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Topic: Any steelers whose favorite bands aren't country? |
Rich Upright
From:
Florida, USA
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Posted 9 Oct 2014 5:40 am |
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I was a pro steeler for years (few gigs left here anymore)and although traditional country music is my favorite music, my all time favorite band for the last 40 years is as far removed from country as you can get. That band is Emerson, Lake, & Palmer. I have seen them 17 times over the years, & their live show is nothing short of spectacular. To me, they have been the #1 major force in music history in the last half century, even though they have only played together once since the '94 tour, at the High Voltage concert on the Isle of Wight. Was seriously considering flying to England to catch the show, but found out too late.
Anybody else have a favorite non-country band? |
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Storm Rosson
From:
Silver City, NM. USA
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Posted 9 Oct 2014 6:19 am
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Joachim Kettner
From:
Germany
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David Cubbedge
From:
Toledo,Ohio, USA
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Posted 9 Oct 2014 8:18 am
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I listen to a lot of different kinds of music. Back in the day I went to a lot of Grateful Dead shows. Yes, Genesis and Queen were favorites of mine in the 70s. I've also always liked U2 and my daughter turned me on to Muse about ten years ago and I really dig their sound...
I also listen to a lot of classical, especially stuff from the late 19th-early 20th century. Love the Russian composers like Rachmaninov and Scriabin, also a little Claude Debussy too....
Too much music, not enough time!
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Jeff Garden
From:
Center Sandwich, New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 9 Oct 2014 8:31 am
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| Steve Morse Band (or any band where Steve is the guitarist); Eric Johnson |
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Bud Angelotti
From:
Larryville, NJ, USA
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Posted 9 Oct 2014 10:29 am
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Genesis with Peter Gabriel.
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Jack Aldrich
From:
Washington, USA
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Posted 9 Oct 2014 10:32 am
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The Band
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Carter & ShoBud D10's
D8 & T8 Stringmaster
Rickenbacher B6
3 Resonator guitars
Asher Alan Akaka Special SN 6
Canopus D8 |
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James Leaman
From:
Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 9 Oct 2014 10:37 am
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| Pink Floyd. They even use lap steel! |
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Alan Brookes
From:
Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 9 Oct 2014 10:49 am
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Just because we play steel, it doesn't mean that's all we listen to. 
My favorite groups are the Beach Boys, the Crickets, Steeleye Span, Fairport Convention, Fleetwood Mac and the Rolling Stones.  |
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Mike Kowalik
From:
San Antonio,Texas
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Posted 9 Oct 2014 12:35 pm
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| AC/DC..... |
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Brett Day
From:
Pickens, SC
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Posted 9 Oct 2014 2:54 pm
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| In the eighties, as a kid I listened to Journey, Bonnie Tyler, Genesis featuring Phil Collins, Heart, Cyndi Lauper,and many others. A few of my favorite country bands of the nineties didn't use steel, like Little Texas, Blackhawk, and Diamond Rio. The first country concert I went to didn't use fiddle or steel-it was Blackhawk and Wynonna in May of 1996 in Greenville, South Carolina. Blackhawk featured steel player Paul Franklin on their fourth record, but not live onstage, and Little Texas featured Sonny Garrish on their "First Time For Everything" record, on their song "I'd Rather Miss You". I'm also a fan of The Beach Boys, and other artists in the '50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s |
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Rich Gardner
From:
Columbus, Ohio, USA
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Posted 9 Oct 2014 3:42 pm
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| B.B. King and when he was alive, Les Paul. |
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Alan Brookes
From:
Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 9 Oct 2014 3:50 pm
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You did ask for bands, but if you're going to include individuals then Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Lonnie Donegan, Buddy Holly, Louis Prima, Ricky Nelson, Johnny Cash ...I could go on all night.  |
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Rick Abbott
From:
Indiana, USA
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Posted 9 Oct 2014 4:35 pm
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Jimi Hendrix, Cream, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Stooges, Grateful Dead: hard to pick one...I'd go with Jimi because of the wide variety of styles present in his body of work, or the Dead for the same reason.
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Darvin Willhoite
From:
Roxton, Tx. USA
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Posted 9 Oct 2014 6:30 pm
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Fourplay with Larry Carlton, and later with Chuck Loeb. I also like the Eagles.
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MSA Millennium, Legend, and Studio Pro, Reese's restored Universal Direction guitar, as well as some older MSAs, several amps, new and old, and a Kemper Powerhead that I am really liking. Recently added a Zum D10, a Mullen RP, and a restored blue Rose, named the "Blue Bird" to the herd. Also, I have acquired and restored the plexiglass D10 MSA Classic again that was built as a demo in the early '70s. I also added a '74 lacquer P/P, with wood necks. |
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Jean-Sebastien Gauthier
From:
Quebec, Canada
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Posted 9 Oct 2014 7:08 pm
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| Firehouse Five Plus Two |
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 9 Oct 2014 7:11 pm
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Ry Cooder's band
Danny Gattons bands
Howlin' Wolf
Roy Rogers Bands, slide player. |
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Bill C. Buntin
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Posted 9 Oct 2014 7:13 pm
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Arturo Sandoval
Steely Dan
Maynard Ferguson
Jazz messengers
Oscar Peterson w Barney Kessel
Oscar Peterson w Herb Ellis
Pat Martino
Joe Pass
Bob James trio
Andrea Brachfeld
Field Marshall Montgomery Pipes and drums
Simon Fraser University pipes and drums
The Madison Scouts DCI drum and bugle corps
Fort Worth Symphony
Milt Jackson
Johnny Case trio
Time warp top hands |
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 9 Oct 2014 8:13 pm
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Danny Gatton
Ry Cooder
Neil Zaza
Howlin' |
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 9 Oct 2014 8:16 pm
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What is up with this server?
Danny Gatton's Bands
Ry Cooder's Bands, including Little Village
Neil Zaza's bands
Howlin' Wolf's Bands |
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Rick Barnhart
From:
Arizona, USA
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Posted 9 Oct 2014 8:51 pm
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| Mike Perlowin wrote: |
| Doesn't anybody listen to the Beatles? |
Yes, almost everyday 
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Roual Ranes
From:
Atlanta, Texas, USA
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Posted 10 Oct 2014 4:10 am
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| Gene "Django" Reinhardt and Stephen Grapelli |
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David Mason
From:
Cambridge, MD, USA
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Howard Steinberg
From:
St. Petersburg, Florida , USA
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Posted 10 Oct 2014 4:53 am
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James Brown, Tower of Power
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