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Bill Hatcher

 

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Post  Posted 29 Apr 2021 8:30 pm    
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some hank. no charge for the 2/4 bar....Winking

https://soundcloud.com/bill-hatcher/i-cant-help-it

THERE ARE TWO MORE HANK TUNES POSTED DOWN THIS THREAD IF YOU ARE INTERESTED. THX!


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David DeLoach


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Post  Posted 30 Apr 2021 2:29 am    
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That was awesome Bill.
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Bill Hatcher

 

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Post  Posted 30 Apr 2021 5:26 am    
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found another hank tune. back years ago there was a post inviting folks to submit their recordings of a hank tune. i did this one. i went for a nice mellow melodic version. its only a minute.

https://soundcloud.com/bill-hatcher/cold-cold-heart-non-pedal-1
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Steve Cunningham


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Post  Posted 30 Apr 2021 6:35 am    
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Right Hand of Doom. Love it Bill!
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Tim Whitlock


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Post  Posted 30 Apr 2021 8:55 am    
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No pedals??
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Phillip Vaught


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Post  Posted 30 Apr 2021 9:07 am     Hank
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sounded great i like it
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Bill Hatcher

 

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Post  Posted 30 Apr 2021 9:18 am    
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Tim Whitlock wrote:
No pedals??


thank you for the compliment...Winking
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Walter Webb

 

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Post  Posted 30 Apr 2021 11:21 am    
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Hey Bill, that's awesome. Could you share how many strings, and how they are tuned? I play 8 string Leavitt with the upper 6 in the usual tuning, but with string 8 at F# and string 7 at A. This setup gets a fat minor 7th chord (something sorely lacking in Leavitt tuning). Unfortunately, the min 7th is a bit blubbery, being on the lowest strings only...
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Bill Hatcher

 

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Post  Posted 30 Apr 2021 12:25 pm    
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Walter Webb wrote:
Hey Bill, that's awesome. Could you share how many strings, and how they are tuned? I play 8 string Leavitt with the upper 6 in the usual tuning, but with string 8 at F# and string 7 at A. This setup gets a fat minor 7th chord (something sorely lacking in Leavitt tuning). Unfortunately, the min 7th is a bit blubbery, being on the lowest strings only...


hey walter. this was done 14 years ago on a 10 string. tuning was low to high....

Eb G# C# E G Bb C D Eb G

i have since gone out to 14 strings on the leavitt, with only two strings lower than the standard leavitt tuning and all the rest higher. i also change the tuning on the two lower strings to compliment whatever key i am playing a song in.

i have also in some cases tuned the entire tuning down as much as two steps. i think it fattens the timbre up a bit. when i went out to 14 strings, the upper strings can sound a bit harpy, zithery if your not careful. always experimenting.
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Bill Hatcher

 

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Post  Posted 30 Apr 2021 1:20 pm     One More Hank Tune
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found one more hank tune from years ago. might as well add it it to the other hank tunes posted. mansion on the hill.... https://soundcloud.com/bill-hatcher/mansion-hank
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Andy Volk


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Post  Posted 30 Apr 2021 6:00 pm    
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Terrific phrasing, Bill
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Tony Glassman


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Post  Posted 30 Apr 2021 8:44 pm    
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👍🏻
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Cliff Swanson


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Post  Posted 1 May 2021 10:31 am    
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Nicely done Bill! So cool
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Travis Brown


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Post  Posted 1 May 2021 8:39 pm    
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Wonderful, as always!
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Fred Treece


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Post  Posted 2 May 2021 7:58 am    
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Bill Hatcher’s incredibly beautiful music can only be heard on Soundcloud.

That there pretty much sums up what’s wrong with the world.

Conversely, you could say we are lucky to have both him and Soundcloud.
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Bill Hatcher

 

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Post  Posted 4 May 2021 7:27 am    
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Fred Treece wrote:
Bill Hatcher’s incredibly beautiful music can only be heard on Soundcloud.

That there pretty much sums up what’s wrong with the world.

Conversely, you could say we are lucky to have both him and Soundcloud.


thanks fred. back in the day, there was posting of fine adventurous playing by folks in the no pedals section. i am thankful that folks ask me to put some of these back on. maybe some here have not heard them so i will put on one a week till they run out. some guys have collected them into files. please do that, as there have been occasions when the publishers of the songs pull them off of some of the servers and they havent been heard for over 10 years. this thurs i will post one of those that was taken off shortly after i put it up. i had to go back to the original master ADAT tape and make a new mix and put it on soundcloud.

things i record are personal musical challenges to me that i enjoy doing. i have always tried to record things that show what our non pedal instruments are capable of doing. its fine with me that mostly just people here on the forum hear them. i never was interested in trying to get huge numbers in other places. im fine with steel guitar enthusiasts enjoying them. hopefully someone will get something out of them. our instrument needs to continue moving forward musically and acceptability wise.
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Fred Treece


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Post  Posted 4 May 2021 2:07 pm    
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Thank you, Bill. I will be doing some harvesting of your tunes for sure.

I play pedal steel, and your steel w/o pedals arrangements, besides being a joy to listen to, also present a significant challenge to the average changer mechanism. I spent a half hour last night trying to cover your intro to I Can’t Help It on my E9 12-string. No dice.

One of the things I used to believe about steel guitar was that anything that is possible on non-pedal can be done better with pedals and levers. After listening to you, along with Billy Robinson and Maurice Anderson, I no longer believe that.
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Bob Stone


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Gainesville, FL, USA
Post  Posted 13 May 2021 1:20 pm    
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Wonderful, unique. Bravo!!
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Glenn Wilde

 

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California, USA
Post  Posted 18 May 2021 3:14 am    
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Great stuff, i really like Summertime alot. The tuning sounds interesting but probably out of my range for now, still trying to get A6\C6 under control coming from Maj tunings.
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