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.

Memories of Pete Drake

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Bobbe Seymour

Hello fellow players, I want to talk today about a steel guitar player that everybody’s heard of, but you really don’t hear much about anymore. This is a real shame because he was the king of steel guitar recording in … Continue reading →

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Hal Rugg, Stu Basore, rare non-pedal steels in stock

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Bobbe Seymour

Hello fellow players, The last couple of newsletters I was telling the story of me breaking in to Nashville with the hopes that it may help anybody else wanting to do the same. I’ll never forget what Hal Rugg told … Continue reading →

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Bobbe’s first days in Nashville, Ferlin Huskey, Charlie Louvin

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Bobbe Seymour

Hello fellow players, I was asked about my first days and first jobs in Nashville. I moved to Nashville with everything I owned in January of 1969, however I had worked out of Nashville many times before with road bands … Continue reading →

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