I just had to share this photo.....

Al Gershen · Post by **Al Gershen** » 31 Aug 2002 10:32 am

Hi SGF:

I remembered years ago that I had a black and white photograph of me with my modified Harlin Brothers Multi-Kord pedal steel guitar taken around 1961.

My brother is down in Los Angeles straightening out my fathers affairs (my dad is now in a board-and-care home) and he located that photograph. I just scanned it and put it on my website so here it is:

You should notice a couple things about this photo if you look closely:

1. The Multi-Kord had been stripped and painted white and I replaced the stock fret board with a Fender fret board.

2. My afgan dog, "Kalu" only has three (3) legs. She was hit by a car when she was a puppy and she lived her entire life (around 14 years) on three legs. She was quite a dog and the loss of one leg never affected her life style (although we never breeded her) or her fast running speed.

3. I looked better then then I do now (besides having more hair), as evidenced by this photo of me at the "Pioneers of Western Swing" meeting of the Seattle Western Swing Music Society in Everett, WA on the weekend of August 10th:

I'm playing my Fender 1000 with the Buddy Wilson Western Swing Band and behind me are Gary McLaughlin on sax and Sammy Daulong on trumpet. It was a lot of fun there and the western swing music I heard there was just....the best!

I hope you enjoy the photos and if you ever get over to southern Oregon, stop by and say "hello."

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Regards,
Al Gershen
Grants Pass, Oregon. USA
Fender 1000 (1956),
Fender PS 210 (1971) &
Gibson Electraharp EH-820 (1960)
Al's Photographs and "Photos of the Day" at http://www.alsphotographs.com

[This message was edited by Al Gershen on 31 August 2002 at 11:34 AM.]

Lee Baucum · Post by **Lee Baucum** » 31 Aug 2002 10:47 am

Great shots, Al!

My Dad always refers to 3-legged dogs as "mathematical dogs" - Puttin' down 3 and carryin' 1.

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Lee, from South Texas

Joe Smith · Post by **Joe Smith** » 31 Aug 2002 1:42 pm

Great pictures Al.
I was in Oregon a couple of years ago. Beautiful country.

Al Gershen · Post by **Al Gershen** » 2 Sep 2002 7:30 pm

Bump

Greg Vincent · Post by **Greg Vincent** » 3 Sep 2002 8:00 am

Great shot Al! Look at those paws! Kalu really had some mits on her!

Those of us who started on Multi-Kords should get a special merit badge or something, don'tya think?

Thanks for the pic,

-GV

Doug Seymour · Post by **Doug Seymour** » 3 Sep 2002 8:06 am

I'll vote for that....even though I had other
steels first starting in 1946 w/a 6 string mail-order lap steel. The MultiKord was my first steel with pedals! I got it used about 1954. 6 str & 4 pedals & I tuned it to C6th.
I gave up my volume pedal in favor of using both feet.....What do you mean knee levers??
never heard of them? what a great idea! When did they arrive on the scene, guys???[This message was edited by Doug Seymour on 03 September 2002 at 09:09 AM.]

jim milewski · Post by **jim milewski** » 3 Sep 2002 10:30 am

and still using 3 finger picks

Bob Mainwaring · Post by **Bob Mainwaring** » 3 Sep 2002 3:19 pm

Hey Al, Was the sheet of music just a stage prop???

Great shots..........pity you never did bread the "friend" - good looking dog.

Bob Mainwaring. Z.Bs. and other weird things.

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John Russell · Post by **John Russell** » 3 Sep 2002 7:21 pm

Al:

I hope to get up to So. Oregon sometime soon. Say "hi" to my buddy Marshall. I thought that was him on sax till you identified the players. --JR