South London Steelies February 2014

[Nick Bidmade]

Hi all.
The South London Steelies met yesterday in the glorious surroundings of the Bread and Roses pub, Clapham. Numbers were a bit lower than usual - only 4 pedal steels... but, our first slide player, David Cooper, with a Gretch 6-string. We also had John Brooker along to observe - he's also a budding slide player, so, we are slowly becoming a bit more eclectic. We did grave injustice to Apartment # 9, Making Believe, Take these chains and Help me make it through the night (or in my case, help me make it through the chorus). New steel player Nicholas Hawkins came along with a really nice blue Rains 4+5 which we all had a go on!
We were also joined by Henry (Tooting) and Tom, who came sans guitars. Henry gave us a virtuoso demonstration of a Day player playing an Emmons set-up (ouch!) and Tom showed his mastery of all things slide/bar by deftly re-tuning David's lap steel and suddenly we were in Paris, Texas instead of Clapham, London!
Difficult to award the golden thumb-pick this month, so, a golden finger-pick each to Jon for stepping in with a sound system to play backing tracks in Shaun's absence (and for some tasty playing, too) and Andrew, who was throwing out licks and turnarounds like nobody's business! Great fun.

The next meeting will be on SUNDAY 16 FEBRUARY. We're going to reprise January's tunes as there were a few absentees yesterday, and we're going to add I Fall to Pieces and Love Me Tender, all being well. We are also suggesting each of us chooses a Beatles tune to present, unaccompanied, at the February meeting (Optional, of course). Any that we like we could perhaps try to teach each other over the forthcoming months. Suggestions include:
Across the Universal
While Those Next Door Gently Weep
Here, There and All Over The Place
The One After nine E9
Rain(s) (for Nicholas)
I Want You (Sho Bud's so Heavy)
Another Day (for Henry)
and the all-time classic, Mother Nature's Zum
Any other suggestions???
Happy days

Nick

[Shaun]

Hi Guys,

Sorry the numbers were so low yesterday and that I couldn't be there.
Sounds like those that were there have fun anyway, which is the main thing.
I'll get cracking on the backing tracks for I fall to pieces and love me Tender tonight.
See you all on the 16th February, have fun

Keep on Steelin'


Shaun

[Barry]

Hi Guys, looking forward to the next meeting and seeing everyone. I missed being there and hope I can manage to catch on the songs.
Keep on picking.
Barry.

[elparkirio]

Sorry i couldn't make the last one, soundslike it was a cracker. Unfortunately i won't be able to make the next one as i've got a recording session and a gig(woe is me!!) but if there's one in april i'll be there. Keep up the good work

[Nick Bidmade]

Hi Matt - I'm hoping we can meet monthly, so hope we can see you in March. I haven't got as far ahead as April's date, but the third Sunday in April (I think we are trying to meet on the third Sunday of every month) is the Sunday before Easter Sunday/Bank Holiday weekend, so we might see in March whether or not there's sufficient interest in an April meeting.
All the best to you.

[Shaun]

Hi Guys,

I fall to Pieces is on the shared folder.
Have fun

See you in February

Shaun

[Shaun]

Hi Guys

Here's the link to the Patsy Cline original of I fall to pieces on you tube.

[Shaun]

While I'm at it here's the you-tube link for Love Me Tender

[Nick Bidmade]

Quick work Shaun! Many thanks. Looking forward to February's meeting already!

[Will C]

Nick,

Further Beatles stuff:

Yesterday (all my pedals seemed so far away)
Back in the U12SSR
If I Fell (over the lead from the volume pedal)
Maxwell's Silver Hammer-on
Here Comes the Zum
and (do I dare? So corny...)
Eleanor Digby

Seriously though, I have a nice version of "If I Fell" I could tab out for you if you want. It goes well with a karaoke track from Spotify, I downloaded that to a Mini-disc.

Will