A video history of steel guitar

[Michael Butler]

very well done!
thanks,

play music!

[Ted Smith]

delete

[Andy Volk]

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[Andrea Tazzini]

thank you Andy,
put it on youtube to reach more people, this beautiful job needs to be more known!
Andrea

[Kevin Brown]

so darn meaningful, such a labour of love, many thanks.

[Steve Hamill]

Loved it Andy. Can you please share with me what the recording was when the final credits were rolling? I must have!

[Kevin Brown]

I have recently been doing my own research and unearthed the following. The veena is the most ancient stringed instruments. Many forms of veena have materialised over the centuries, shoulder mounted, floor mounted. The most ancient were fretless. Early slide players were given the elbow with the advent of frets. In 1970, philosopher, audio engineer, activist Raza Kazim began work on his 'Sagar Veena' project, that harked back to the early unfretted designs. His daughter is the only person in the world who can play it. Designed to reproduce previously unheard of frequencies Raza had to design his own audio system to reproduce the low bass notes. Heres some footage, Raza and his daughter are worthy of your further investigation if you have the time. Warning... this is an unworldly beast not for the faint hearted http://youtu.be/On0rxNTKMpY. I love it and listen often. At the other end of the spectrum is blind slide player Vaikam Vijayalekshmi performing here, doing more on one string that i'v ever managed with 8. http://youtu.be/XB1s2FiEYbg. It seems therefore that as slide players we are part of an extraordinary history that goes back to the very begginings of asian musical history. Feel free to add your thoughts or updates, Im all ears and want to learn more.

[Andy Volk]

Steve, if memory serves, that was Steel Guitar Forum member Chuck Lettes playing Adventures in Paradise. You can listen to more of Chuck's fine playing here: http://www.hsga.org/ChuckLettes.htm

Kevin, no doubt the steel guitar antecedents go way, way back into antiquity and I suspect, before the invention of fretted instruments.

[Chuck S. Lettes]

Thanks for posting the video, Andy. Yup, that's me playing Adventures in Paradise over the credits with Jim and Barbara Stahlhut. You can see the video here:
http://chucklettes2.zooglelabs.com/video

Chuck

[Doug Beaumier]

Beautiful playing on Adventures in Paradise, Chuck! I've watched that video many times. The tune is so relaxing, a beautiful, exotic melody, and a wonderful performance.

[Andy Volk]

Indeed. Exquisite tone and feeling, Chuck.

[Kevin Brown]

perfect rendition Chuck, in every way.

[Steve Hamill]

Thanks for posting the video, Andy. Yup, that's me playing Adventures in Paradise over the credits with Jim and Barbara Stahlhut. You can see the video here:
http://chucklettes2.zooglelabs.com/video

Chuck

Mahalo gentleman. It's my new favorite tune!

[Paul Arntson]

Wonderful Video!! Thank you so much!