2016 June | Steel Trappings

Lessons With Troy - The Podcast

June 7, 2016 • Troy Brenningmeyer • Education and Training • Updated: June 16, 2017

Here's the latest Podcast in my series of Steel Guitar podcasts.

Podcast #28 — Knut Hem — Norwegian based Dobro & Weissenborn Player

Previous podcasts:

Podcast #27 — Roland Micro Cube — Gear Review/Demo
Podcast #26 — Greg Booth — Alaska based Dobro Virtuoso and YouTube Sensation
Podcast #25 — Mark Prucha — Hawaiian Steel Guitar's Next Generation
Podcast #24 — Steve Tylka — His Musical Journey & Hawaiian Lap Steel's Therapeutic Qualities
Podcast #23 — Tim Wallis — Inventor of the "Pedal Slide"
Podcast #22 — with Alan Akaka — Japan Tour & Hawaiian Albums to Check Out
Podcast #21 — Phil Leadbetter — Talks About His Life In Music & His Fight With Cancer
Podcast #20 — Aron Radford — U.K. Based Weissenborn Instrumentalist
Podcast #19 — Nick Fryer — Hawaiian & Lap Steel Players & Albums to Check Out
Podcast #18 — Alan Akaka — A6 Tuning "Split Bar" technique & Chords
Podcast #17 — Alan Akaka — Koni Au — Hawaiian Lap Steel Techniques
Podcast #16 — Kaula 'Ili (Kanaka Leo Nui)
Podcast #15 — Alan Akaka — WehiWehi 'Oe — by Thomas Sylvester Kalama
Podcast #14 — with Alan Akaka — Lovely Hula Hands
Podcast #13 — with Alan Akaka — Lahaina Luna
Podcast #12 — with Alan Akaka — I'll Weave A Lei Of Stars For You
Podcast #11 — Steve Toth — A History of Dobro and His Life in Music
Podcast #10 — Greg Sardinha, Patti Maxine, & Bobby Ingano Workshop
Podcast #9 — Alan Akaka — "Pua Hone" — written by Dennis Kamakahi
Podcast #8 — with Alan Akaka — Henehene Kou Aka
Podcast #7 — with Barney Kenny of The Dustbowl Children<
Podcast #6 — with Alan Akaka — "When Hilo Hattie Does The Hilo Hop"
Podcast #5 — Thomas Oliver — New Zealand based Weissenborn Player
Podcast #4 — with Alan Akaka — "Song Of The Islands" & History of Hawaiian Lap Steel
Podcast #3 — Orville Johnson — "The Water Is Wide"
Podcast #2 — with Alan Akaka - "Makalapua" & Queen Liliuokalani
Podcast #1 — with Alan Akaka — "Hawaiian Talk Story" & "Lei No Ka'iulani"

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Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival - Keiki Kine at Ka Makana Ali‘i
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Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival at Windward Mall
June 13, 2026 – 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM HST *

Royal Hawaiian Center Presents Japan-Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival (J-FESTA)
July 10, 2026 – 2:30 PM - 6:30 PM HST

Royal Hawaiian Center Presents Waikīkī Steel Guitar Festival
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Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival - Keiki Kine at Kahala Mall
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WInchester Towne Square Community Centre, Winchester, Indiana

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