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Hi all, I have just booked a room at a local hostelry (famous for its real ales - not that this makes any difference to you all). They have offered to do a...
Bill Dalton
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Aug 4, 2005
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2084
Greetings, How much deposit/payment do you want? I'm over for the weekend of 20th August, by the way. Andrea's in Birmingham at the Festival of Quilts (cue...
Peter Woodman
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Aug 4, 2005
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Oops, meant to mail that privately. I didn't mean it about the naked ladies, honest ... ************************************************************* This...
Peter Woodman
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Aug 4, 2005
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Pity. ... -- Professor Rob Newell Professor of Nursing Research University of Bradford Bradford BD5 0BB 01274 236474 ... This mail sent through IMP:...
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robnewelluk
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Aug 4, 2005
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I still have 2 places for the Bolton workshop with Sally Van Meter on the 24th Sept. ... From: ResoUK@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ResoUK@yahoogroups.com] Sent: 04...
Bill Dalton
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Aug 6, 2005
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Lost your e-mail address Eric DOH! Thanks for the note etc. Received today. Bill [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Bill Dalton
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Aug 10, 2005
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Who else here plays around with lap steel (6string)? Any views about the difference in technique from the reso? Same bar, picks etc? [Non-text portions of this...
Bill Dalton
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Aug 11, 2005
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Bill, I use a lap steel for particular tunes in the set to get the sustain with that more electric sound. I have a Bennett 6 string and i also have a magnetic...
Colin Henry
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Aug 11, 2005
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2091
I play lap steel in the same style (or lack of it) that I use for dobro. Often I don't bother with picks, but that's more to do with the fact that I'm usually...
Peter Woodman
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Aug 11, 2005
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2092
I do, I have a 59 ricky that I play once a week here in Canada...through a Roland Jazz Chorus amp with a waa-waa , an octagon and a volume pedal... it's a...
doug cox
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Aug 11, 2005
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Just wanted to tell you all...Hamish is arriving here tonight from Sweden to join me at a camp here in Canada... all thanks to Sore Fingers...I may never ...
doug cox
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Aug 11, 2005
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Bill, You shouldn't forget this; etype.jones@... I've played Great Season Waltz again and I see what you mean about SVM's tone; just beautiful. Eric ......
Eric Jones
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Aug 12, 2005
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Hi, guys, MaryE Yeomans here writing to tell you I finally got some time (like a couple of days it took me!) to get the Sore Fingers 2005 pics together and...
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Aug 15, 2005
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Can anyone tell me where in the UK I can get a'Flux-style' suspended capo for a square-neck dobro please. I've been using a Leno for years, but it's obviously...
Pat Francis
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Aug 16, 2005
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2097
Hi Pat, have you tried the resonator guitar center in London? http://www.resocentre.com/ Other than that you might have to get it from Paul Beard's site in...
David Currie
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Aug 16, 2005
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I have just ordered one of the new Scheerhorn capos from Elderly Instruments. They are pretty quick with delivery. Colin...
Colin Henry
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Aug 16, 2005
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The style of ragtime finger picking for guitar, using the thumb on alternating bass strings to accompany the melody, was as many of you will know very popular...
Eric Jones
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Aug 16, 2005
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2100
We're talking Merle Travis here. I suspect the style was developed by all the people you mentioned but Merle Travis started recording in the forties. So he...
David Currie
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Aug 16, 2005
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Merle learnt the style from Mose Rager. There is a terrific song by Merle called "guitar rag" which is all about this guy who used to hang around the country...
Nathon Jones
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Aug 16, 2005
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Yes, Merle Travis made the style famous. There's actually a National Thumb Pickers Hall of Fame in western Kentucky. ...
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marye_yeomans
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Aug 16, 2005
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Hi Merle Travis is credited with originating a highly syncopated fingerpicking style using a damped bass (usually monotonic rather than alternating, actually) ...
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robnewelluk
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Aug 16, 2005
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Well I checked out your pics MAry and there wasn't a single picture of me.... Luckily I have a digital camera now so I can take pictures of myself. All day if...
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lennieharveyuk
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Aug 16, 2005
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I can't get into the site. it says it's being worked on. ________________________________ From: ResoUK@yahoogroups.com on behalf of lh@... Sent:...
David Currie
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Aug 16, 2005
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Lennie, you were over-represented in 2004 and Cliff was jealous. I simply HAD to make amends. Too, the Cap'n requires that the "bulk" of the photos are of -...
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marye_yeomans
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Aug 16, 2005
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Quite right, Dave...wouldn't let me into the site, either. They're usually not down for too long, so give it a try later on. There's at least one of you in...
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marye_yeomans
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Aug 16, 2005
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I suspect the reason "Freight Train" was so popular was that it was one of the tracks taught on "Pete Seeger's Guitar Guide for Folk Singers" which came out in...
Peter Woodman
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Aug 16, 2005
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There are two excellent DVDs/videos of Merle Travis that are compulsory if you want to learn how to play in his style. Here's one: ...
Richard
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Aug 16, 2005
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... to a pinch of watsit he can help you. Give him a telephone he will bring one with him when he comes to didmarton. Cheers Bill W. ... ...
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Aug 16, 2005
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Thanks for the suggestions. - hope to see some of you at Didmarton. - I wouldn't miss Sally VM for the world cheers Pat...
Pat Francis
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Aug 16, 2005
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Pete, I got an email about a spare ticket for the glasgow show about a week ago. want me to see if it's still there. i've got a room for you too. i saw on JDBB...
David Currie
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