This is a new one....
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- Dave Zirbel
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This is a new one....
I’ve heard it called “steel pedalâ€, lap top slide, tabletop guitar, etc.....the drummer of the opening band said he liked my steel piano🤪
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A review of a band local magazine called it a "table slide."
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Somebody once called it “the Moog synthesizerâ€. Granted, I was using lots of effects on that gig...but Jeez!
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When I played in a band with Kevin Quick a guy came up to our late singer Alan Hamel and asked him what was Kevin playing,Alan told the guy that "Stu breaks so many strings while playing that Kevin had to wind new ones for Stu,and it was a string winding machine.
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Extraterrestrial Instrument
A good drummer friend of mine that used to work the road with the Hag and a few other greats told me that he once told the steel player that the instrument must be from outer space as no earthling could be so coordinated as to have each limb do something that seemed so thoroughly difficult all at the same time other than an "alien" with "out of this world" capabilities. As I try to learn to play the instrument ...... I am beginning to think he might have been right. LOL If nothing else, a darn good description of just how difficult it is.
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That's actually what it is.Greg Gefell wrote:I’ve heard it called, “a math problem on legs!â€
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Extraterrestrial Instrument
Sorry guys, I took it as a compliment (and I'm sure he meant it that way) when the drummer made those comments about steel players being "aliens". I am only a novice and highly respect you fellas that have mastered the instrument. I will be more cautious about my future posts. It was a joke and I thought it was funny but I suppose everyone has their own ideas about that.