classical pedal steel

Paul Wade · Post by **Paul Wade** » 6 May 2010 7:56 am

found this on the web. nice playing. anybody know the steel player

p.w

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vz_1lC5 ... re=related

b0b · Post by **b0b** » 6 May 2010 8:55 am

That's forum member Earnest Bovine.

A really nice performance. Thumbs up!!

Chris Dorch · Post by **Chris Dorch** » 6 May 2010 8:56 am

The Ave Maria is tight... that bud sounds great... I love it...

Jim Cohen · Post by **Jim Cohen** » 6 May 2010 10:05 am

b0b, you sure that's Earnest? Doesn't look like his body... Is he playing GFI these days?

Rick Schmidt · Post by **Rick Schmidt** » 6 May 2010 10:09 am

That's definitely Earnest! One of my heroes! He has a few steels. That GFI has a "tap" neck on top, ala Thumbs Carlyle.

Jim Cohen · Post by **Jim Cohen** » 6 May 2010 10:11 am

Ah, yes, I see now. Thx. He is amazing.

Allan Kelly · Post by **Allan Kelly** » 6 May 2010 2:29 pm

Text on YouTube is

This is first Bouree from J S Bach's B minor partita for unaccompanied pedal steel guitar, on the GFI steel guitar, 12 string extended E9 tuning, Lace Sensor Alumitone pickup, thru Boss GX-700 pre-amp, played by Doug Livingston.

Great playing anyhow, most enjoyable.

Paul Graupp · Post by **Paul Graupp** » 6 May 2010 4:19 pm

OK !! My turn to be confused...is it Earnest or Doug ??

Jim Cohen · Post by **Jim Cohen** » 6 May 2010 4:27 pm

Yes it is.

Paul Graupp · Post by **Paul Graupp** » 6 May 2010 4:30 pm

ebb · Post by **ebb** » 6 May 2010 5:55 pm

b0b, you sure that's Earnest?

yes i thought eliot spitzer from the socks

this is my fav
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJPDTrCk ... re=channel

i subscribed to DwayneKong cause its all just too great!

Dave Zirbel · Post by **Dave Zirbel** » 6 May 2010 6:42 pm

Best thing I've heard in years. Thanks for posting.

Russ Tkac · Post by **Russ Tkac** » 6 May 2010 6:47 pm

Very nice Doug! My daughter tells me not to wear black socks and shorts but now I can show her how cool it is!

Roger Rettig · Post by **Roger Rettig** » 6 May 2010 6:57 pm

That is amazing!

I'd heard that Doug did some classical pieces, but this is the first I've heard - truly remarkable!

Thanks for the link - now he's MY hero, too!

Roger Rettig · Post by **Roger Rettig** » 6 May 2010 6:59 pm

Russ:

My wife says the same to me - what's up with that???

Earnest Bovine · Post by **Earnest Bovine** » 6 May 2010 7:17 pm

Roger
If I had more hands, feet, and knees, I would try Elgar's Nimrod.

Earnest Bovine · Post by **Earnest Bovine** » 6 May 2010 7:19 pm

Chris Dorch wrote:The Ave Maria is tight... that bud sounds great... I love it...

... but Ave Maria is the one I think I will replace because my friend pointed out a wrong note in the arrangement, and there are plenty of "strong but wrong" notes in the playing. Plus I think the tone is dorky.
Here is the Ave Maria arrangement. I posted it on the Forum last year.
Next to last line, last bar, first note is bogus: should be F# in the melody before the E.
The E in the inner voice 2.5 bars later is F# in the original (just like bar 5) but I changed it to E to make it more country.

David Higginbotham · Post by **David Higginbotham** » 6 May 2010 7:22 pm

Now that is very impressive! I love some classical music and this is one of my favorites. Never heard it on steel. Not only is it an amazing accomplishment to be able to play this classic, but to play it on pedal steel is amazing!

My favorite is Beethoven's "Fur Elise" Love to hear that Earnest

Earnest Bovine · Post by **Earnest Bovine** » 6 May 2010 7:23 pm

Here is Bist Du Bei Mir also posted last year:

Earnest Bovine · Post by **Earnest Bovine** » 6 May 2010 7:25 pm

And Ave Verum Corpus:

Earnest Bovine · Post by **Earnest Bovine** » 6 May 2010 7:26 pm

The Bach BWV 1002 is right out of the book, available free from the Werner Icking archive.

ebb · Post by **ebb** » 6 May 2010 7:56 pm

you need to get this stuff in tabledit so we can read it
here is a little example of air on a g string in sneakys b6 tuning
then we can trade tef files

ebb · Post by **ebb** » 6 May 2010 8:39 pm

the ave maria is over the same chords as the first prelude from the wtk so i think you might have some legitimate license on the arrangement
tone aside the thing that was nice about it was the flow since where more bar movement is involved chopiness is harder to disguise

Mike Perlowin RIP · Post by **Mike Perlowin RIP** » 6 May 2010 9:31 pm

"Earnest" is a treasure. He is equally at home playing jazz and country.

Every so often he accompanies a singer named Kathy Robertson. On these occasions there is no guitar player, and Earnest plays every chord, fill, and ride all night long. Watching these performances is a magical, almost religious experience.

Hey Doug, how come you never play gigs with the GFI? I almost always see you playing your Sho-Bud.

John Lacey · Post by **John Lacey** » 6 May 2010 10:47 pm

Hey Earnest, back when I was a kid taking piano lessons, I fell in love with a Bach invention, the name of which escapes me, but the melody, at least for the first half is still in my mind. Is there a book of Bach Inventions that I can buy that will refresh me? I'd love to take a crack at it. It think it would sit well on the E9th. If I get really stuck, I've got a 101 year old piano teachin' aunt who could probably still remember which number of Invention it was.