The Steel Guitar Forum

Boy if I didn't see the clip I wouldn't believe it!
Terry

Just when I thought I'd seen everything...

i think ronnie played steel on a few songs on 'some girls'

Poor Ronnie. He has been vilified, rightly so, for this. Stones fans are easily pleased these days.
What Ronnie did best:

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Thanks for that clip, Greg. When I went to see the Stones here a few years ago, I took a bathroom break and came back to have my girlfriend tell me they played a song with a steel guitar. I didn't hear a note of it, and have been kicking myself ever since. Now that I have heard it, I think I'll quit kicking myself.

Jeez fellas, cut the guy some slack...this must be about the fourth thread started about this since that piece of the latest Stones film showed up on YouTube!

3 yrs in to steel playin and remember my first approaches,very similar to what Ronnie is doing,so can relate to what he does in this video.Cos i did it too.10 out of 10 for effort.Something to be learned from the man that is up there doing it on a world stage.AND dosn't even contemplate the repercussions,cos he dont care from the start..least he was willing to bare his soul to the planet!His weaknesses as well as his strengths.

Id like that have that push pull he was playing

Here's another:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLNx5Fv8vOc

Almost as bad as 'country pickers' trying to play rock!
At least he's not playing a student model

Ron Wood played steel at least 30 years: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVEdYYMl ... re=related

I bet he is better then 90% of the players on this forum, and he has got a real band to play with...

Im not so sure that the guitar player had a role in throwing him off listen to it again and you can tell the lead man was more of the trouble then he was.

With all due respect, if he is better than 90% of us, then 90% of us need to join my new therapy group called CPFSA. The A stands for anonymous; if you e-mail me I will tell you what the rest stands for. And I mean this in a good way.

I think I have an idea what CPFS stands for. Is it "Can't Play For Sh**"? I'd fit into that group for sure.

I still stand by what I said, how often would Ronnie play his steel, only when they are in Texas or another USA state, so put yourself in his place and see how good you would be if you only played once in a life time..JR

Cody, welcome to my group, my brother.
Dan

I remember when steel began to be used by rock groups in the late 60's. Even though I didn't play steel at that time, it gave me a really good feeling to know that country music was having it's influence on the rockers of the day. I'd like to see more rock groups use the instrument (especially without distortion). I always considered it a tribute to country music, no matter how unpolished the player was.

i remember when i was just a whippersnapper, i was w: my uncle,who was a great tenor sax fwapper & my musical guru ; while listening to this band on stage
i said, "man that guitar player ain't no good"
to which my uncle replied : " maybe so ! but he's up there & you're down here

Amen to that ^^^

Ya, got that right!

This is good for steel!

Now come on Theresa, if Dire Straits can hire a decent steel player, don't you think the Rolling Stones could cough up a few bucks for a semi-pro??

Dan.
You know he's a rollin stone,
Why hire another player?

Hey Theresa, I was just giving you a hard time!! I was just always so proud to see Paul with Dire Staits because it put such a wonderful face on the capabilities of the instrument in front of a huge non-country audience. However, like you say, just to see the instrument out there on stage with a major megaband is probably a good thing.
Cheers, Dan