The Steel Guitar Forum

Well its less than 3 weeks until the 1st of hopefully
many shows.

We have a really nice lineup of players and a really
great house band. Also a really nice facility.

I hope you will all let the word out so we get a good
turnout. Please forward the website to all the folks you can.

This show is for Muscular Dystrophy, but we have our music featuring the beautiful steel guitar as the attraction!

Here is the website:

http://steelguitarbenefit.giving.officelive.com

Hope to see many of you there.

Thanks, Jim Leaman

The car is loaded. I am so excited to play this new show. The cause and the venue is perfect and lets support Jim's show everyone.

I'm making my list of material and working on tunes. This will be a good show so come to Oconomowoc and everyone bring ten friends with you. Ron

You guys are all warmed up from the Iowa show,there should still be a lot of licks on your guitars!

I think I renamed one of my tunes I did in Iowa. It's called "All Thumbs". Ron

Been there! Haven't most of us.

I'm proud to support and be a part of this show. It has the makings of a great annual event.
Looking forward to it!

This is going to be a great show for a great cause. I am looking forward to being there and doing some new and unusual songs.

Blessings, Albert

I am very glad all of you guys are playing....Jim

Would like to thank the Steel guitar community for
stepping up and helping us out on our M D benefit ,And making this a special day for Elizabeth Leaman.
Mullen guitar co. GFI.Dannys (Jagwire strings)Williams guitar co.(Tech West Peterson tuners)
FC sound Billy and Patty Phelps. TC Furlong,Albert
Svenddal. With this kind of support it will no doubt be a success.

Well said Al, Thank you. Jim

I'm excited to do this wonderful show, I'm practicing all the time. I hope evveryone has a wonderful Thanksgiving, then they come to the show on Saturday.
Our Children is our best investment we could ever make, and the MDA is where we need to invest. Let help them out.
Roger

Peanut, I talked to your mom and she said you were bringing a Banana Souffle' for Thanksgiving.
Just a little inside joke there

Roger

Bump to the top!

Getting ready for the show, hope I don't forget my picks.

Bump

Less than a week....coming fast!!

Have a good Thanksgiving everyone, then get ready for a good show on Saturday.

wish i could be there. but i will be there in spirit
hope to see some pictures.

god bless

p.w
www.headensouthband.com

This was a great show, well organized by Jim Leaman and others, led by a great staff band, and featuring many great players. This was a beautiful venue, and the turnout was good for a first show. It will surely grow. I must thank Al Svendal for including Al Anderson and myself on one tune on his set, even though my pac-a-seat leg found the only hole in the stage and dumped me on the floor. We all had a good laugh on that one. Over all it was a good time and raised funds for muscular dystrophy. Jory Simmons and Al Anderson were among the lucky ones at the raffle. Thanks to everyone who had a hand it putting on this class event.Ron

I've got to agree with Ronnie.
A great venue. I had a fun time and look forward to next years show.

I have to say I am very pleased with the show yesterday. It looks like we raised over $4000 for Muscular Dystrophy! It is so wonderful that the instrument we all love so much can be the vehicle to helping fight a terrible disease. Wow, I am tearing up right now writing about it.......

Ok, I am better now. I am going to try to thank all the people involved and if I miss anyone I apologise.

First the house band without which there would have been no show:

Joe Peterson-Drums
Roger Miller-lead guitar
Mark Wayne-bass
Glenn Runnels-fiddle
Ray Berggren-bass
Jim Jinkerson-keyboards
Rick McKay-drums
Jory Simmons-bass and lead

I want to thank all the great steel players who played their hearts out and had a blast doing it:

Bill McRoberts
Ron Moore
Jory Simmons
Kenny Knoll
Al Anderson
Ron Klein
Leroy Deuster
Mark Wayne
Al Svenddal
Roger Miller
TC Furlong
Yours Truly

I also want to thank Curt Steele and Kenn Anderson for playing in The Sawyer Road Band.

I want to thank the following companys in the steel guitar industry:

Mullen Steel Guitars
GFI
Williams Guitar Company
Peterson Tuners
Billy Phelps-Full Circle Sound

There were many very generous donors from my local area and I won't name them individually because they probably won't read this, but I certainly want to thank them.

Last but not least I want to thank Olympia Resort and owner Rick Eckert for the fantastic facility.

Before I left at the end of the night I polled as many participants as possible whether they would like to see this event happen next year and the response was unanamous and an enthusiastic yes! So barring anything unforseen, it should be a go next year.

Oh, I almost forgot. Some of you got to know her last night and without her this event never would have happened. I want to thank Laura Barnes!

Having said all this, another thing that really pleases me is that I know I made some new friends in the process...and that is priceless!!!

Jim

We were sorry to hear that Danny Hullien had
mechanacle problems with there bus and couldn't make the show. But Saturday evening was well represented
with performances bye Mark Wayne, Roger Miller,
T C Furlong, And Albert Svenddal.I would Also like to
thank Albert for being gracious enough to invite
Ron Moore, And myself up to join him for one on his set, All of you were a great closing act. Thanks.

It was a great show with great music and a house band that nailed everything. I really enjoyed all the players. I do think Roger Miller gets the MVP award for doing the fantastic job that he did, with little or no sleep and fighting a sinus infection. What a great guy! And the greatest topper of the whole show.. Raising over $4000 for Muscular Dystrophy! WOW!!! Very Cool!

Great Job! Jim for putting this all together. I'm looking forward to next year already

God's Blessings to all.

Leroy