Steel players dream

Robert Thomas · Post by **Robert Thomas** » 9 Sep 2002 5:58 am

Hi fellow forumite's. I have been a member for awhile now and have come to know some of the names of great steel players. This year, for the third year, I was priveleged to play at the Oregon State fair with my son backing on bass. I got to solo forty different numbers on my HWP PSG D10, 8 + 4. Wow, what a high. Imagine, no competition, just do your own thing for over 2 hours straight. I call it a steel players dream come true.
Just wanted to share some of my joy.

Ray Montee (RIP) · Post by **Ray Montee (RIP)** » 9 Sep 2002 12:27 pm

Had I known, we'd come to give you a standing ovation! Glad you had fun!

Glenn Boppre · Post by **Glenn Boppre** » 9 Sep 2002 2:49 pm

Cousin Bob, Glad to here you had such a fun time. If it wasn't so far from Minnesota I would have come to hear you play.
Glenn Boppre

Robert Thomas · Post by **Robert Thomas** » 9 Sep 2002 5:22 pm

I would like to mention I forgot to mention that my PSG was a "Mullen", HWP model, the very best for discerning players like Herby Wallace.

Robert Thomas · Post by **Robert Thomas** » 10 Sep 2002 8:13 am

Ray Montee thanks for your kind words. I guess it is kind of unfortunate to live out west. It seems like we are disconnected from the real steel players as I understand it.
I have to confess that until I joined the Forum I hadn't even heard of steel players like Budy Emmons or Lloyd Green, Herby Wallace and a bunch of others. I can remember while I was first starting to play for dances back in 1949 that the names that were familiar to me were Jerry Byrd and Speedy West. I guess that kind of dates me as an older codger. The only excuse I have for not learning about these great steel players is that while I was playing for all those years I had to work 6 days a week to raise a family. Is ignorance bliss?