Hello from Sweden - new member
Posted: 10 Aug 2004 11:27 pm
Hi guys, a new member calling.
I’m your typical amateur ”bedroom steeler”, though my guitar is standing proudly in my living room. I play just for fun and mostly by myself. In these parts of the world it’s hard to find fellow musicians who share a love for straight country music, and even harder to find someone who can make time for rehearsals when you can. Sometimes I make my own multi-track recordings, and I did a few local sessions in the eighties, when I also was a member of a not very good country band for a short time.
I began playing steel as a teenager in the late seventies, but my interests veered off into building guitars (regular electrics, mostly) instead of playing them, so I hardly played steel at all for many years.
My love for the instrument never changed, though, and nowadays I try to find a little more time to play. I recently replaced my old AVM S10 with a beautiful Emmons Legrande II D10, so there’s no lack of inspiration - and certainly noone but myself to blame when it doesn’t sound the way it should!
Some players who have inspired me over the years are mainly Lloyd Green, Weldon Myrick, Sonny Garrish, John Hughey, Lucky Oceans, of course Buddy Emmons and lately also Ricky Davis.
All in all, it feels good to become a forum member after ”looking in over the fence” for a couple of weeks. The forum seems to be an endless source of wisdom, and for a someone who’s 45 (how did THAT happen...) it feels good to be one of the younger guys for a change!
Best regards,
Per Berner, Skövde, Sweden.
I’m your typical amateur ”bedroom steeler”, though my guitar is standing proudly in my living room. I play just for fun and mostly by myself. In these parts of the world it’s hard to find fellow musicians who share a love for straight country music, and even harder to find someone who can make time for rehearsals when you can. Sometimes I make my own multi-track recordings, and I did a few local sessions in the eighties, when I also was a member of a not very good country band for a short time.
I began playing steel as a teenager in the late seventies, but my interests veered off into building guitars (regular electrics, mostly) instead of playing them, so I hardly played steel at all for many years.
My love for the instrument never changed, though, and nowadays I try to find a little more time to play. I recently replaced my old AVM S10 with a beautiful Emmons Legrande II D10, so there’s no lack of inspiration - and certainly noone but myself to blame when it doesn’t sound the way it should!
Some players who have inspired me over the years are mainly Lloyd Green, Weldon Myrick, Sonny Garrish, John Hughey, Lucky Oceans, of course Buddy Emmons and lately also Ricky Davis.
All in all, it feels good to become a forum member after ”looking in over the fence” for a couple of weeks. The forum seems to be an endless source of wisdom, and for a someone who’s 45 (how did THAT happen...) it feels good to be one of the younger guys for a change!
Best regards,
Per Berner, Skövde, Sweden.
