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Topic: TBT #11 Bohemian Rhapsody |
Bill Hatcher
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Atlanta Ga. USA
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Rick Barnhart
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Arizona, USA
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Posted 29 Jul 2021 10:53 am |
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Bravo! One of my favorites. Thanks for reposting it.
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 1 Aug 2021 7:50 am Astonishing!
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Bill Hatcher, that is downright astonishing!
Incredibly well done, with amazing intonation throughout, including what must be loads of forward and backward slants to get those voicings right.
Bravo!!!
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Fred Treece
From:
California, USA
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Posted 1 Aug 2021 9:02 am
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The usual mind-boggling beauty. Maybe it’s just the way my hearing works now, but it starts to sound like a pipe organ here n there and then you throw a slide in to remind my ears that you're playing a lap steel guitar.
I too, wondered about slants on one of your recordings, and you explained that you don’t slant, but pull behind the bar if a note is needed outside the tuning. This factoid contributed considerably to the mind boggle.
Thanks for posting, and further inspiring us all. |
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James Knox
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Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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Posted 1 Aug 2021 12:27 pm
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Mind blown!
Beautiful job Sir... |
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Jim Mckay
From:
New Zealand
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Posted 1 Aug 2021 3:20 pm
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Wow! Very clever Bill. 
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Bill Hatcher
From:
Atlanta Ga. USA
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Posted 1 Aug 2021 5:25 pm
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thank you my fellow lap steel friends. the tuning i used on this is the leavitt tuning and then pretty much diatonic on top out to 14 strings. with this tuning, you dont really have to use slants. slants are great, but i was just never much good at them. i was better at playing a lot of open strings and working underneath with the bar while they sustain
i also approached this not using many slides. when i did use a slide, it made it much more meaningful than using a bunch of them. think of a trombonist. yes he can slide, but thats not how most trombone music needs to be played. when he does make use of a slide in a phrase, it becomes much more effective than if he makes a lot of slides for no reason.
i exchanged emails years ago with the great maurice anderson. i told him that when i listened to his jazz recordings, all i heard was a musician playing jazz, i didnt hear a steel guitar playing jazz. he didnt do all the sliding around etc. i think it detracts from musical styles that dont need it. this song did not need it. i did this song in response to other recordings i had heard of musicians playing this tune. there is a guy who does it on uke....just incredible. i figured if it can be done on a 4 string uke, then it should be able to be done on the lap steel in a way that does justice to both the song and the lap steel. |
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Larry Dering
From:
Missouri, USA
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Posted 1 Aug 2021 5:37 pm
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| Wow, lots of dynamics and tones. Very slick job Bill. |
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Sam Conomo
From:
Queensland, Australia
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Posted 2 Aug 2021 3:30 pm Steel
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Hi bill,
Loved it,great work.
Inspiring song
Inspiring playing.
Sam. |
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