04-15-2020, 06:49 PM
(04-15-2020, 04:34 PM)Wookie Panz Wrote:(04-14-2020, 11:31 PM)Strylian Wrote:Doc was special, for sure. I was fortunate to have seen him about 10 years before he passed. Simply incredible.(04-11-2020, 05:31 PM)Wookie Panz Wrote:(04-11-2020, 03:56 PM)Ry Vor Wrote:Where I heard about the Men of Steel is an interesting story.(04-11-2020, 03:17 PM)The Painted Man Wrote: 1) Wookie, how do you know stripper troupe names?
2) I hear it as a Duke Nukem reference, personally.
Beat me to the punch.
I went to a show to see Beppe Gambetta. He is an outstanding Italian guitar player. He plays the folk circuit and festivals like Merlefest and Kerrville and he flatpicks in the style of Doc Watson.
He told a story of when he toured with a group made up of himself, Dan Crary, Tony Manus, and Don Ross. They all play acoustic instruments with steel strings so they called themselves The Men of Steel.
The tour was going well until they hit New Zealand. The first show they did the front row was full of scantily clad women who proceeded to throw undergarments on stage. It was then that the guys discovered that New Zealand has a very popular male stripper group by the same name.
Beppe tells the story with his very srtong Italian accent and ends it with, " eeze hard to compeeet when you only have a little peeek (pick)." And he holds up his guitar pick.
Now aren't you glad you asked?
I heard Blah Blah Blah Doc Watson!!!! One of the greatest guitarists in the history of the instrument. I remember watching a video that the smithsonian made of him playing. He was like 80 at the time and I was still mesmerized by his fretting. He was playing two melodies and keeping the rythmn all at the same time. Insane.
Now that would be very cool.
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