The Steel Guitar Forum

I am so pleased to tell all you Steelies that John
Heinrich, has been real busy, first in Major Sessions
with Dixanna,TG Sheppard, DJ Fonana,Stella Parton, and at EMI RECORDING STUDIO with writer Charlie Craig, and on
Major recording session in Atlanta with NEO SOUL ARTIST ANGEL GRANT. The phone is ringing off the wall for this great steel guitar stylist, as Ami Tonn dubbed him after Johns requested live performance at the COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME.Ami Tonn is the director of entertainment at our Country Music Hall of Fame. John is endorsed by Excel Steel Guitar and performs as a master on his steel guitar, The Excel Team led by
Matsuo Fujii, designer and performer, and the awesome Bill Stafford were in Nashville to do recording also at Gene Breeden's studio on Matsuo's steel album.
John is also endorsed by Morrell Music Company and we have been in Bristol Tennesse doing videos with John on the Joe Morrell Professional Model Lap Steel You can see these videos' at www.morrellmusic.com

We will be doing a full cd on John Heinrich with originals of Johns and some of the country classics, in the meantime John who is a seasoned professional steel guitar player continues to enjoy his instrument, his work and his music.

Happy Easter to all of you steelies
Judy Whiting
www.lilacmoonproductions.com

John: Roy & I are so proud of you but you already knew that. You know that Roy plays an Excel and would play nothing else. We are going to St. Louis this year so if you get there be sure to look us up. Your friends, Roy & Laurie

Hi Judy, nice threat. So proud for you with John. He is one of the very best.
Sure hope you could arrange for John to be at our June 20 Deep South Steel show here on the Mississippi Coast. We have a very nice community center reserved and the Mississippi Coast Jazz Society will also be on stage and it would be a treat to have John join in on their program. Hope it can be worked out. Contact me for particulars, etc.
Thanks.
Bill Stafford

Hi John. Scotty's Music is the world wide distributor for the Excel steel guitar and we are getting more and more endorsements all the time. Mitsuo Fujii (FujiiSan) is a master builder and the Excel Superb model has the most updated state of the art changer on the market. Anyone interested in the Excel can contact me at scotty@scottysmusic.com and can see the Excel guitar on our website. www.scottysmusic.com. Scotty

Thanks for filling everyone in on John's career. Those of us from Kentucky are well aware of the breadth and depth of John's talents and look forward to his new CD.

Wow, thanks everyone for the kind words! Hey Judy, I appreciate the post, keep up the hard work and I'll see you at the studio tomorrow for the Lilac Moon Productions recording session.

All the best!

Judy, this is great news and thank you for the update. I know John has been working very hard and he deserves all the work and endorsements. John really raved about his new Excel steel guitar when he received it and has told me about it's unique sound. I recently saw the Morrell lap steel videos and these are great marketing tools for John as well as Morrell, as you and Morrell already know. While I'm at it let me say that all this is happening because of your hard work as well.

Kindest regards,

I read the thread and just thought back several years. I bought my first Steel from Mr. Joe Morrell on East State street in Bristol. I was raised in a small community 9 miles from Bristol. I was in his music store every saturday. I paid him $25.00 for it on credit and paid five down and 10 a week. He even put Black Diamond strings on it for me. That was 47 years ago and Steel Guitar's have taken my monies every since. Mac Wiseman, Lester Flatt and Curley King, Jim and Jessee, and Ralph Standly, would come in and pick at Morrell music. What a treat for a small boy wearing his dashboard overall and milk cows and put up hay for six strings and a flat piece of wood. They would also play at a radio station there called signs of WOPI and WCYB. WOPI on Tenn side and WCYB Va side.

Both of you have done fine jobs in the past and this is the outcome that can only happen when one has knowledge and is focused. Judy, thank you for helping in my studio and also with the song pitching and John as always your a real talent with everything you do.

Thanks again,