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PAX TV'S HAYWOOD HENSON & EGYPT SHRINERS Present… 9th ANNUAL FLORIDA STEEL GUITAR JAM 2008 -- ONCE AGAIN ENJOY THE GREAT SHOW IN SUNNY FLORIDA!!!
Dates: SATURDAY, JAN. 26 & SUNDAY, JAN. 27. Location: QUALITY INN & SUITES (Located at Socrum Loop & Hwy. 33 at I-4 Lakeland, Florida)
A SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO JOHN HUGHEY. Featuring, Bobbe Seymour, Joe Wright,Bob Taillefer, Ollie Strong,
Chet Gibson, Larry Danley, Dan Whitaker and lots of surprise pickers as usual. Rhythm Section: Pat Coyne, Royce Morgan, Ron Stroupe, Jim Frable.
Details: SATURDAY, JANUARY 26 offering STEEL GUITAR SEMINAR WITH Bobbe Seymour come learn Bobbe’s secrets and innovative ways to play! 10:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. $40 per person. Seminar seating is limited/Pre-registration Required!Call: 813.651.3826 or email: deger@ondeeairproductions.com
THE GREAT COUNTRY MUSIC/STEEL GUITAR SHOW with all featured guests on JANUARY 26 Starting at 6:00 p.m. in Main Ball Room ($30 per person) Opening with a special:The Haywood Henson Show.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 27 THE ALL-DAY SPECTACULAR STEEL GUITAR JAM Starting at 11:30 a.m. till….. ($30 per person) in Main Ball Room

For Seminar and Jam Tickets Call: 813.651.3826 or email deger@ondeeairproductions.com. You can also call Haywood Henson at 813.753.9688 for more information.

*For Hotel Reservations Call: 863.858-1411
or email qualityinnlakeland@hotmail.com (Must Mention the Jam for Special Hotel Rates,Lunch and Dinner at Special Prices for guests available)

*All proceeds to benefit Egypt Shriners Transportation & Sneaker Fund

Bump

There's a group of us from the Florida Steel Guitar Club that are planning on going Sunday. We can't make it Saturday due to picking jobs.

Bob, Ollie is due in here next week. He always comes by our Tuesday Catfish Johnny jam and I get to pick with him.

Hello Jack,

Good to hear from you! I am looking forward to seeing you guys.

Please say hi to Ollie. He sat in with us last year. I am so glad that he and his wife Rae can make it this year. He is one of my favourite players. See you in Lakeland.

Bob

I'll put my heart into this show for you guys, and the semiar also. This could be my last show.
What better place than FL.
I'll be there to answer any questions and I'll have many steel items that you have never seen at shows before. Parts, teaching materials, the famous Sho-Bud T-shirts, CDs etc.
Come on out, I'll do my best for you all.

Bobbe seymour

This could be my last show.

Bobbe,
What do you mean by that? You're not planning on retiring on us are you???

No more live shows in my future, this one is it. I'd possibly do some special things, like benifits for fund raisers for players, animals, HOF, and the such.
So I'll "let it all hang out" on this one. In the seminar I'll even let out the Emmons "secret" to tone and sustain, along with some other hard won facts on steel guitars over the years. Open floor for discussions and learning.
Bobbe

Damn, I was planning on going but picking jobs will prevent me from going.

Have a great time.

That's a real bummer, Bobbe. We were looking forward to having you with us again.

Thank you Lem, It's nice to be missed but I would STILL love to come down to see the shows you guys do! Keep me informed, I sure loved doing the one last year. A lotta' fun!

Come to Lakeland FL. to this one on the 26, 27th.
Bobbe,

Just so happens my son, Ken, lives in Lakeland and is going to provide room and board for me so I can fly down to be with everyone and help Bobbe "team teach" the seminar. I've been practicing like "crazy" ever since Bobbe's show in Ashtabula OH last July 15th for Don Burrows. My daughter, Sherri, was born in Ashtabula in 1949 while I was steelin' with the Missouri Fox Hunters,before I went to KMA radio in Shenandoah IA, to play with Ike Everly and the staff band there in March of 1950! A while back Bobbe mentioned me in his news letter. As long as he's letting his "secrets" out, I'll let you in on some of mine??!! I rebuilt my triple 8 Epiphone and after I bought my first pedal steel (?) a 6 string 4 pedal MultiKord (not a pedal steel as we know them today!?) I gave the triple neck to Bobbe, so he tells me it's all my fault that he's into steels the way he has always been! Look at Ken's site on the net at rodworx.com Also do a search for
doug seymour or the Sunset Ramblers the first radio/show band I joined after graduation in 1947!

Bump for the best little show ever! Spread the word guys! Unfortunately I'll miss it due to our bands performance at the Yeehaw Junction Bluegrass Festival same dates.

We will miss you Dave....I hope lots of people come to the show. They will LOVE the new venue and all the great pickers we have coming in addition to the ones on the flyer!!! Once again, we have planned lots of surprises as those of you who attend regularly are familiar with...
Deg'er & Haywood

Bumpletteisums, all over again!

Ollie Strong, one of the Canadian Steelers scheduled is here in Florida. I got to jam with Ollie today.

Ollie is a great addition to the show. For those that don't know, Ollie worked with Tommy Hunter for about 12 years and was on the early TV shows with Tommy. I was told Ollie had the first Sho-Bud that was imported into Canada (he plays a Fulawka today). Ollie was the steeler that demonstrated the steel guitar on the "How it's made" TV show segment on Pedal steel guitars (Fulawka). I was told the short demo that Ollie did is available on YouTube.

I'll still be on Tour with George Hamilton IV and sadly won't be able to make the show so I can heckle Bobbe

I look forward to seeing everyone. Bobbe, sign me up!

Jack, don't worry you can just continue to heckle me on this forum! Glad you finally got a job!

Your great friend,
Ole' Bobbe!

Connie, this will be great! So nice to see you there. You are a wonderful old friend, (you old, not me!) Ha!



Bobbe

Hey friends,

I've been threatening to come down to this show for some time now, this year I'm gonna make it. Looking forward to seeing lot's of old friends and making lot's of new ones.

With the great line-up of players, it's gonna be a blast.

See ya there,

Jim

Get ready to work Jim!


Bobbe

I will be in charge of producing a new brand of steel guitar in the near future, this with everything else will stop my galivanting around the country side. The market is needing this type and style of guitar and I'm getting after it.

Bobbe Seymour

Hey Bobbe,

I'll be ready, I'm bringin' my brushes and my best sounding cardboard box.

See ya there,

Jim

Hey Bobbe

Looks like your uncle will be there and its close enough that my uncle Charlie Coldiron (my favorite steel player) might be there too. You'll have to deal with the uncle's yourself this time. Sure wish I could be there especially with Hartley comming. Enjoyed working with you at the BSG show last summer.

Bobbe - Will you be playing or bringing your GFI Expo? I'm interested in seeing & hearing one of those in person.

Allen,
Glad you'll be there.




Bobbe