A bustle deep in Ossian Mews. Twin green doors pass smokey belches. Innumerable cheap French lager cans discarded within; a bottle of clear liquid, Serbian, perhaps. Cheesy puffs. Magnetic tape. Arpeggiators. Man with makeshift ultra-violet scanner examines with mischievous glee. …
Mike Neer released an album last year called ‘Steelonious‘ – a bunch of Thelonious Monk tunes arranged for lap steel. I think it’s one of my favourite steel guitar albums ever. Great band and great steel playing! These are …
Mike Neer’s blog another huge resource for lap steel players Read more »
This guy, Bilal Khalif is writing some really great blog posts on getting complex chord changes out of the lap steel. He’s been tackling a bunch of jazz standards and working out how to play the melodies and chords.. https://ilapsteel.wordpress.com/2017/07/21/basic-music-theory-the-necessary-evil/ …
ILapsteel – Jazz arrangements for lap steel guitar Read more »
Thanks to Peter Churchill from Americana UK! “a finely balanced body of work that is a credit to Danny, producer Chris Clarke and all the many who have contributed to this terrific example of collaborative working at its best.” http://americana-uk.com/danny-the-champions-of-the-world-brilliant-light-loose-music-2017 …
I bought an ebow recently, what brilliant things they are! Using the little Rickenbacher lap steel I’ve been having a great time recording ambient, sustained, I dont know how to describe them, ‘ebowey’ tunes!