Hal Merrill

I am pleased to announce that this year I am going to participate in the Southwestern Steel Guitar Association's annual Steel Guitar Show, taking place at the Hilton in Mesa, Arizona!  The show takes place next week, January 17, 18…

The new CD, "Story" is now ready and available.  It can be purchased on the home page of this web page, under "RECORDINGS".

Our CD Release party is scheduled for Tuesday, November 27, 6-8 pm at:

Well 80 Brewhouse, 514…

This past month I have made a big move, out of Seattle and to Tacoma, Wash.  South Tacoma to be exact.  Starting to get adjusted to life here.  It is easier in many ways, leaving more time for composing and…

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Friday, November 13 was a good experience overall.  We got a chance to play a few new songs that I've been working on.  These are some jazz standards that Bruce has given me sheet music to, so I recently…

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It was a great time last Friday at Grumpy's Coffee House.  I want to thank Dan and the whole crew for having us!

And a special thank you to our friend Josh Sweigert who took this video and posted…

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I just posted a short video of my performance at the steel guitar convention last month.  It's only one camera, and the sound isn't fantastic, but the effect comes through.  the backup band, Jim Stahlhut on guitar, Bob…

Hey, Great News!

I have finally got two of the songs posted from my video project!  I think they will speak for themselves.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbt8mewDrkA
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vm5iPfMmpa0
 

Comments welcome!

Hal

It's hard to believe that a whole month has gone by since we did the video shoot September 28.  It went well, all things considered.  Michael Connolly really has his act together as far as studio management.  The picture quality…

 Hey everybody, I know it's been awhile.  I hope you've had a great summer.  I did, and actually I've spent the better part of summer developing this video that I'm planning to shoot a week from now.  I decided to…

Hi everybody!

Lately I've been creating some video material to help educate people about the steel guitar.  The videos are posted on You Tube.  Here is my latest:

Latest Video

Also, I'd like to thank all of you who showed…