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 …
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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 »
Developing vibrato is a never ending quest on the pedal steel. I find I keep going back to it to work out what I’m doing wrong. It’s a frustrating process. What I’ve been concentrating on recently is how I hold …
Steelgrimage! Is Matt Allwright‘s new blog about his ventures into pedal steel guitar land! Great to have someone with such a profile putting the pedal steel into the limelight! This is where it begins Opening Bars .. He’s certainly done his …
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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 …