The Steel Guitar Forum

Twayn Williams wrote:Now if it would of only been possible for her to have used Jerry Garcia on steel half the forum would probably die of apoplexy due to outrage

Hum, maybe if I change my 'Avatar' I'll be "in with the in crowd" on the Forum...

Nah...

Jerry Garcia is the answer to a great PSG trivia question. He stays on; I stay out.

Johnne Lee

That really sucked. Just when I think the commercial country industry has hit rock bottom, it gets worse.

All that aside, how can I audition for the gig?

Therein lies the rub. Country music has, for a very long time, been a commercial style and people have generally gone for the money - there is nothing new here. I don't understand the outrage. OK, this isn't exactly my thing either, but this is far from the worst I've heard - actually, I think she could sing older country music just fine if she had a reason to. I'll bet plenty of older country singers would have sung something else if that was how they could make a living.

I don't recall her having the heavy Texas accent that she seemed to have on Saturday night. I'm just sayin'....

What's the issue? She's from Texas - I don't think us Yankees from PA, NY, or Mass get to gripe about her twang. My wife - from Gallatin, TN - and who had as strong a twang as I've ever heard back when - found it necessary to seriously "tame" her accent when living in New England. Funny - some of the politically-correct intellectual types we were around hassled her about her accent - it seems many were seriously prejudiced, imagine that. When in Rome ... you do what you gotta do. Not to mention the fact that, when living somewhere for a while, many people tend to pick up the accent quite naturally.

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Mark Trzepacz wrote:
I agree with what you say about people picking up the accents of where they may relocate to. I lived in New England for a few years, just south of Boston. After living there for awhile, I found myself picking up on some of the accent. I had to make a concious effort to avoid picking it up. I was not from there and it would have sounded phony on me. (Beside, I was never a big fan of the New England accent! )

Waitaminnit, there's such a thing as a New England accent?

I lived right in the hot of Bahstin for 17 yeaz, and I nevah noticed iny soat uv accint. They talk wicked funny whaya I live now, though. They evin cawl sodiz "pop"...

Jokes aside, Jessica Simpson's singing doesn't float my boat, but that was just about as country as most of what you hear on country radio these days. Not that that's a good thing, mind you.

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Jessica Simpson could make me believe anything is country. Well come to think of it she could make me write hot checks and believe anything.

Bo Legg wrote:Jessica Simpson could make me believe anything is country. Well come to think of it she could make me write hot checks and believe anything.

Geeeez, in miy pahta Bahstin, they caalled sodiz "tahnic". Eve' heeeeara' Mahxie? Itsa wicked p!$$@&.

The only observation that I guess I was making is that it seems as if she was pushing the accent a bit, making it seem a little phony, even if she is from Texas and especially when you don't normally hear her speak like that. It just struck me as being a little staged, that's all.

Yeah, I heard people kid my wife for "pushing" her Tennessee accent too - "Noooobudy coood haf thaaat exaaaaaaaaaggerated a draaaaaahl." They were clueless and insulting, and they had no idea - she was too polite a southerner to tell them, but instead learned to dislike and avoid them.

I bring this up because I hear the conversation on this forum veer off in that direction fairly often lately. Jessica, Jennifer Nettles, Kellie Pickler, and more. Accent is not a mark of authenticity, one way or the other. In fact, it's not really a mark of anything - live music is, to some extent, a form of theatre. Feel free to press on, but I think it's a real good idea to tread lightly on someone's accent unless you know them pretty dam well.

If I was playing music for a living these days, I'd work with any of these people with no problem. Make a good living playing music with excellent musicians in front of thousands of fans? Is there something I'm missing?

My opinions, as usual.

A titillating performance by a woman who obviously keeps abreast of the times.

Pete Blakeslee

Just look how many Views: on this video in just a few days 184,498

About the accent---Reba.

Stephen Gambrell wrote:About the accent---Reba.

She's uber talented. We only have five vowels, she has fourty three!

Think I better stay out of this one Hey Pete, where are you ole buddy!

I guess, like I stated previously in another OPRY topic, we could have always watched Charlie Pride with his son singing while his arm was around his dad, or watched some aged former singing star singing a 60's hit ( the only one ) off pitch by about 5 cents ( Steel tuning term ) and snoozed or put MSNBC politics back on the tube.

Jessica, uhmm..I dunno if she is a star or not, or if she is going to last more than one song...but I like this song and I think she is a pretty good singer !

I guess the only real rational I can offer up is that JS and her band are IN the video, I'm only watching it

I'll just sit back and wait for the uproar when Jessica Simpson decides to do her tribute to Patsy Cline.

Well, all I know is when I got up this morning and turned on "Good Morning America" the first thing I saw was a steel guitar, steel guitar in the music, and her singing. Better than 99% of the new "country stars" that would not be caught dead with a steel on stage, including those who use it on records (Sugarland, etc.), and then don't take them on the road. On the forum, we complain about the steel not being used, then when we see a new star using one, rather than supporting their effort, we condemn them. She sure did not have to use one, not many of the other new ones do. More power to her! Long live the steel guitar!!

My son and I will be attending the game between the D-Backs and the Reds this Saturday here in Phoenix...Thankfully Jessica will be performing after the game...that will keep the crowd busy so we can get out of the ballyard faster.

Thank You Bowie!

Sounds like a pretty good performance to me...guitar, bass, drums, acoustic guitar, mandolin, piano, steel, background singers, & a pretty good lead vocal on a country song with a good hook...what is wrong with this??? Either way, it is good stuff for a fan of steel on steel!

Right on the mark Bowie! Couldn't agree more.

Mike Johnson is the steel player on Jessica's "Do You Know" record, and Jay Jackson is playin' in her band live. He's the one who was playin' the Sho-Bud Pro I on the Opry.

Brett

i think she sings purty good as lotsa people lately. however, i can't picture her making any decisions about who or what instruments are on her songs...

i'm surprised to hear that mike johnson recorded that 'come on over lick'...he's so good someone must have had to sit on his hands to make him play down to that simplicity level. not knocking him..he wasn't the producer was he??

it seemed that the steel player was really working overly hard to play that one lick over and over. maybe it was performance drama and showmanship...like sitting low and far away from the steel so his arms could flex more and look cool...

Well, white blues guitarists have been ripping off black people for sixty years now, it's only natural that Robert Randolph should serve as an inspiration to the new generation.

(uh-oh...)

The entire Simpson clan has always had that "po' white trash" melisma, it's-a, like, thay're... comin' home! (snif)

(I herd that the new "Trio" album by Lindsay, Paris and Britney puts the old one by Dolly and them other old bags in the ground, with a spike drove through it's heart... yes folks, singin' through yer nose is back in the saddle agin!)