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This video has been posted a couple of times in the Steel Players section, but I thought it also deserved mention in the non-pedal section.

The video looks like it was made in the 1960s. She's playing a Gibson ElectraHarp, but she doesn't touch the pedals at all. I love her playing! This makes me realize how much I Don't know about steel guitar history and some of the players.

Nickie Annick Gabelout --click it--> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqhzeGKh9UI

Thanks Doug, that was very interesting and entertaining. I wasnt familiar with her. I have a friend in Az, Margie Mays, that might know of her. Margie is a wonderful non-pedal player and has been playing steel since she was 8. She plays the Texas and Az show and I think has played in St Louis...good friend of Scotty and she was a good friend of Jerry Byrd as well...sorry, didnt mean to hi-jack your post, just made me think of her. I go over to her house and take lessons from time to time...a wealth of info and talent too.

I've been enjoying Margie's playing on youtube, recorded at steel shows. She plays B11 tuning a lot, and she plays a lot of beautiful older songs that aren't heard much any more. She's keeping it alive!

Doug, here is a photo of Nickie with the Multiharp she bought new in the 1960s. Photo from A. R. Duchossoir's book, "GIBSON Electric Steel Guitars 1935-1967".



C. E.

That was beautiful, Doug. Looks like her heyday was the 60s but the duet video looks much later .... 80s or 90s maybe.

Cool stuff.
She uses pedals in this one:
http://youtu.be/XM7DRz9OTLI

My gosh, she plays it like it's a classical guitar. Beautiful.

Very Nice with a European Sound!
I like the Guitar Player also. Good Match!
Thanks for posting Doug.

Cartwright Thompson wrote:Cool stuff.
She uses pedals in this one:
http://youtu.be/XM7DRz9OTLI

Wow. I have a new favorite.
She is so still, and the way she uses her pinky to mute is very subtle.

I like her playing more in the video where she's not using the pedals. She sounds more assertive and more in tune. Heck, she didn't need pedals! I too like the European/French flair in her music. It sounds like the songs are in a minor key. I like that.

Here is a spirited tune by Nickie, played a bit faster than previous tunes.

"Apollo"
Published on Aug 4, 2012
Annick " Nickie " et Jacques Gabelout
duo " Multiharp " & guitare

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpTAnVPxabQ

Island Blues By Nickie

Published on Aug 4, 2012
la " Multiharp " est présentée par Gibson comme " la Rolls " de sa production d'electric steel guitars dans les années 196O ( " Electric Steel Guitars " Gibson de A.R. Duchaussoir, publié en 2009 à New York ) Page 142, on trouve un poster de Nickie " a renowned French steel player ..."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krH6DGXR1XQ

I really like "Island Blues". She has a nice touch and vibrato.

Lots of people ask about volume pedals and their use here on the forum.

Look at the way she uses the VP. Lots can be learnt from this. Notice the way she hardly moves it, if at all. Still sounds great don't it??

Thank you Chris, for this comment very fair !
Do not confuse " volume " and " expression "...
With his classical training, Nickie uses his pedal to
"express" his own musical intentions.But it is also,
of corse when it interprets covers of standards...

Friendships !
Jacques

That's beautiful stuff. Love "Apollo"!!
MD

This one is knocking me out - La Laïta

https://youtu.be/XM7DRz9OTLI

Michael Devito wrote:That's beautiful stuff. Love "Apollo"!!
MD

Thank you Michael! But this music is less strange than
that heard by your Astronauts of Apollo 10 ...
Friendship

Jacques

Jacques,

I have watched all of the videos on YouTube. They're magnificent.

I especially enjoy the closeups that show the instruments being played.

Thanks for sharing this music.

Miles Lang wrote:This one is knocking me out - La Laïta

https://youtu.be/XM7DRz9OTLI

Wow! That is hauntingly beautiful.

Matt Berg wrote:Jacques,

I have watched all of the videos on YouTube. They're magnificent
Thanks for sharing this music.

Hello Matt, Thank you !
You looked at our 12 videos? We are very surprised
and touched by this interest for our little musics(?)
Yes ! It is a great pleasure to share!
Friendships !
Jacques and Nickie

Really great. And we thought they could only cook.

Thank you Joe,
Yes! But sometimes, when Nickie plays her flute or Multiharp, there is smells "burned" in the kitchen...
and
(Look what your children are not watching...)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Skt4Y4JWpWE

Friendships
Jacques

Bill Leff wrote:

Miles Lang wrote:This one is knocking me out - La Laïta

https://youtu.be/XM7DRz9OTLI

Wow! That is hauntingly beautiful.

Bill, sorry, I forgot to thank you to your comment!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl6t1Bhhf8E
I hope you will also like " la greve blanche "...
(It's very close to home!)

Frienships Jacques