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jreddoch Offline
#1 Posted: Wed, Jan 15 2003, 10:50 AM EST
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Alison Krauss + Union Station "Live". Just listened to this. It's excellent. If you like bluegrass/folk music this is a must have. Great dobro work by Jerry Douglas.
eleltea Offline
#2 Posted: Thu, Jan 16 2003, 2:08 AM EST
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Is dobro anything like doo-wah?
jreddoch Offline
#3 Posted: Thu, Jan 16 2003, 2:49 AM EST
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Nothing at all, fortunately.
jreddoch Offline
#4 Posted: Thu, Jan 16 2003, 3:50 AM EST
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A resophonic guitar, as they are now called (by those who do not want to get in trouble with Gibson's legal department, who now own the copyright to the name "dobro" and "Dobro"), is a type of guitar played horizontally (the guitar, not the player, although this is sometimes the case...). The guitar is fretted with a steel bar (the "steel") in the players left hand, and the strings are usually plucked using fingerpicks on the right hand.

THL Offline
#5 Posted: Thu, Jan 16 2003, 4:30 AM EST
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Allison Krauss has become my favorite female artist. Her voice reminds me of a young Dolly Parton. Now I don't always agree with Dolly's choice of music but when she was younger her voice was phenomenal. And Allison also plays, writes and produces.
Mr.Mean Offline
#6 Posted: Thu, Jan 16 2003, 5:26 AM EST
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Am trying to aquire now. thanks for the recommend!
Danny Offline
#7 Posted: Thu, Jan 16 2003, 5:43 AM EST
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isn't that called a "pedal steel guitar" ?
Charlie Offline
#8 Posted: Thu, Jan 16 2003, 6:47 AM EST
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She reminds me a lot of the legendary Mother Maybelle Carter! Agree on younger version of Dollie, when she sand with Porter Waggoner! OhmyGod, am I dating myself?

Charlie
jreddoch Offline
#9 Posted: Thu, Jan 16 2003, 6:47 AM EST
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No, two different instruments. The dobro looks like a regular guitar, but is played horizontally. If you've ever een the Dixie Chicks perform, one of them plays a dobro. The pedal steel guitar, also known as the lap steel is played while seated. it doesn't have the traditional guitar shape.
jreddoch Offline
#10 Posted: Thu, Jan 16 2003, 6:48 AM EST
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Charlie, she damn sure looks nicer than Mother Maybelle!
Lazygardner Offline
#11 Posted: Thu, Jan 16 2003, 7:01 AM EST
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Danny, a dobro is not a steel guitar. A dobro is an accoustic instrument suspended from the player's neck like a a six string guitar, but the face is pointed up with the strings toward the ceiling. A steel guitar is electrified, raised on legs like a piano and is played sitting down. A lot of folks who describe themselves as bluegrass fans don't know a dobro when they hear one.
justforfun Offline
#12 Posted: Sat, Jan 18 2003, 8:26 AM EST
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Thanks for the recommendation.

Charlie: What's in the cigars you been smokin? Alison Krause sounds like Mother Maybelle? In my book (for vocal quality), AK gets a grade of B+ and MM gets a D. I don't even think her daughters (which is hard to listen to for more than 30 seconds) come close to AK.

Different strokes for diffent folks?
RICKAMAVEN Offline
#13 Posted: Sat, Jan 18 2003, 8:46 AM EST
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you guys fight and argue over singers like drmadvibe and others argue with me about politics.

i've never heard of these two ladies, i'm a patsy kline fan.
eleltea Offline
#14 Posted: Tue, Jan 21 2003, 2:54 AM EST
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Sound track from The Matrix. Heavy metal meets middle-eastern hiphop. Dude!
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