Tag: Guitarist
OBITUARY: Ben Keith, Neil Young’s Steel Guitarist: 1937-2010
by admin on Jul.27, 2010, under News Trends
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OBITUARY: Ben Keith, Neil Young’s Steel Guitarist: 1937-2010
Ben Keith, the veteran steel guitarist who played on Patsy Cline’s 1961 hit “I Fall to Pieces” before befriending Neil Young and going on to play on more than a dozen of the Canadian rocker’s albums, has died. He was 73. He died of a heart attack, director Jonathan Demme said Tuesday. Demme, who directed Young’s concert films “Neil Young Trunk Show” from earlier this year and 2006′s “Heart of …
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Ben Keith, Longtime Neil Young Sideman and Pedal Steel Guitarist, Dead at 73
Filed under: News , R.I.P. Jordi Vidal, Redferns Ben Keith, a longtime sideman for Neil Young , died earlier this month, according to Undercover.com.au . While the actual date and cause of death are still unknown, Keith was a revered session musician and producer who played pedal steel guitar on Young’s classic album ‘Harvest.’ He was 73. Keith got his start as a session musician in the late …
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Ben Keith 1937-2010
Word has reached Undercover HQ that Ben Keith has passed away at the age of 73. Keith was the long-time steel-guitar player for Neil Young dating back to the ‘Harvest’ days. He was also a member of the Pegi Young band.
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Guitar Lesson: How To Progress As A Guitarist
by admin on May.05, 2010, under Progressive
It is a very satisfying feeling to experience that you are progressing as a guitarist. In other words, to have the confidence that you are becoming a better guitar player day by day. By small means you can change your practicing habits towards success!
To practice guitar and become a better guitarist is like filling a bucket with water. Filling the bucket is the hours of practicing. But, the bucket has some holes resulting in leaking water.
The holes symbolizes the bad practicing habits that actually prevent you from progressing in the pace you should.
Let us start by looking at those holes in the bucket. What type of bad habits can hinder you from getting better? Here are some suggestions:
1. You do not have any idea what type of guitarist you want to become. This makes it difficult to set goals. If you do not focus on the things you have to learn to progress towards your goals you will have so many things to practice that it will be overwhelming. No guitarist has time to practice everything if he wants to succeed!
2. You are not practicing an exercise long enough. Maybe you are aimlessly wandering between guitar exercises that are good but has to be practiced with concentration over a period of time to really be incorporated and become part of your skills.
