New Member near Bristol
Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2020 10:47 amHi Everyone
I'm Gary Peters. I have been a dormant member for quite a few years, but have now re-joined with my new email address, which is: [removed]. Since retiring from academia a year ago, I have been devoting myself to the PSG, although I've been playing it as a second instrument since the early 80's. For the last year, I've been working on shifting from E9 to E9/B6 universal. I'm loving it, and much prefer the extended possibilities of 12 strings and one neck, rather than separating the two tunings. I had a guitar built for me by Bill and Tim Rudolph at Williams guitars, Minnesota, and I have to say the instrument is beyond good, and worth every penny. I have a very varied background in every kind of music imaginable, but, for me, the pedal steel is the queen of all instruments regardless of musical context: and I'm sticking to that. That said, I love to play 'straight' country when I get the chance, so if there's anyone out there in the SW looking for a steelie, get in touch. Also, although it might put some of you off, have a listen to some of my playing here:
https://soundcloud.com/user-581188416
Also, I know there used to be regular meetings of steel players in Long Ashton (Uncle Roy's?), near Bristol, I guess they are now defunct? Any info on meetings would be great. It can be lonely playing the steel!
Gary
Edit: Email addressed removed as it's never a good idea to post your address to a public forum. If you really want to share it with the world re-post, but I advise against it.
I'm Gary Peters. I have been a dormant member for quite a few years, but have now re-joined with my new email address, which is: [removed]. Since retiring from academia a year ago, I have been devoting myself to the PSG, although I've been playing it as a second instrument since the early 80's. For the last year, I've been working on shifting from E9 to E9/B6 universal. I'm loving it, and much prefer the extended possibilities of 12 strings and one neck, rather than separating the two tunings. I had a guitar built for me by Bill and Tim Rudolph at Williams guitars, Minnesota, and I have to say the instrument is beyond good, and worth every penny. I have a very varied background in every kind of music imaginable, but, for me, the pedal steel is the queen of all instruments regardless of musical context: and I'm sticking to that. That said, I love to play 'straight' country when I get the chance, so if there's anyone out there in the SW looking for a steelie, get in touch. Also, although it might put some of you off, have a listen to some of my playing here:
https://soundcloud.com/user-581188416
Also, I know there used to be regular meetings of steel players in Long Ashton (Uncle Roy's?), near Bristol, I guess they are now defunct? Any info on meetings would be great. It can be lonely playing the steel!
Gary
Edit: Email addressed removed as it's never a good idea to post your address to a public forum. If you really want to share it with the world re-post, but I advise against it.
