lloyd Thayer

I will attempt to rebuild this page to resemble its once glorious past..............
Categories will be: 
1. MUSIC
2. DOBRO STUFF
3. MUSICIAN'S RESOURCES
4. BUDDHIST and Related...
5. ART
6. OTHER.......

http://communityartsadvocates.org/baird.html-stephen baird, the man with the plan.....has done more for street performers than almost anyone......check out his massive website, and learn how hard he has fought to keep the streets alive!!! thank you stephen.....


http://edwardpowell.com/EDWARDPOWELL-INSTRUMENTS.html  Edward Powell invented and built the Ragmakamtar I have......he's an incredible builder, and an equally incredible musician......buy all of his records.

http://tevstevig.com -Tev Stevig. Fretless guitarist. surfer. Surf guitarist. Instrument builder. Honorary Turk. Buy his record immediately..........

http://www.guitarmachine.com - Eric Royer. One man band. more deadly than a ten man band. street performer, musician.......and then some

http://orchestrotica.com - Brian O'Neill. Percussionist. Band leader. lead Ho in Mr. Ho's Orchestrotica. Member of Tev Stevig's Jeni Jol.  Bon Vivant. 

Eric Ederer. musician. player. instrument inventor. builder. Ethnomusicologist. teacher. father of the Nautliauta. 

http://www.ellenschmidt.com - Musician, community organizer, open mic hostess, bass player, songwriter, dear dear heart friend. gem of a human being.

http://www.mehmetpolat.net - Mehmet Polat. Frightening Oud player. band leader.......ground breaker. universe expander.

http://johnfahey.com - John Fahey. period.

http://www.mattandshannonheaton.com- Matt and Shannon Heaton. the heaters. and nigel heaton. trad Irish, surf, tour parenting, Thai speaking, and more. fine human beings.......




 

http://www.stacyphillips.com-  Stacy Phillips. Greatest Dobro player of all time. my teacher. I learned much of what I know from Stacy, or at least the good parts. all of his books and cd's are "essential" as far as I'm concerned. 

http://www.davidlindley.com    David Lindley. Fountainhead........godhead.........the other half of what I play I have stolen from Mr. Lindley. Multi Instrumentalist and then some......all of his recordings are also "essential"............

http://www.resophonicoutfitters.com Paul Beard's Resophonic Outfitters has everything you need for strings, picks, bars etc.......and of course, they sell Dobro's as well. I use the Beard string sets on all my Dobros, and I've also had setup work done by Paul and recommend him highly. As of this writing (2015) I think his entry level Dobros are the best instruments you'll find for the money............no financial interest on my part, just respect.

http://www.well.com/~wellvis/steel.html  Brad's pages of steel........in the early wild west days of the internet, this was the first and one of the only sources of information out there............lots of great info...........and hard work......by a player, for a player......

http://steelguitarforum.com - a lot of electric stuff, but also some acoustic and non pedal lap steel.........

http://www.scottysmusic.com  Scotty's music is mostly dedicated to pedal steel, but there's a great deal of knowledge and experience there, not to be overlooked.....