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Topic: What was the first Steel Guitar Song you learned? |
Ken Byng
From:
Southampton, England
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Posted 16 Aug 2021 7:41 am |
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Sleepwalk in 1966 on lap steel (E13). I was 17 years old.
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Einar Baldursson
From:
Stockholm, Sweden
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Posted 16 Aug 2021 8:37 am
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John Ely's arrangement of Bubbles in my Beer was my gateway drug.
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 16 Aug 2021 10:22 am
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The first song I learned on an Oahu acoustic was "Beginners Waltz". 
Erv |
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Ron Funk
From:
Ballwin, Missouri
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Posted 17 Aug 2021 6:41 pm
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On Tonemaster Lap Steel -
"On the Wings of a Dove"
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"Hawaiian War Chant" |
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 18 Aug 2021 3:09 am
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I'm pretty sure it was Steel Guitar Rag. My first steel guitar album was a Buddy Merrill album I found at Woolworth in their bargain bin for a dollar. It had the song on it and I learned his version, well almost.
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Scott Denniston
From:
Hahns Peak, Colorado, USA
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Posted 18 Aug 2021 2:41 pm
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Blue Eyes Cryin and Greensleeves. Then I dug into that Blue Bayou solo and Hank Devito's solo on Heartbroke. I'm surprised I remember this.  |
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Bill Terry
From:
Bastrop, TX
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Posted 19 Aug 2021 6:36 am
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| I was hacking away on stage before I knew any complete songs.. |
Ditto.. I figured out how to play I, IV and V after owning one a month or so, and started dragging the steel out to my 'regular' guitar gig. All I 'knew' was which strings to dodge, and that I didn't know how to play minor chords. 
At some point I learned 'songs' I guess, but I couldn't tell you when, it was a very hazy transition from just playing the right chord to actually copying parts.
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Terry Winter
From:
Saskatchewan, Canada
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Posted 19 Aug 2021 7:07 am
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| I believe Steel Guitar Rag. |
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Jack Hargraves
From:
Missouri, USA
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Posted 19 Aug 2021 12:38 pm
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My first tune was Sleep Walk
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Bob Watson
From:
Champaign, Illinois, U.S.
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Posted 19 Aug 2021 12:50 pm
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| I messed around with comping and fills and solos, the basic skills used to accompany a singer in a band for quite awhile when I first started, but the first instrumental chord melody I recall working on was the version of Greensleeves that was in the Winnie Winston Book. |
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Chuck Walker
From:
Cody, Wyoming, USA
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Posted 19 Aug 2021 2:30 pm
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| My instruction has all been from Jeff Newman's courses and the first song he has you play is "Does Ft. Worth Ever Cross Your Mind." Fifteen years later it's still the song I warm up with. |
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G Strout
From:
Carabelle, Florida
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Posted 20 Aug 2021 4:49 am
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Thinking back I believe it was Cold Cold Heart. On a Rick Six String looooooong time ago
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Ray Minich
From:
Bradford, Pa. Frozen Tundra
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Posted 20 Aug 2021 7:28 pm
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Crazy Arms
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Floyd Lowery
From:
Deland, Florida, USA
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Posted 21 Aug 2021 7:56 am
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I started taking lessons around 1947 on a round hole guitar with the strings raised so I could use a bar and picks. When I went to my first lesson I actually thought I was going to learn to play a guitar not a steel guitar. I am pretty sure the lessons came from Oahu book, but I have no idea what I learned the first few songs. My uncle was a pro fiddle player playing 5 mornings a week on the radio and shows all around the state. I just knew I wanted to do stuff like that.
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 21 Aug 2021 6:11 pm
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My first song on lap steel was (don't laugh) "The Old Oaken Bucket". That was song #1 in my Nick Manoloff instruction book. On pedal steel, as I recall, it was either "The Old Rugged Cross", or "Silent Night".
Don't know how much longer I'll be able to do it, but it's been fun!  |
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Brett Day
From:
Pickens, SC
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Posted 23 Aug 2021 12:24 pm
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| There were two for me-"Look At Us" and "Cold Cold Heart"-if memory serves me right, I started out with "Cold Cold Heart", and "Look At Us" came right after. |
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Bob Muller
From:
Oregon, USA
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Posted 26 Aug 2021 9:06 am
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| Still trying to learn my first song. |
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Morgan Scoggins
From:
Georgia, USA
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Posted 26 Aug 2021 9:32 am
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" Hang Down Your Head Tom Dooley"
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John Talbott
From:
Castle Rock, Colorado, USA
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Posted 26 Aug 2021 4:10 pm
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Faded Love from JN’s Music to Steel By
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Scott Moon
From:
Canyon Lake, TX
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Posted 26 Aug 2021 5:27 pm
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Charley Pride Live at Panther Hall
"Just Between You and Me" |
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Curt Trisko
From:
St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
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Posted 27 Aug 2021 12:09 pm
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| Johnson's Love by Dwight Yoakam. The A+B rocking and climbing up the chord inversions was loads of fun at the time. |
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Frank Freniere
From:
The First Coast
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Posted 27 Aug 2021 1:22 pm
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| John Palumbo wrote: |
| Red River Valley, from Winnie Winston book |
+1, circa 1979. |
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Billy McCombs
From:
Bakersfield California, USA
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Posted 27 Aug 2021 5:38 pm
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Cheating Heart
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Tom Jordan
From:
Wichita, KS
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Posted 27 Aug 2021 8:55 pm
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I went all out and learned everything that I could but I believe the first was “It Don’t Matter Anymore†by Rosanne Cash  |
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Larry D Adams
From:
Northern Maine & Western New Brunswick, CA
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Posted 31 Aug 2021 4:04 pm
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| Together Again.. |
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