The Steel Guitar Forum

Jim I just talked with Charlie Moore and he is also interested. I will PM you to find out what contact info I need to get to you.

Jimmy, thanks! I've sure been missing Charlie. Glad he's coming aboard, too!

Hi, Everyone ... I designed a quick simple banner (example shown below) for us to hang up on the back of the stage or wall for our meetings and/or shows.



I've made a few quote requests from different printers and received one from Copy Craft that's the best so far ... $65 for a 13oz vinyl 3 foot x 8 foot banner with grommets. Not too bad at all compared to some of the quotes I've received this morning. So, in about a week or two I'll be ordering a banner for us to hang up during our meetings/shows!

I forgot to add something about a possible venue for our first meeting, which I'm hoping will occur in a month (or two at the latest).

Due to the small size of the venue that's generously been offered for our use (and for which I'm very grateful), I'm also keeping options open and looking into the possibility of something a bit larger and more adequately set up for a steel meeting.

Depending on cost, our first meeting might be a little humble in the smaller venue that's been offered, but if I can swing it, I'd like to get us into one that's a bit spacier for musicians on stage and better audience seating. I'm shopping around to see what all is available and their rental costs for the day.

One thing I'm looking at very closely is parking and ease of load-in, load-out. I'll keep you posted on what all I find.

Hey Jim,if you have a "senior" division Im in,just let me know what key,...Charlie....
p/shey Billy, I forgot you and Lamar were old timers :lol:CM

Hey Charlie, like it or not 90% of this group as most others like it is a SENIOR division
Glad to have you onboard,
Billy

Definitely glad to have you on board, Charlie!

Ha! Billy, that depends on where you're starting "Senior" at! I myself am taking the Jack Benny route ... I'm 49 and holding (at least I have been for the last ten years!).

Hi, Guys ...
Does anyone have a decent JPG image to PDF converter? I've downloaded several today and they are not working to convert the LSGA banner image from .JPG format to .PDF format (so much for free-ware software!).

Copy Craft wants the master image for the banner in .PDF format only, so I need to convert the .JPG to a .PDF ... if anyone has software (such as Acrobat Pro) that'll do this, would greatly appreciate some assistance with it.

Thanks in advance!
Jim

Jim Lindsey wrote: JPG image to PDF converter?

I would suggest a utility such as CutePDF that lets you print anything to a pdf file instead of to a printer. These are also useful to check whether something will fit on a page, without wasting paper.

Thanks sincerely, Earnest. I haven't tried that one. I'll look it up and give it a try.

Hey Jim...this is a fine idea....I'd thought about starting a club here....but never got a round to it. Glad to pitch in and do anything I can to help. So, count me in, too.

Jim, best of luck with the club, wish I was close enough to participate. Larry Baker

Welcome aboard, Hal! I look forward to seeing, visiting with you and hearing you play at the club tomorrow night!

Thanks, Larry, and know that you're welcome to be a member even if you're not in or from Louisiana.

Depending on how you count them, you've got somewhere between 25 - 40% of the World's Greatest Active Jazz Steel Guitarists down thar with Dave Easley & Bill Stafford. It might be worth an outreach, if you're shy and you want I'll bang on 'em with an e-mail telling them to at least read this thread.

As a global issue (steelwise) these two facts often juxtapose in my head:

A) In the golden olden days, it was considered almost an obligation or duty for old, wise musicians to teach the children how to sit up straight and take things seriously;

B) On this very forum, 37.5% of the members are old wise guys bitching about how there's no place to play, their steel's too heavy and hard to move, nobody loves the old music, kids today are no darn good, nar, nar, nar. Essentially saying there's no point to playing music!

A+B - crunch, crunch, crunch. Although I am neither totally old, certainly not wise (except maybe "....A$$" ) I have gotten kicks out of watching a kid's brain perk up when a new connection is made that were just as rewarding as drilling an 8-minute "Sultans of Swing" solo at a drunken orgy in 1988.... regarding instruments, ever hear of Kickstarter, Razoo, Fundrazr...

Just some thoughts.

Count me in! I'm down in New Orleans.

Hi Jim, put me down please...

Derek and Marty, it's my pleasure and welcome aboard! We're glad to have you!

Jim,guess we need to have a meeting first set membership dues and such get er dun,bet we can get 40+ members..let me know i'll round em up in the north..p/s probably needs to be on sunday afternoon as most of us work on weekends..call me if need to...
Charlie.....

I can think of at least 3 Cajun fella's you should rope in

Hey Jim, Per our conversation Monday night. I have three people from the Facebookers for Pedalsteelers page who want to join. George Brown from Winston Salem, NC. Michael Wilkerson from Slaughterville,Ok, and Tommy Young, "MR. TONE MOD" from Ethelsville Alabama.
I am really EXCITED and looking forward to meet these people. Hey Jr, thanks for joining.

Jim,

I live in Zachary, too.

Count me in.

I would be interested also, I live in Louisiana. Russ

George and Russell, welcome aboard! Tommy, please extend a welcome to the three you mentioned, George, Michael and Tommy.

I have to apologize that I've not been on here posting any updates lately. I've been looking at different venue possibilities and a few other things as well in trying to set up a first meeting. Musicians for one thing ... trying to get a "backup band" put together.

I also got the LSGA banner ordered! Yeeha! Can't wait for it to come in.

I might be interested in joining and pickin' a little bit in LA. Ain't to far over here next door in the Magnolia state. Just listening would be fun to me!!!

Jim, put me down. I was born in Denham Springs and now live in Granbury, TX.