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Topic: Barbara Mandrell appreciation post |
W. Van Horn
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Houston, texas
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Roger Shackelton
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MINNESOTA (deceased)
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Posted 26 Jun 2014 9:49 pm |
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The Tune Is Jerry Byrd's "Slippery Elm"
The Guitar seems Like It May Be A D-8 Custom Made Guitar. ??? |
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W. Van Horn
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Houston, texas
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Posted 26 Jun 2014 9:56 pm
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Thanks for the response Roger. I forgot to mention how great her playing is. And the tone is so cool - unique sounding reverb. Reminds me of the verb on some old kalamazoo amps I have played.
Maybe someone will recognize the guitar, it is interesting looking. |
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Herb Steiner
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Spicewood TX 78669
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Posted 27 Jun 2014 5:37 am
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Without looking at the neck!?
She is soooo bad-azz!! 
BTW, Roger... it's a 10-stringer.
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Henry Matthews
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Texarkana, Ark USA
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Posted 27 Jun 2014 7:09 am
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That was really good. I think the guitar is a Barbara Mandrell, it says so on front. 
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D-10 Magnum, 8 &5, dark rose color
D-10 1974 Emmons cut tail, fat back,rosewood, 8&5
Nashville 112 amp, Fishman Loudbox Performer amp, Hilton pedal, Goodrich pedal,BJS bar, Kyser picks, Live steel Strings. No effects, doodads or stomp boxes. |
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Jerome Hawkes
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Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 27 Jun 2014 7:50 am
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damn - she nailed that one effortlessly - thats not an easy tune to pull off either
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Carl Williams
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Oklahoma
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Posted 27 Jun 2014 7:57 am
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Yes, she nailed it and then some!  How 'bout that Right Arm technique...so much for tucking it in! Thanks for posting Will...Carl |
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Herb Steiner
From:
Spicewood TX 78669
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Posted 27 Jun 2014 9:37 am
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| Carl Williams wrote: |
| How 'bout that Right Arm technique...so much for tucking it in! |
Tom Brumley stuck his elbow out also. When you're that good you can do whatever you want. Few amongst us are thus.
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Jerome Hawkes
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Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 27 Jun 2014 9:49 am
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i never realized she was that good. i knew she played pedal steel, but thought that was just an entertainment stage gimmick like you saw back in the 60's. seems she was playing professionally with people like Patsy Cline, Johnny Cash, George Jones and Joe Maphis when she was 13, doing shows in Vegas.
Very impressed.
This reminds me of the Wayne Newton video that surfaced a few years ago...you know, Wayne Newton, "Mr Vegas" was a child prodigy steel player.
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Larry Petree
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Bakersfield. Ca. USA
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Posted 27 Jun 2014 9:54 am teacher
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| Barbara had a great teacher when she started, at age 11 or so .... Norm Hamlet |
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Steve French
From:
Roseville CA
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Posted 27 Jun 2014 12:44 pm
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| Bobby Black has some great stories about working with her. In their shows she would play a song or two on his guitar. Ask him about the time he got a new guitar, with a few re-arranged changes, and forgot to tell her. First show of the tour, she jumps behind his guitar as usual. Surprise! He said she handled it like a pro, smiling the whole time. |
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Roger Shackelton
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MINNESOTA (deceased)
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Posted 27 Jun 2014 2:28 pm
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HERB.
Thanks For The Correction.
I Really Need A Pair Of Those In-Between "Computer Glasses". 
Roger |
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Bill Moran
From:
Virginia, USA
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Posted 27 Jun 2014 4:09 pm Re: teacher
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| Larry Petree wrote: |
| Barbara had a great teacher when she started, at age 11 or so .... Norm Hamlet |
Teachers are great but not much help if you don't have talent ! Barbara is all talent. Looks pretty nice also.
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Ken Campbell
From:
Ferndale, Montana
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Posted 27 Jun 2014 4:27 pm
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| Wow, what the hell is on her head? |
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W. Van Horn
From:
Houston, texas
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Posted 27 Jun 2014 4:39 pm
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| Sexy dallas hair. |
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W. Van Horn
From:
Houston, texas
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Posted 27 Jun 2014 4:44 pm
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I changed the name of the thread because we are talking more about her immense talent and less about her guitar. And I think it's great!
She is an amazing steel player. There was a video of her shredding a swing tune on youtube a few years ago, it got taken down at some point..any leads?
In the meantime, here is a CRAZY video of Barbara Mandrell doin' her thing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHco8lCLWgk
Did she ever record an instrumental record? Perhaps early in her career?
P.S. - more steel guitar rag shredding with more good lookin hair: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2M_J16z9sk |
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Ken Campbell
From:
Ferndale, Montana
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Posted 27 Jun 2014 5:12 pm
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| Will, I think you're on to something here. Shredding for real! Plus the blonde helmet of PSG! |
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Tim Whitlock
From:
Colorado, USA
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Posted 27 Jun 2014 5:43 pm
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| I truly stand in awe of her prowess on the steel guitar. On the other hand, in her heyday I thought her brand of Stepford wife, soulless, showbiz music represented the antithesis of everything that is good about country music. My $.02 of course. |
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David Wright
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Pilot Point ,Tx USA.
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Jerome Hawkes
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Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 28 Jun 2014 3:53 am
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| Tim Whitlock wrote: |
| I truly stand in awe of her prowess on the steel guitar. On the other hand, in her heyday I thought her brand of Stepford wife, soulless, showbiz music represented the antithesis of everything that is good about country music. My $.02 of course. |
i can nearly guarantee there is NOT A SINGLE performer in the top tier of Nashville "talent" today that could pull off this kind of musicianship+entertainment - cheese and all, its very impressive. (note she doesn't even hit the pedals on SGR - thats straight bar work most of us would struggle with)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHco8lCLWgk
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Brett Day
From:
Pickens, SC
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Posted 28 Jun 2014 10:12 am
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| Barbara is definitely a great steel player. I found another video on YouTube where she was playing a song called "Blue Bonnet Blues" on a show in 1972, and in the video, she is playing Hal Rugg's Sho-Bud steel. |
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Lane Gray
From:
Topeka, KS
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Posted 28 Jun 2014 10:43 am
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Jerome, Tim's comment reflects an opinion, which I share, that says "sure she blew the top off Slippery Elm and Steel Guitar Rag, but she still has to answer for the undiluted schlock of Crackers, Woman to Woman, Sleepin' Single in a Double Bed et cetera.
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Bill L. Wilson
From:
Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 28 Jun 2014 1:07 pm Barb's Guitar.
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I thought I detected a Mosrite Logo on the front of the guitar. Years ago when Semi Mosley had a shop here on 29th St. in Okla. City, I had him refinish a Fender Bass for me, and he had some steel guitar bodies in a stack of wood, in the back room. One of them was hollowed out like an acoustic guitar, with an arch top, and looked like a surfboard, with a rounded front. So I know he did make some steel guitars at some point. He did say, the surfboard steel was an experiment in acoustic properties for a steel guitar, but it was unfinished raw wood, looked like mahogany, and carved out of a solid piece of wood 4or5in. thick. A good friend of mine, Jerry Short, was close friends with Semi, and still has a Dobro style guitar, and a Gospel guitar, that Semi made for him.
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John Hopkin
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Posted 28 Jun 2014 1:09 pm BM and the HOF...
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i don't think anyone has mentioned her 2009 induction into the SGHOF...here are some pictures from the ceremony--BM, BM & scotty, BM & mike, all attending HOF members...
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