ISGC St. Louis

Bobby Caldwell · From: St. Louis, Missouri, USA * R.I.P.

Well another ISGC is over. What a great show it was. I just wanted to thank Scotty and family and their crew , the great steel guitar players, the wonderful staff band and all you wonderfull people who came and spent the weekend with us. I don't know how they keep getting better but they do. It was great to see all my dear friends and share the great time in St. Louis. Thanks to you all. My wife Linda and I love you all. Bobby

Ron Elliott · From: Madison, Tennessee, USA

Right back to you and Linda,....many thanks for your help, your support, and your love over all the years! Ron & Leslie

Stoney Stonecipher · From: Knoxville, TN (deceased)

Hi all! To put it simply, but very plainly, a great time was had by all. I'm already thinking about next year. Bobby and Linda, we love you too, and it would not be a show without you. I pray that we all have a very healthy and safe year.

Jeremy Drawbaugh · From: scottsboro, al usa

I MUST AGREE! THIS WAS PROBABLY THE BEST ONE I HAVE ATTENDED. IT ALSO WAS MY FIRST TIME TO PLAY THE TALENT SHOW, AND TO ARRIVE AT THE CONVENTION SO EARLY IN THE WEEKEND. I NEVER REALIZED THERE WAS SO MUCH HAPPENING ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY MORNINGS. THIS YEAR WAS 20 YEARS SINCE MY FIRST VISIT TO THE ISGC. EVEN WITH ALOT OF MY FAVORITE PLAYERS PASSING AWAY, THERE IS SOME NEW TALENT COMING UP THAT IS JUST GREAT.

SOME OF MY HIGHLIGHTS WERE:
GETTING TO SEE RUSS HICKS AGAIN, HE HAS REALLY BEEN ENCOURAGING TO ME AS A PLAYER AND FRIEND. AND JUST A GREAT GUY TO BE AROUND. THANKS RUSS Exclamation

THE JAZZ ROOM WAS AWESOME.

MIKE JOHNSON WAS A NICE ADDITION THIS YEAR, I HATE THAT I MISSED HOM IN THE PEAVY ROOM.

THE BAND IN THE HALL DID AN EXCELLENT JOB ALL WEEKEND, AND FOR THE GUYS THAT PLAYED WITH ME ON THE TALENT SHOW, SUPERB! IT WAS SO EASY EVEN ON THE BIG STAGE TO LAY BACK AND RELAX WITH THESE GUYS. THANKS DON CURTIS, ROY ROSETTA, JIMMY QUEEN, LEONARD T. ZINN, AND JOHN FARRELL! AND TO STONEY FOR ORAGNIZING THIS.

THE HALL OF FAME SHOW WAS JUST PACKED WITH EXCITEMENT.

Bill Stafford · From: Gulfport,Ms. USA

Bobby, this show would not be the successful show it is without you. What a great talent amd a most gracious host and band director you are for all of us. Thanks to Scotty, his family and staff for making it possible for me to be there to enjoy all the talents and friendship-and especially from you, Bobby.
And it warmed my heart for the wonderful support you gave to my friend Ed Clark. Thanks. There is a special place in HEAVEN waiting for you. Wish I could visit with you then too...a long time from now though, as we all need to hear your heavenly playing here on earth for a long time to come.
Bill Stafford

Bobby Caldwell · From: St. Louis, Missouri, USA * R.I.P.

I must say that I forgot to say how much I enjoyed my dear friend Gregg Galbraith with Buddy and Pual at theISGC. What great solos he plays. And also it was nice to see my old friend Gary Adams with Doug. He has come back from a terrible accident and is playing great. What a reunion we have each year with old friends. Just great. Bobby

Roy Rosetta · From: Nederland, Texas.. On the Texas Gulf Coast

Barbara and I just got home about an hour ago from St. Louis and I'd like to echo every thing, my brother, Bobby talked about. The show, fellowship with old friends and making new friends from all over the world was tremendous.
Our thanks to Scotty, Mary and family for another great show and weekend in St. Louis.
...Roy and Barbara
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Jerry Lee Newberry · From: Prim, AR USA

We had a GREAT time at the Show. We heard a lot of good players and the backup band was WONDERFUL. It's always good to see Roy and Bobby, but it was extra nice to see Paul on the drums. Thanks for the great job you did with Jerry and Austin. Don't know the bass and fiddle players names, but thank you also.

Thanks to the Scott Family for all the hard work that goes into this show. Hope to be there next year!!!!!!!!!

Donna

Tony Prior · From: Charlotte NC

Bobby, thanks for a great show as well. That new axe you were playin' sounded great.

We are always amazed at the "endurance " level of the band. Fri night, Sat, Sat night and Sunday..thats a pretty long gig I would say Smile

till next time, thanks..

tp

Fred Justice · From: Mesa, Arizona

Bobby I'd like to thank you, Roy and the intire band for taking such good care of me as a first timer on the show this year. Hopefully we can do it again my friend. Many thanks.
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Darvin Willhoite · From: Roxton, Tx. USA

And a good job you did Fred. I enjoyed your set on the main stage as well as your pickin' in the MSA room. See you at the Mesa show if not before.
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Bobby Caldwell · From: St. Louis, Missouri, USA * R.I.P.

Fred, you did a great job my friend. You play soooooo!!!!!! good. It was our honor to work with you. Your set was wonderful. I hope we can do that again. My best to you and yours, Bobby

Bob Taillefer · From: Canada

Debra and I also had a great time in St Louis.

So much talent under one roof!

Bob

Evelyn Whitney · From: Muskegon, MI 49441 USA

What wonderful comments about the show!
We had the time of our lives. It is always such a pleasure to be in St Louis at this convention and to be part of this great bunch of guys.
All of the above comments are appreciated by me.
Winking

You're just saying all of that because it's true. Ha
Looking forward to next year,my love to all,
Leonard T. Zinn

Mike Brown · From: Meridian, Mississippi USA

Thanks to all of you who visited the Peavey Demo Room this year. If you missed David Wright, Terry Bethel, Carco Clave', Joe Wright, Randy Beavers or Tommy Dodd in our booth, you missed a great performance.

Hope to see you in Texas for round number two. Thanks to Scotty and family for their hospitality. Kudos to Don Lanier and Earl Parrish of Pearl Productions, Mike Scott and Lana Roselli of steelRadio.com for the live set and thanks to all of you who use Peavey products.

Mike Brown
Peavey USA

Walter Stettner · From: Vienna, Austria

My trip to St. Louis is usually about 20 hours (one way) - but enjoying the great music is definitely worth those long and boring flights. So much talent and musicianship, more than the law allows... Smile

Can't wait to be back next year!!!!

Thanks to all you great steel players and the amazing staff band musicians!!!!

Best Regards, Walter
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Bobby Caldwell · From: St. Louis, Missouri, USA * R.I.P.

Walter, It was wonderful to see you in St. Louis. I could tell you were having a good time. So was I. Hope to see you again next year my friend. Until then get rested and GOD bless. Your friend, Bobby

Mike Sweeney · From: Nashville,TN,USA

Just wanted to take this opportunity to thank Scotty, Mary & family, the staff, the band, steelradio.com and all the attendees for making this another great convention. I really feel honored to be a part of this wonderful event. Teresa and I had a great time and hope to be back next year. See you all there!

Mike
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Laurie Ayres · From: Riverview, Florida, USA

Bobby: I agree with everything you said. It was a GREAT show. I want to thank you for being so gracious to our friends from TN that came up to see Roy inducted and the show for the first time. Guess what? They will be back next year! She was so excited to get everyone's autograph and hear everyone play. You are loved by all. We hope to see you soon. Your friends, Roy & Laurie

Roy Ayres · From: Riverview, Florida, USA, R.I.P.

Laurie, you forgot to tell them what Tim (our son-in-law) said when we got home. He said, "Roy, that's the best I have ever heard you play." I answered, "Yeah, well that's the first time you've heard me play when I was backed up by a group of outstanding, world class professionals."

Thank you Bobby and the band, for making me sound better than I am.
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Gerry Hogan · From: Burghclere, Hampshire, England

Bobby,

I've just returned home from St Louis - Barbara and I took a few days to drive back to JFK to show my grandson, Jack, the amazing New York City.

We all had a great time at the Convention and Jack was so taken with your kindness to him - and then giving him your pick as we were leaving the hotel! He was speechless!

I'd like to thank Scotty and Mary for inviting me this year - it's such a pleasure and privilege to be even a very small part of this tremendous show. Thanks to the whole Scott family and staff for all their hard work and friendliness.

My friends Ric Boyer, Don Curtis, Roy Rosetta, David Russell and yourself supported me so well (as usual!) – I really appreciate working with such experienced and talented musicians.

Barbara and I thought it was wonderful to spend time chatting to all the good friends we have made over the years at the Convention. We were particularly pleased to see and hear Buddy, Paul, Doug, Russ, Herby, Herb, Larry and Joe - all of whom had made the long, trans-Atlantic trip to play at my Festival in England (some of them more than once!), between 1984 and 2004.

Thanks to all of you who continue to support this awesome event.

Gerry

Nick Reed · From: Russellville, KY USA

Bobby,
I'd like to thank you for your friendship and say it's always a pleasure to see and hear you play at the convention each year. You are in my book the absolute TOPS as a lead guitarist and bandleader. You're professionalism always comes through on the stage as you help to provide us with a great show each year. Thanks again for what you each year at the ISGC in St. Louis.

Nick Reed

Jennings Ward · From: Edgewater, Florida, R.I.P.

I WOULD LIKE TO ECHO WGAT EVERYONE HAS SAID IN THIS POST.. THANKS TO SCOTTY AND FAMILY, AND TO EVERYONE ELSE FOR SUCH A GREAT CONVENTION...
THANKS TO YOU BOBBY MY TRIP WAS MORE ENJOYABLE , AND TO ALL THE FINE PEOPLE I MET AND THEIR LOVE AND HOSPITALITY AND FRIEND SHIP... ROY,, CONGRATS AGAIN FOR BEING INDUCTED INTO HOF..
TO SLL THE FINE PEOPLE I MET,
THE POSSUM KING SAYS A BIG HEARTY THANK YOU, AND THANKS BOBBY FOR SHAREING SOME TIME WITH ME... YOU ARE A GREAT GUY, AS WELL AS A GRET G-TAR PICKER...... LOVE TO ALL,,,,
JENNINGS,, U PL;;;;;;;;;;

DeWitt Scott · From: St. Louis, Missouri, USA * R.I.P.

Mary and I, our kids, and our staff appreciate all the nice comments given to us. When putting the Convention together I used to say, "Its a piece of cake". And it still is. I did notice the huge amount of time it took this year we all put into pulling it together but Mary tells me that nothing has changed. I'm just now noticing it. Wow.

I do not put the program together to try to outdo last years convention. I just put it together and let it go on it's on merits. Those of you that were in attendance might have noticed that Stoney did 80 to 90% of the MC work this year. My time on stage was limited. Next year we have added Rob Parker as an MC so my time my be even less spent of stage. My sons and their helpers did all of the loading and unloading the trucks and Don Curtis helped set up the our booths. That left me free to spend my time doing PR with the players and the distributors making sure that they are happy and get all the courteousness they deserve. My plans are to start the Convention at the hour we used to have...start at 6:30 pm on Friday evening. I hope that I can stand fast on that and keep the hours down so we don't wear everyone out.

All the extra activities that go on during the Convention that give me thanks for allowing them to do it...that should be reversed. I want to thank them for added so much more prestige to the Convention by giving us more variety for the attendees. Mike Brown with Peavey, Leonard T. Zinn for the Hawaiian show and Jim Stahlhut for Jazz concert and of course, all the display rooms that allow various players to join them and perform. Is is I owe them a vote of thanks!

All the things that were said about the back up band were all correct. They have been totally dedicated to me and the Convention for many years now. And we welcome Paul Polish and Rob Parker as part of the Convention and hopefully they will be with us for a long time too. Bobby has been with me for all 36 Convention and many steel shows prior to it... Starting with first show in 1968! For several years we had a steel show once a month.

You may not have known it but we almost lost Bobby this year as our guitarist and band leader. He had an operation on the thumb of his right hand and if he would be able to play at all it would have been on a limited basis. In fact, there were at least 4 or more guitar players that were volunteered to step in and help him this year but as we all know they were not needed. I'll say it once again, Bobby Caldwell is my all time favorite guitar player and I value his friendship most highly. See you next year in St. Louis at what is known as a "Steel Guitar Paradise" - The International Steel Guitar Convention. Scotty

Rob Parker · From: Paducah, Kentucky, R.I.P.

Scotty,
I wish to thank you for the confidence, and the faith afforded me, by being selected for this job.I am very humbled by this decision.
I will do my best to contribute, and help make the show continue to be the great show it has been for all these years.
I appreciate the consideration, and it will be a pleasure to continue to work with all these great artists, and the myriad of talent that perform, and the staff of the ISGC..
Again my thanks to all of you for your support and positive comments.
And to you Paul and Dee, I'm glad to see you on staff here at the convention, and as Scotty stated, I hope for a long time.You're a talent and I always enjoy working with you...
Peace to you all,
RP...'come on in'...

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