Marty Neer imterview
Posted: 7 Jun 2022 7:18 pm
One of the veteran players I always look forward to seeing
and hearing is Marty Neer....his vast knowledge, experience,
and ability makes him in demand more than most of us . He's
got to be one of the busiest players around . Marty comes to us
from Coffeyville , Ks and started playing 6 string at age 7,
was in several garage bands , and finally took the plunge in
1980, when he bought his first pedal steel, one he describes
as a well worn Clark D-10 . As I mentioned before, Sonny
Curtis who worked with both Tammy Wynette and George Jones
played a Clark.
It was in the 80's that he sat in front of the turntable,
continually raising and re-setting the needle while he
woodshedded , learning licks from his influences like
Rusty Young and Tom Brumley . Traditional country was
making a comeback , spurred on by George Strait , Randy
Travis , and Ricky Skaggs.
It was about that time that Terry Day told him about the
OSGA . He'd already been playing Opry shows around home
and Grove Ok as well as Webb City but that expanded his
contacts in the Steel Guitar world . Marty is adamant about
how he looked forward each year to Scotty's show in St
Louis where he could see and meet the HEROES....Lloyd Green,
Buddy Emmons, Jimmy Day , Herby Wallace...it was like going
to the World Series .
I definitely wanted to honor Marty . He mentioned that he
had far too many guitars . I know that feeling...got basses
out the ying yang. I have always heard that one of the largest
collections of wrap arounds are in Coffeyville . By this time
Marty has become a pretty good mechanic and recently rebuilt a
MCI that he had at our last club jam , but when you get right
down to it , if his guitar was a K Mart brand , you'd stil
recognize his sound .
Because I had so much material on Marty , it was difficult to
keep his interview short . You too, can hear and meet him in a
couple of weeks at the OSGA annual convention which will be
held in the fellowship hall of Saint James Presbyterian located
on So Elm , Jenks Ok starting early Friday June 24 and 25. So
we honor Mr Congeniality Marty Neer
Marty Neer will be performing at the OSGA show in Jenk, OK, on June 24, 2022.
and hearing is Marty Neer....his vast knowledge, experience,
and ability makes him in demand more than most of us . He's
got to be one of the busiest players around . Marty comes to us
from Coffeyville , Ks and started playing 6 string at age 7,
was in several garage bands , and finally took the plunge in
1980, when he bought his first pedal steel, one he describes
as a well worn Clark D-10 . As I mentioned before, Sonny
Curtis who worked with both Tammy Wynette and George Jones
played a Clark.
It was in the 80's that he sat in front of the turntable,
continually raising and re-setting the needle while he
woodshedded , learning licks from his influences like
Rusty Young and Tom Brumley . Traditional country was
making a comeback , spurred on by George Strait , Randy
Travis , and Ricky Skaggs.
It was about that time that Terry Day told him about the
OSGA . He'd already been playing Opry shows around home
and Grove Ok as well as Webb City but that expanded his
contacts in the Steel Guitar world . Marty is adamant about
how he looked forward each year to Scotty's show in St
Louis where he could see and meet the HEROES....Lloyd Green,
Buddy Emmons, Jimmy Day , Herby Wallace...it was like going
to the World Series .
I definitely wanted to honor Marty . He mentioned that he
had far too many guitars . I know that feeling...got basses
out the ying yang. I have always heard that one of the largest
collections of wrap arounds are in Coffeyville . By this time
Marty has become a pretty good mechanic and recently rebuilt a
MCI that he had at our last club jam , but when you get right
down to it , if his guitar was a K Mart brand , you'd stil
recognize his sound .
Because I had so much material on Marty , it was difficult to
keep his interview short . You too, can hear and meet him in a
couple of weeks at the OSGA annual convention which will be
held in the fellowship hall of Saint James Presbyterian located
on So Elm , Jenks Ok starting early Friday June 24 and 25. So
we honor Mr Congeniality Marty Neer
Marty Neer will be performing at the OSGA show in Jenk, OK, on June 24, 2022.