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PSG Twain "Tribute" CD - Who and Why?
Posted: 10 Jun 2003 7:15 pm
by Bruce Meyer
Does anyone know who did this (see Ebay link below) and why? C'mon now, fess up!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2536777691&category=621
Posted: 10 Jun 2003 7:46 pm
by Brian Henry
I have attended some of Shania Twain's concerts. I think that paul Franklin Jnr., was the pedal steel player. Whoever he was, he sounded great. He had great tone and technique and seemed to used pick blocking much of the time. Can some one confirm if Paul Jnr., plays for this great country singer at concerts.
Posted: 10 Jun 2003 7:46 pm
by Larry Bell
Well, the advert says it's Robby Turner and Rob Ickes. I have no reason to doubt it.
And, no, Paul Franklin does not regularly play concerts with any recording artist I'm aware of. Shania's steel player was Marc Muller, last I heard.
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Posted: 11 Jun 2003 5:06 am
by JB Arnold
It's not Paul. There is a thread in the archives where we got a link to the players web page and everything.
JB
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Posted: 11 Jun 2003 5:20 am
by Lee Baucum
I see that it has "plenty of...dobra".
Is a dobra the feminine version of a dobro?
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Posted: 11 Jun 2003 6:19 am
by Jim Cohen
Yes, and the plural is dobri.
(and, just to genericize this conversation, the feminine version of resonator is resonatrix.)<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Jim Cohen on 11 June 2003 at 07:20 AM.]</p></FONT>
Posted: 11 Jun 2003 6:36 am
by Larry Bell
You forget your Latin, Dr. Cohen
Plural of dobra is dobrae.
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Posted: 11 Jun 2003 6:38 am
by BobG
actually ...DOSIS is the female version.
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Posted: 11 Jun 2003 7:30 am
by Dave Van Allen
dobra;short for dobrassier, a female "foundation" undergarment distinctive for the use of resonator cones in place of the cups found in the traditional "bra"
Posted: 11 Jun 2003 8:01 am
by Jim Cohen
I yield to the erudite gentleman from Doylestown (but I still maintain that the plural of dobrO is dobri. Monsieur Bell is correct, however, that the plural of dobrA is dobrae.)
Jim (Resonator) Cohen
Posted: 11 Jun 2003 8:29 am
by Allen Peterson
You sure it isn't "debris", as in junk?
Posted: 11 Jun 2003 8:46 am
by David Doggett
No, it's "debit", 'cause that's what happens when you buy one.
Posted: 11 Jun 2003 9:13 am
by Bill Monk
From the same records company:
Steel Guitar Tribute to ZZ Top
http://www.cmhrecords.com/moreinfo.asp?cd_cat=8699#title
Among many others, they also offer
The String Quartet Tribute To Black Sabbath
http://www.cmhrecords.com/moreinfo.asp?cd_cat=8685#title
You just can't make this kind of stuff up...
Posted: 11 Jun 2003 9:38 am
by Jesse Harris
OK OK Ill come clean.
I was gonna keep my mouth shut until the link for the ZZTop record showed up. Allright that was me on the ZZ Top record but not the shania twain. I also did Steel Guitar tribute to Garth Brooks.
here is the evidence
This label started by doing the pickin on series, of which I did about a dozen or so, playing banjo, a little steel and some flatpick guitar. After they picked on everyone with multiple volumes I guess they ran out and started doing steel tributes. At the time I recorded the steel records I was playing an fender 1000 with no knees and with my own tuning that I made up froim playing stringbender guitar (nice huh.....ok) and I had nothing as far as technique or theory behind my playing, but the check was pretty nice.
A work to the wise, please do not under any conditions buy one of these records. They are the equivalent of bluegrass muzac, and the steel tributes are worse. I wholeheartedly apologize for bringing this into the world, and you should all know that I have left my evil ways behind me and am now learning to play PSG on a PRO II custom.
my apologies
Jesse Harris
Posted: 11 Jun 2003 12:18 pm
by Larry Bell
I personally love those 'genre bender' albums. Run C&W doing Sam & Dave tunes in bluegrass style just tickles my funny bone. And my favorite is probably Luther Wright & the Wrongs' interpretation of Pink Floyd's 'The Wall'.
I've been toying with some Zeppelin stuff just lately, in a country context (think of 'Good Times, Bad Times' in 2/4) -- both instrumentally an vocally. Great fun.
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Posted: 11 Jun 2003 1:07 pm
by Chris Bauer
Hayseed Dixie is also a pretty good listen. (Bluegrass covers of AC/DC, etc. Pretty interesting stuff.)
As for "Good Times, Bad Times", I've played it in a couple of country bands and it was MADE to be an uptempo country tune. Always seemed a tad more fun, though, to start out with original it-could-only-be-zep intro and then suddenly change gears.
Posted: 11 Jun 2003 1:49 pm
by Jim Eaton
I don't have a clue who playing it, but the "Country" station I listen to has been having some "new grass" versions of Rolling Stones tunes playing in the background of their "live" commercial spots that is just killer stuff! Jumpin Jack Flash on Dobro!
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Posted: 11 Jun 2003 1:50 pm
by chas smith
The Harmonicats doing Beethoven was special....
Posted: 17 Jun 2003 6:56 am
by Terry Wendt
This has to be one of the most interesting (and funny
) threads I've read up here in a long time!
Great posts
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Posted: 17 Jun 2003 3:05 pm
by Bobby Lee
I always thought a country tribute to grunge would be great. Imagine "Smells Like Teen Spirit" as a Ray Price shuffle!
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Posted: 17 Jun 2003 3:32 pm
by Russ Young
Why not?
"Teen Spirit" has already been covered by a jazz trio, and
"Dark Side of the Moon" as reggae.