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Topic: AATW's Eddie Rivers' New Steel |
Bill McRoberts
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Janesville, Wisconsin USA
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Posted 26 Dec 2006 5:27 pm |
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| Eddie Rivers stopped by on his way home for Christmas yesterday. While catching up on talk, He mentioned that Ray Benson gave him Gene Crownover's Four neck StringMaster for a Christmas gift. That's history being carried on. [This message was edited by Bill McRoberts on 26 December 2006 at 05:28 PM.] |
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Mark Wayne
From:
Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 26 Dec 2006 6:19 pm
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| I heard about that, Bill. Did he tell you about the Legends tour he's doing with Ray Price, Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard? Wow! |
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Bill McRoberts
From:
Janesville, Wisconsin USA
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Posted 27 Dec 2006 3:57 am
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| Yes, The Wheel is going to be the back-up band. This is going to be quite an event. |
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Chris Forbes
From:
Beltsville, MD, USA
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Posted 28 Dec 2006 3:46 am
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| Does Mr. Rivers also play pedals? I thought he was mostly a lap player? |
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Mark Wayne
From:
Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 30 Dec 2006 3:14 pm
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Chris,
Eddie will probably be playing his D-10 Sho-Bud or his D-10 Sho-Bud Baldwin (6 + 1 I believe) with the Legends Tour. He plays pedals implementing only the bare-bones standard pedal set-up on E9th and B6th (instead of C6th). Most of the time he plays pedal steel with 1 or 2 knee levers, but makes up for additional changes using bar slants. He plays pedal steel very well  . |
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Bill McRoberts
From:
Janesville, Wisconsin USA
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Posted 31 Dec 2006 4:40 pm
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| I have to add that both Mark and I took our initial lessons from Eddie..............Bill |
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Mark Wayne
From:
Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 31 Dec 2006 9:36 pm
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| That's true Bill. Eddie always taught us to do different things with the same old licks. That way of thinking in combination with his ability with non-pedal playing got him the gig with The Wheel! |
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