Category Archives: Bobbe’s Tips

Nashville steel guitarist Bobbe Seymour published an email newsletter for steel guitarists for several years. Those Bobbe’s Tips emails contain a wealth of information about the history of the steel guitar, maintaining your instrument, current trends, new products, etc.. They also include some of Bobbe’s best stories about life on the road and in the studio with Nashville’s biggest stars of yesteryear.

Old Masters and Child Prodigies, Luke Brandon

Hello fans and fellow players, While watching the news last night, I couldn’t help but notice a new very young basketball player that was making hoops from anywhere on the floor. It seems like his name was Jeremy Lin or … Continue reading

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Thoughts about Rockabilly, Origins of Western Swing

Hello fellow players, I just got word that one of my first groups that I went to school with and worked with some is going into the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame. Dickie “Bebop” Harrell just sent me an … Continue reading

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Why Steel Guitar?

Hello fans and fellow players, Why steel guitar? Because it’s a musical instrument that sounds different from any other one. A band or orchestra is a combination of several instruments that all sound different from each other. All have different … Continue reading

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