The Steel Guitar Forum

i'll add a few to Jay Hudson's list for Austin,

Jim Loessberg
Roy Glaze
Jon Jaffe
Bobby Snell
Nathan Fleming
Ethan Shaw
Bobby Horton
and, of late, Buzz Evans

i know there's more but i just finished defensive driving class and my brain is soft!

A 40 mile radius, only one. Troy Porter, and I could throw a rock and knock out his kitchen window, 50 yards maybe.
Some times in the summer when the windows are open he wakes me up at 6:00 A.M or so, just a playing away.

Al Michalczak, Where do all those Texas Steel players find work?..Texas seems to have a large concentration of Steel players.

Brad,
I listed the bands that each guy plays with next to his name, at least all that I know. I'm sure I missed a few players and not sure if some are with groups or not. We get work where we can. Social Clubs, VFWs, private parties, etc. A few of the groups have gotten in with party planners and do corporate gigs and conventions that pay very well and fill a bunch of week-day gigs. Some play small town Oprys for little or no money, just the love of the music and the instrument. More bands and fewer clubs every year. From 1981-2001, my group averaged seven nights a month. Now 4-5 is a good month.

Hey ,Mr Jamieson, how about me, I'm about 50 miles away, in Olive, half way between you & Kingston. I play the Apple Fest in Greene , in Chenango County as the Ben Rounds band most years . We have Bill Kieth , Eric Weissberg, & this is where Cindy Cashdollar hails from, we used to go see her in 1980 at the Watering Trough in Woodstock,with "Johnny Average" .a steeler who just passed away, Bob Brocious is in poor health, but a great talent in these parts, Fooch , Connie Mack & a couple others , not many active players . Bill

Hello William,
Yes, I forgot the players down in the Woodstock area. They are probably getting just on the other side of the forty mile mark, but include the people you mentioned. I have met Fooch at the Norwalk steel show, met Bill Keith at a gig in Margaretville one night, have talked with Connie via e-mail but we have not met.
I hold an occasional steel jam at my music shop in Walton, NY. I'll invite you all to the next one. Nice to hear from you. You wouldn't think there would be some many players in New York...
Larry J.

I guess I'll play. The only ones I'm aware of:

Chris Ivey
David Wren (a bit more than 40 miles)
Pete Grant (might be for than 40 miles?)
Jay Fagerlie
Jim Grey
Rusty Rogers

I'm sure there's more, but I'm not aware of them.

Larry , I'd be happy to come on down, or up , we played Boiceville last week . I'll let you know ,when we do it again you can sit in, I'll play another instrument, sing & listen. Bill

Living just outside of nashville, it's like a who's who of steel players. Perhaps the closest to me is the BIG "E", about a mile. This close proximity to me has prompted him to replace his "WELCOME" door mat with one which reads "OH NO NOT YOU AGAIN"

Slim pickens here. A few owners but no players that play out live. So thats Zero, Zilch, None, 0

Hey Slim,
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Or maybe you aren't Slim Pickens, but you were saying "Slim PICKINGS here" ! or even Slim Pickins' here !
Whatever,
I'd have a problem over here if my initials were WC..

Ooops! I forgot Danny Keough lives about 4 miles from me..he can play!

No you wouldn't have a problem if your name was WC. I kind of like it because everywhere I go in the UK they have a room waiting for me. Slim Pickens is also a "figure of speech". It means that the pickens around here are slim meaning no players and just a few owners. I have a promoter bringing me to Australia in June for 2 weeks worth of shows so maybe they'll have a room there also for me if they do the WC thing. When I was in Ireland last June they didn't have the WC on the signs.

They have a padded one for me but I've vacated it in preference to young ladies establishments and various hostelries..

one!

Yikes, Jay, with all those great pickers in Austin, it's no wonder my telephone never rings.

Keep on pickin'!
Glenn

dont know....new to the area...
how many pickers within 40 miles of beaumont tx??
would love to meet you and maybe learn something.
new to steel.....

Wish I knew, around the Portland Or or Vancouver WA area

Well, I'm sure I've missed some, but here's a few for starters...

Mike Auldridge
Mark Beauchamp
Cheryl Luette Childree Brown
Chuck Campbell
Curry Coster
Pat Dawson
Dave Diehl
Jim Eisentrout
Barry Feintuch
Chris Forbes
Dave Giegerich
Garl Lee Gimble
Jack Hamlett
Jermaine Jennings
JoAnn Joyce
Dave Krute
John Lee
Robert Lewand
Fido Mann
Ric Nelson
Rick Richtmyer
Dave Rudovsky
Bobby Sparks
Paul Vendemia
Howard Whittington

Hey Guys, it looks like this thread is saying that 80% of the Steel Guitarists' reside in Texas or Tennessee...some of the states have not even reported.

Carroll, sent you a PM. Larry

well i'm lucky cause there's only 1 within' that radius
& he's good too !
Lionel (Yoyo) Duhaupas
him & i try to get together whenever we can & share
otherwise i gotta go far to catch up with de rabbits here

the lucky stiffs (imo) are those who live close to Austin