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The Florida Steel Guitar Club's October 2009 Meeting/Jam will be Wednesday, November 11th, 2009, at 5:30PM. Location is Catfish Johnny's Restaurant, CR470, Lake Panasoffkee, Fl. (our regular Meeting/Jam place).
Come early and support Catfish Johnny's Restaurant before the jam.
The FSGC Club holds monthly Meetings/Steel Guitar Jams the 2nd Wednesday of each month. Lake Panasoffkee is exit 321 on I75, approximately 60 miles west of Orlando and about the same distance north of Tampa.
Don/Jack

Check out the Club's new web site for SPECIAL EVENTS and pictures. http://www.floridasteelguitarclub.com/

For those who intend to be playing please abide by the volume level requested by the owner of the establishment.

Thanks for the reminder, Don. Hope to see you all again this month if I can catch a ride with Tom and Clyde.

A bump for the good guys!

Looking forward to seeing all my picking buddies
I dislocated my right hand pinky today and now have a splint on it that may hinder (or help) my playing.
Should be healed by jam time if I don't whack it again
Fred

Fred I have missed you guys, hide your eyes when The misses and I get together would sure hate to get shot. If you have not left yet have a safe trip.

ernie

Ernie, my dear friend, We arrived last Wed. evening.
The Emmons made the trip safe & sound .
I'll be keeping my eyes on you &Pat. Can't wait to throw a hug on ya
Fred

Nick's having a fit to get down there and be with you guys in February. Hopefully we'll seeya then.

Linda

Fred, welcome back. Drop by today if you are free, we start the Tuesday jams at Catfish Johnny's today. Cal will also be there.

Jack
Have a great start off season at Catfish Johnny's.

I won't be bringing my steel to the jam next week because of major back problems.
So I'd like to borrow a steel with E's Lowered RKL
for a couple of songs.
I think both Fred and Jim Price are set up that way.
I'm an old Shobud guy and just can't get used to the new setup LKR.
Don

Jack, I'll try to get over after we get the mail sorted.
Don, you're welcome to use my Emmons. Except for the LKR, it's fairly 'normal'.......
Fred

Fred
Thanks.
Your LeGrand II and mine are the same except for the back neck which I don't need.
I'll check it out pal.
Thanks/Don

Don, if I get my Fessy in time to change it over, my E's will lower RKL. For some weird reason, the Emmons I learned on was set up that way and it's the only way I can play. I had so much fun last month and nobody threw anything, so I thought I'd come visit again. You need to get some of those neat T-shirts in XXX, though (or I need to lose my gut). See you Wednesday.

Skip
Glad to have you.
It's tough with that knee lever.
I had been playing over 25 years and tried to switch and after a couple of days I said some of my licks now are gone unless I change a couple of other knees
so I went back to RKL.

See you next week.
The snowbirds should be arriving soon.
Don

Looking forward to seeing all my picking and non-picking friends this Wednesday. Also, devouring some of Johnnys great fish
Fred

Looking forward to our Jam.
Fred your Emmons LeGrande II SD-10 is the closest to my to my Legrande II D-10.
I may just take you up on your offer.
Don

I've heard from Mike Bondz (Johnny Bondz's son) and he is planning on coming to the jam. Mike is an excellent drummer and has taken up steel. Mike played drums at one of our club steel shows (he had his electronic drums at the show). Johnny and Sue will also be there.

By my lastest count on my proposed player list it looks like we should have a full house.
See you later today.
Don

Good show, nice crowd lots of hugs from our best girls. I told you Fred. lol

ernie

And Ernie settled on playing Jack Dougherty's Emmons Push Pull last night

I doubt very much he'll get Jack's P/P
but he'll be a-lookin' and we'll wait and see what Ernie has next month.

We sure had a full house of players last night.
We had 16 players to play in just a 3 hour frame.

Unfortunately we may have to go back to a limit of players so that each player can have a decent amount of time to play.
We'll see how the winter snowbirders flock down to play and see what happens.
Our regular all season players have priority on playing as they keep the club going 12 months of the year with their support to the club and Johnny's restaurant.

Thanks so much to our band members we had 3 drummers three bass players a lead and rhythm player.
The FSGC is alive and well in it's 7th year and growing.
Don

Don... you're right. It won't be mine

But I think that's what keeps Ernie going. He's always looking.

JD
I don't blame you.
You sounded super on that P/P of yours last night.
And thanks for playing "Rose Colored Glasses".
So sweet.

Limiting the number of pickers is something that is undesireable to do. We've always tried to accomodate everyone that shows up and wants to pick. But, that does severely limit the number of songs each gets to play. I know I wouldn't drive 100 miles (or however far) to only get to play two songs.

Some of the other clubs limit the number of pickers and/or have a sign up sheet with a "x" number cutoff. With the popularity of the monthly jam, it's something to think about.

(Dave, you are safe and we will have a spot for you in December as promised)