Auld Lang Syne - E9 pedal steel - Video

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 30 Dec 2022 3:23 pm

Happy New Year all!

A short clip ----> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/GvZLn2nmQhQ

Dale Rottacker · Post by **Dale Rottacker** » 30 Dec 2022 3:49 pm

Very nice Doug, thanks

Lee Baucum · Post by **Lee Baucum** » 30 Dec 2022 5:53 pm

I don't know if they still do it or not; but, some Elks Lodges used to have an 11:00 Toast to members who had died. At a dance, everything stops at 11:00pm, the band plays Auld Lang Syne softly, and the names are read.

We always played it in the key of F.

~Lee

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 30 Dec 2022 7:45 pm

I’m playing it in F here. I like working in the key of F on E9 tuning. Fret 1 to fret 13 just feels like a comfortable area of fretboard to play in.

Lee Baucum · Post by **Lee Baucum** » 30 Dec 2022 8:30 pm

I think F, Bb, and Eb chords sound really nice on the E9 tuning.

~Lee

Ron Funk · Post by **Ron Funk** » 31 Dec 2022 3:35 pm

Great job (as usual) Doug

Happy and Healthy New Year Wishes are sent your way.

Best regards
Ron

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 31 Dec 2022 4:16 pm

Thanks Ron, Dale, and Lee, have a great 2023!

Samuel Phillippe · Post by **Samuel Phillippe** » 1 Jan 2023 4:26 pm

Happy New Year....Another fine tune played well....
Thanks for posting

Sam

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 1 Jan 2023 6:43 pm

Happy New Year, Sam!

Bob Carlucci · Post by **Bob Carlucci** » 2 Jan 2023 4:57 am

Lee Baucum wrote:I don't know if they still do it or not; but, some Elks Lodges used to have an 11:00 Toast to members who had died. At a dance, everything stops at 11:00pm, the band plays Auld Lang Syne softly, and the names are read.

We always played it in the key of F.

~Lee

Yes, I have done that and played it on steel at lodges over the years.. Not sure if its still done at all of them , but I imagine some still do.

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 2 Jan 2023 7:32 am

The gigs at Elks, Eagles, Moose, and other social club are long gone in my area. We played a lot of them in the 70s and 80s, and I remember the 11:00 pm toast. They would ring a bell, as I remember. Those gigs were always packed and a dinner was served. But those gigs are gone now. So are most of the VFW and AmLegion gigs. Today we have brewery gigs… earlier hours, shorter hours, more family oriented.

Fred Treece · Post by **Fred Treece** » 2 Jan 2023 9:20 am

I remember the 11pm toast too. I wonder if it was related somehow to the “11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month” end of The Great War.

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 2 Jan 2023 9:39 am

Fred Treece wrote:I remember the 11pm toast too. I wonder if it was related somehow to the “11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month” end of The Great War.

Very likely. Or as Dr. Spock would say... that is entirely Logical.

Lee Baucum · Post by **Lee Baucum** » 2 Jan 2023 11:00 am

Here is some information:

https://www.elks.org/lodges/LodgePages. ... 72&ID=2084

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 2 Jan 2023 12:41 pm

Ah yes, I remember that ceremonial prayer. The Moose Club had a similar one... at 9:00 pm everything stopped and bells would toll and the lodge commander would recite a prayer about "the little children in Mooseheart". And everyone would face Mooseheart and bless the little children who live there. That gave me the creeps!

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 29 Dec 2023 4:09 pm

Bump for 2024!

Happy New Year!

Larry Dering · Post by **Larry Dering** » 30 Dec 2023 2:21 am

Thanks Doug. Happy healthy New Year.

Joe Krumel · Post by **Joe Krumel** » 30 Dec 2023 4:47 am

Here's to a healthy,prosperous and peaceful 2024

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 30 Dec 2023 8:27 am

Thanks Larry and Joe, all the best to you too!