Why do you need a teacher? Get hold of Jerry Douglas' DVD ... and Rob Ickes' also. There's loads of information out there. Get practicing and playing, ...
I need the disapline that a teacher would give me. I have the Rob Ickes DVds. Thanks ... ___________________________________________________________ Tiscali...
Thanks Vince. Wierd coincidence of timing in the postings! I don't visit JD Forum much these days because there's so much drivel to wade through for a few gems...
Dave Geigerich (Hula Monsters) was staying with me recently. He brought a six and a seven string ed dobro across with him. He used his six when we played...
The intervals between strings on an 8 or 7 string can be a lot closer, most notably you can get a whole tone interval between adjacent strings, this opens up a...
Don't know how many of you all are going to Cornwall Bluegrass fest on weekend of 14/15/16th september, but I'm playing with Home Territory on Friday and...
Thanks for your comments Dave and Lennie. Because Dave Geigerich frequently plays steel he's probably not at all phased by extra string(s) on a reso and would...
Just what swing are you listening to? There is such a WIDE span from Django Reinhardt to Bix Beiderbecke and most of it is far from cheesy. Nostalgic, sure...
Was glad to hear that you are coming down to the CBA Festival Lennie. I've not heard Home Territory yet, although Gary told me all about it when he was down...
Cheesy or not cheesy? - it's all in the ear of the beholder. Lennie's granny liked swing and Lennie doesn't but I think he was probably talking about the sort...
Seems like I stirred things up a bit when I said I didn't like swing. So this is my answer to lots of emails : I met Dave G when I first started playing dobro...
... ...and I'm pretty sure Stacy proved that you don't need an 7 or 8 string to play swing! Pieter...
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... string to play swing! ... Hi Pieter, ... You're right about Stacy but your comment applies equally to every 6- string player if you bear in mind that a lot...
... ==>I've been late to respond. The beauty of the 8 string mechanics is that it allows for a greater number of tuning possibilites. If not mentioned before,...
... Jim, I'm really looking forward to Cornwall, I've never been there so I'm pretty excited about that, and hopefully Roy Ray will be around as well. We must...
... Howard, thank you. Your comments on string guages, their availability and insert/nut slots are exactly the sort of feedback I had been hoping for. If you...
... ==>You are very welcome. I actually came to the 8 string in the mid-80's, driven to it by Mike Auldridge's "Eight String Swing" album. So, most of my...
btw.. I think the appeal of the 6th tuning is _not_ that you can swing with it..The real beauty is that the full minor chord is available to the player at the...
Hi Jim, First I have to tell you that I have never even seen a real 7 or 8 string, so I can't help you with first hand experiences and observations about the...
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JOSH GRAVES born Burkett Graves on September 27, 1925 in Tellico Plains, TN died on September 30, 2006 Well I guess it's been coming for a while but it doesn't...
Dave Thanks for keeping us all up to date on this. A very sad event indeed. Josh's contribution to the dobro hardly needs restating, but people sometimes omit...
HI BILL AND ALL DOBRO PLAYERS The reason we have no dobro course is that no dobro players expressed an interest by the end of July when I made my decision...
Speaking of sore fingers... is there any more news on the tutor front for easter? Laura ... expressed an ... ahead with ... LEAST 8 ... need to ... you come up...
Hi all, here's a link to some footage shot in the studio while we were working on the new CD with Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Salil Bhatt and Ramkumar Mishra. Check it...
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This year's festival was another great one with lots of good bands, workshops and picking sessions - and endless sunshine. More Dobro players around this...
HI everybody, I know it's been a long time but we have finally got a dobro tutor. It's Rob Ickes! That should get a few slidy players motivated.. The Captain ...
I had the pleasure of having Rob as a teacher last time he was here. A great teacher....not to be missed. dave David Currie Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy...
