Steel guitar on Duke Kahanamoku Documentary

I was pleasantly surprised the other day to find that a track I record in 2021 with the great Seattle-based guitarist Greg Ruby was featured on a PBS American Masters doc about legendary Hawaiian waterman Duke Kahanamoku. Greg and I both like to surf so this was a pretty cool placement for us both. And it was narrated by Jason Momoa, who happens to have been one of my favorite actors.  I've liked Jason Momoa since he was Ronon Dex on Stargate Atlantis. Yes, I'm a huge nerd.  

Playing the first Bigsby!

Yes...again...

For the second (and probably the last) time, I got to play the first Bigsby ever made. Even cooler was that my friend Jason Loughlin was playing the last Bigsby ever made (that we know of, at least). We did three tunes at Retrofret with Matt Avedon and Jen Hodge as a rhythm section. And actually we enjoyed that so much that we have since played a bunch of gigs together as a quartet!  Click the button to hear us playing the Les Paul arrangement of South. 

Playing a Bigsby!

...another one!

I had an incredible afternoon this week playing Joaquin Murphey's Bigsby alongside Jason Loughlin, who was playing a Bigsby standard guitar! Very rare to see two of them played together, an absolute treat for us. We did a whole bunch of tunes; video should be released soon. Not only was it a great instrument to play (it really grew on me after a while and it was hard to put down), it was also a nice little connection to a time when people really took steel seriously. Stay tuned for the video of the session! 

Another Encounter with the First Bigsby...

Thanks to the great people at Retrofret for giving me and Jason a chance to play these Bigsbys together!  https://www.fretboardjournal.com/video/watch-the-first-and-last-bigsby-built-guitars-together/

I was very flattered to be interviewed for the latest issue of the Tonequest Report, an issue entirely dedicated to the lap steel. Check it out here! 

 

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