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Learning to Play
Biographies
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Please send me any suggestions or recommendations that you have. (If someone wants me to review your steel guitar-related product, send me e-mail!) Mike Auldridge has produced a series of instructional video tapes. You can visit his web site and see RealAudio excerpts from these tapes. If you are looking for good instruction from a master, this is the way to go! Homespun Video Tapes has many instructional video tapes available, including the following:
Homespun Tapes Jimmy Heffernan s a highly respected Nashville session player, sideman, and producer. Jimmy also happens to be an outstanding music instructor who loves to teach, and has a real gift for it. He has several different DVDs for resophonic guitar (Dobro®) that I highly recommend. For more information: Jimmy Heffernan Learn Roots Music is a Canadian-based company featuring videos by Doug Cox, Steve Dawson, and Orville Johnson. More information can be found at their web site, or by writing to: Learn Roots Music In addition to their own videos, Mel Bay Publications acts as distributors of Dobro® and pedal steel guitar videos by Texas Music and Video, Ridge Runner, and the Emmons Guitar Company. More information can be obtained by browsing their web site. Joe Wright has a series of videos designed for both pedal steel and nonpedal steel players, based on his many years performing and teaching throughout the United States. His videos "Secrets of the Right Hand", "Left Hand Basics", "Left and Right Hand Basics" and "Blocking Basics" are an excellent way to get started playing steel guitar properly. More information can be obtained by browsing his excellent web site, http://www.pedalsteel.com or by writing to him:
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