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Date Posted: 03/15/10 6:51pm
Author: Bobbe Seymour
Subject: Nashville Hospitality - Not!

Hello fellow players,

I’m sure most of you have heard about the city of Nashville’s attitude toward
country music, musicians and music businesses in general. The property that was
owned by the Musicians Hall of Fame was confiscated via eminent domain.

Mr. Joe Chambers, who did such a wonderful job in creating this monument to
musicians should be commended greatly for his effort and I feel that having
everything jerked away from him that he had built is as near criminal as can be.

The city government of Nashville decided they needed a piece of property down on
Music Row five or so years ago that belonged to a dear friend of mine by the
name of Joy Ford. After a very long, expensive, drawn out legal fiasco, Joy
came out on top, saving her property. To her it was worth it no matter what the
expense.

The way the Nashville police treat musicians that load and unload every night on
Broadway to play their afternoon and evening shifts, is another way that
Nashville shows their disdain for the music industry.

Very talented musicians that pour their hearts out for an average $20 to $50 for
a performance at clubs that don’t even have a cover charge should not be
harassed while loading or unloading their gear. I personally quit playing lower
Broadway for this very reason.

The music industry has brought fame, acclaim and nationwide attention to
Nashville and it breaks my heart to see the way that they show their
appreciation. Country music has flourished in Nashville in spite of the city
government’s attitude.

I have seen some astoundingly great musicians work the clubs on what we call
lower Broadway. For no more than they are paid, it’s an insult for them to even
work but they do it because of their love for country music, for the people that
come to Nashville to hear country music and the small amount of money that they
try to survive on while launching or sustaining their careers in Nashville.

God bless the boys that make the noise on downtown lower Broad! It would be
nice if the city of Nashville started playing nice with the people who made it
so famous instead of trying to run us all the way to Branson or anyplace we
would be welcome.

Concerning my Rhythmatic album that I talked about a couple of newsletters ago,
that I advised you to listen to at a much higher volume than you would normally
listen, I received this reply from fellow pilot and steel guitarist Lonny
Servin. He summed up exactly what I was trying to say to all of you.

Hello my friend. I used to listen to selections of this CD on your streaming
audio feature in your website. It just didn't seem to be my style. Then a few
weeks ago you talked about this CD in your newsletter about how it needs to be
played at a high volume. So, I purchased the CD and played it at a high volume,
and still it didn't turn me on. The, I turned the volume way up, and I heard
things I have never heard before. I had been playing it in my car, so when I go
home I played it on my old super set, and I was so enthralled of what I could
hear, I almost freaked out. I played it all afternoon at a volume I could
feel. Bobbe, You complete amaze me! Your aviator Buddy Lonny Servin.

I would like to thank Lonny for these comments along with so many others of you
that have commented.

I would like to do a product review on a product that we started handling about
five years ago. It’s the Hilton potless pedal. Seldom do we see a product go
right straight to the top of our sales charts the way this has and stay there
for years.

The reasons why are obvious. High quality and dependability with a minimal loss
of signal and quality of tone. These units go out the door and never come back
and I only get praise from the people who buy them.

With the 500K potentiometer that is in the old fashioned style volume pedals
wearing out as often as they do, it doesn’t take much time for the potless
volume pedal to more than pay for the difference in price. Be smart over the
long run and get a Hilton pedal from us now.

See our monthly specials at www.steelguitar.net/monthlyspecials.html

Your buddy,
Bobbe
www.steelguitar.net
sales@steelguitar.net
www.youtube.com/bobbeseymour
www.myspace.com/bobbeseymour

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