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I have read commentary on the forum about how people should dress when playing a gig. I suspect it is a matter of taste, venue, and what the "boss" wants. I doubt anyone would wear a tux to a tennis match.
I submit for your approval an old photo (1983) of a well respected picker. It was shot with available light and is grainy, but I think it makes a point.

If you're big enough you do what you like, but us ordinary pickers had better to stay in line.

Let's not jump to conclsions here. I'm guessing that Buddy had a button-down shirt on when he started the gig... and it burned right off of his back after he whipped out his first solo.

He'll be neked by the end of the set...

if he doesn't have any respect for his fans why should anyone respect him let alone pay to see him. and by the way i didn't know Bruce Springstein played steel

Well, first of all that was a jam session type gig.Buddy payed his dues wearing uniforms with Price and Tubb just to name a few.

Second. I'd rather see and hear a true master play in a Tee shirt. Than to hear some hack in a $5000 suit.But that's just me ................

good thing I dont own a $5000 suit !

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I would pay to see BE any day..and I don`t care what his shirt looks like.
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how about this?



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<font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by Damir Besic on 28 January 2006 at 02:32 PM.]</p></FONT>

I don't know but I imagine if BE's wearing the above then that's probably about what everybody else may have had on at the time. Besides, who cares? BE deserves our respect whether he's wearing a t-shirt or a suit!

Honey, where's my $5000.00 suit? I've got a bunch of people coming to hear me play tonight.

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<SMALL>... if he doesn't have any respect for his fans why should anyone respect him let alone pay to see him.</SMALL>

1. Clothes keep you covered up so you don't freeze or get arrested - they have nothing to do with "respecting fans".

2. Sorry, the idea that anyone wonders why steel players should respect Buddy Emmons is beyond my comprehension. He has earned that respect where it counts - by playing some of the finest and most innovative music ever made on a steel guitar.

I did do double-take at this shot though - he does look like Springsteen here. Now, that is not a bad thing. It certainly hasn't hurt Bruce any.

You need to keep that photo handy. This topic (like all topics on the SGF) WILL be brought up again.

Yep.<font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by Jim Phelps on 28 January 2006 at 09:58 PM.]</p></FONT>

I'd wear a tank top 24hrs a day if it would make me play like Buddy.

I've seen shirtless Drummers on CMT recently. How long before we have a shirtless Steeler?

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One item Buddy always wears is that smile, a smile I've only seen on the faces of winning poker players... :- )

<SMALL>How long before we have a shirtless Steeler?</SMALL>

According to past & recent threads that discuss pay scale, I'd say that steelers have been losing their shirts for a long time now.

<SMALL>... he does look like Springsteen here.</SMALL>

My gosh, he does. I wonder....
Have they ever been seen together?

Shirtless steeler ca.1972

ok..now we're gettin' somewhere..


how about a ..

a Shirtless LADY Steel player..! ???

On the Opry ...

am I allowed to ask that here ?<font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by Tony Prior on 29 January 2006 at 09:21 AM.]</p></FONT>

No, but I've heard worst ideas mentioned here.

Steve, that shirtless steeler sure looks like an old friend of mine Chris Ivy but it's probably just a look a like.

Bob

No, Bob, it's 'yours truly' in my salad days.

I don't know why, but that MSA looks about four and a half feet long to me. If I was behind it, it would look two feet long.

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I can handle the shirtless folks, but let's not see any pedal steelers playing in short shorts, PLEASE.<font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by Dave Grafe on 29 January 2006 at 03:59 PM.]</p></FONT>

Sometimes I wish I had the nerve to look like this when playing at home!


<font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by James Cann on 29 January 2006 at 04:42 PM.]</p></FONT>