Country Rock Lap Steel Guitar Legend Al Perkins

Multiple Grammy award winning steel guitarist, Al Perkins, shares great playing and amazing stories from his legendary career.
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COUNTRY ROCK LAP STEEL GUITAR LEGEND AL PERKINS
0:20 G Blues Jam
3:15 Interview with Al Perkins
6:15 Lap Steel Guitar and Al’s Career
13:00 Steel Guitar, Lap Steel, and Dobro
15:20 Working with the Rolling Stones and the Eagles
19:00 Memorable Moments in the Studio
22:15 Working with Various Tunings
23:30 Picks and Slides for Steel Playing
29:20 A Classic Fleetwood Mac Song
32:50 Al’s Hawaiian Guitar CD
34:00 Al’s Website
36:50 Asterope Cables
40:00 Glass Slides vs. Metal Slides
41:30 “In The Garden”
43:00 Muting the Strings While Playing
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[@user-wn8lw8nu1s]

From the Bay Area. Saw Manassas at Winterland Ballroom in 1971 when I was 16 ($6). I fell in Love with the pedal steel on So Begins the Task. Thanks Al for making me a JUNKIE!

[@Gratefulman1965]

Smokin’ blues in G gentlemen! 🎶

[@captainzeb1969]

Al Perkins is the man! Steve holds his own too! Well done.

[@GuitarGathering]

Thanks Brent! He's a fantastic player and great guy. - Steve

[@bryanmannoia8410]

wow! I just got an old magnatone and started to learn to play this last week. I knew I had a lot to learn but I had no idea how much until I saw Al play. a legend indeed.

[@markwalker1839]

I've had the pleasure/blessing of playing with Al both live and in a demo session with him on guitar/steel/dobro as well as producer.

[@clydehannah1056]

Amazing Al! Loved the Show!

[@nelsonrosado463]

Nelson from Puerto Rico Is my first time seeing you guys and i love it thanks and God bless you guys 😊

[@rzsdad1]

Wonderful! Entertaining and superb playing!

[@Fluglebugle]

Thanks! Frank from Tehachapi, CA Love Al's work over the years!

[@Phlipjames]

Ive just come across a CD in the UK produced by a friend of mine by the Nelson Brothers. Listened to the pedal steel and no mistaking Al Perkins' beautiful tones! Well worth a purchase.

[@KountryCuz1]

Nice Great playing on that lap Steel , Guitar Also !

[@consterned]

from Palmer Alaska, excited about this video !

[@arctichare8185]

Beautiful

[@stuartwrigglesworth9339]

Fantastic

[@MangoDaVille]

Bought one of Al's Hawaiian cd's ~ great player. Johnny Pal from Torrance, CA

[@johnlane1200]

Hey sounding Great... .....Newfoundland Canada.....

[@allanwilliams8412]

Great stuff - Al from Queensland Australia.

[@2009framat]

sounds great

[@howardmorris1638]

Washington State Great sounds ,just learning Lap Steel , Thanks Al

[@linwoodvowell6747]

Sounding great

[@PNgaia33859]

al, total gentlleman . great teacching.

[@joshwadsworth5593]

Im from Pawhuska, Oklahoma! Love your stuff fellas!

[@damagedangel08]

Loved you with Stephen Al, Jackie from Bakersfield.

[@bertilknudsen]

Good taste in shirts, Mr Perkins has.

[@michelleberube9321]

Our 10 old granddaughter is asking for a lap steel guitar for Christmas. She been playing one at school and loves it. From Ashby Massachusetts

[@stuartwrigglesworth9339]

Good feel very nice,

[@thomasgitarrenspieler8679]

Hi, this is very interesting for me. Thank you, I am from Freiburg in Germany. Have a good one. Cheers from Tom

[@paulklinkenberg8352]

Great stuff cheers from bernkastel germany

[@Liquidgrin]

Al is very patient.

[@violettaylor2906]

Ha!

[@BioTheocentrist]

Harmonia master of harmonia instrument!

[@fjam500]

HI FROM SCOTLAND

[@PoppyPete45]

Queensland Australia... Hi guys

[@fenderblues1744]

Hi from UK

[@edwardcharlessturney2995]

New Brunswick, Canada

[@PNgaia33859]

learnig a dueseberg, al is gold

[@victorfernandez343]

Hi it’s victor from London, that’s a great sound!

[@Barry101er]

Great show.

[@leifgarrytangen4445]

Great show. Leif Garry Tangen . Norway

[@MrG39king]

Yuma, AZ

[@garymortimer5581]

I'm from London, Uk

[@deursen19]

grtz from holland

[@MyMusic-ow9rt]

hola desde Puerto Rico

[@kereopawharehinga7895]

New Zealand

[@bibu34]

San Rafael, Calif

[@ed.t.hansen6499]

from Port Dickson, Malaysia

[@GuitarGathering]

Welcome! Learn all you can. - Steve

[@FuturePast2019]

32:10 A Classic Fleetwood Mac Song Albatross

[@scowell]

Streaming format not really working for YT... like Al Perkins though. Slack key is a fretted instrument, not played with a bar.

[@queenpianolibrary]

3:27
32:20
49:08
59:44

[@bookfrog6]

cookeville TN

[@gielvisser2983]

South Africa

[@FuturePast2019]

59:35 Al’s Hawaiian Guitar CD Sleep Walk

[@jimmyt4290]

COWTOWN here!

[@1954IndiansFan]

Cleveland, Ohio

[@tigerspook1]

South Devon UK.

[@StevanAhlbeck]

Seattle Washington

[@liezasteele6096]

australia cool

[@derekhartter5179]

Eureka IL

[@FuturePast2019]

18:10 Working with the Rolling Stones and the Eagles

[@cnudjensen932]

it's not a Rick Vito, it's a Peter Green Song!

[@michaellassley30]

Anchorage Alaska

[@MrMultitool]

What tuning do you use?

[@peggyhoskin3]

Ireland

[@johncampbell1262]

dunellen new jersey

[@tobyblake851]

I'm from the arid zone, America.

[@stevenrogers3954]

Gig harber

[@fenderblues1744]

I would have liked to have listened to the lap steel with no distortion.

[@UltimateForceMarketing]

and also turned down that damned the guitar, too

[@karpetguru]

My Name is Bill Almeida Do you guys have lap steel Lessons

[@JosephKeller-ll6ub]

Catskill NY

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Cumbria UK

[@douglasalmeida968]

Whats name song 32:27 ?

[@rodlewis6263]

nowra-sydney Australia

[@stormin551]

Thank's For The Share Rod...

[@markraymer6755]

Midway ga

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Fitzgerald

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TREVOSE pA

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Alabama David Horsley

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glenpool,okla

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BarbADOS

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Cincinnati ohio

[@jojolapraline]

La chemise,on en parle?

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[@chrisshort4864]

Sounds like Ted cruz

[@johnbaker8703]

halifax nova scotia

[@zztop6546]

Miki from new zealand

[@GuitarGathering]

Welcome! Glad you stopped by. Learn all you can. - Steve

[@jonathanrubino2577]

Rrrrichieeee!!!

[@linwoodvowell6747]

Omaha arkansas

[@TheWaveydee]

Too much talking - .........what about playing???