Gary Lee Gimble
From:
Fredericksburg, VA.
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Posted 6 Sep 2009 12:34 pm |
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Some folks this year opted not to attend the ISGC for numerous reasons including but not limited to finances, player line up or whatever else suited the excuse Dejour. Finances of course, can derail just about anything, but for folks who didn’t attend because they didn’t see their favorite player booked, were the ones who missed out. I didn’t spend a ton of time in the main ballroom, only because I was constantly drawn to those small conference rooms which always had plenty going on. I suppose on the main stage, some players are more prepared, but to listen to these players have at it in those jam time conference rooms, makes you lose track of whos who in the ballroom. There were plenty of new name players, new to me, who demonstrated their own signature attack, like this fellow Rhodes. Rhodes, a distant relative to Red? The GFI room was consistently smoking with Mike Sigler. I don’t know him personally, but I suspect the only time his picks came off his fingers is when the chow bell rang ,or mother nature requested a deposit. The jazz room was like last year, full of music I wish I could play and not too many people inside, absorbing all the a/c. After Dave Easley finished one of his numbers, I asked my pal Chuck Campbell if he enjoyed The Other Women. For those of you who don’t know Chuck, his pedal steel taste is more traditional C/W. Not everyone stayed glued to their seats during the jazz session, a hand full of spectators opted out. Chuck too. Oh well, their loss, my gain; more cool air to keep all comfy. Russ Hick’s Mullen, which I suspect is his new ax, took me for a double take, look again kinda deal. His guitar simulates a picnic basket with legs, without fried chicken & strawberry jam. I liked it!
Tom Brumley’s tribute show was also a very kewl experience. I had expected steelers participating in this show would for the most part, emulate Brumley’s style, which was done. I also knew eventually, each player’s signature style would take over, but ever so slightly. Jernigan, towards the end, interjected his own unique voice, complementing the songs and of course, Brumley. I was amused at seeing Hicks react to Doug’s fine choice of signature interjection.
This debated issue of pedal steel slipping through the commercial cracks certainly hasn’t deterred a healthy interest in steel. Yes, many of the same tunes you’ve heard from previous shows were pumped out again, but just having an opportunity to see and hear something new makes this convention all worth while.
Russ's geetar
The T B tribute line up
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Jeff Bradshaw
From:
Leslieville, Alberta - Canada
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Posted 6 Sep 2009 1:39 pm
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| Rusty rhodes certianly is a very fine player. You could hear Rusty and Johnny Cox playing in the Jackson room at any given time. Mullen room had some fine playing too, I was very impressed with Tyler Hall, he certainly is going to be a fine player as time goes by. All the best. Jeff |
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