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Female Steel Player

Post by Del Ray Grace »

Hello Friends,
Checkout this female steel player(Nikki D.)as she performs at our 1st Sacred Strings Musical Tour.

http://www.sacredstrings.com/AGPBVIDEOS.html
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Del Ray,

That girl is definitely into steel guitar!

There seems to be more and more women taking up steel all the time!

Thanks for sharing.
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Post by Don McGregor »

INSPIRING!!!
Tell us more about Nikki D.
What tunings does she favor?
Will this tour be coming to the Midsouth?
Memphis?
Thank you so much for introducing us to her.
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Del,

Awesome! LOVE the music.

Drew
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Wow ! AMEN !!!
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Post by Del Ray Grace »

Hello again,
Nikki started playing at the age of eight years old. She sings lead vocal in the family female quartet group, she also plays keyboard and bass guitar. She owns a Lloyd Green ShoBud and several lap steels.Nikki also owns a beauty salon. I'm not sure what tuning she prefers because she experiments with several. She is very flattered at all the attention she is getting between the forum and youtube.

www.sacredstrings.com/AGPBVIDEOS.html
www.youtube.com/sacredstrings
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Post by Don Kona Woods »

Let's hear more of Nikki D on the "Sacred Strings" Steel Guitar 8)

Great inspirational playing. 8)

Aloha, :)
Don
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Wow! I like it! What a breath of fresh air.
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Post by Del Ray Grace »

Hey Don, you can hear and see more of Nikki D on youtube.com/sacredstrings

glad you guys are enjoying her steel picking,

Del

http://www.sacredstrings.com/AGPBVIDEOS.html
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All of the players on that page have different ways of praising God through their music. It's inspiring to see so many people taking steel guitar in that direction. Thanks for sharing!
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Yes it is Brad, we don't have a problem praising our Lord and Savior on the string instruments as stated in Psalms 150:4. Have a blessed week!

http://www.sacredstrings.com/AGPBVIDEOS.html
www.youtube.com/sacredstrings

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Post by David Soreff »

That is tight!! My question is about her use of the wah pedal. Since this is my first time hearing Sacred Steel, is this a common thing for the players to use? I think it really drives it nicely.
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Post by Del Ray Grace »

David, in the early seventies Lorenzo Harrison was the first to bring the Morely power wah into this style of music.The way he used it was so powerful and effective that it took off from there.We all ran out and purchased one. I only wish I would've asked him more questions about these things.

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Post by Archie Nicol R.I.P. »

Del; Get these wonderful clips posted on the `Steel On The Web` section. The more folks that get to see them, the better.
I'm well behaved, so there!
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Thank you Archie for that sound advise.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nw-wdrlk ... re=related



fantastic right hand technique.......
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Post by Del Ray Grace »

Yes Howard this is the other youtube clip of Nikki playing in my basement.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nw-wdrlk ... re=related
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Post by Del Ray Grace »

Hey gang, Nikki says hello and sends her sincere appreciation to all that posted comments on her performance during our first Sacred Strings Tour.
Del,

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