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Topic: Joe Wright, quite a talent! |
Kevin Hatton
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Buffalo, N.Y.
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Posted 10 Jan 2006 4:11 pm |
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Sonny Priddy
From:
Elizabethtown, Kentucky, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 10 Jan 2006 5:17 pm
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I would Say He Is.I've Seen Him Play A Few Times. SONNY.
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Larry Jamieson
From:
Walton, NY USA
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Posted 10 Jan 2006 5:27 pm
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| Quite a talent for sure... Can play anything from rock to country on the pedal steel, sings well while playing, writes songs, does great comedy, and if you have seen some of his instructional materials, teaches well and knows what he is talking about. I have seen him live more than once and he is indeed, a very talented musician. Larry Jamieson |
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Ron Victoria
From:
New Jersey, USA
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Posted 10 Jan 2006 6:45 pm
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Saw him for the first time at the CT PSGA show. What impressed me most was the way he could play w/o looking down. I'm a lap player but was awed.
Ron |
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Dan E. Hoff
From:
Blue Springs, Missouri, USA
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Posted 10 Jan 2006 7:30 pm
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| Kevin, theres not enough words to describe this guy...can pretty much do any thing he wants to on that steel guitar..And for folks that are fascinated with Robt. Rand., they need to take a listen to Mr. Joe sometime, when he gets into some of the outstanding flunky, funky, rocky things that he can pull off..also the guy makes doing those things look real easy. |
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Kevin Hatton
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Buffalo, N.Y.
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Posted 10 Jan 2006 7:57 pm
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| Its my belief that Joe Wright IS one of the all time greats. An absolute Grand Master. I've seen him do banjo rolls through three chord high speed progressions while having his head completely turned looking at the back wall. He also invented his own right hand style. [This message was edited by Kevin Hatton on 10 January 2006 at 07:58 PM.] |
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Chippy Wood
From:
Elgin, Scotland
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Posted 10 Jan 2006 9:15 pm
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One of the greats
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Ron (Chippy) Wood
Emmons D10
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J Hill
From:
Colorado, USA
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Posted 10 Jan 2006 9:25 pm
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We saw Joe play last March at the Texas Jamboree. He was fabulous and thats an understatement. He did a Rock song with a steel ending and it was funny and Awesome...the place rocked! And I don't even like Rock. But I found myself mesmerized. If we're reaping what he sowed, he must have sowed lots of practice. 
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Jerry Roller
From:
Van Buren, Arkansas USA
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Posted 10 Jan 2006 9:31 pm
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Joe is a great player. He is a great comedian and a great teacher. If you really want to develop a right hand technique, Joe has some tapes that if you will practice them, you can develop a great right hand. There is a new young player on the scene who I have helped some along the way along with some others but this young man has a great right hand and it is from working with Joe Wright's instructional tapes. I think there is none better. Joe deserves top billing on any show he plays because he is that good and yet hysterically funny when he wants to be. He can make you cry with laughter then make you cry with passion. I don't think Joe gets half the credit for what he can do.
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Tony Prior
From:
Charlotte NC
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Posted 11 Jan 2006 4:27 am
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and another thing..
DO NOT try to OUT WIT this guy...!!!
you will be sorry...
Joe is really at the top of the heap..no doubt..
Great songwriter as well
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Herb Steiner
From:
Briarcliff TX 78669, pop. 2,064
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Posted 11 Jan 2006 6:39 am
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Joe is simply a brilliant person, who's also blessed with great musical abilities and great wit; therefore his intelligence is easily expressed musically and in his comedy.
Of course, there are some equally brilliant people who don't have the musical and comedic gifts, but Joe's not in that group. 
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Herb's Steel Guitar Pages
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James Morehead
From:
Prague, Oklahoma, USA - R.I.P.
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Posted 11 Jan 2006 6:45 am
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I had the pleasure of seeing Joe the first time for me, at the Dallas covention last March. My opinion? Well, let's just say that I WILL be sitting in the front row as he does his seminar at the Dallas 2006 show. I will learn from one of todays steel greats, the "GREAT THEOPHULUS" him self!!  [This message was edited by James Morehead on 11 January 2006 at 06:51 AM.] |
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Roger Crawford
From:
Griffin, GA USA
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Posted 11 Jan 2006 7:27 am
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| .....and a nice guy, too! |
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Tony Harris
From:
England
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Posted 11 Jan 2006 8:38 am
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| I saw Joe at one of the British Steel festivals. Not only can he play brilliantly while looking around the hall laughing, he played anything the audience of steelers called for - this guy is fearless! |
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Bobby Lee
From:
Cloverdale, California, USA
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Posted 11 Jan 2006 10:17 am
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| He's one of the best in the world, in my opinion. Awe-inspiring. |
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Papa Joe Pollick
From:
Swanton, Ohio
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Posted 11 Jan 2006 10:41 am
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| Sounds like I gotta see and hear this steeler.Does he have a web site, so I can catch his dates?He might come to S.E. Mich. Don't want to miss him..Thanks for the heads up on this steeler..PJ |
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Roy Ayres
From:
Riverview, Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 11 Jan 2006 10:50 am
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Joe's Site
Great in every way.
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Visit my Web Site at RoysFootprints.com
Browse my Photo Album and be sure to sign my Guest Book.
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Don Lampley
From:
Thompsonville, Illinois, USA
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Posted 11 Jan 2006 10:53 am
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He is just great and fun to watch were lucky to have him at our show in Benton, Ill. on April 20,21,22 at the civic center. If you havn't seen him play come see him with many others.
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Malcolm McMaster
From:
Beith Ayrshire Scotland
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Posted 11 Jan 2006 11:26 am
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Have been lucky enough to see Joe twice at the British Festivals.AWSOME.and a real nice guy to speak too.Wish I had a fraction of his talent.
ps had the honour of playing support for Dale Watson in Glasgow when Kevin was playing with him, and got to say he ain't to bad a picker himself. ---------------
 Mullen D10,Peavey Nashville 400,Peavey Profex, Peavey DPC 750, Nashville cabs
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JAMES BANKS
From:
Mineola,TX USA
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Posted 11 Jan 2006 11:27 am
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Yes, he is a great entertainer. Can't wait to take his seminar in Dallas at the TSGA Jamboree. Just plain AWESOME
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Walter Stettner
From:
Vienna, Austria
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Mark Lind-Hanson
From:
Menlo Park, California, USA
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Posted 11 Jan 2006 12:50 pm
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| How can you NOT agree? |
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Papa Joe Pollick
From:
Swanton, Ohio
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Posted 11 Jan 2006 4:36 pm
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| Thanks for the link Roy. Great, he will be at Jess's shindig in late June in or near Toledo..Thats only bout 90 mi.away..Would love to see Mr. Hurt again too.I WILL be there.[Good Lord willin n'the creeks don't rise].PJ |
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Steve Spitz
From:
New Orleans, LA, USA
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Posted 11 Jan 2006 5:41 pm
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| When Joe plays a show, there aint a dry seat in the house. |
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Howard Tate
From:
Leesville, Louisiana, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 11 Jan 2006 5:55 pm
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I think Joe is a great musician. The first time I met him he sat in on Hal Higgin's Emmons with the Day setup, and no picks, and sounded like he had been playing it for years. He told me it didn't matter, he could play any of them. It was not a boast, but just the way it was. He is a nice guy too, his only fault in his lack of support for barbers.
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Howard, 'Les Paul Recording, Zum SD12U, Carter D10 8/8, Vegas 400, Boss ME-5, Boss DM-3, DD-3, Fender Steel King, Understanding wife. http://www.Charmedmusic.com
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