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I've been toying with this tune for 20 yrs and finaly tracked it to my satisfaction.Though I think it could use a piano bed. As you well know the mixing never ends.Have fun Ray

This is very sweet. This song always makes me a little misty. I can hear the lyrics as you play the melody. Beautiful. Don

Thanks for the kind words.

Ray-I just heard your fine profesional version of "Sweet Dreams", a beautiful song. I liked the way you did the intro and ending too, innovative. 5-28-09

John- Your friend ,Susan Trujillo, Her playing is getting good on that non-pedal on "Gonna find me a Bluebird" 6-1-09

Ray-your post of "You've got a Lover", good E9 playing.5-30-09

Chuck Lettes-your post of "Secret Love",5-30-09, sounds good to me. Swinging.

Thanks again to Charles Tilley for this wonderful Website so we can hear all these fabulous steel guitar players' recordings, right here on the Forum....al.

Thank you Al for the kind words on Susan's work on her music. Charles has posted my song for June but I need to have him to change the title...the new song is "All The Things You Are", its an oldie that I first heard on a Doug Jernigan album I bought back in the seventies.

John-I saw Susan's Video too. Very well done, Rainbows, Blue Birds and all. Good looking girl, too.

I 'll try and listen to your new song "All the things You Are". I always liked that song and was thinking of putting it on Tilley's site, as it is an old classic Big Band Jazz tune....al.

Thank you very much Al, Susan is happy to hear your compliments...I have been trying to get her to log onto the forum more often. She is originally from that part of the north...she grew up in Superior WI...beautiful country up there around the lakes.

Charles has posted my June tune.
Come listen

www.etsga.org/steelguitarplayers.htm

Vernon Hester

Beautiful job on that song Vernon. I wish I could get that clean of a sound.

Vernon-Nice version of 'Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain",5-6-09. What effects did you used to get that effect?

John McGlothlin-good going on your tune. 5-5-09 I liked your tone on it...al.:)

Hi Guys, give a listen to Tilley's new original song he just posted. Very nice melody and chords. beautiful words too, that he sent by Email called "Jesus Heard Me Pray"....al.

Thanks, John, Al.
John, its very easy.I run from a pre-amp into 2 lexicons,come out stereo from the lexicon into a small mixer.Do not use a mike or amp.Record with Sound Forge,Mix with Magix 6 software.
Al,
The MX200 lexicon was set on a dab of chorus left ch.
Small dab of Vibrato on right ch.
MPX 100 on delay and reverb.User/15/mix 9 o'clock.
Notice the bad edit on the C 6th entry point?.
But at my age anything goes.
best
Vern

Nic,

Beautiful tone and playing on Take me As I am.You keep the up we will have to bring you over to some of the Steel shows.
Great work
.
Vernon Hester

Thanks, Vernon.
I did attend the convention in St Louis, past August,
and had a great time. Another steeler, Roger Edgington, shared a room with me at the Millennium.
Regards,

Tilley was kind enough to post my new song on his website. I did this on a S12 Carter about 2 or 3 years ago on my old Cassette recorder. The 20 year old machine was showing its age along with me. The clutches were noisy, but the song is in there, called "You'll Never Know How much I Miss You". This was a song that millions of us soldiers could relate to with thoughts from our wives and girl friends at home, during WWII in the 40's..al. .

Tilley has just listed my version of "Soft Rain"....
Hope you enjoy it!
Regards,

Here is some new players songs that I downloaded. Chuck Christensen's,"Rise Again".
Joe Delaronde's,"Pedal from a Faded Rose".
Nic du toit's, "Soft Rain".
Buck Grantham's, "Don't come Crying to me"(good to see you back still swingin,Buck).
Mike Headrick's "Old chunk of Coal".
Charles Tilley's song He Wrote,"Jesus Heard Me Pray".( a beautiful song, Tilley, put some words to it and you have a winner).
All these songs sounded like good professionally recordings, very well done. Just great.
Tilley's Great site is the place to be to hear all these fine recordings from our own members. Thanks again Tilley!...al.:)

Al, Thank you for listening and the nice comment. I really appreciate it coming from you. I think I should have turned my volume up a little. Chuck

Beautiful job Joe Delorande on A Pedal From A Faded Rose, Chuck Christensen you did a great job on your song Rise Again, Al Marcus your sounding fantastic on that classic tune You'll Never Know, and Nic you really have a down to earth country sound on Soft Rain.

Thanks, John.
That's the way I like to play the old standards.
Regards,

Mr Tilley has just posted another of my new tunes on site
Thank-you Sir Tilley

Hey guys and gals,Just another thanks for your being a continued part of my effort.

I have posted my latest attempt to play steel guitar.
It is "Sleepwalk" and I hope it is acceptable.

www.etsga.org/playersongs.html

Charles Tilley has posted my song for July "All My EXes Live In Texas" done on both E9 and C6 tunings.

hhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHAlPySFpE8

Charles has posted my July Tune.
"He Stopped Loving her today."
Thanks charles.
Vernon

I finally had the time to get all these fine songs downloaded.Roy Ayres-"Look at us", Beautiful version in your own individual Style.

Larry Bell-"Uncle Phil", Great Picking, good HighTech Recording using nice effects. Nice job on putting it all together.

Vernon Hester-"He stopped loving Her Today", Beautiful Rendition and tone on that George Jones country classic.

John McGlothlin-"All my Exes live in Texas", nice job on that Western Swing Classic.Micky Byrne-"Somewhere over the Rainbow", a very nice E9th version of this Classic Song.

Susan Trujillo-"Blue Moon",I havn't heard that song before with a Latin Beat. It's different.

Charles Tilley-"SleepWalk", A Great Rendition of a Steel Guitar Classic.
Thanks again, Tilley, for allowing us to hear all these fine Steel Guitar Recordings of our members...al.:)