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Harland Powell
Posted: 7 Jan 2021 6:47 am
by William Carter
Does anybody know what kind of tuning Harland Powell was using with Boxcar Willie? Looked like a reddish colored MSA 12 string he was playing.
Harland Powell
Posted: 7 Jan 2021 7:12 pm
by Clark Doughty
I PURCHASED MY FIRST PSG, A BLACK MULLEN 12 STRING FROM JOEY RILEY IN BRANSON WHICH HE TOLD ME WAS HARLAND'S PSG.....THIS WAS IN JULY OF 2010
Posted: 10 Jan 2021 10:00 am
by joe long
Harlin was one of a few early influences on me growing up in Dallas. He play steel with Sonny James before "Young Love".
Re: Harland Powell
Posted: 14 Jan 2021 12:45 pm
by Brett Day
Clark Doughty wrote:I PURCHASED MY FIRST PSG, A BLACK MULLEN 12 STRING FROM JOEY RILEY IN BRANSON WHICH HE TOLD ME WAS HARLAND'S PSG.....THIS WAS IN JULY OF 2010
There was a video on YouTube a few years ago where Boxcar was singing "Wabash Cannonball" and "I Love The Sound Of A Whistle", and during the steel solo on "Wabash Cannonball", Boxcar introduces Harland, saying he's playing the Hawaiian pedal electric steel guitar, and the steel is the same Mullen.
Posted: 15 Jan 2021 5:47 am
by Dick Hitchcock
I met Harland when we opened for Boxcar Willie in Norfolk Nebraska. He was gracious enough to let me play my set through his amp. I didn't know him well, but his kindness to me will always be remembered. What a nice gentleman and a darned good picker too. Rest in Peace my friend!