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The New England Steel Guitar Association will hold a Steel Guitar Show September 19, from 12 noon till 6pm at Post 15, 1016 Main Street, East Greenwich, Rhode Island.
Steel Players will be:
Mike Pfeifer from New Jersey
George Wixon from Conn.
Dick and Diana Smith from New York
Also Vinnie Doyle, Bob Prunier, Frank Goulart, and Richard Lucke.
The band will be Ken Law and The Lawmen.
The kitchen will be open.
There will be prize raffles and a 50/50 raffle.
Come on down!
Pat Doyle

Hope you guys have a great NESGA Show this year like we had the first year.Anna and I will be busy with the Steel Guitar Jam we are having down here in Clayton North Carolina.Maybe we will be able to make it next year depending on how our health is and gas prices.I have to try to drive a little slower so I don't get another speeding ticket sent in the mail like I just got from a trip to Tennessee.OH well that is what happens when you step on the gas to get threw a caution light and the camera gets you for speeding Darn.I know I do have a heavy foot and I knew that camera was there.Next time I stop right in the middle of the intersection.
Sam White

Thanks Sam and Anna, Hope you have a great jam down there! Watch that speed. You are supposed to slow down, not go faster. Keep us posted.
Pat and Vinnie

Vinnie, scheduling your N.E. Steel Guitar meeting in RI on the same day that the RI group is having its own annual meeting is obviously a bad conflict that can only hurt one or the other or both groups and possibly lead to some bad feelings. While there's still time, I'd strongly suggest one of you re-schedule.

Bill not to stick my nose in but that will not hurt either RISGA or the NESGA. RISGA has their Steel Show in Fall River MA.and NESGA has theirs in Rhode Island where all the people at Post 15 will not go to MA.. It is altogether two diffrent crowds that go to each of them. I do under stand that Some players of each like to go to both Steel Shows. I do know that NESGA can not change their date as they are booked with Post 15 one year in advance and they book for their Jamborees for the whole year.I tryed to avoid this happening when I ran NESGA.There are four organizations that use post 15 in East Greenwich R.I.every year and the CMA of R.I. has first choice of the hall Walter Hall has second choice NESGA has third choice and R.I. Country Horrizon has last choice.Now the problem of one of them changing is that they have every thing booked and all players are confirmed. This is what you have to be careful of not to book when there are other Steel shows close by. I always checked with PSGA in Conn. and RISGA when I started NESGA to make sure this did not happen.I know NESGA has to keep their date as there is not an other date they can use for the hall and that is their date for the hall in September.When I ran both organizations I always had the last Sunday of the month for RISGA and the third Sunday of the month for NESGA.Now that is up to them to try to straiten this problem out.I'm not involved in either so I have nothing to say. I do hope they both have a great Steel Show and it does not hurt either organization.I know NESGA has Steel Players coming in from VA,PA,NJ and north west of Albany N.Y.
I hope this will help everyone and they can have great Steel Shows.
Sam White

Thanks Sam, I couldn't have said it better. As soon as we get our dates for next year, we will post them, hopefully to avoid this next year. We appreciate the support of all our friends.
Thanks again, Sam.
Hope to see you at our show next year!
Pat Doyle

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Vincent:
Does the New England Steel Guitar Association hace a website? Are there membership dues and how does one join? I'd like to try to make your show.
Dave Yustin VT

Hi Dave, I sent you an email. We would love to have you join our organization and hope to see you at our show. We are really excited about this show.
We always look forward to new members. We will be having jams every month starting in January. After this show in September,
we will have a jam November 14.
Looking forward to meeting you.
Vinnie

Vinnie, Guess who will be playing bass for your Nov. 14th jam.......my own Elaine Ellis!

Hi Manny, Looking forward to the jam. It will be nice to see Elaine again.

Vinnie

Hi Vincent,

Is that the VFW or American Legion? If you happen to see Howie (the bassist) ask him to give me a call please.

Hi Mike, It is The American Legion Post 15 , in East Greenwich. Steve said you can call him. He is up to date on who the bass player will be.
Looking forward to seeing you September 19.
Vinnie

Thanks Vincent. See you at the show.

Lets boot NESGA to the top.

Thanks Sam and Anna, We are all looking forward to the New England Steel Guitar Show September 19th at Post 15 in East Greenwich RI from 12 noon till 6pm. We will also have Dobro Dan playing his dobro for us. It should be a fun time for all. We will be thinking of you Sam!! Good luck with your steel jams.
Vinnie and Pat

Thank You Pat & Vinny hope you guys have a great steel Show .Hope it goes as good as the first one and better.I will have to work my Butt off to keep everyone happy down here as these guys are all top Steel Players. It is going to be a little tight in the hall but I think we will be OK.I will take my Steel and if there is time for me to play I will give it my best.
Sam White

Hi Vincent,

I emailed a recording I did recently,to Ken Law. His reply? ?????????????you're not serious! Last night,Bob from Ken's band left me a message saying,the kind of music I play would not be appreciated by the audience at the steel show. Why would I even want to meet,let alone play music with these people?

Hi Vincent,

Bob apologized. Thank you Vincent,Pat, and Steve.

Hey Mike don't listen to any one in a band except the band leader. Ken has a great country band and they have to play what the Steel player wants not what they want.They have a Steel player in their band and he is also a member of NESGA. It is a Steel Guitar show not a band show.You go and have a great time as the people at NESGA will appreciate your playing.Drop me a E-Mail.
Sam White

Hi Sam,

I hope you are enjoying your retirement. You,Vincent,Pat,and Steve are such nice people. You know, I lived in MA for several years,and I'll always regret having moved back to NJ. I love New England. As far as the show goes, I guess my status is pending. Either way, I'm pickin' an'a grinnin'.

We are getting close to our steel show and soooo looking forward to it. The weather looks good for our out of town players. We hope it will be one of our best shows yet. Come on down and have some fun with real good traditional country music and good food. The place is Post 15, 1016 Main Street, East Greenwich Rhode Island, from 12 noon till 6pm.
See you all there.
Pat Doyle
Secretary-Treasurer

There seemed to be a series of misunderstandings. Acting in the moment,It was not my intention to defame anyone or the show by posting what had occured here. I apologize to the members of the New England Steel Association.

New England Steel Guitar Association's show this Sunday September 19th from noon till 6 pm. Post 15 1016 Main St. East Greenwich RI. Great Food and Great Music. COME ON DOWN!!

I'm sadden that Mike Phiffer is not going to make the NESGA show because of a a band member saying what he said to Mike in a E-Mail. I have a copy of what was said and I think if a band is hired to play a Steel Show they do not have the right to tell the Steel player what he can play and what he can't.It is a Steel Guitar Show not a band show.I know who the person is that started the miss under standing and he told me when I bought my first new Fessenden Steel Guitar that it was junk and he had one and threw it on the side of I-95. I had no use for him then and I still do not have any use for him.Mike is a great steel player and they are going to miss a great Steel player this year. I could not believe the sound that mike has playing strait from the amp with no afects plugged in.Mike I apologize for the Steel Player in Ken Laws Band as he has no class what so ever.
The founder of RISGA, NESGA, Greeneville TN. Steel Guitar original Steel Guitar Jam and now the Steel Guitar Jam in Clayton N.C..I keep pushing the Steel Guitar the most beautiful Instrument in the world.
Sam White