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John,

That was fantastic. Didn't see a pre-order yet but I plan on picking that album up.

Thanks very much, Justin-
an amazing dream come to life-the record as a whole is an experience

It is live now-and I highly recommend the bundle option with William Cody Watson-some great sounds there

http://batheticrecords.com/alive/

Way to go, John!

Haven't seen the release on Sweat Lodge Guru yet, but this one on Bathetic is something I need to get (actually just pre-ordered it).

I was beginning to fear this thread had hit its "best before date", but rumors of its demise have been greatly exaggerated, to paraphrase Mark Twain.

Shameless plug: my band's tune, with visuals.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdJlRual-8U

YOU try holding your bar like this guy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99KKQVKMOIs

You want energy? You want pumped?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjuFwrl53UU

Far out, man!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tw7fdHUl0Uo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69pQPS6iQ9U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tw7fdHUl0Uo
Yep, 1968. Steel guitarist Katshiko Kobayashi, from what I could find.
Even with the singer upfront and butt nekkit, they only had one album, CHALLENGE!

John Kolodij wrote:Thanks very much, Justin-
an amazing dream come to life-the record as a whole is an experience

It is live now-and I highly recommend the bundle option with William Cody Watson-some great sounds there

Got my copy in the mail today, a great record. Fantastic stuff John.

Despite the poor sound I thought I'd share the final two songs from my bands first show last week. I play steel on the first track. My dear friend Chris Hoss plays guitar and sings. I wrote both of the songs, I'm pretty proud of that fact, the steel playing I have a lot of room for improvement.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZJ6e33AoWE

Also: our cover of the association's Never My Love
http://youtu.be/B5kW86RetBA

Fine sounding LP, John!

Good work, Justin!

Y'all have heard this, haven't ya? (Losing track - have I been remiss in mentioning the Friends of Dean Martinez?).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf7Xhb3R83o
Or this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBEbTupJ ... re=related
Bill Elm on steel.

I have been playing some non trad steel guitar around Lewisburg, WV mostly Be Bop Jazz tunes and have discoverd an interesting fact. Since Steel Guitar has waned as an iconic sound in Country music coupled with the fact that few people have actually seen the instrument, the stereotype of it being a country music instrument has all but vanished. It's like it has inadvertantly been placed in a position for rebirth. How cool!

With my new band, The Bguti-Orchestra: http://soundcloud.com/steeljj/sets/my-s ... with-bguti

regards, Johan

Johan, I like the third track (yet unamed?) the best. Great song and steel!

Johan...GREAT stuff my friend!!!

Johan! Love all 3 tracks. Keep it up!

Yall have posted some really great stuff.Elbo

Just came across this video. Can't say I'm a big fan of the song or the style. Though it's an instrument combo I'd love to work with.

Kenneth Partengale: Just Let the Lamp burn out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2YyKRuvKVE

Edit: checked out another video of theirs and like this song much better.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1nd725C ... ure=relmfu

I just came across a very interesting and entertaining steel player called Glenn Taylor who plays in a range of styles, but mainly jazz fusion.

I came across him as a session player on a Ginger Baker CD ("Coward of the County" -- no not the Kenny Rogers song), which I revived after seeing Ginger perform last weekend -- that's another story.

Since 'discovering' Glenn I have bought a CD by County Road X he plays on and I think it's great. Pretty wacky stuff with cello and pedal steel. Most definitely not country (which I also like). The CD is on CDBaby and you can preview the tracks on there.

Buzzy Linhart got a little well known for writing "Friends" for Bette Middler and playing vibes on Jimmi Hendrix's "Drifting". An outtake from his "Music" album, early seventies.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... V7V4wznfJU
I wonder who played steel?

Dave Mason posted this elsewhere, but it certainly fits here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nttJubMi ... re=related

This one from John Paul Jones is a more recent and better recorded version than a previous posting:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzbA79pt ... re=related

BJ Cole with Icebreaker, a remake of Eno's APOLLO, from a couple years back:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsXTxmoR8eo

More BJ Cole:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAGb2R8f ... ure=relmfu

And BJ recently released TRANSPARENT MUSIC 2, done with Guy Jackson (some clips on the left):
http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/transparentmusic2

Red Rhodes playing in a Blues instrumental:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0yT5RnR ... ure=relmfu

Nice, Joachim. Red Rhodes was another of my early influences.

Anybody know (or claim to be) the steel player with Japancakes (assuming it's all the same person from album to album; to my ear, it is)?

That'd be John Neff, who also plays with the Drive-By Truckers. Yes, he's on the Forum.

Thanks, Daniel. Give him my kudos if you know him.

Red Sparowes live:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diMHtsrBiR0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDWBR-TZ6yI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUKj9zLYeFo

The Title says it all.THANK YOU! Elbo

This branches a little past "steel music" but I'll do it anyways, because "Elemental Journey" from Sonny Landreth goes way beyond even his usual high standards as the most innovative slide guitarist on the planet. It's an instrumental album but the arrangements and backing do a great job of supporting and leading the voicing of his slide guitar around - it's as far from the fast-song-slow-song-boogie-song formula as can be. On several songs there's a string trio arranged by Sam Broussard that mesh with the guitar parts. It reminds me the most of "Bow by Blow" from Jeff Beck, not in the song styles but in the impossibility of finding any filler or tracks to skip.

There's very little on the disk that couldn't be played by a good pedal steel player - but the point is, he's playing melodies, not licks. His own melodies.

BJ Cole has released his latest (with Guy Jackson):
TRANSPARENT MUSIC 2. There are excerpts here (click on the album cover for a separate window):
http://www.untiedartists.eu/bjcole-TM2#.UMc3VnewXTo

Tain't Hendrix, but it's cool:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIg5Hsyd2tY

New collaboration: 1982 + BJ Cole:
https://soundcloud.com/hubro/01-09-03

And for something completely different, BJ plays on a piece from Scott Walker's latest - BISH BOSCH (he of Walker Brothers fame - THE SUN AIN'T GONNA SHINE ANYMORE):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ih7KzKLLWA
Yea, same Scott Walker.