VIETNAMESE STEEL PLAYER

Tác giả: STEEL GUITAR FORUM OF AMERICA

Mr.Dat plays very well and has an interesting Asian tone and technique. I just can’t get over someone releasing an album with those canned karaoke backing tracks. It’s OK for one listening, but that’s about it.

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Derrick Mau
Member From: Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
posted 01 July 2006 03:25 PM    profile   send email     edit 


Came across this CD of a Vietnamese Steel player.
Anyone heard of him before?
Steel guitar is taking leaps and bounds to countries
you’d never think would know anything about it.

Larry W. Jones
Member From: Kingwood, Texas, 77339 The Liveable Forest
posted 01 July 2006 04:15 PM    profile   send email     edit 


WoW, look what I found too:
http://www.phammanhdat.com/

Kevin Bullat
Member From: Huntington Beach, CA
posted 01 July 2006 07:17 PM    profile   send email     edit 


Oddly enough, I taught an Vietnamese lady the steel guitar basics in Summer of ’05.  She told me, to my disbelief!, that steel guitar was a big instument in their version of ‘lounge’ music.

She was a sweet lady with a good ear.  She was so respectful of me being the teacher.  She brought me a plate of Vietnamese spring rolls on her last lesson.  Deeeelicious!

 

Rick Collins
Member From: Claremont , CA    USA
posted 01 July 2006 07:52 PM    profile   send email     edit 


…clean web site, clean shirt, clean guitar, and clean playing. Bring the height of the guitar to waist height, for the standing position, and I’d give him the Mr. Clean seal of approval.    

Larry W. Jones
Member From: Kingwood, Texas, 77339 The Liveable Forest
posted 02 July 2006 01:59 AM    profile   send email     edit 


Here’s a bunch of Pham Manh Dat’s steelin’

phammanhdat/hoavang/10_aloma_oe.mp3  Aloma Oe
phammanhdat/hoavang/09_mercy_mercy_mercy.mp3  Mercy Mercy Mercy
phammanhdat/hoavang/02_la_paloma.mp3  La Paloma
phammanhdat/hoavang/03_chinese_tango.mp3  Chinese Tango
phammanhdat/hoavang/04_foggy_mt_breakdown.mp3  Foggy Mountain Breakdown
phammanhdat/hoavang/05_heart_feeling.mp3  Heart Feeling
phammanhdat/hoavang/06_bateau_des_iles.mp3  Bateau des Iles
phammanhdat/hoavang/07_osolemino.mp3  Oselemino
phammanhdat/hoavang/08_lime_light.mp3  Lime Light

David L. Donald
Member From: Koh Samui Island, Thailand
posted 02 July 2006 04:17 AM    profile   send email     edit 


If I could only read what it says,
I could do a visa a run there
and see him play.
He can’t be more than 1 hour away by air at worst.

Though I think my next one may be to Seoul Korea.

well I sent him an email, lkets see what happens!  

[This message was edited by David L. Donald on 02 July 2006 at 04:24 AM.]

Herman Visser
Member From: Rohnert Park, California, USA
posted 02 July 2006 07:57 AM    profile   send email     edit 


To me it sounds alot like  James Chu’s style of playing.Almost the same back up music. I kind of like it becuse it so simple to pick up and play along with.
Larry thanks for the post ,Herman

Keith Cordell
Member From: Atlanta
posted 02 July 2006 08:42 AM    profile   send email     edit 


His vibrato is very odd, reminds me a bit of their cultural instrumentation, with a bit of a warble to it. Very cool, and unexpected.

Jim Phelps
Member From: Mexico City
posted 02 July 2006 10:49 AM    profile     edit 


It  doesn’t even sound like the same guy playing the psg solo in Mercy Mercy Mercy as the non-pedal stuff, and sounds like has two pickups on his steel.

[This message was edited by Jim Phelps on 02 July 2006 at 10:56 AM.]

Mitch Druckman
Member From: Arizona, USA
posted 02 July 2006 11:39 AM    profile   send email     edit 


Mr.Dat plays very well and has an interesting Asian tone and technique. I just can’t get over someone releasing an album with those canned karaoke backing tracks. It’s OK for one listening, but that’s about it.