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Posted: 21 May 2021 7:05 pm
by Tommy White
I think this is relative to the thread. In 1976 while I was playing the road with Grammy award winning Donna Fargo(Funny Face, Happiest Girl in the whole USA) , After a gig I went to the night spot Mr. Lucky’s in Arizona . I met the incredible steel player in the house band. Native American, Ivan Greathouse! Ivan was playing a ZB thru a tall amp with 6 -10†speakers. I’d never heard anything like it! He sounded a lot like Curly Chalker on stearoids. Huge sound and great C6th playing. His C6h was on the top neck like Curly. There were no strings on the bottom neck.
Would love to reconnect with Ivan. He was very humble and kind.
Posted: 21 May 2021 7:27 pm
by Mitch Drumm
Tommy;
Here is Ivan at Mister Lucky's in 1989 on the vocal and steel.
And a 7 minute interview from 2019; I guess he is still in Phoenix.
He says he was a staff player on the Louisiana Hayride for 3 years.
Ivan says he had a 9 piece house band in Denver in the 1960s. Somebody around here must have seen that?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=at7d3UhDCjo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bs4ev2rayvI
Posted: 22 May 2021 2:51 pm
by Frank Freniere
Man, that guy can sing AND play!
Posted: 22 May 2021 3:49 pm
by Craig Stock
Great song, vocals, and steel, from the comments sounds like he has passed.
Posted: 23 May 2021 8:05 am
by Michael Diabo
I am Mohawk from Kahnawake, Quebec, and play lap steel, dobro, and a ukeaborn. No pedals as of yet.
Mike
Ukeaborn:
https://youtu.be/irRZtMO2EOo