West coast steelers: Next San Jose jam Oct 25

Bill Llewellyn · Post by **Bill Llewellyn** » 25 Aug 2003 7:21 pm

Ok folks, the word is out.... the next San Jose jam is slated for Saturday, October 25! Read all about it here:

http://www.rahul.net/thinker/steeljam-oct2003.html

So pull out your calendars (or PDAs or whathaveyou) and set that date aside for some pickin', grinnin', and schmoozin' with fellow steelers and friends.

Please do send me a note (my email link is on the jam announcement page) if you plan on coming.

Come one, come all!

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Bill Llewellyn · Post by **Bill Llewellyn** » 30 Aug 2003 5:18 pm

Bumpola.

Bill Llewellyn · Post by **Bill Llewellyn** » 9 Sep 2003 1:13 pm

Be thinking about it.....

Richard Sinkler · Post by **Richard Sinkler** » 11 Sep 2003 11:58 am

Looks like I have to sell my guitar after all. I hope I can hang on to it until then. If not, I will attend anyway.

Post by **Brad Bechtel** » 11 Sep 2003 4:05 pm

I'm going to be there if at all possible this time. Perhaps I'll end up between David Wright and Pete Grant like I did the first time.

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Bill Llewellyn · Post by **Bill Llewellyn** » 21 Sep 2003 7:32 am

In the circle we had last November, I played right after JD Maness and Frank Carter. Now that takes and understanding group.

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Bob Snelgrove · Post by **Bob Snelgrove** » 26 Sep 2003 2:08 pm

I'm working on getting Bobby Black back again.

bob

Bill Llewellyn · Post by **Bill Llewellyn** » 27 Sep 2003 10:30 am

Bob,

Excellent! I hope Bobby (and Larry, too) can come again.

Incidentally, to all past attendees, please feel free to send me recommendations on how the jam might be improved in any way. (The one improvement we'd all like but isn't really available is a 1st floor room or an elevator!) Just post here or email me. Thanks.

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Bill Llewellyn · Post by **Bill Llewellyn** » 29 Sep 2003 6:15 am

It looks like our usual Band In A Box resources are thinner than last time. We do have a full blown desktop PC with BIAB coming but a laptop would be better if we could swing it. Does anyone have a laptop/BIAB/midi module combo (with a good collection of jam songs) available they could bring? Bobby Lee? Al Bates? Are you guys coming, and if so could you bring your BIAB stuff?

Thanks!

Richard Sinkler · Post by **Richard Sinkler** » 29 Sep 2003 6:02 pm

A laptop would be great. I don't really want to have to try and get a the desktop that Bill was talking about from my ex. We aren't getting along right now. I had to sell my laptop.

Bill Llewellyn · Post by **Bill Llewellyn** » 12 Oct 2003 5:18 pm

Plans are for me to bring my Mac Performa 6115CD with BIAB steelin' tracks, plus some accompaniment CDs. If b0b can come, he'll be bringing a laptop and BIAB. Same is true for Jim Baron, if he can make it. And Richard. So we have multiple BIAB alternates, but folks can't commit 100%. My Mac/BIAB and CDs sould do ok as a fallback.

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[This message was edited by Bill Llewellyn on 12 October 2003 at 06:21 PM.]

Bill Llewellyn · Post by **Bill Llewellyn** » 18 Oct 2003 8:01 am

One week and counting.....

Bill Llewellyn · Post by **Bill Llewellyn** » 19 Oct 2003 3:13 pm

I may be the sole source of BIAB with my Mac. That had me a little worried, but I just checked out my song library, and I have about 2500 tunes (some are redundant, I'm sure). I didn't know I had that many! I made a library list so looking up requests shouldn't take too long. And the Mac's built-in (QuickTime) musical instruments don't really sound all that bad, having just auditioned them again for the first time in a while. We should do fine. Still, for any of you attendees who usually bring your laptop/BIAB, please feel free to do so this time, too! You'll be faster at bringing up your tracks than I will with mine.

Bill Llewellyn · Post by **Bill Llewellyn** » 23 Oct 2003 7:38 pm

To quote Bob Snelgrove: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Looks like Bobby [Black] is going to be able to make it, so any of you fence sitters get off your rears and come hear and play with one of the great ones

thx

bob<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Post by **Brad Bechtel** » 26 Oct 2003 11:39 am

Well, the event started out slow, with only four steelers at one point, but it picked up during the afternoon. We had a Sierra 8 string lap steel, a MSA, a Emmons, a Zumsteel, and a bunch of Carters (at one point we referred to the one side of the room as "Carter Corner").
I brought my Zumsteel and had a great time trying to figure out what the heck I'm doing.
Unfortunately I had to leave just as Bobby Black showed up, so I'm sure I missed the highlight of the show. Charlie Wallace did a fine job up until then.
Thanks again to Bill for setting this up.
[Sorry, I misspelled Charlie's last name.][This message was edited by Brad Bechtel on 27 October 2003 at 12:49 PM.]

Bill Llewellyn · Post by **Bill Llewellyn** » 26 Oct 2003 5:59 pm

Thanks, Brad. My pleasure. It was fun, if a bit small. But then, in a smaller group, one's turn to play comes around sooner.

Bobby was in great form, and Charlie is definitely one hot picker. Seems everyone had fun, and I think we all learned a bit, too. I'm glad my old desktop Macintosh held up through the day for BIAB tracks--it tried to overheat at about the time Bobby came by, but managed to keep going (talk about small miracles). (No wonder it got hot.... I have the thing packed full of add-ons and clock chipped to the max, but that's another story.)

Next jam I'll have to work harder to coordinate with people's schedules so that (1) more players can make it, and (2) I can have somebody else cover BIAB support, if possible.

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Marc Friedland · Post by **Marc Friedland** » 26 Oct 2003 7:04 pm

It was fun to get to see everyone and to hear everyone play. Thanks again Bill, for putting this all together. -- Marc

Bob Snelgrove · Post by **Bob Snelgrove** » 26 Oct 2003 7:33 pm

Thanks, Bill

Great day

bob

Bill Llewellyn · Post by **Bill Llewellyn** » 27 Oct 2003 7:25 am

I'm glad you guys had fun! Sorry to say no photos were taken this time, but here's a link to photos from the previous jam in April '03. Enjoy.

http://www.upbeats.net/backpack/llewellyn/steeljam-apr2003/

Charlie Wallace · Post by **Charlie Wallace** » 27 Oct 2003 8:48 am

The jam was definitely big fun for me also. Anytime I get a chance to play steel for hours at a time I'm a happy guy! I enjoyed meeting some new players and revisiting with some of the guys I met at the previous jam. And Bobby is my steel guitar hero and the reason I originally started playing. Back in the early seventies I saw him play with
Commander Cody. After that show I decided that playing steel was what I wanted to do so I went home, sold my car and bought my first steel, a Gibson Electraharp.
Many thanks to Bill for doing all the organizing. [This message was edited by Charlie Wallace on 27 October 2003 at 01:42 PM.]

Bobby Lee · Post by **Bobby Lee** » 27 Oct 2003 1:30 pm

I'm real sorry I couldn't make it this time. Sounds like it was a lot of fun. Keep me on the list for next time.

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David Wright · Post by **David Wright** » 27 Oct 2003 10:20 pm

Same here, was busy playing in the hills, see you on the next one

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