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Topic: Does anyone play steel and sing at the same time? |
Doug Cassell
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San Antonio Texas, USA
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Posted 20 Mar 2018 6:32 am |
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| Seems like it would be a tougher since you need to pay more attention to the PSG than with a 6 string. Couldn't find anything with the search function. |
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Jim Cohen
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Philadelphia, PA
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Skip Edwards
From:
LA,CA
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Posted 20 Mar 2018 6:36 am
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Chuck Back and Rick Schmidt do it, and do it really well.
They do it the smart way... sing a line, play a line, because it's not considered good form to play over the vocal, even if you're the one singing.... |
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Doug Cassell
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San Antonio Texas, USA
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Posted 20 Mar 2018 6:42 am
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| Skip Edwards wrote: |
Chuck Back and Rick Schmidt do it, and do it really well.
They do it the smart way... sing a line, play a line, because it's not considered good form to play over the vocal, even if you're the one singing.... |
That makes sense, it's the only way I could conceive of doing it! |
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Roger Rettig
From:
Naples, FL
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Posted 20 Mar 2018 7:15 am
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I usually finish up having to do backing vocals when I do 'Always, Patsy Cline'. Singing into a mic while keeping one's eyes on the fretboard is a challenge!
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Dick Wood
From:
Springtown Texas, USA
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Posted 20 Mar 2018 7:28 am
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I don't sing but I was at a studio once when I noticed the band laughing in the booth. I took off the phones and they asked if I knew I hummed real loud when I played. I never realized I did that.
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Cops aren't paid much so I steel at night.
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Roger Rettig
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Naples, FL
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Posted 20 Mar 2018 7:35 am
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That's funny, Dick.
Back in 1969 I was putting a guitar overdub on Peter Sarstedt's 'Where Do You Go To, My Lovely' (which went on to be a massive international hit and a #1 in the UK) at Lansdowne Studios.
They were beside themselves trying to track down this elusive tone leaking into my mic. Eventually they worked out that it was me humming, and even I was completely unaware that I was doing it!
I think it's a sort of nervous concentration...
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Tucker Jackson
From:
Portland, Oregon, USA
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Posted 20 Mar 2018 8:12 am
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Portland steeler Harley James not only sang, he fronted a band a few years ago, The Buckles.
You don't often see the steel front and center on stage, but Harley laid down the law on both lead vocals and push-pull! |
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Jeffrey McFadden
From:
Missouri, USA
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Posted 20 Mar 2018 8:58 am
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I do. I started playing guitar to sing with, 50 years ago, and my objective has never changed. I sing about 1/4 or slightly less of the songs my band performs. I sing while I practice, even as a beginner. I've been singing over lap steel for some years, so the shuffle of eyes from mic to fretboard is second nature now.
This is really rough, because I'm so early in my PSG journey, but here's an example. (I record my practice, it helps me learn.) http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6gj43e
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Robert Parent
From:
Gillette, WY
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Posted 20 Mar 2018 12:55 pm
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I can for a few songs, but would much rather just play!
Robert |
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Ken Pippus
From:
Langford, BC, Canada
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Posted 20 Mar 2018 1:19 pm
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| Lynn Stafford and Dick Meis both do a fine job. Also George Duncan Sypert. |
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Jim Hollingsworth
From:
Way out West
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Posted 20 Mar 2018 1:44 pm
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I do it on some songs out of necessity. Sing - play - sing play.... But I prefer to play regular guitar and sing if I can.
Jim |
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Don Kuhn
From:
Poetry/Terrell ,Texas, USA
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Posted 20 Mar 2018 4:50 pm
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I'm confused. Why would anyone want to sing when they can play steel guitar...?  |
Singers get more sex. |
Well Darn now I have tp sign up for singing lessons  |
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Bill Cunningham
From:
Atlanta, Ga. USA
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Posted 20 Mar 2018 4:56 pm
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A guitar player and mentor of mine used to work a club gig with Julian Tharpe. He said Julian would be playing a solo and look at him and say "let's do (and sing a line from a different tune) next". 
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 20 Mar 2018 4:59 pm
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| Bill Cunningham wrote: |
| A guitar player and mentor of mine used to work a club gig with Julian Tharpe. He said Julian would be playing a solo and look at him and say "let's do (and sing a line from a different tune) next". |
One of those guys with an extra brain, eh? Joe Wright is like that too.
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Bob Carlucci
From:
Candor, New York, USA
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Posted 21 Mar 2018 5:35 am
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I did it for years and years in good local bands in NJ/NY.. Lead vocals and high harmonies. I always had the highest voice in most bands I was in..
After a while it really became second nature and was effortless..
However as time went on, and I was playing fewer gigs as the years went by, and playing less pedal steel and more guitar, I found it becoming increasingly difficult,, and tiring, and today I doubt I could do it at all... bob
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Larry Allen
From:
Kapaa, Kauai,Hawaii
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Posted 21 Mar 2018 11:50 am
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I do all the time..since going to an Ext E9 I have the same chordal accompanyment as guitar..the low E (10th) and B (9th) make the difference!.. 
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Charlie Hansen
From:
Halifax, NS Canada and Various Southern Towns.
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Posted 21 Mar 2018 12:18 pm
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Jake Penrod does it very well.
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Carter S-10 3X5, Peavey Nashville 112, plus Regal dobro and too many other instruments to mention.
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A Touch Of Texas CIOE FM 97.5 Sackville, NS, Canada,
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b0b
From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 21 Mar 2018 12:50 pm
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I do. I'm not a great singer, but I can do chord pads on steel while singing and sometimes even add a few fills.
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Dave Campbell
From:
Nova Scotia, Canada
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Posted 21 Mar 2018 2:52 pm
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| one night i tried to sing gary stewart's "she's acting single" while i played steel. i had practiced it with the band in rehearsal and it was great. on the gig i bombed on it in a way that i've never bombed on anything. i've been afraid to try again. |
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Frank Carter
From:
Yuma, Az
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Posted 23 Mar 2018 7:39 pm
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| I did for 25 years lead & harmonies |
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Earnest Bovine
From:
Los Angeles CA USA
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Posted 23 Mar 2018 9:27 pm
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| I can't even sing Giddyup Go and play steel at the same time. |
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