Video from NYC Lap Steel Fest

Mike Neer · Post by **Mike Neer** » 17 Nov 2009 5:23 am

This was how things were kicked off on Saturday night, with Dan Tyack and Chuck Campbell. It was a nice little house band I cobbled together; most of us just met minutes before.

Dan and Chuck are just tone masters. More to follow. Unfortunately, due to the low lighting at Rodeo Bar, the video quality is terrible. I'm hoping at some point to get some of Howard's video edited in. In the meantime, it's listenable.

"In The Morning When I Rise"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYr2SiK7fzQ

On Sunday, one of the bands featured was Nation Beat, with Raphael MacGregor on steel. Here they are playing their own unique twist on Brazilian music:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qj9sWpCbL50

Slo-Mo featuring Mic Wrecka with Mike Brenner on lap steel:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6MOlm9Wn10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmM29TyEU-I

Scroll down for many more videos.

HowardR · Post by **HowardR** » 17 Nov 2009 7:27 am

Mike.......this is BETTER than I expected......from the LCD screen, I thought that we wouldn't get anything at all......

Tom Pettingill · Post by **Tom Pettingill** » 17 Nov 2009 8:09 am

It was a nice little house band I cobbled together; most of us just met minutes before.

I'd say way better than nice! Fun tune

Fontaine Burnett · Post by **Fontaine Burnett** » 17 Nov 2009 8:51 am

Good lord

!! What a party! Mr. Neer, I beg thee... please post more videos!!!

Mike Neer · Post by **Mike Neer** » 17 Nov 2009 9:31 am

OK, this whole process of getting the videos prepared is more time-consuming than I can deal with right now, but I will post them to this thread in the first post as I am able.

Check out Nation Beat, in the first post.

Steve Cunningham · Post by **Steve Cunningham** » 17 Nov 2009 9:33 am

Sounds great...that's some mighty fine armpit guitar pickin' too, Mike.

Bill Leff · Post by **Bill Leff** » 17 Nov 2009 9:43 am

Sounds fantastic. Man, I wish I could of made that, but there was 3,000 miles between me and the Rodeo Bar.

Props to all the players!

Btw, who is the bass player? Is that the guy that plays with James Taylor?

Kevin Brown · Post by **Kevin Brown** » 17 Nov 2009 9:58 am

hmmmmm, makes one wonder why it hasnt been done before, well done mike, were you the sole brains behind this ? thats a lot of organising, well done, respect.

Mike Neer · Post by **Mike Neer** » 17 Nov 2009 10:18 am

Raphael and I were talking at the show and it was said that "everyone in NY plays lap steel." This is somewhat true, although with varying degrees of success.

Jack Grace said to me, "We should have a Lap Steel festival, go ahead and see what you can do." It was in honor of Drew Glackin, so it was decided that it would be a celebration of Lap steel in different contexts, not so much a history of steel guitar, but where is it today and where is it going? If we do it again next year, I'll have a lot to think about.

This festival, with the generosity of everyone involved, was an absolute joy. There wasn't much money to go around and some folks made great sacrifices. All of the musicians involved were completely low maintenance and in the case of Dan, for example, he brought Chuck Campbell in. How cool is that? Fred Kinbom had Wade Schuman sit in. Wade has a band, Hazmat Modine, which I wanted to book but couldn't make happen. And yet, things work out somehow. Tiki Daddy had Andrew Hall and Bliss Blood of the Moonlighters with them...see what I mean?

Mike D · Post by **Mike D** » 17 Nov 2009 11:29 am

Awesome!

Hey was that Lee Sklar on bass?

Bill Leff · Post by **Bill Leff** » 17 Nov 2009 3:29 pm

Kevin Brown wrote:hmmmmm, makes one wonder why it hasnt been done before, well done mike, were you the sole brains behind this ? thats a lot of organising, well done, respect.

No disrespect to Mike, but Colin Alder (maker of Cruztone guitars) has put together two great lap steel festival in Santa Cruz, California for the last two years. They were called "Lapstravaganza".

HowardR · Post by **HowardR** » 20 Nov 2009 5:01 pm

Here's the first clip of Slo Mo......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6MOlm9Wn10

HowardR · Post by **HowardR** » 20 Nov 2009 5:23 pm

here's another of Slo Mo....Hava Nagelah right into Amazing Grace......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmM29TyEU-I

George Piburn · Post by **George Piburn** » 20 Nov 2009 5:23 pm

HowardR · Post by **HowardR** » 20 Nov 2009 6:01 pm

and yet another of Slo Mo.......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67qC0caqQCc

HowardR · Post by **HowardR** » 20 Nov 2009 8:54 pm

Nation Beat.....

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

Mitch Druckman · Post by **Mitch Druckman** » 20 Nov 2009 11:15 pm

It looks like a great time and great music in NYC

Mike D · Post by **Mike D** » 21 Nov 2009 9:41 am

Good stuff guys. Nation Beat reminds me a bit of Major Lingo from here in AZ.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gilb6NUF ... re=related

Roman Sonnleitner · Post by **Roman Sonnleitner** » 21 Nov 2009 10:51 am

Great videos, I'll definitely have to check out some of those bands I've never heard about before...

HowardR · Post by **HowardR** » 21 Nov 2009 7:30 pm

more Nation Beat......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnq9n4wiRGY

HowardR · Post by **HowardR** » 21 Nov 2009 8:03 pm

heeeeeere's Fred!......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K51xQV4x0Jg

HowardR · Post by **HowardR** » 21 Nov 2009 8:27 pm

Fred & Wade Schuman.......

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

HowardR · Post by **HowardR** » 21 Nov 2009 8:58 pm

and without any further ado.....Tiki Daddy.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTU3PNKC8ZM

HowardR · Post by **HowardR** » 21 Nov 2009 9:53 pm

and back by popular demand...Tiki Daddy......try the veal and don't forget to tip your waiter.......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmEbgo76eIg

Steinar Gregertsen · Post by **Steinar Gregertsen** » 22 Nov 2009 6:40 am

That's it, I'm moving to New York!!

On second thoughts.... maybe not, but damn I would have loved to be there...

Thanks for posting all these great videos!

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Video from NYC Lap Steel Fest

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