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Topic: What Was The Best Compliment You Received |
Robert Jackson
From:
Pennsylvania, USA
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Posted 28 Jan 2018 6:26 am |
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I’m new to Steel Guitar but for many, many years I was a regular ole Guitar player in a lot of bands. Some pretty successful, not stardom neutral paid the bills and “almost†made it.
I was speaking to Les Paul and played him a demo we had done of “Bye, Bye Blues.†We were breaking in our new 16 track (tape) studio. He listen and stated giving me tips on mic placement etc... then asked who’s playing the rhythm guitar? I stated, me .. he said, “now THAT is good! Rhythm guitar is a lost art. You remind me of Jimmy Atkins ... maybe you heard oh his brother Chet! LOL |
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K Maul
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Hadley, NY/Hobe Sound, FL
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Posted 28 Jan 2018 7:59 am
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Wanda Jackson told me “you’re the most versatile steel player I’ve worked with. You can do the country stuff, but you also rock.†That meant the world to me!
And back in the 90s, Chet told me he really liked the sound of the pickup rig I had on my dobro. Twice. He didn’t mention my choice of notes....haha.
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Kevin Maul: Airline, Beard, Clinesmith, Decophonic, Evans, Excel, Fender, Fluger, Gibson, Hilton, Ibanez, Justice, K+K, Live Strings, MOYO, National, Oahu, Peterson, Quilter, Rickenbacher, Sho~Bud, Supro, TC, Ultimate, VHT, Williams, X-otic, Yamaha, ZKing. |
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Jack Hanson
From:
San Luis Valley, USA
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Posted 28 Jan 2018 9:43 am
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| Sort of an underhanded compliment that will always mean a lot to me was from my son, who was probably about 14-15 at the time. We were in the balcony of Garrison Keillor's beautifully restored Fitzgerald Theater in Saint Paul for one of the few concerts performed by the reunited original Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen. (Fiddler Andy Stein was in Keillor's house band at the time.) After a particularly nice solo by Bobby Black, my boy leaned over to me and said something to the effect of "so that's how that thing you play is supposed to sound." |
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Larry Carlson
From:
My Computer
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Posted 28 Jan 2018 11:52 am
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My wife always tells me how peaceful and quiet our home is when I'm not playing.
I think the neighbor's cat appreciates it too...... 
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I have stuff.
I try to make music with it.
Sometimes it works.
Sometimes it doesn't.
But I keep on trying. |
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 28 Jan 2018 12:37 pm
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After one of my sets at the steel guitar convention in St Louis, Buddy Emmons came up to me, shook my hand, and said "Hey man, I really like what you were trying to play."
Ouch! 
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Bill Sinclair
From:
Waynesboro, PA, USA
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Posted 28 Jan 2018 12:59 pm
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| Years ago I was in a little trio that regularly played the early show at the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville. After one night an out-of-towner came up to us and said "Ya'll are better than some of them that's on TV!" Out of any of the compliments I've received, backhanded and otherwise, that's my favorite. |
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John Rosett
From:
Missoula, MT
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Posted 28 Jan 2018 2:04 pm
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I think that the best compliment I ever got was at a jam session where a friend told me that, when we were playing, it felt like we were sitting around telling each other jokes.
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"it's not in bad taste, if it's funny." - john waters |
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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K Maul
From:
Hadley, NY/Hobe Sound, FL
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Posted 28 Jan 2018 3:30 pm
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I was doing a bill with the Everly Bros and others,and Buddy was playing with them. I hit a little clam on an intro and as I walked off stage after our segment, Buddy was in the wings. As I walked by him he softly said “I heard thatâ€.
Horrified for about 5 seconds then I thought,or rationalized, that if he didn't like the other stuff I played,he’d have said nothing. I felt like I was sort of accepted because he gave me a shot. I’m sticking with that thought!
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Kevin Maul: Airline, Beard, Clinesmith, Decophonic, Evans, Excel, Fender, Fluger, Gibson, Hilton, Ibanez, Justice, K+K, Live Strings, MOYO, National, Oahu, Peterson, Quilter, Rickenbacher, Sho~Bud, Supro, TC, Ultimate, VHT, Williams, X-otic, Yamaha, ZKing. |
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Paul Arntson
From:
Washington, USA
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Posted 28 Jan 2018 4:10 pm
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The funniest NON compliment was from my dear spouse.
After an absolutely amazing solo from Chris Scruggs at a Marty Stuart show, she said, "I didn't know it could sound like that!"
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Excel D10 8&4, Supro 8, Regal resonator, Peavey Powerslide, homemade lap 12(a work in progress) |
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Andy DePaule
From:
Saigon, Viet Nam & Springfield, Oregon
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Posted 28 Jan 2018 4:19 pm Best in the whole country
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My 11 year old son told me I was the "Best pedal steel player in the whole country"....
But then he reminded me that I am "The only pedal steel player in this whole country".
Oh well, guess thats the best I could hope for.   
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Inlaid Star Guitar 2006 by Mark Giles. SD-10 4+5 in E9th; http://luthiersupply.com/instrument-gallery.html
2017 Mullen SD-10, G2 5&5 Polished Aluminum covering. Custom Build for me. Great Steel.
Clinesmith Joaquin Murphy style Aluminum 8 String Lap Steel Short A6th.
Magnatone Jeweltone Series Lap Steel, Circa 1950? 6 String with F#minor7th Tuning.
1956 Dewey Kendrick D-8 4&3, Restoration Project.
1973 Sho~Bud Green SD-10 4&5 PSG, Restoration Project. |
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Nic Neufeld
From:
Kansas City, Missouri
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Posted 28 Jan 2018 6:02 pm Re: Best in the whole country
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| Andy DePaule wrote: |
My 11 year old son told me I was the "Best pedal steel player in the whole country"....
But then he reminded me that I am "The only pedal steel player in this whole country".
Oh well, guess thats the best I could hope for. |
Very nice! Although keep a wary eye on those đà n bầu players...imagine a pedal steel with a hand "pedal", extensive artificial harmonics, one string, and no steel bar!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5smV8NbWiA
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Waikīkī, at night when the shadows are falling
I hear the rolling surf calling
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Andy DePaule
From:
Saigon, Viet Nam & Springfield, Oregon
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Posted 28 Jan 2018 6:07 pm May favorite Instrument
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Yes Nick,
That's my favorite traditional instrument here.
Not so easy too play. In fact very tricky.
Best wishes,
Andy
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Inlaid Star Guitar 2006 by Mark Giles. SD-10 4+5 in E9th; http://luthiersupply.com/instrument-gallery.html
2017 Mullen SD-10, G2 5&5 Polished Aluminum covering. Custom Build for me. Great Steel.
Clinesmith Joaquin Murphy style Aluminum 8 String Lap Steel Short A6th.
Magnatone Jeweltone Series Lap Steel, Circa 1950? 6 String with F#minor7th Tuning.
1956 Dewey Kendrick D-8 4&3, Restoration Project.
1973 Sho~Bud Green SD-10 4&5 PSG, Restoration Project. |
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Greg Booth
From:
Anchorage, AK, USA
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Paul Arntson
From:
Washington, USA
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Posted 29 Jan 2018 10:18 pm
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Nice thanks for that video. Amazing!
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Excel D10 8&4, Supro 8, Regal resonator, Peavey Powerslide, homemade lap 12(a work in progress) |
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Richard Keller
From:
Deer Creek, Illinois, USA
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Posted 30 Jan 2018 10:34 am
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| Greg, great playing on both the dobro and Steel in your video. |
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Bill Groner
From:
QUAKERTOWN, PA
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Posted 30 Jan 2018 12:33 pm
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My wife said, you are starting to play much better, I actually recognize some of the songs you play. She then said, "play my favorite one, you know the one,......Far, far, away!" 
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Currently own, 6 Groner-tone lap steels, one 1953 Alamo Lap steel, Roland Cube, Fender Champion 40 |
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Jeffrey Westfall
From:
San Antonio,Texas, USA
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Posted 1 Feb 2018 6:38 pm
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| My music teacher once jokingly told me "Hey your not bad.....your not good but your not bad" |
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Andy Volk
From:
Boston, MA
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Posted 2 Feb 2018 2:18 am
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My wife said, "Hey - I can actually recognize that one!"
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Steel Guitar Books! Website: www.volkmediabooks.com |
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Charlie McDonald
From:
out of the blue
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Posted 2 Feb 2018 7:00 am
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These are all well-deserved compliments, and I have none, but Greg has delivered the proof in the pudding, posted by Andy, so there's my excuse.
I just gotta say that I missed this first time around, and I'm listening to it for the third time over the course of the morning.
I didn't hear anything that you weren't trying to play. And I can't say as I prefer one instrument over the other on this tune.
And the ending is just remarkable. I envisioned Buddy on bass. Whoever did it did him proud.
Excuse my digression. |
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Ian Rae
From:
Redditch, England
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Posted 2 Feb 2018 10:43 am
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Best compliment? Last night the drummer said "Ian! I could hear you!" At least it felt positive...
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Make sleeping dogs tell the truth!
Homebuilt keyless U12 7x5, Excel keyless U12 8x8, Williams keyless U12 7x8, Telonics rack and 15" cabs |
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