My band got a good review, but they called it a SLIDE GUITAR

Sage · Post by **Sage** » 20 Mar 2002 5:55 pm

I'm with Jon on this one. I like playing "outside" of the regular country scene. I don't feel that it is my job to educate the masses on what it is called. It's my job to bring as much life into my playing as I can.
I too just say, "thanks, man"- and let it go.

IMHO if we are going to grow gracefully into the overall music ecology, we had better start getting along with slide guitar players- perhaps even celebrating what we have in common.
T. Sage Harmos

Bill Myrick · Post by **Bill Myrick** » 21 Mar 2002 4:48 am

Maybe when it comes to the "rock field" they could better relate to "a pedal axe" -

Dirk B · Post by **Dirk B** » 21 Mar 2002 6:35 am

Mike,
Just email the reviewer and gently correct him/her on the proper name of the guitar. They may well appreciate the information.

Ron Shepard · Post by **Ron Shepard** » 21 Mar 2002 7:34 am

A rock musician said to me "hey,way cool,
it's like a big whammy bar"

Gene Jones · Post by **Gene Jones** » 21 Mar 2002 8:33 am

.....my favorite reference by someone who didn't know what it was: "That slide thing"......

Tom Olson · Post by **Tom Olson** » 21 Mar 2002 8:38 am

I once heard another PSG player remark that sometimes people think he's playing some sort of keyboard(!)

Ric Nelson · Post by **Ric Nelson** » 21 Mar 2002 9:04 am

Mike:

They print what they wish, and that's what's in their little heads at the time. Gosh, it could have been worse and said that you play the b*njo

They get pressured to fill in "the holes" later when they write the story

and most times they don't call and ask. But I must say, once in a while they do.

I can't remember when I've ever had anything written in an article about me that was 100% right. One common thing I always read (and it still gets repeated over and over, even today)is that I was in "Patsy Cline's band". Well, da, Pats never had a band then, when she was based in D.C. She would always sing with us, a few songs per set or on a packaged show. In fact,the last time I saw her right before she was killed, she said she was going to get her "own band together". I her words, "Hoss, I'm going to have my real own band for a change. How'd like them apples"? BTW, it was Don Helms, Bob Foster, Walter Haynes Jimmy Day or Bob Keith on her Owen Bradley sessions.

The more I try to explain anything to reporters, the worse it gets. So just sit back and play your slide guitar.

as you listen to Patsy Cline's band.

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Steve Miller · Post by **Steve Miller** » 21 Mar 2002 9:44 am

Besides, there's way too many letters in the name. Takes up too much space. Takes too long to say.

sgm

Andy Greatrix · Post by **Andy Greatrix** » 21 Mar 2002 1:11 pm

The reason he has a job as a reviewer is this. Where else is a guy with no ear, talent, or imagination going to work? He probably doesn't know the difference between frenchfries and gravy.

You, on the other hand, own great instuments, know how to play them, and make great recordings. You have every reason to be one of the happiest men in the world. Why would you worry about what he thinks?

He wishes he could be you.

Reggie Duncan · Post by **Reggie Duncan** » 21 Mar 2002 10:11 pm

I played on an album one time and the credits read, "peddle steel". I couldn't believe it! I have been asked , "what's that keyboard thingy you play?" countless times.
Then there is always this old southern farmer that says with a toothless grin, " Boy,I shore like thu way ya play that Hawaryun guiktar".

Years ago, when dad got his first Sho-Bud and Fender Twin, we had a peanut boil and invited folks from the neighborhood to come eat. It was in the winter time and people came in out of the cold to hot boiled peanuts and Coca-Cola. We brought out that new steel and set it up in the den where everyone could see and hear us play a few tunes. This one lady kept getting in between Dad and his amplifier. He couldn't hear good, so he would look back and she would move, only to get right back in beween the two. This went on for a while, and after we finished a few songs, she told Dad, "JL, I don't think your heater is working!". I laughed till I cried!