Robert Randolph on Conan Tonight
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Robert Randolph on Conan Tonight
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Hey Robert,
just listened to the songs on the "Word"-site and I just love it. It seems that the CD is not released in Europe, right?
It would be great if you'd share your insights with us.
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just listened to the songs on the "Word"-site and I just love it. It seems that the CD is not released in Europe, right?
It would be great if you'd share your insights with us.
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I will be at Irving Plaza to see Robert tonight. I missed the Conan show last night. Here in NJ we had 100 degrees and high humidity, since I work outside, I was toatlly exhausted, and fell asleep, Today is supposed to be the same, but I know Robert will keep my attention.
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I saw him on Conan last night(loved it) and I couldn't get over how everything we complain about on this forum regarding:
Is there a future for pedal steel?
Where are the young players?
Can the steel be played in other kinds of music?
was all being answered right there on
national TV!!
A band FEATURING the pedal steel, front and center........who would've thought it???!!
Is there a future for pedal steel?
Where are the young players?
Can the steel be played in other kinds of music?
was all being answered right there on
national TV!!
A band FEATURING the pedal steel, front and center........who would've thought it???!!
Three cheers for Robert AND for NBC for having the guts to put a band with a steel guitar up front on national TV!
If any non-player ever wondered what a pedal steel guitar is, how it sounds, and how it is played, Robert certainly answered those questions last night.
This was also a great plug for Jerry Fessenden and the tireless work he does to get quality pedal steels to musicians at a great price, even if Robert's 13 string Fessy is purple!
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If any non-player ever wondered what a pedal steel guitar is, how it sounds, and how it is played, Robert certainly answered those questions last night.
This was also a great plug for Jerry Fessenden and the tireless work he does to get quality pedal steels to musicians at a great price, even if Robert's 13 string Fessy is purple!
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With all due respect to the quality of Fessenden guitars, what was played last night sounded NOTHING like a pedal steel guitar. RR played on the National Public Radio just the previous day and played some terrific blues with crisp, brilliant sound that DID sound like a pedal steel. What we heard on Conan was not close.<SMALL>If any non-player ever wondered what a pedal steel guitar is, how it sounds, and how it is played, Robert certainly answered those questions last night.</SMALL>
Jeff,
I respect your comments about Robert's tone.
However, the point is "that was then and this is now." Our pre-conceived notion of "how" a steel guitar should sound is based on our personal preferences, of course, but times have obviously changed and the instrument's sound has expanded. There are many beautiful sounds made by this instrument, and Robert's tone was working for HIM last night!!
And he just killed me. I was very proud to be a steel guitarist after what I heard and saw last night. And what I saw was an exciting musician tearing it up on a pedal steel guitar on a network TV show. Way cool!
Thanks, Robert.
I respect your comments about Robert's tone.
However, the point is "that was then and this is now." Our pre-conceived notion of "how" a steel guitar should sound is based on our personal preferences, of course, but times have obviously changed and the instrument's sound has expanded. There are many beautiful sounds made by this instrument, and Robert's tone was working for HIM last night!!
And he just killed me. I was very proud to be a steel guitarist after what I heard and saw last night. And what I saw was an exciting musician tearing it up on a pedal steel guitar on a network TV show. Way cool!
Thanks, Robert.
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Hi Fish,
If you can, try to get a recording of the National Public Radio interview (on a good recording media. Don't use RealPlayer, or anything like that). He did blues and rock, and used effects, but the sound was just way, way, way better. The Conan show delivered sound that not only was unlike a pedal steel, but not quality sound for ANY kind of instrument. If you did hear the interview, and still feel the way you do, then we have a difference of opinion on the sound quality of the performance.
If you can, try to get a recording of the National Public Radio interview (on a good recording media. Don't use RealPlayer, or anything like that). He did blues and rock, and used effects, but the sound was just way, way, way better. The Conan show delivered sound that not only was unlike a pedal steel, but not quality sound for ANY kind of instrument. If you did hear the interview, and still feel the way you do, then we have a difference of opinion on the sound quality of the performance.
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Here's the link to the NPR interview: http://www.npr.org/programs/wesun/features/2001/aug/robertrandolph/010805.robertrandolph.html
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Regards, Craig
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Regards, Craig