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  Topic: Bobby Koefer
Herb Steiner

Replies: 18
Views: 1588

PostForum Section: Gone Home   Posted: 17 Mar 2024 11:50 am   Subject: Bobby Koefer
There were a bunch of folks sitting crosslegged on the floor in front of the stage when BK was playing, myself included. Buddy was sitting to my right, Jernigan just behind him, both of them enthralle ...
  Topic: Anyone remember a steel shop in L.A.?
Herb Steiner

Replies: 5
Views: 639

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 17 Mar 2024 10:54 am   Subject: Anyone remember a steel shop in L.A.?
I remember the store on 3rd near La Cienega, and I was friends with the owner. 'Twas on the north side of the street. But I can't remember his name. That neighborhood was my old stomping ground when I ...
  Topic: Bobby Koefer
Herb Steiner

Replies: 18
Views: 1588

PostForum Section: Gone Home   Posted: 17 Mar 2024 10:23 am   Subject: Bobby Koefer
Born August 18, 1928, Bobby was 95 years of age.
  Topic: Replacment Fretboard For Nashville Ltd
Herb Steiner

Replies: 6
Views: 347

PostForum Section: Wanted To Buy   Posted: 15 Mar 2024 11:43 am   Subject: Replacment Fretboard For Nashville Ltd
I think the Nashville LTD was made by Bob Simmons. Bob passed away last year. But I'd say the scale length was either 24" or 24.25" so there are many and various fretboards available that wo ...
  Topic: Gary P. Nunn....Steel Guitarist?
Herb Steiner

Replies: 11
Views: 1476

PostForum Section: Steel Players   Posted: 15 Mar 2024 10:29 am   Subject: Gary P. Nunn....Steel Guitarist?

... Lucky for me, I got to meet and have several short conversations with their bassist, Steve Layne. (For all he does, Musician is a much better word!)

I wish we had had more time to talk. Wha ...
  Topic: Hall of Fame Full List?
Herb Steiner

Replies: 7
Views: 791

PostForum Section: Steel Players   Posted: 13 Mar 2024 6:03 pm   Subject: Re: Texas Steel Guitar Hall of Fame
Is there a list somewhere of all inductees to the Texas Steel Guitar Hall of Fame? I've looked on the home page of TSGA but didn't see a list.

Mike
As a member of the TSGAHoF, I have a list but it ...
  Topic: More C6th ??
Herb Steiner

Replies: 3
Views: 433

PostForum Section: Steel Players   Posted: 13 Mar 2024 11:13 am   Subject: Re: More C6th ??
Dale Watson called it the "two weeks notice neck." I have noticed more C6th with the high profile road bands lately. Nathan Fleming with Charley Crockett gets in his licks. Jesse Personeni ...
  Topic: Hall of Fame Full List?
Herb Steiner

Replies: 7
Views: 791

PostForum Section: Steel Players   Posted: 12 Mar 2024 3:49 pm   Subject: Hall of Fame Full List?
... However, there are other steel guitar hall of fames; two I know of being the "Texas Steel Guitar Hall of Fame" (formed in 2005), and the "European Steel Guitar Hall of Fame" ( ...
  Topic: ‘24 Texas Jamboree
Herb Steiner

Replies: 4
Views: 806

PostForum Section: Steel Players   Posted: 27 Feb 2024 8:17 am   Subject: ‘24 Texas Jamboree
That is an "excused absence," my Brother. Of course, you're doing the absolute correct thing.

I will personally miss you greatly, and my best, most sincere wishes for your daughter's comp ...
  Topic: Leo LeBlanc..Gone but Not Forgotten
Herb Steiner

Replies: 35
Views: 9615

PostForum Section: Steel Players   Posted: 23 Feb 2024 5:36 pm   Subject: Leo LeBlanc..Gone but Not Forgotten
That Endicott guitar was a Sho~Bud knock-off, pull release guitar, much like an early Marlen, a Miller, and a couple others; in 1960, a steel guitar looked like a Bigsby, Fender, or Sho~Bud, so that's ...
  Topic: Steel Guitar Case - Single Neck - New
Herb Steiner

Replies: 8
Views: 1300

PostForum Section: For Sale: Amps and Accessories   Posted: 17 Feb 2024 12:46 pm   Subject: Steel Guitar Case - Single Neck - New
If my old friend Darvin built it, it will be immaculate whatever it is.

He being an engineer, I'm actually quite surprised that he miscalculated by as much as a 1/4 inch! Very Happy
  Topic: Palm Lever?
Herb Steiner

Replies: 15
Views: 2306

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 17 Feb 2024 12:20 pm   Subject: Palm Lever?
Hmmm, I wonder why Paul, Buddy, or Lloyd never had one?

Mr. Green


How do you know they didn't? I bet every function imaginable has been done way before these examples.

That would have been ...
  Topic: Palm Lever?
Herb Steiner

Replies: 15
Views: 2306

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 17 Feb 2024 11:36 am   Subject: Palm Lever?
Hmmm, I wonder why Paul, Buddy, or Lloyd never had one?

Mr. Green

Probably because Jimmy Day didn't have one... ya think?

Laughing
  Topic: Speedy West Tape He Gave To Buddy
Herb Steiner

Replies: 9
Views: 1250

PostForum Section: Steel Players   Posted: 9 Feb 2024 8:46 pm   Subject: Speedy West Tape He Gave To Buddy
That nurd singing Honky Tonk Blues is as clueless as Pat Boone singing Tutti Frutti.

He's singing as if he never heard Hank Williams' version but was sight reading the melody and lyrics from a publ ...
  Topic: Ed Black tab - Silver Threads & Golden Needles - Ronstadt
Herb Steiner

Replies: 13
Views: 5207

PostForum Section: Tablature   Posted: 5 Feb 2024 9:00 am   Subject: Ed Black tab - Silver Threads & Golden Needles - Ronstadt
I was present at the "Home Sown..." sessions and I know that Red used a fuzz tone and a phase shifter to record the Silver Threads solo. I never asked Eddie what he used for his version but ...
  Topic: A Tribute to a Craftsman
Herb Steiner

Replies: 24
Views: 4539

PostForum Section: Steel Players   Posted: 5 Feb 2024 4:43 am   Subject: A Tribute to a Craftsman
IIRC, Bobby informed me that many of the undercarriage parts were made by Houston area machinist Al Winters.
  Topic: A Tribute to a Craftsman
Herb Steiner

Replies: 24
Views: 4539

PostForum Section: Steel Players   Posted: 4 Feb 2024 12:39 pm   Subject: Re: Bobby
Sam, I did learn that Bobby's surname is Smith and he got the name Bowman from playing with Bob Wills, where Wills would point his violin bow at Bobby for a solo. The name stuck.

Sorry, Jim, but yo ...
  Topic: Gary P. Nunn....Steel Guitarist?
Herb Steiner

Replies: 11
Views: 1476

PostForum Section: Steel Players   Posted: 23 Jan 2024 8:12 am   Subject: Gary P. Nunn....Steel Guitarist?
I saw him somewhat recently in Canadian, TX at the "Canadian River Beach Club" Calf Fry. Sept. 30, 2023 fundraiser for Perryton, TX tornado victims. (Double bill with Tyler Halverson) And ye ...
  Topic: Fender S-10 student model value?
Herb Steiner

Replies: 5
Views: 932

PostForum Section: For Sale: Steel Guitars   Posted: 21 Jan 2024 4:40 pm   Subject: Fender S-10 student model value?
I had a D-10 Artist at one time and regret parting with it.

The Artist series had a different all-pull changer with changer fingers on a knife-edge pivot point (as opposed to finger rotating on an ...
  Topic: steel player on Best Little Whorehouse?
Herb Steiner

Replies: 9
Views: 2111

PostForum Section: Steel Players   Posted: 21 Jan 2024 4:27 pm   Subject: steel player on Best Little Whorehouse?
It is most likely Lynn Frazier on the Broadway show recording of BLWIT. I have no idea of who the player is on the soundtrack of the Dolly movie.

"Whorehouse" was a great source of income ...
  Topic: Pedal Steel Guitar and Nameplates
Herb Steiner

Replies: 29
Views: 2307

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 19 Jan 2024 4:17 pm   Subject: Pedal Steel Guitar and Nameplates


I do remember seeing one particular Sho~Bud in Bobbe's shop long ago (a "Super Pro Custom", I believe?) that had grooves or saw cuts in the endplates, and that actually looked pretty coo ...
  Topic: Pedal Steel Guitar and Nameplates
Herb Steiner

Replies: 29
Views: 2307

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 19 Jan 2024 12:28 pm   Subject: Pedal Steel Guitar and Nameplates
In My Curmudgeonly Not-So-Humble Opinion... Very Happy

Builders of fine steel guitarists should rightly have pride in their work and would want to exhibit that pride.

Mr. Builder puts a lot of time, e ...
  Topic: Gary P. Nunn....Steel Guitarist?
Herb Steiner

Replies: 11
Views: 1476

PostForum Section: Steel Players   Posted: 14 Jan 2024 3:24 pm   Subject: Gary P. Nunn....Steel Guitarist?
This will be for the annual Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show & Rodeo.

Probably not enough $$$ to bring an extra musician.

~Lee

Brother Lee, if I was on that gig I would have certainly cal ...
  Topic: Gary P. Nunn....Steel Guitarist?
Herb Steiner

Replies: 11
Views: 1476

PostForum Section: Steel Players   Posted: 14 Jan 2024 3:05 pm   Subject: Gary P. Nunn....Steel Guitarist?
He can't do Austin Pickers without Herbert Steiner. Smile

Laughing

Somehow, he manages Laughing
  Topic: Gary P. Nunn....Steel Guitarist?
Herb Steiner

Replies: 11
Views: 1476

PostForum Section: Steel Players   Posted: 14 Jan 2024 1:56 pm   Subject: Gary P. Nunn....Steel Guitarist?
Gary's been doing mostly 4-piece gigs last year. I've played a couple weekends during the summer and fall, but that's all. If he's using another steel player, I'm unaware.
 
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