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Topic: John Bidasio? |
Chris Brooks
From:
Providence, Rhode Island
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Posted 9 Jul 2003 4:35 am |
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Anybody in the LA area know what my Very First Steel Teacher John Bidasio's doing these days?
Hope he is still picking . . . and if he's lurking: Thanks, John!
Chris
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Rich Weiss
From:
Woodland Hills, CA, USA
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Posted 9 Jul 2003 11:20 am
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Wow, there's a name from the past. We both got started at about the same time, here in L.A. Back then, '68 or 69, there weren't too many young players around.
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Jim Eaton
From:
Santa Susana, Ca
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Posted 9 Jul 2003 11:40 am
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I have not heard anything about John is quite a long time. At that time, he was about the only teacher in LA. I sure hope that pretty blue sunburst PP of his did not get burned up when "Valley Arts Guitar" got torched by that looney fireman.
If your lurking out there John, give me a shout. It would be good to hear from you.
JE:-)>
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Emmons D10 8/4 P/P -75'
Fessenden SD-10 3/5
76'Session 400
86'Nashville 400
Bandit 112
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Dave Horch
From:
Frederick, Maryland, USA
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Posted 9 Jul 2003 3:09 pm
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| I remember his name came up a few years ago on the forum and someone said that he had completely quit! If that's true, it would be a shame. He wrote a great Mel Bay steel instructional book that I found very helpful in the very beginning. Best, -Dave |
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Earnest Bovine
From:
Los Angeles CA USA
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Posted 9 Jul 2003 5:56 pm
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| It has been more than 10 years since I saw John. At that time he told me he hadn't touched his steel guitar in years. |
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Chris Brooks
From:
Providence, Rhode Island
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Posted 10 Jul 2003 6:16 am
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Thanks for your trail of clues, guys.
Earnest, I hate to think of John--or anybody--getting away from steel permanently. I didn't play for 11 years, while going back to school and living overseas, but have returned to playing with my more portable Carter SD 12.
Jim and Rick, yes, he was at Valley Arts when I took lessons from him around 1972. Playing a ZB, I believe, with a group called "Maggie." Right, at that time nobody else but Blackie Taylor (far from my N. Hollywood digs) was teaching steel.
Anyway, I'll voice my thanks again to John, whatever he is doing, for helping me sort out this insane, compelling instrument.
Chris (still sorting it out)
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now living in the Ocean State ....
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Jim Eaton
From:
Santa Susana, Ca
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Posted 10 Jul 2003 9:26 am
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Earnest, do you remember one night when you, Dave Pearlman and I all showed up to sit in at that club on Roscoe by the Van Nuys airport where John was gigging and the three of us played most all of the night while John sat out front sippin his coke. LOL
JE:-)> |
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Earnest Bovine
From:
Los Angeles CA USA
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Posted 10 Jul 2003 9:36 am
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| Yeah, I think that was the night that old Billy Bob asked me to dance thinking I was a girl. |
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Jim Eaton
From:
Santa Susana, Ca
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Posted 10 Jul 2003 10:15 am
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Must have been "those shoes ".
JE:-)> |
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chas smith
From:
Encino, CA, USA
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Posted 11 Jul 2003 7:39 am
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| I took a few lessons from him and went out to hear him play at the Foothill Club, it was the first time I heard the "glassy sound" that an Emmons guitar was capable of..... |
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Jim Eaton
From:
Santa Susana, Ca
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Posted 11 Jul 2003 10:18 am
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Chas, was John playing the Wood/Wood blue sunburt PP? That was one "sweet" sounding axe. Hearing John's W/W and John Hughey's W/W on the "Highway Call" record made up my mind and thats why I have my 75 Wood/Wood guitar to this day.
JE:-)> |
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