I think I've seen it all now!!!!

Bill Ford · Post by **Bill Ford** » 19 Dec 2002 5:56 am

Tuesday nite on public TV,there was a documentary type program on the Mississippi river,at the very end in New Orleans there was about a 10 second segment on a guy that called his music "New wave cajun",had a steeler playing a D10 Marlin or Mullin,could'nt tell,he was useing for a bar.......are you ready for this???????????looked like an allen wrench.He was do'ing some hot one string pickin on bottom neck. Did anyone see it?He was getting a sitar sound.

Bill

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Gary Steele · Post by **Gary Steele** » 19 Dec 2002 6:06 am

Hey Bill, That was Harold Steele doing all that. Just Kidd'in. Or hav'in fun. Hey Bill my email is not getting out from these post. Email me and i'll get back to you. I wanted to chat with ya about a steel jam again down that way. Thanks, Gary

Reggie Duncan · Post by **Reggie Duncan** » 19 Dec 2002 6:25 am

Yep, that was an allen wrench!

George McLellan · Post by **George McLellan** » 19 Dec 2002 8:05 am

We use a bar up on this end of the Mississippi.

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David Cobb · Post by **David Cobb** » 19 Dec 2002 9:20 am

Allen wrench?! Everybody knows a 5/8" half inch drive deep socket from Sears gets the best tone. And it's already chromed.

Tony Farr · Post by **Tony Farr** » 19 Dec 2002 12:45 pm

You are right David, about the socket, plus my wife says you can change your spark plugs when you're done playing.

Smiley Roberts · Post by **Smiley Roberts** » 19 Dec 2002 1:46 pm

Geez,you guys ain't gonna believe this but,I used to go to school w/ a guy named "Allen Wrench"!!

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Reggie Duncan · Post by **Reggie Duncan** » 19 Dec 2002 1:51 pm

And his sister, Crescent! What year was that Smiley?

Jim Thompson · Post by **Jim Thompson** » 19 Dec 2002 2:03 pm

Didn't they have another brother named Monkey?

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Stephen Gambrell · Post by **Stephen Gambrell** » 19 Dec 2002 2:47 pm

And a cousin named Philip S. Screwdriver?

Frank Parish · Post by **Frank Parish** » 19 Dec 2002 2:53 pm

That had to be 1912 right Smiley? Weren't you on the Titanic?

John Bresler R.I.P. · Post by **John Bresler R.I.P.** » 19 Dec 2002 2:57 pm

I used to work with a guy whose name was Oscar Myer. Had a nickname of "Weiner".

Chris Bauer · Post by **Chris Bauer** » 19 Dec 2002 3:20 pm

Geeez. No respect for local culture! Who'd use an allen wrench in the CRESCENT city????

Matt Steindl · Post by **Matt Steindl** » 19 Dec 2002 4:10 pm

Touche' Chris!!! LMAO!!!!!!!!!

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Bill Ford · Post by **Bill Ford** » 19 Dec 2002 6:42 pm

Matt,
Who was that player??What I heard him do were'nt too shabby.
BF

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Donny Hinson · Post by **Donny Hinson** » 19 Dec 2002 6:52 pm

Actually, that made a lot of sense. For decades, players have been using a "sitar bar" which was nothing more than a regular bar (usually of the Stevens, or Dobro design) which got that particular "sitar" sound from having a small "flat" ground on the bar. An Allen wrench has 6 such flats!

(Let's see...6 flats...doesn't that make it a Gb Allen wrench?

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Bill Ford · Post by **Bill Ford** » 20 Dec 2002 7:09 am

Donny,
He was holding it with the short end up so as to have the bend on the strings,seems like it would be hard to hold...

(6 flats could be considered a good sized apartment building also)

BF

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Matt Steindl · Post by **Matt Steindl** » 20 Dec 2002 9:58 am

Bill, the only psg'er I have ever seen in New Orleans is Dave Easley(Awesome non traditional player). But I did see a clip of a guy playing on Bourbon street on the CNN a few days ago. Was the player African American? It might be the same guy, as he had a rub-board player w/ him, and that might be considered "New Cajun"

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Al Vescovo · Post by **Al Vescovo** » 20 Dec 2002 2:26 pm

Hey Bill, You haven't seen it all!!! When I was a kid 55yrs ago and learning to play steel guitar, I saw a side show at the Memphis Cotton Carnival. There was a girl with no arms playing the steel guitar with her feet. She held the bar with the toes on her left foot and her picks with the toes on her right foot.The guitar was flat on the floor She really played good, mostly Hawaiian music. I was really motivated to practice, although I already practiced 8 hours a day. Little did she know, but she was a big influence in my success as a musician. I was truly inspired by her accomplishment. Keep on pick'in.
Al Vescovo[This message was edited by Al Vescovo on 20 December 2002 at 02:27 PM.]

George Keoki Lake · Post by **George Keoki Lake** » 20 Dec 2002 8:03 pm

This is a very wrenching thread![This message was edited by George Keoki Lake on 20 December 2002 at 08:03 PM.]

Gregg Galbraith · Post by **Gregg Galbraith** » 21 Dec 2002 8:52 am

I thought 6 flats was the key of G-flat.

Doug Seymour · Post by **Doug Seymour** » 21 Dec 2002 11:15 am

Years ago I lived in one of those apartment buildings! I had an apt in front & my girlfriend had flat behind!

Roy Ayres · Post by **Roy Ayres** » 21 Dec 2002 2:25 pm

Al:

There was a young boy in Louisville in the 40's and 50's who had no arms and played with his feet the way you described. He had a special chair that had a platform attached to the bottom of the legs where he placed a 6-string lap steel. He was certainly an inspiration to me.