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Topic: What was the first Steel Guitar Song you learned? |
Glenn Demichele
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Posted 31 Aug 2021 7:40 pm |
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Ha ha. I don’t think I ever really “learned†one!!! I can hunt and peck my way through lots of tunes, but I would flame out at a steel guitar show…
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Jack Hargraves
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Missouri, USA
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Posted 4 Sep 2021 8:26 am
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Broken down in tiny pieces
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GFI Expo SD10, Nashville 112, Steelers choice Pak-a- seat, Carter vol. pedal, Stage one vol. pedal, Peavey Deltafex. Goodrich volume pedal. |
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Andy Volk
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Boston, MA
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Posted 5 Sep 2021 4:00 am
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"I think it's gonna work out fine" by Jerry Douglas. I copped it (sorry of)figured it out in a simple way by ear in open A on a Gibson EH-150.
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Ken Mizell
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Lakeland, Florida, 33809, USA
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Posted 5 Sep 2021 1:29 pm
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Honky Tonk Angels, from the old Sho-Bud instruction book with a young Jeff Newman on the cover.
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Andy Volk
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Boston, MA
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Posted 5 Sep 2021 2:48 pm
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"I think it's gonna work out fine" by Jerry Douglas. I figured it out in a simple way by ear in open A on a Gibson EH-150.
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Jeremiah Wade
From:
Bladenboro, NC
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Posted 6 Sep 2021 1:26 pm
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On C6 lap steel I first learned "I'm so lonesome, I could cry." When I purchased my first pedal steel I learned "How great Thou art" from standard notation from a hymnal.
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Wesley Medlen
From:
LaCygne,Ks
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Posted 7 Sep 2021 4:59 am
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Steel guitar rag
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Justice S10 Jr, Gibson Electra 6string, Boss Katana 100, Steelers Choice ,Gretsch 6 string lap, Hilton VP |
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Tommy Shown
From:
Denham Springs, La.
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Posted 8 Sep 2021 11:02 am
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| Farewell party.I had one vinyl wrapped Mavericks back on 79. I listened Lloyd Green pick it and made look so easy for a beginner such as I. |
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Bruce Heffner
From:
Payson, Arizona
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Posted 8 Sep 2021 2:11 pm My First Teel Guitar Song
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the Steel Guitar Rag
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Wally Pfeifer
From:
Illinois, USA
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Posted 8 Sep 2021 5:04 pm First steel gitar song
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About 1939,-I was 8 years old. First song played was "Nearer My God to Thee" Single sheet of music in the diagram method.  |
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Dick Chapple Sr
From:
Hardin Montana, USA
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Posted 17 Feb 2022 12:41 pm First song on steel
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Just saw this older post.
My first 3 professional arrangements by Oahu Music in 1947-48. Have I told You Lately That I Love You, Harbor Lights, and steel Guitar Rag.
I played these at a school function, I was 7 years old at the time.
On pedal steel my first was Sleepwalk.
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Larry Hutchison
From:
Peoria, Illinois, USA
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Posted 17 Feb 2022 12:56 pm
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Danny Boy
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Larry Hutchison, Marlen D-10 8 x 7, Peavey Sessions 500(2) and Peavey Nashville 400 |
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Samuel Phillippe
From:
Douglas Michigan, USA
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Posted 17 Feb 2022 3:04 pm
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Quinton's Theme......from the tv show Dark Shadows
wife hums it as a lullabye fro the great grand kids |
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Paul Wade
From:
mundelein,ill
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Posted 17 Feb 2022 3:55 pm
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| Sleep walk on 6 string then 1 0 string shobud maverick 3-1 out of tune😛 |
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Archie Walpole
From:
Virginia, USA
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Posted 17 Feb 2022 4:05 pm First song learned
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| Born to Lose arranged by Mr. Billy Cooper |
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Fred Treece
From:
California, USA
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Posted 17 Feb 2022 8:35 pm
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| Samuel Phillippe wrote: |
Quinton's Theme......from the tv show Dark Shadows
wife hums it as a lullabye fro the great grand kids |
Those kids are gonna be messed up in a really good way. |
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Samuel Phillippe
From:
Douglas Michigan, USA
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Posted 18 Feb 2022 7:47 am
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| Fred Treece wrote: |
| Samuel Phillippe wrote: |
Quinton's Theme......from the tv show Dark Shadows
wife hums it as a lullabye fro the great grand kids |
Those kids are gonna be messed up in a really good way. |
LOL, and they are.
Sam |
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John De Maille
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On a Mountain in Upstate Halcottsville, N.Y.
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Posted 18 Feb 2022 1:27 pm
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| When I first got my pedal steel in 1974, it was near Christmas, so, I taught myself to play Silver Bells. It seemed to fit perfectly to the E9th tuning. I had no access to any pro tutoring, so, I had to learn everything myself. |
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Larry Baker
From:
Columbia, Mo. U.S.A.
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Posted 18 Feb 2022 3:28 pm pedal steel
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A Fool such as I.
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Tom Gorr
From:
Three Hills, Alberta
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Posted 19 Feb 2022 6:28 pm
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| I can recall my first 3 but not the order. Steel guitar Rag. Somewhere My Love. Rose Garden. I think I found tab on in scattered on steel guitarist personal pages on the Interwebs circa 2000. |
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Per Berner
From:
Skövde, Sweden
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Posted 20 Feb 2022 1:17 am
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| Summer Clouds from Lloyd Green's Shades of Steel. |
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Jim Sliff
From:
Lawndale California, USA
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Posted 20 Feb 2022 11:04 am
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The Byrds' "You Ain't goin' Nowhere" with Lloyd Green playing steel (by ear on my first pedal steel, a POS black Tolex-covered Fender S10 student model - probably the most cheaply-constructed version of the ShoBud Maverick.
Made me quit pedal steel for about 15 years!
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No chops, but great tone
1930's/40's Rickenbacher/Rickenbacker 6&8 string lap steels
1921 Weissenborn Style 2; Hilo&Schireson hollownecks
Appalachian, Regal & Dobro squarenecks
1959 Fender 400 9+2 B6;1960's Fender 800 3+3+2; 1948 Fender Dual-8 Professional |
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Bob Carlucci
From:
Candor, New York, USA
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Posted 20 Feb 2022 1:03 pm
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This one-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9G0emfp87E
I think I learned major and minor chords first before I learned any songs per se', and then just doodled around to the country rock songs of the day,, but this one is the one that got me down to hard core, big time sheddin'... I could play it after only playing a few days. I could play it acceptably well after about 10 years. bob
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Arty Passes
From:
Austin, TX
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Posted 22 Feb 2022 2:48 pm
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On Top of Old Smokey
from the Sho-Bud(?) book with Jeff Newman on the cover. First one I really figured out was Teach Your Children |
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Dennis Detweiler
From:
Solon, Iowa, US
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Posted 22 Feb 2022 4:34 pm
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Bud's Bounce on a D-8 Fender with a changer that bolted onto the end of the guitar(raise only). A and B pedals. No rollers and broke a string every day. Caveman's guitar.
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