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I couldn't wait for Father's Day to post this little tribute. I'm proud of my dad for a lot of reasons. In part for his purple heart and bronze star. In part for sacrificing so much to raise seven kids. In part for exposing me to so much good music as I was growing up.

But I'm also proud of him because as he approaches 80, he can still belt out a tune convincingly. Here is an example I recorded with him last week. I hope you enjoy it. You will need Windows Media player to hear it.

I Should Care (WMA)
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Here's it is in MP3 format I Should Care (MP3)

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Great tune, great feeling, excellent steel playing. Thanks for sharing and wish the 'old man' happy Dad's Day 2004 from the Forum.

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<small>Larry Bell - email: larry@larrybell.org - gigs - Home Page
2003 Fessenden S/D-12 8x8, 1969 Emmons S-12 6x6, 1971 Dobro, Standel and Peavey Amps

"I Should Care " Wow, that was great!

"I'm proud of my dad for a lot of reasons"..

This is so dadgum down to earth and real!

Great song, performance. The steel and all the music was as well, JUST GREAT!

Thanks for shareing!

Doc
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Stevo,,,,,super stuff...Excellent playing, mix, and super singing...Hope I'm still that active at his age...Gettin' close...No more horseback riding for me...

Fred & Pat

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The spirit be with you!
If it aint got a steel, it aint real

Stephen that just warms my heart to hear that....>what a wonderful thing to do with your Dad....
So which steel was that?? Great playing my Brother.
Ricky

Thanks to you all, Larry, Doc and Fred, for your nice comments. I really appreciate it. Doing this recording (and others we're working on) is one of those things that's so easy to do, yet means so much.

Ricky, that's my Sho-Bud Professional that I recently got from Duane and Jeff. I'm loving it more each time I sit down in front of it.

Real nice stuff! Nice mix too.

Can your Dad do a gig this coming weekend ?

Excellent tune,excellent mesage.. thanks for posting it.

TP

Stephen, I love it. Great playing and tone. When can I re-harmonize it?

Jay, thanks for listening.

Tony, if my father reads your post you might find him knocking on your door. He's quite a ham.

Jeff, anytime you want. I'm going to post the background track and the chart for anybody who is interested.

Ok, here are the background tracks and the chart for anybody who's interested.

Background Tracks (MP3)


Chart (PDF)<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Stephen O'Brien on 23 July 2003 at 01:05 PM.]</p></FONT>

Very nice and intimate
tip of the brim to Father and Son