Louis Meyers has left the building.

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Don McGregor
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Louis Meyers has left the building.

Post by Don McGregor »

Louis Meyers, long time Executive Director of Folk Alliance, and a great player of many different instruments including steel guitar, passed away last night from a heart attack.
He was a great guy, and will be sorely missed.
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Stu Schulman
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Post by Stu Schulman »

I played in a band with Louis in about 1978,Louis was one of the founders of SXSW and a wonderful guy,This breaks my heart... ;-)
Steeltronics Z-pickup,Desert Rose S-10 4+5,Desert Rose Keyless S-10 3+5... Mullen G2 S-10 3+5,Telonics 206 pickups,Telonics volume pedal.,Blanton SD -10,Emmons GS_10...Zirctone bar,Bill Groner Bar...any amp that isn't broken.Steel Seat.Com seats...Licking paint chips off of Chinese Toys since 1952.
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Herb Steiner
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Post by Herb Steiner »

What Stu said. I just talked to him 3 weeks ago.
My rig: Infinity and Telonics.

Son, we live in a world with walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with steel guitars. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinberg?
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gary pierce
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Post by gary pierce »

My son played in a band with Louis several years ago, and Louis played banjo, and pedal steel very well. Sorry to hear this.
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Larry Jamieson
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Post by Larry Jamieson »

I knew Louis when he was a very young man. We both attended the Hank Thompson School of Country Music at Claremore College, Claremore, OK. Louis played banjo in a school ensemble called "The Funny Band." They did mostly bluegrass tunes with a bit of folk mixed in. At the time, I saw him play guitar but he did not play or own a pedal steel to my knowledge. He was a nice guy and a good musician. This was 1975 / 1976. He must have taken up steel guitar later in his career.
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