe.

Ben you may have taped into something RR fans may not know what a pedal steel is (thinking it is a slide guitar), but there are many country music fans that don't know what a steel is, they may know the sound but not know where it came from.

To everyone thank you for 6 pages of thoughts, I think it is true that RR is welcome to the forum(after reading post's), but sad that there are the few that remain vocal on their view points towards his style. I think in time we will be more ready to except new changes in our PSG, but maybe that time is not just yet.