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Paul Wade
From:
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Posted 28 Dec 2004 12:42 pm |
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has any of you steel players played in a three piece group steel, bass , drums
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Ricky Davis
From:
Bertram, Texas USA
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Posted 28 Dec 2004 1:31 pm
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| I have. |
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Billy Easton
From:
Nashville, TN USA
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Posted 28 Dec 2004 1:48 pm
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Me too.
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Casa Grande, AZ |
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Tony Prior
From:
Charlotte NC
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Posted 28 Dec 2004 1:52 pm
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Yes, but I also doubled on Tele' and did some singing too..
It was a sight to behold I'm sure..
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David Coplin
From:
Eugene, Oregon, USA
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Posted 28 Dec 2004 1:53 pm
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I suspect that there are many of us that double on the standard 6 string guitar. It helps when you are playing in a trio. Now if I could just play harmonica !
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Ron !
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Posted 28 Dec 2004 1:53 pm
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Me three.
I loved it.
You get all the attention.
Ron
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Andy Greatrix
From:
Edmonton Alberta
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Posted 28 Dec 2004 2:02 pm
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I remember one night, I was singing, playing steel. The bass player was playing a fretless bass.(electric drummer)
I remember wondering, since the steel was fretless, the bass was fretless and so was my voice, who was following who to keep pitch?[This message was edited by Andy Greatrix on 28 December 2004 at 02:03 PM.] |
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Farris Currie
From:
Ona, Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 28 Dec 2004 2:07 pm
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| YES,if you have a country drummer, and country bass, you are the star of the show!!! great!!! don't like a rock and roll drummer,and bass who tries to play lead though.been there!!! farris |
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John Cadeau
From:
Surrey,B.C. Canada
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Posted 28 Dec 2004 2:15 pm
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Many times, but me being the lazy type the more instruments the less I have to play. The less I have to play the less chance of making a mistake.
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Rick Schmidt
From:
Prescott AZ, USA
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Posted 28 Dec 2004 2:27 pm
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I do too, all the time, but I also switch hit with a guitar/midi guitar that I leave hanging around my neck while sitting at the steel. I can fool an audience a little easier that way. It's nice when the bass or dummer can help out with the singin'!
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Frank Parish
From:
Nashville,Tn. USA
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Posted 28 Dec 2004 2:29 pm
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| Yep on occasions when the guitar player couldn't make it (once when one got lost and couldn't find the club-too much pot maybe) and a bunch of times with a blues group. Also with just a guitar player playing acoustic. |
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Roger Kelly
From:
Bristol,Tennessee
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Posted 28 Dec 2004 3:04 pm
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| Yes I have too....also with just a Bass and Rhythm Guitar player who did the singing...no drummer. As a matter of fact, the first drummer I ever played with, back in the 50's, was Mel Taylor...some of you guys may remember him as one of the Ventures. |
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Jim Simon
From:
Moses Lake, WA
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Posted 28 Dec 2004 3:13 pm
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| Yep. Did a string of bowling alley lounges three piece. (with a "Drummer in a Box). Not fun but you learn to concentrate. Nowhere to hide. |
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 28 Dec 2004 3:50 pm
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Yes, but not by my own choice. You see, it just turned out that way pretty often when I first started playing. Seems our lead players often forgot where they had left their guitars(?), or...because they had reservations at the local "Grey-Bar Hotel".  |
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Bobby Lee
From:
Cloverdale, California, USA
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Posted 28 Dec 2004 5:41 pm
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| I played in a trio with bass and piano for several years. |
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Eric West
From:
Portland, Oregon, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 28 Dec 2004 6:57 pm
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Yup. Lots.
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Craig A Davidson
From:
Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin USA
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Posted 28 Dec 2004 7:07 pm
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| Oh yeah... |
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Jim Phelps
From:
Mexico City, Mexico
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Posted 28 Dec 2004 7:27 pm
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Yes. Wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Fearing sounding empty due to no rhythm player, I decided to think of my steel as a piano or orchestra rather than a steel, and tried playing this kind of accompaniment while the singer was singing.
Instead of feeling that the sound was empty due to no rhythm guitar, I started to enjoy having the freedom to play whatever I wanted to play without having to worry about a guitar player clashing with me.
This helped me to discover that the pedal steel is certainly capable of more than just "whiny sounds". I still go out of my way to try to play non-typical stuff but of course really enjoy and admire the traditional sounds too.[This message was edited by Jim Phelps on 28 December 2004 at 07:39 PM.] |
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Jim Phelps
From:
Mexico City, Mexico
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Posted 28 Dec 2004 7:29 pm
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| whoops (ay, caramba!) [This message was edited by Jim Phelps on 28 December 2004 at 07:41 PM.] |
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Lem Smith
From:
Long Beach, MS
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Posted 28 Dec 2004 10:46 pm
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I have, but with a rythym guitar, bass and steel.
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