Steel Guitar Hall of Fame?

Whip Lashaway · Post by **Whip Lashaway** » 8 Jul 2003 11:01 am

I posed this question on another thread and got no response so thought I'd start it on it's on thread. I've played for fund raisers for the SGHOF and saw advertisements for several of them across the country. I'm just curious about where we stand financially. Does anyone have any information about when we can expect to see a SGHOF? I've never heard anything on the subject other than fund raisers. Just wondering!

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Sierra E9/B6 12 string
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78' Emmons D10 P/P

Roy Ayres · Post by **Roy Ayres** » 8 Jul 2003 1:52 pm

Is this what you are looking for?

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Larry Bell · Post by **Larry Bell** » 8 Jul 2003 3:46 pm

As Roy points out there IS a SGHOF. Just not a BUILDING. I'm not aware of any plans to rent or buy a building -- I don't think it would have a prayer of paying for itself. The fundraisers go to help Scotty and crew with expenses related to the Hall of Fame. Proceeds from our annual Michigan show, sponsored and facilitated by the one and only LTZinn, are shared with Scotty for the benefit of the SGHOF. As you mentioned, there are several other shows throughout the country that do the same.

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2003 Fessenden S/D-12 8x8, 1969 Emmons S-12 6x6, 1971 Dobro, Standel and Peavey Amps

Donny Hinson · Post by **Donny Hinson** » 8 Jul 2003 3:54 pm

So, right now, we just have a "Wall Of Fame"?

Larry Bell · Post by **Larry Bell** » 8 Jul 2003 4:33 pm

C'mon, Donny
The WALL's in the HALL.

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2003 Fessenden S/D-12 8x8, 1969 Emmons S-12 6x6, 1971 Dobro, Standel and Peavey Amps

Smiley Roberts · Post by **Smiley Roberts** » 8 Jul 2003 9:05 pm

Larry,the "WALL" is in a hotel basement.

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Larry Bell · Post by **Larry Bell** » 9 Jul 2003 5:28 am

Last time I was there it was in a hallway or foyer in a hotel basement, but that was quite a few years ago -- one of the first years at the Clarion. That reminds me, I need to go back one of these years.

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2003 Fessenden S/D-12 8x8, 1969 Emmons S-12 6x6, 1971 Dobro, Standel and Peavey Amps

Herb Steiner · Post by **Herb Steiner** » 9 Jul 2003 6:01 am

What Smiley says is true, to an extent.

But in the "basement" is an entire complex of meeting rooms, a huge auditorium, hotel offices, a bar, large foyer... it's the hotel's CONVENTION CENTER. It's nicely carpeted, furnished, etc, just like the rest of the hotel. Probably nicer than the homes of most full-time steel players.

What blows my mind is that the hotel ALLOWS the SGHOF to hang up all the plaques, WHICH STAY UP THE ENTIRE YEAR! It's a tremendous amount of wall space that could be used by the hotel or sold to others for display purposes.

But the hotel does make a sh!tload of money over Labor Day, you betcha.

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Greg Simmons · Post by **Greg Simmons** » 9 Jul 2003 6:15 am

Like Herb said...better there than them collecting dust in a pile in a corner of a storage room at the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville.

that reminds me, anybody been by the Hall of Fame to see Shot Jackson's Sho-Bro there lately?

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Smiley Roberts · Post by **Smiley Roberts** » 9 Jul 2003 8:14 am

Greg,
The CMHOF is a BIG JOKE,just like the CMA.
The CMHOF is,slowly but surely,becoming the
R&RHOF,Southern chapter.

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