The Steel Guitar Forum

Well, lemme see. Mike and Joanie, Russ Hicks, Herby Wallace, Carco Clave, Lyn Owsley and all the other great players mentioned. Bill, if that's the best you can come up with, I guess it'll have to do.

Folks, I trust you know I funnin', these are all some of my favorite folks to work with. Can't wait to get to Alabama.

See ya there,
Jim

Will there be anybody there that can play drums!!!!
haha just kiddin jim! glad to get to work with you again and all the other guys too!

I cant wait seems like every year it just gets better and better. everybody needs to come out and support the asga and not to mention the top named players thats gonna be on the show, i would like to see the room filled this year. great venue for a show. great job Bill Cook!

Doc.& I will be there . Just getting over colon surgery, can't be a stage hand but I'll listen.
Russ, I don't know about the other T'town boneheads, but I'll be there to see my buddys Lynn O. & Russ Hicks.

Bill Cook,

best of luck with the show. I was hoping to make it but we have family coming from the left coast that day.

Keep Lynch in line

Got my room reserved. Have to work my real job that day friday. Gonna be a good one. Hope everybody can make it.

Bill,

You take good care of Herby down there in Alabama.

Hope you all have a great show!

Terry

TTT.

Ruth and I look forward this show every year. We have our room reserved and are also bring Roger and Norma Quick, from Adel, Ga for their 2nd Alabama Show.

See ya there!!

Hey Ken,

Glad to see you're gonna make it. Be prepared to chunk some rhythm with us Friday night.

See ya there,
Jim

Im tryin my best to work it out so that i can get there as close to 5pm as possible. Somebody save me a spot to jam dont want to miss out on any of the others that may be playin fri night also. see ya'll next weekend!

Thanks for all the nice comments guys. This is going to be one of Alabama's Finest Moments!! Great MC: Rob Parker, Great Band: Woody Ledford, Johnny Thomas, Wayne Smith and Jim Bob Heartly. Great pickers, singers, and Fans!! I think all will be very pleased. Funny, no one has inquired about our annual awards, HOF, Horizon, Pioneer etc!!

TTT

This is the 3rd year in a row that I find myself having to be out of town for an auction during the steel show. Grrrrrrrrrrrr.

I sure do want to be with you all down there!

BigB

We will have a sell, swap trade booth at the show. Feel free to bring any items you wish to sell, swap, trade or give to Bill Cook!

ttt

Bill, I sure wanted to make the Jam on Friday but wont be able to, I know I will miss a good one, tell Jack and Martha I said hello and sorry I missed seeing them, you all have a great Jam, maybe next time, Shorty

Well, I'm all loaded up and headed to Alabama in the morning. Been looking forward to this one for quite some time. Some of my favorite players and a bunch of my favorite folks.

See ya there,
Jim


PS Jeremy, to answer your earlier question, I'm tryin' to get my brother to come with me, he's a heck of drummer.

All packed up and ready to go. will be leaving a little after lunch.

Hey jim bring him on down i am sure he will enjoy it and he know you might want to take a break haha. But your still the main man. Uhhh i mean drummer.

The Jam tonight will be in the Main Ballroom of The Hotel. They had a cancelation and are letting us use the Ballroom. That means there is no ending time!!!! Gonna be Good!! All musicians park in underground parking lot. You can take your equipment right into ballroom and then pull out up stairs to unload your other stuff.
Bill

Well Bill that is great. I was hoping to make it before the jam started but i havent even gotten to leave work yet, apparently everybody else around here,but me, can leave early and take off whenever they want so I am gonna be getting there way later than I wanted. Looking Forward to a great show. Sounds like all us die hard players can jam all night. Who will be the last man standing

Bill I will be there all weekend so whatever you may need help with just let me know.

Jeremy,
You got it!!! I bet on you to be the last man standing!! Thanks for your help!!

Well i cant believe that no one has commented on this weekends show. It was such a wonderful weekend. Had an awesome Jam friday night and the show saturday was great. Bill did a wonderful job getting together a great show and a great group of players. Lookin forward to next year already.

And where was all the other Alabama folks. I'm sure you must of had to work or family obligations.

Anyway, i had a ball. Even though MR. Cook put me to work. pluggin in mics, running cords, hauling equipment, BUT I HAD FUN DOING IT.

Good to see and here Russ, and Mike Johnson and Joanie, Rob Parker did a superb job at M.C. Sat and listened to Carco Clave for first super picker. Good to see the progress that Herby has made he is gettin fast again.

Congrats to Lynn Owsley on going into the Alabama Steel guitar Hall of Fame. And to Gordon Dodson for the Horizon Award.

What can we say about the Band, jim wayne johnny and we missed ole Woody hope he is feeling well.
Great to meet Bill Radar. great fiddle player and lead man and not bad on banjo either. Hope he is back next year.

All in all a great weekend lets get ready for next year and make it even bigger than this year.

I also thought the show was fantastic. Lots of great steel playing. I got to meet some some really nice folks too. I'm looking forward to next year!

Great show guys and i have to commend everyone involved with it. For those who missed it was really good and glad to meet some nice new people. Jim

After the show Mike Johnson came out to a bar in Montgomery and picked circles around Don Lynch & myself. His brother played a nice Victor Wooten bass solo on one song. Mike is a great player and an all around nice guy.