Midwest Steel Guitar Festival, March 30th, Libertyville IL

[Matthew Carlin]

Mark your calendars and plan to join us March 30th in celebrating the music and history of the steel guitar.

This one day festival set to the backdrop of a beautiful family friendly community in Libertyville Il, begins at 11 am, with artist performances and special seminars throughout the day.

The festival will include steel guitar builders and vendors as well as a vintage steel guitar museum where you can check out some of the most influence guitars ever built. So come to listen, learn, shop and have an amazing time.

For Complete up to the minute information on Artist, Vendors and Exhibitors, go to

www.midweststeelguitarfestival.com

The evening concert will begin at 6pm doors open at 5:30 with performances including:
The amazing Tommy Dodd
A special reunion of Jump In the Saddle Band featuring TC Furlong.
Our guest of honor SGHoF member and Jazz great Doug Jernigan.

Doug Jernigan
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qvxiz57N6C ... vxiz57N6CE

Jump in the Saddle
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2f1A8TGcjDE

Tommy Dodd
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zoupAFuUWBk


For booking,ticket,vendor information:
Email Midweststeelguitarfestival@gmail.com

Follow this thread more artists and vendor listing will be available in the near future.
Thanks and hope to see you there.[[/b]

[Eric Philippsen]

Jump In the Saddle? Why, that's with TC Furlong on pedal steel!

Wow.

[Robert Daniels]

Awesome!

[Josh Rossow]

Are there any details on where at in Libertyville this will be held and about ticket info?

[Matthew Carlin]

Thanks Guys, I'm plan to post more artists, vendors and seminars very soon. We are also working out a discount room deal with Holiday Inn Express for our over night guests.


The event is being held at the Libertyville civic center, plenty of free parking and easy access to and from downtown Chicago.

And yes TC will be playing with Jump in the Saddle

More info to come,

Thanks again
Matt

[Matthew Carlin]

Like us on Facebook for info as well

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Midwests ... 4121856746

[Josh Rossow]

Sounds great Matthew, thanks for the info. Looking forward to going.

[Mark Roeder]

I am looking forward to it. I will bring some lap steel stands along

[Matthew Carlin]

Seems the email link was not working.

For Vendor, Booking or Ticket Info..

EMAIL - Midweststeelguitarfestival@gmail.com


Thanks and sorry to anyone who's email wasn't getting through

Matt

[Frank Freniere]

Terrific idea, Matt - long overdue. I'll bring a couple of beginning steelers with me.

Please keep posting updates.

[Gary Sill]

I am excited about coming to the Libertyville show. I will be bringing some new Mullen Steels for beginners and the advanced players. These steels are ready to take home with you.

I will have new Hilton volume pedals and accessories such as bars, Pro-Piks, high end cords for your steel.

Also, I will have my 2 courses on the pedal steel. The first one is how to properly tune the E9th neck using the Peterson Strobo Plus HD Tuner. We will have plenty of the new tuners from Peterson and the leg brackets and AC plugs to charge your new tuner from the wall electricity.

Peterson tuners will be in my stock and new steel guitar legs and sockets for the lap steel builder.

I will be playing sometime at the show using the same techniques I teach in my E9th course on how to get started playing and making the steel a much easier to learn instruments. These are long time tested techniques used back in the 70's at the Jeff Newman seminars.

Come pick up your new steel, volume pedal, bar and picks and a very beneficial course on how to easily play and tune the E9th. neck.
This has been proven to be the fastest and easiest way to get going on the Nashville tuning neck.

See you there!

Call me at: 217-433-7455
visit my website at: www.sillmusicsupply.com
my email is: sillmusicsupply@gmail.com

Gary Sill

[Gary Sill]

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[Rick Myrland]

Great to see some steel events coming to the upper midwest! What sort of seminars are you planning?

[Mark Durante]

Holy crap, I hope I can make it, we are buying a house in florida and might not be back up there by then. I live 15 min from libertyville. It will probably become the steel guitar headquarters now that I'm moving...

[Sue Haslam]

We're happy to be attending the Midwest Steel Guitar Festival! I'm looking forward to seeing everyone and enjoying a great day of music!! I'll have the StroboPlus HD, Stomp Classic, StroboRack and StroboClip tuners available at the show.

[Craig Schwartz]

TTT

[Matthew Carlin]

Ticket are on sale now.

You can reserve tickets by emailing midweststeelguitarfestival at gmail.com
The full schedule will be posted later this week

You can keep up on additions and see what's going on at

www.midweststeelguitarfestival.com


Thanks

[Craig Schwartz]

Hi Matthew, I see special seminars throughout the day,
I had a thought that maybe one of them may have a course
on improving actual comping ,

I would like to get the
stale melodic sounds off of my playing at all times if possible,
Its More of a mental approach to playing a melody line.

I would definitley pay & sit through one of these seminars w/out gear


Just a thought

[Matthew Carlin]

Hey guys,

Here's the seminar listing, they will be held before the music begins on Sunday, starting at 11:30, full schedule to follow soon.


Doug Jernigan Master Class - fee $15 class size may be limited.

An amazing opportunity to sit down with one of the worlds foremost steel players. Learn techniques, tips and tricks from a true master of the instrument. All are welcome to attend but fair warning this seminar is slated for mid level to expert players with a solid understanding of the instrument.

How to find your tone w/ TC Furlong of TC furlong custom amps

This seminar is an expert overview on how to get the most out your amp. With decades of experience and research TC will teach you the tools you need to find the tone you are searching for as well as show you how to dial in some classic pedal steel sounds.

Building a Lap Steel Guitar w/ luthier Ron Mielzynski from RAM guitars:

From rank beginner to expert woodworker, luthier Ron M. will walk thru basic construction, wood selection, electronics, hardware and how you select the right materials to get the sound you want. Ron will teach you how you can construct a simple homemade lap as well as cover the techniques the pros use to achieve a work of art.

What's that funny looking keyboard ?? Aka what is a pedal steel? W/ Matt Carlin

This class is geared for beginners and pre beginners. A beginners guide to understanding, finding and learning the pedal steel guitar. Changers, pedals and knee levers you'll get a full tour of the instrument. We will cover some basic maintenance as well as some of the key differences of steel guitars your will find on the market. All will be encouraged to sit behind one and try it out.

[Frank Freniere]

Hi Matt -

Really looking forward to this event.

Do we need to bring any gear to the Doug Jernigan seminar? Thanks, FF.

[Rick Myrland]

Matt,

I sent you an email, but secure me a place in Doug's and TC's seminar.

[Gary Sill]

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[Matthew Carlin]

You can view the full schedule and seminar listings now

On

Www.midweststeelguitarfestival.com

[Ron Mielzynski]

Less than 2 weeks until the start of the Midwest Steel Guitar Festival in Libertyville Il.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Midwest- ... 46?fref=ts

RAM Guitars will be bringing a variety of guitars to try out. Heres a SpeakEasy Lapsteel that will be on display

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[Gary Sill]

Find yourself a new Mullen steel, Hilton pedal(guitar or steel pedal), great replacement legs for steel guitars. I have the sockets to attach and screw legs to a lap steel or lap steel stand.

We take Visa, Mc, Discover at the show also.

Gary Sill
Sill Music Supply

www.sillmusicsupply.com
email: sillmusicsupply@gmail.com