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Ron Hogan
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Nashville, TN, usa
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Posted 10 Jul 2018 1:25 pm |
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36 years ago I met my Wife Lisa. I was playing for Freddie Hart and she was in the opening band, singing. By talking with her I found out she played a SHO-BUD maverick steel. So I thought I'd better marry her. 34 years later we're still going strong. I relate that to our musical backgrounds that have kept us together.
Anyway, here is a PRIMATIVE recording of us just having some fun around the house. Only me on steel and her playing Mando-Guitar. She is singing through a guitar amp with some reverb.
I'm using my ZUM, Katana 100 amp, Zoom 70 reverb/delay pedal and a Zoom recorder H4N.
Here is it, blemishes and all, but happily married with Music as our glue!
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Erv Niehaus
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Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 10 Jul 2018 1:59 pm
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Does she still have the Maverick?
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Lee Baucum
From:
McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 10 Jul 2018 2:14 pm
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| ...recording of us just having some fun around the house. |
Watch it. This is a family forum for all ages.
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Kevin Fix
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Michigan, USA
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Posted 10 Jul 2018 2:20 pm
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| Love it!!!! My wife does not play music but we have been together for 45 years now. She goes with me on all my shows. Big supporter. A couple weeks ago I was listening to a recording with Paul Franklin on it, and she told me, not knowing who it was, "I like your playing better than that guy". "I was ready to throw my stuff off a bridge". I did get a big laugh out of it after I told her who Paul Franklin was and what all he has played on that she listens to on the country stations every day!!!!!! Now that is support!!!!! |
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Ron Hogan
From:
Nashville, TN, usa
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Posted 10 Jul 2018 2:24 pm
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Erv,
I laid the law down and told her there was only room for ONE steel player in this house! lol
Ron |
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Kevin Fix
From:
Michigan, USA
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Posted 10 Jul 2018 2:35 pm
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| Hey Ron, Yeah, Right!!!! You still sleeping in doors? If I laid down the law to my wife I would be picking me up some cedar bedding so I could sleep outdoors!!!! Lol!!! |
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Ron Hogan
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Nashville, TN, usa
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Posted 10 Jul 2018 4:06 pm
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Kevin, you need to take control of your household.
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Don Kuhn
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Poetry/Terrell ,Texas, USA
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Posted 10 Jul 2018 4:10 pm
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So Ron which one do you like better the Mado or the Guitar  |
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Kevin Fix
From:
Michigan, USA
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Posted 10 Jul 2018 4:45 pm
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Fred Justice
From:
Mesa, Arizona
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Posted 10 Jul 2018 5:06 pm
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Ron that's good stuff.
But so far we only know your wife by She, and Her.
So, you tell "Her" I enjoyed it.
Thanks for sharing Ron.
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Jack Stoner
From:
Kansas City, MO
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Posted 11 Jul 2018 2:13 am
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My wife is a musician. Currently she is the rhythm guitar player in our band (and does vocal harmony). She has a GFI Expo S-10 that she "somewhat" plays, along with keyboards and bass.
Having an understanding musician wife is a major asset.
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Larry Jamieson
From:
Walton, NY USA
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Posted 11 Jul 2018 5:42 am
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Nice, Ron! I enjoyed the song and the story. I always liked the tune "Easy Loving" and still sing that today.
I met my wife when I was at the Hank Thompson School of Country Music at Claremore College in Oklahoma. I played steel in the CJC Country Band and she played piano for the select chorus at the school. We were the two in music theory class who got the concepts so we got together and celebrated 42 years on July 9th... |
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Don R Brown
From:
Rochester, New York, USA
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Posted 11 Jul 2018 8:47 am
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| Jack Stoner wrote: |
| She has a GFI Expo S-10 that she "somewhat" plays, |
Actually Jack, that could describe MY efforts. I "somewhat play"!
But I have a very patient wife. And she has no musical background, so I have been able to fool her into thinking I'm becoming a steel player! 
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Larry Baker
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Columbia, Mo. U.S.A.
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Posted 11 Jul 2018 9:04 am
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I’m fortunate enough to have a wife that is a
Great vocalist, so we work together a lot.
We do have words occasionally, I just don’t
Get to use mine.
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Erv Niehaus
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Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 11 Jul 2018 9:10 am
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When we got married some 50 years ago, we decided that I would make the big decisions and my wife would make the small decisions.
So far, there have been NO big decisions. 
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Dale Rottacker
From:
Walla Walla Washington, USA
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Dave Stroud
From:
Texas
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Posted 12 Jul 2018 5:03 am
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| Love it... My wife is just getting started with lapsteel, and I'm starting to learn the C6 neck. We love doing a short lesson every evening using the Paul Franklin method. |
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Bill Terry
From:
Bastrop, TX
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Posted 12 Jul 2018 5:26 am
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Very nice Ron!
When I first met my future wife in 1976 I was playing full time (albeit for very little money) in a fairly well-known local rock band. She is not a musician..
We got serious and decided to get married, but before we did, I had a talk with her about the whole 'music thing', explaining that it was really something I loved to do, and it wasn't going to change. I asked point blank if she could deal with that, and she said she could.
I know a TON of guys who can't play out as much as they may like because the wife 'won't allow it', or if they do, they get locked out of the house or worse. How can you actually be in any frame of mind to play music with that in the back of your mind? I sure couldn't do it.
To this day, my wife has never once given me any ultimatums, threats, or otherwise discouraged me from playing. Sure, there have been times when she wished I wasn't quite so busy, but she understands. I count my blessings every day when I hear from some guys what they deal with at home to do what they love to do. A supportive partner is huge!
Sidebar: When I first started dating my wife and I was in the rock band, I had no shortage of potential girlfriends, partly because I was the cool guitar player guy. Later I asked my wife if she started dating me because I was a musician and in a band, she replied that no, she didn't. She dated me 'despite' the fact that I was a musician. Ouch.. |
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John De Maille
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On a Mountain in Upstate Halcottsville, N.Y.
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Posted 12 Jul 2018 7:59 am
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My wife Darlene and I playing a gig last year.
We've been playing music together since 1977 and we've been married for 34 years.
She supports me fully, as you can see. |
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Charlie Hansen
From:
Halifax, NS Canada and Various Southern Towns.
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Posted 12 Jul 2018 5:38 pm
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When my wife and I got married 45 years ago I said to her that I would always play music so she shouldn't complain. We agreed that that was the way it would be.
Now she's getting back at me. I want to quite playing out and she won't let me. So things don't work the way you want them to.
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Danny Letz
From:
Old Glory,Texas, USA 79540
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Posted 13 Jul 2018 7:07 am
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| Pastor Darryl Owens at the church service at the Dallas show said his wife had been very encouraging in his quest to learn pedal steel. He said she would come to his practice room and say Honey you’re sounding good and then close the door. |
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Bruce Bjork
From:
Southern Coast of Maine
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Posted 13 Jul 2018 7:22 am
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Married 47 years, I envy the couples that play (music) together. I'm a long time banjo, dobro, guitar and (short time) Pedal Steel player. My wife is not musical but she supports my hobby 100%. Knowing how much I wanted to take up PSG she told me in Feb. 2017 "why don't you get one" I was on the phone with Fred Justice and placed my order in minutes. I know that black Pedal Steels sound better LOL, but her favorite color is blue so I have a blue Justice Pro Lite.
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Chris Templeton
From:
The Green Mountain State
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Posted 13 Jul 2018 10:16 am
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When I worked for Tom Bradshaw, at Scotty's, in the '80's he was selling a tee shirt that had a cartoon on the back that had a guy playing his pedal steel and a woman in a negligee standing there with her arms crossed and the caption said "Priorities".
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Don R Brown
From:
Rochester, New York, USA
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Posted 13 Jul 2018 12:58 pm
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| Chris Templeton wrote: |
| When I worked for Tom Bradshaw, at Scotty's, in the '80's he was selling a tee shirt that had a cartoon on the back that had a guy playing his pedal steel and a woman in a negligee standing there with her arms crossed and the caption said "Priorities". |
I love playing my steel, but I wouldn't go THAT far!
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Chris Templeton
From:
The Green Mountain State
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