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Topic: Navy Band needs Pedal Steel Player: |
Pete Burak
From:
Portland, OR USA
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Paul Sutherland
From:
Placerville, California
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Posted 5 Dec 2016 11:19 am |
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Very cool opportunity for the right guy or gal. If I was 30 plus years younger, and 30 plus pounds lighter I might audition. Yes, they have age and weight requirements. The base pay is about $55k per year.
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Matt Kukura
From:
Knoxville, TN
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Posted 5 Dec 2016 3:34 pm
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| My son is a guitar jazz studies major at the University of North Texas, he said the Navy jazz band came to his school last year and they were incredible. He is considering auditioning for them when he graduates on either guitar or upright bass. I need to show him this link. Thanks Pete for posting this. |
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Roger Rettig
From:
Naples, FL
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Posted 6 Dec 2016 9:54 am
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I saw the Navy band in Summer, 2015. I can't recall the steel player's name but he was excellent- as was the whole band. The banjo-player was world class.
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Roger Rettig - Emmons D10s, Quilter TT-12, B-bender Teles and old Martins.
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Dick Wood
From:
Springtown Texas, USA
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Posted 6 Dec 2016 12:19 pm
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Besides bein too old I get seasick real easy.
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Cops aren't paid much so I steel at night. |
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Tim Harr
From:
Dunlap, Illinois
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Posted 8 Dec 2016 1:50 pm
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Search You Tube for "Country Current"... you will see the band in action. First class pickers all the way.
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Tim Harr
Mullen G2 D-10 (9p/5k)
Retired, US Army Band (Steel/Dobro/Guitar)
Kemper Profiler / LW 89 |
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scott murray
From:
Asheville, NC
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Posted 8 Dec 2016 5:39 pm
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this version of Monk's 'Four In One' by the US Army Jazz Band is one of the best arrangements I've ever heard:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AF4D3DKc0o
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Herb Steiner
From:
Spicewood TX 78669
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Posted 9 Dec 2016 5:41 am
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| Tim Harr wrote: |
| Search You Tube for "Country Current"... you will see the band in action. First class pickers all the way. |
Tim, you were in Country Current during your hitch, were you not?
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Son, we live in a world with walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with steel guitars. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinberg? |
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John Russell
From:
Austin, Texas
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Posted 9 Dec 2016 6:57 pm
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Am I too old? I'm only 68.
I played with a keyboard player several years ago who played in the Navy band. He said he spent the first two years as a jet engine tech, then found out about the band. Spent the last two years flying around the world playing at bases and on ships. Had fun and he's a great player. Now that's the way I'd like to serve my country. Hell, I'm only 58. |
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Gary Lee Gimble
From:
Fredericksburg, VA.
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Posted 10 Dec 2016 1:23 am
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| Herb Steiner wrote: |
Tim, you were in Country Current during your hitch, were you not? |
I'm sure your neighbor,  Jeff Agnew, will confirm Tim was in the Army playing steel, not Navy. And if memory serves me correct, Jeff was the first pedal masher in DC, follow by Corbin. and currently, Gulley. And just a tidbit, Bruce Bouton called me while I was a part of Navy Band @Sandpoint Station Seattle, WA., he was considering joining up. I think Bruce made the right choice 
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