This man should be making records! Are you listening record companies? SIGN THIS MAN UP NOW! Excellent work friend. I use to play electric and acoustic guitar for 25 years and I've never heard lap steel done like you do it.
I'm a grown man. I don't know where this song takes me, but it does make cry every time I hear it. I never get tired of it, though. And I'm not American.
So true..few years ago I found him and he was playing a John Mayer love song of my old girlfriend and I just cried like a baby....heart of gold you have...
If you love steel guitars, there are few players that can touch Luke. I have been playing and listening to steel guitar playing since I was 14 yrs old (89 now), and I have heard a VERY few that could "milk" out of an amp; what Luke can. Wow! Absolutely Brilliant! I am sure that the late Jerry Byrd (Greatest laptop steel guitar player) and Buddy Emmons (Greatest Pedal Steel Guitar player); would say similar above; if they were alive. May Jesus rest the precious souls of both of these dear friends. How I miss them.
Hi Luke ! Greetings from Charlotte, North Carolina. Oh man....what a sweet tone !!! You are talking to the Angels ! That Golden sound isn't easy to come by. You seem to have found the Holy Grail that's so elusive !!! Best regards, Bob
I want one of these so bad. My old guitar playing buddies ask me why since I have a Gretsch. We are old Metal Heads. So since they don’t listen to country like me, I had to put it in terms they would understand. “Because Duesenberg is the Gibson of Germany and this is the Les Paul of Lap Tops. If Jimmy Page played country he would play this.” Now they get it. I love the benders. Bud, you are crushing it on that thing. Great playing.
Very, very cool, beautiful melody and played with care and feeling. 8 thumbs down? so sad, I actually think I feel sorry for them, hmmnnn, nah not really.
God dang, Luke!! Frickin' killin' it with soul!! I wish I could see you perform somewhere, even just playin' against these backing tracks. Truth is you belong in a great band.
And the hits just keep on coming. Bravo Luke! PLEASE keep posting more beautiful songs like this and Harvest Moon. Reach further back too Luke. Play some greats from 60s, 70s and 80s.
Luke, you have a helluva touch. I say this because I am 88 yrs old and played my first laptop steel guitar in 1945. What you did is beyond incredible. The steel guitar has been my love, when it comes to music, for 74 yrs. Even wrote a book titled "The evolution of the Pedal Steel Guitar". I only have two problems. And I mean NO disrespect. So I suggest: 1. You should not slant your hand when slanting. Use only your fingers to slant. for the world's greatest laptop steel guitar player, Jerry Byrd, proved that decades ago. As he taught and demanded it with all of his students. 2. Please try and use a round Bar. For it lends itself more to the way a steel guitar should be played. I know, I know, great players like Jerry Douglass, does it your way; but he mostly plays Bluegrass. But your awesome type of music will work out better with a round Bar, IMHO. Others will disagree. And I could be wrong. Again, NO disrespect kind Sir.
Thank you for the insight! You're right, I have since worked on slants since recording this video 5 years ago. About the tone bar, I've tried using a round one, but found it doesn't work as well for bends, which I use a lot. I started using a Sheerhorn, which definitely sounds more like a round bar.
Hey, Retire Soon, Who says you can't learn? Don't retire. It's your soul that resonates to these heavenly vibes. So keep on playing and tapping some of this happiness life has to offer, and of course, spreading it to others.
Hey, this is beautiful thank you. A few questions though. Which strings do you use, what is the tuning and most importantly what volume pedal and effects pedals do you use to make that sound so perfect and warm to listen to. I might get one myself one day. Thanks In advance ...
