Who's the biggest fan of your playing?

Bill Llewellyn · Post by **Bill Llewellyn** » 29 Jan 2002 1:04 pm

My wife is very supportive of my playing, but it's our 4-year-old daughter who takes the cake. Whenever we meet somebody new somewhere (chuch, grocery store, wherever....), she proudly introduces me by saying, "This is my daddy, Bill. He plays pedal steel guitar." Bless her heart. She also says she wants to learn steel someday. I hope that interest lasts!

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Bill (steel not out of the woodshed) | MSA Classic U12 | Email | My music | Steeler birthdays | Over 50?

Bob Mainwaring · Post by **Bob Mainwaring** » 29 Jan 2002 1:11 pm

Sorry to say Bill but there's only me!!!

Big Bad Bob.

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Larry Bell · Post by **Larry Bell** » 29 Jan 2002 1:22 pm

lets see . . .
. . . cat leaves the room
. . . daughter's dog leaves the room
. . . wife and kids close the music rm door when I'm practicing

. . . gotta go along with Bob M on this one.

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Larry Bell - email: larry@larrybell.org - gigs - Home Page
2000 Fessenden S-12 8x8, 1969 Emmons S-12 6x6, 1971 Emmons D-10 9x9, 1971 Dobro

Mike Jones · Post by **Mike Jones** » 29 Jan 2002 1:23 pm

My dachshund will sleep on my feet.

Bill Llewellyn · Post by **Bill Llewellyn** » 29 Jan 2002 1:31 pm

Mike, that must make working the pedals difficult....

Tele · Post by **Tele** » 29 Jan 2002 2:25 pm

that's an easy one...my daughter Pauline, turns 3 on Feb 1..
she loves Londondairy Air, more than anything else...eh..maybe mum and dad

already started to play the Uke !!!

Andy

Glenn Suchan · Post by **Glenn Suchan** » 29 Jan 2002 2:50 pm

Hey Bill, You could've asked me who my ONLY fan is and my answer would be the same...
ME! And even I ain't that excited 'bout it....

Keep on pickin'!

Glenn

Johan Jansen · Post by **Johan Jansen** » 29 Jan 2002 2:52 pm

My mum!
(my daughters like Britney Spears more..., and Christina Aguillera)

Leroy Riggs · Post by **Leroy Riggs** » 29 Jan 2002 3:03 pm

My wife of 40 years. I can't believe anyone can be that tolerant of that many BAD chords!!

Jeff Coffell · Post by **Jeff Coffell** » 29 Jan 2002 3:28 pm

I would say me, but I have to even plug my own ears. I suck.

JC

Darvin Willhoite · Post by **Darvin Willhoite** » 29 Jan 2002 3:37 pm

My Mother and my year and a half old Grandaughter are my biggest fans. My Mother has never heard a good steel player and my Grandaughter is not old enough to know the difference, but she does love music.

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Darvin Willhoite
Riva Ridge Recording

Mike Weirauch · Post by **Mike Weirauch** » 29 Jan 2002 3:38 pm

My wife and my parrot. They are my ONLY fans, or at least they act like they are!

Herb Steiner · Post by **Herb Steiner** » 29 Jan 2002 4:15 pm

For awhile there, my biggest fan was Marty Muse's infant son David. He'd go crazy with joy when Marty would play my Texas Dance Time album. I think Marty had just slightly bruised feelings over the matter.

I'm not sure my wife Kathy quite understands just what it is I play. That must account for MY slightly bruised feelings.

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Lee Baucum · Post by **Lee Baucum** » 29 Jan 2002 4:28 pm

The only fan I've got is the one hanging from the ceiling in my practice room.

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Lee, from South Texas

JACK HEERN · Post by **JACK HEERN** » 29 Jan 2002 5:02 pm

Mike
If that parrot is such a great fan how do you 'splain all them white spots with the brown swirl all over your steel? Also why does Karen play bridge 6:00AM til 11:30 Pm eight days a week?--Jusy wondered

jp
[This message was edited by JACK HEERN on 29 January 2002 at 05:06 PM.]

Jim Phelps · Post by **Jim Phelps** » 29 Jan 2002 5:13 pm

Definitely my wife. I'm verrrry lucky!

Lincoln Goertzen · Post by **Lincoln Goertzen** » 29 Jan 2002 8:36 pm

My dad, my older brother, and my younger brother all love pedal steel guitar. (Mom is one of my biggest fans, too, don't get me wrong, it's just that she would rather listen to the acoustic guitar.)

Lincoln

Bob Carlson · Post by **Bob Carlson** » 29 Jan 2002 8:57 pm

My sister got married just last fall. She said it was love but i got my doubts, i think it was my steel playing that drove her out.

From ET's talking guitar blues. Anyone else remember it?.

BC.[This message was edited by Bob Carlson on 30 January 2002 at 06:52 AM.]

Reggie Duncan · Post by **Reggie Duncan** » 29 Jan 2002 9:36 pm

Ernest Cheramie. He comes to see me every chance he gets. He really, honestly loves to hear me play. My kids like DCtalk and Sonic Flood, so that leaves me out in the cold with them. My wife would have to come a close second. Great woman!

Ray Montee (RIP) · Post by **Ray Montee (RIP)** » 29 Jan 2002 9:50 pm

My brand new wife of seven months, would get the knod for first place fan while a young man I've only recently met, about three years ago, used to come and listen to me play when I was just 17-18 years old. He has a vast historical knowledge not only of the steel guitar, but virtually every old time artist that ever played the Opry; various guiars, etc. He has kindly distributed my tape (nothing fancy!) to folks all over the country and when he comes up to Portland to visit his folks during Xmas, he always brings along my tape and listens to it on the airliner. He has to be in a close tie for the first place FAN! I feel very humble and appreciative for this kind of following.
He found my first Rick and put a deposit on it to hold it for me! Not many friends like that!! Michael Misetich is the man, of Irving, Texas.......also a GREAT Jerry Byrd fan!

Rick Aiello · Post by **Rick Aiello** » 29 Jan 2002 10:18 pm

My English Bulldog, but he's deaf and blind in one eye

Ed Iarusso · Post by **Ed Iarusso** » 30 Jan 2002 6:35 am

My cousin Ollie, he weighs about 350.

Ray Jenkins · Post by **Ray Jenkins** » 30 Jan 2002 7:01 am

Let's see...Theres ahh and then ahh..ahh
Then theres....ahhhh.Don't you have an eaiser question?Ray

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Steeling is still legal in Arizona

Dirk B · Post by **Dirk B** » 30 Jan 2002 7:12 am

Bill, hearing you mention your daughter made me smile. When I took my wife & 9 yr old daughter into the Regal to see the convention happenings, my daughter asked if I too had a plaque on the Hall of Fame wall. It was so touching, naive and... sobering.

Tony Orth · Post by **Tony Orth** » 30 Jan 2002 7:24 am

My front man. He loves the steel and doesn't recognize (or, at least, complain about) my mistakes.

I was going to say my wife, but she's talking about putting a door on my music room.