Am I Missing Something Here???

[Buddy Emmons]

Paul,
If the song was the last tune, it was more than likely "The Blues Walk," which has been my closer for a long time.
As for twirling the bar, I'm such a helpless show-off, I can't resist doing it whenever I have a captive audience. It goes as far back as I can remember, so I probably tried it first as a lark and turned it into something that worked. So much for the greasy chicken wing.
Kenny,
My wrist is much better but I can't seem to get the will to go downstairs and fire up my equipment. I play a little on my twelve-string practice guitar but that's about it. I have no plans for recording or touring. Happy New Year to you.
And Mike,
It's good to see you back and sharpening that rapier wit of yours, but I dare not reveal how I learned to play sitting on the floor. Suffice it to say, no matter where you end up on the bandstand or how you got there, the show must go on.

[Jeff Lampert]

Joey, What I was trying to say is that the two don't go hand in hand. Many, many players enjoy the "exclusivity" and cultish nature of the instrument. However, to get the public to accept on a wide-scale, and see it appear in many other music venues, and see the public drop it's "country-only stereotype", it would have to be played by 100 times as many players as it is, and it would no longer be exclusive. It would be like guitar, piano, horns, etc. That's why I said you can't have your cake and eat it to. JMO.

[Chuckie Acevedo]

Could the problem be the lack of our leaders in the industry to spread out nationwide , instead of localizing steels to the east coast and southern part of the country?
Consensus has it that theres not much interest on the West Coast for the steel.How would increasing its exposure out here help?
Ill leave that one to you guys with the big billfolds hmmmm lts see .....no exposure = no interest.How about some of you big boys having a convention alittle further than Texas? All people see now is a snipet of a steel player doing a lick behind someone, can kids learn anything from that?
I think a show in Las Vegas or San Francisco could do alot more for our instrument and its popularity. How 'bout that?

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[Mike Cass]

..Buddy Gene, I guessed it might be something along those lines .
As for the content of my future posts, one of my NY resolutions is to lighten up a bit on everyone else, including me. After re-reading all of the above posts, I found a message in there for moi ...or as a friend once told me, "let your music speak for you...." who was that masked man & where did he go ?.. I wanted to thank him ..
Great thread, Paul.
Im gone....

[Paul Warnik]

Thanks to "The Big E" and "The Big C" for posting on this thread-and Mike you once told me long ago you thought that I "lived a charmed life" while I dont totally agree with you there I can say that the good things that steel guitar has brought to me-I am in deed grateful for and hope that I wont ever take for granted-my achievements with steel guitar are nothing by comparision to those of the many great professional players like you and Buddy Gene and I hope that my opening comments are not seen by anyone here as bragging-I am saying that if I never do anything else that might "advance the cause" for steel guitar-I am happy that the 15 year old kid with the plastic record player and the cheap lap steel has grown to achieve more than I ever thought in my wildest steel guitar dreams-and Mike I know that you have had those(especially Dobro)dreams too-b0b I think you can close this one now

[b0b]

Gee, it was just getting interesting, Paul. But it's your topic, so I'll close it at your request.

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