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Non-country music with pedal and/or lap steel on all but one tune. We recorded this in a basement "studio" (our drummer's house), with Adam Gardner at the helm & on bass. Adam has assisted Dave Cobb on many projects, playing bass, keys, guitar, and assisting with production, editing, engineering.

There are not a whole lotta steel players in the Chicago area, and those that are here lean country. I wanted to do something else, and this album is exactly the kind of music I want to play steel guitar on. Please take a listen to the tracks on The Stars That Hang Above.

I would love your feedback.

I play lead guitar, pedal & non-pedal steel, baritone guitar, and high-strung acoustic guitar.

http://davesills.com/music/

Very NICE recording! everything was just right.. liked it all of it... thanks for posting!

Thank you very much! That's very encouraging to read.

This is the first time I'm playing this much steel guitar on an album (usually it's just a track or two on a pal's album), so this one's particularly exciting for me.

Very tasteful!

chris

very good sound. we need people like you to think out of the box. keep up the good work

60's hippie
34 years p.s.g

p.w

Paul Wade wrote:chris

very good sound. we need people like you to think out of the box. keep up the good work

60's hippie
34 years p.s.g

p.w

Thanks Paul! I've been a lead guitarist for many years and I tend to view pedal steel (and lap steel) as an extension of my lead guitar playing. Just using a different "voice" with different possibilities.

Thank you Steve! That is my overriding goal.