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Topic: HSGA Joliet 2007 - Performance Schedule Posted! |
Gerald Ross
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Rick Aiello
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Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 9 Sep 2007 2:26 pm |
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Oh my ... reality just set in  |
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Gerald Ross
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Posted 9 Sep 2007 2:52 pm
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Rick Aiello - 9 AM Saturday.
9 AM???
So... if you stay up until 5 AM on Friday night, hit Bob Evans at 5:30 for breakfast, tell jokes over coffee until 8:45... that'll give you 15 minutes to brush your teeth and tune up your guitar.
Sounds like standard Joliet operating procedure to me. 
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Gerald Ross
'Northwest Ann Arbor, Michigan's King Of The Hawaiian Steel Guitar'
A UkeTone Recording Artist
CEO, CIO, CFO - UkeTone Records
Gerald's Hawaiian Steel Guitar/Ukulele Website |
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Rick Aiello
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Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 9 Sep 2007 3:02 pm
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| So... if you stay up until 5 AM on Friday night, hit Bob Evans at 5:30 for breakfast, tell jokes over coffee until 8:45... that'll give you 15 minutes to brush your teeth and tune up your guitar. |
More like ...
Take my "nut job" medication ... at 7:30 ...
Drink a couple Sailor Jerrys ...
And pray that everyone sleeps late ...  |
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Rick Alexander
From:
Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 9 Sep 2007 4:42 pm
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Well I don't want to miss the Saturday morning show.
It promises to be . . interesting.
At the St Louis show I went on first, and that was kind of good in a way.
I'm on at 3:10 Thursday, so I'll have all day to work up a good case of the heebie jeebies.
But what am I worried about - I'll have a real good band behind me!
It's good to see that Don Fullmer is up and around.  |
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Bill Creller
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Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 9 Sep 2007 6:21 pm
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Playing to an audience of steel players and others who know steel guitar music very well isn't the easiest gig, but you'll get thru it fine. Seems like the first minute is the tough part  |
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Rick Alexander
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Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 9 Sep 2007 6:54 pm
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Thanks Bill, you're right it's not the easiest gig.
I sang and played guitar for a living for over 40 years and never got nervous.
But that was mostly for drunks and random fun seekers.
The first steel show I played was the most nerve-wracking.
It seems to get a little easier every time . . |
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HowardR
From:
N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville
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Posted 10 Sep 2007 6:22 am
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| I'm real sorry to have to miss this one.....I would like to have seen Ian Ufton on steel......... |
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Gerald Ross
From:
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Ron Simpson
From:
Illinois, USA
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Posted 10 Sep 2007 9:10 am
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| I'll second that notion. |
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Bill Creller
From:
Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 10 Sep 2007 2:43 pm
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| Ian is a first rate musician. Too bad I'm gonna miss that. Maybe I can twist his arm next year. |
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 10 Sep 2007 4:17 pm
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Be sure to see Dave "The Hula Monster" Giegerich ...
He's on Thursday ... cause he's got to get home by Saturday.
Be ready to catch your jaw ... cause it'll be droppin ... fast & often 
A true GIANT on steel guitar ... dobro or electric ...
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 10 Sep 2007 4:28 pm
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And while I'm at it ...
Do NOT miss Bernice Honold ... Friday.
My favorite "living" steel guitar player ... |
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Bill Creller
From:
Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 10 Sep 2007 4:49 pm
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| I think Bernice uses C#m on one neck of her guitar ( she's had that guitar since new!) I like that tuning, and wish I could get around on it better. |
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Stephan Miller
From:
Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
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Posted 10 Sep 2007 5:04 pm
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Speaking of Dave G.-- the Joliet-bound are in for a little extra treat this year. I caught his band the Hula Monsters at Chick Hall's Surf Club In Hyattsville, Md. on Saturday night...their usual mix of Hawaiian, Western swing, rockabilly, rock'n'roll & more...a full house, non-stop dancing, Dave playing great as always, with one difference: the Potbelly in his Sierra. The Hula Monster has got hold of a monster pickup, and man-- that's the best "live" electric steel guitar sound I've ever heard.
If y'all are sitting near "proud papa" Aiello during Dave's Joliet performance, make sure he ain't wearin' a hat-- 'cause it'd probably be too small by the end of the first tune!
--Steve |
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 11 Sep 2007 4:27 am
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Gerald Ross
From:
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Posted 11 Sep 2007 7:13 pm
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The Hammer steps in!
Unfortunately new HSGA member Noel Tardy will not be performing a solo set at Joliet on Friday morning.
Noel will still be attending the convention and will be available for backup uke work for whoever needs her, and she will be sitting in during my set!
So who get's the open slot on the show?
Harry "The Hammer" Dietrich!
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Gerald Ross
'Northwest Ann Arbor, Michigan's King Of The Hawaiian Steel Guitar'
A UkeTone Recording Artist
CEO, CIO, CFO - UkeTone Records
Gerald's Hawaiian Steel Guitar/Ukulele Website |
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 12 Sep 2007 4:23 am
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 It's Hammer Time
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HowardR
From:
N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville
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Posted 12 Sep 2007 5:37 am
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Harry Dietrich
From:
Robesonia, Pennsylvania, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 12 Sep 2007 9:01 am
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| We sure are going to miss you this year, Howard! |
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Bill Creller
From:
Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 12 Sep 2007 1:52 pm
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Hammer on Harry
Looks like it's gonna be a good time there |
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Gary Lynch
From:
Creston, California, USA
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Posted 12 Sep 2007 5:36 pm
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Rick,
This drink will wake you up and get you going for your early performance;
In a large tumbler......
Fill halfway with Purecaf: The Most Potent Liquid Caffeine Money Can Buy 
Two Alka-Seltzer tablets 
Two aspirins
Two Imodium caplets 
Four tablespoonns of Coca-Cola 
Fill the remaining space with Milk of Magnesia 
Stir well and chug   |
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Bill Leff
From:
Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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Posted 12 Sep 2007 8:07 pm
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Darn, another year that I can't make it.
Gerald, I'm sending you the Fart Machine for you to use in my absence.
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 13 Sep 2007 5:08 am
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Note to self ... don't let Gary Lynch near the bar ... at my next party ...
Actually ... I was thinking about settin' up a little bar in the back of the main room ...
To serve the audience a drink ... after my set.
A favorite from my younger days ... The Mind Eraser (the Chambord species) |
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Gerald Ross
From:
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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