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the Tapper

by Christopher Templeton

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the Tapper 06:09
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Mosquito Hop 02:50
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Luv 65 04:16
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Light Trash 01:08
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Spanish Moss 04:26
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Hobo Heaven 04:47
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Small World Rag 04:25
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Los Padres 02:50
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I Was Touched 04:19
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Snowflake 03:36
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Blues And Greens 03:17
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The Brand New Operah 07:47
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Paris 05:00
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Sometimes 10:05
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I Love You So Much it Hurts 05:08
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Chris Templeton plays his unique raised fretboard pedal steel called the Tapper, pedal steel and lap steel guitars, combines elements of Rock, Country, Funk, Hawaiian, Americana & world music with his thoughtful rap.

It features twenty-eight backup musicians including, Buddy Emmons, Victor Wooten, his brothers Regi & Joseph, Chuck Campbell, Robert Randolph and Ian Wallace just to name a few.
The Tapper is a pedal steel guitar with a raised fret board which enables me to fret with my fingers as well as using the tapping technique to sound the strings with both hands. The beauty of using this method on a pedal steel guitar is that different strings can be lowered or raised with the pedals and knee levers while fretting. I hope you enjoy this record as much as I have enjoyed making it during the 26 years of learning development and recording. A big "Thank You" to instrument designer Ned Steinberger for for designing the Tapper, which features a second compensated bridge for fretting.
This album was mixed to analog tape before going to digital.

"For those of you who haven't yet heard Chris - hold on to your hats - he is a monster!" Jim Palenscar Owner of Steel Guitars of North County, Oceanside, CA.


"Pedal and Tapper steel guitar virtuoso and New England native Chris Templeton artfully combines beautiful instrumentals and hot jams on his instrument with a star studded cast of guest players and his homespun and good-humored impressions of modern Americana." - Stephen Barncard producer (David Crosby & Graham Nash, Grateful Dead, etc.)

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released April 20, 2020

Produced by Chris Templeton and Stephen Quinn Barncard

Mixed by Stephen Barncard, John Nicholson, Chris

Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering

Executive Producer - Allan Thomas

Graphic Art by Frank & Audrey Gauna

Photography - Adam Frehm

Recording Engineers - John Nicholson, Corin Nelson, Captain Chris, Neal Poppi, Gene Cornelius, Stephen Barncard

All songs by Chris Templeton © 2012 Tapsteel Music - BMI (formerly Blue Spruce Music)

Light Trash and Paris by Chris and Buddy Emmons-Tapsteel Music - BMI

Blues & Greens by Chris and Buddy Emmons - Tapsteel Music - BMI

I Love You So Much It Hurts by Floyd Tillman - Melody Lane Publications Inc. BMI

The Players:

Chris Templeton - Tapper, Pedal Steel Guitars, Voice, Lap Steel, Electric & Acoustic Guitars, Bass, Cello Bass Resophonic Guitar, Fuzz Steel Guitar

Buddy Emmons - Pedal Steel Guitar - 4, 11, 13
Chuck Campbell - Pedal Steel Guitar - 12
Robert Randolph - Pedal Steel Guitar - 12
Mike Cass - Pedal Steel Guitar - 5, 14
John Ely - Steel Guitar - 15
Rick Plant - Electric & Acoustic Guitars - 7, 8, 9, 11
Terry Wedding - Electric Guitar - 13
Dean Rose - Electric Guitar - 1, 10
Tom Smith - Guitar - 5
Tim Lorsch - Fiddles & Violins - 5, 8
Joseph Wooten - Electric Keyboard, Accordion, Piano - 2, 6, 9, 12
Raymond Blanchet - Piano - 13
Neal Poppi - Guitar - 1, 7
Jeff Sussmann - Vibes - 15
Victor Wooten - Bass - 2, 6, 9, 12
Regi Wooten - Bass, Guitar - 1, 5, 6, 12, 14
Eric Hoh - Bass - 5, 14
David Toland - Bass - 15
David Smith - Bass - 4, 11
John Billings - Bass - 1, 3, 7
Dennis Pearne - Bass - 13
Segovia Bader - 7
Raymond "Nasty" Massey - Drums - 2, 6, 9, 12
JD Blair - Drums - 1, 3,10
Gabe Jarrett - Drums - 5, 14
Ian Wallace - Drums - 15
Bob Mater - Drums - 4, 11, 13
Rick Lonow - Drums - 7
Allison Moorer - Vocal sample - 3
Barbara Way - Vocal sample - 3
Doric Yarris - Voice - 12

Dedicated to Milt and Mona Hinton.

Special Thanks to: Buddy & Peggy Emmons, Ned Steinberger, Jerry Byrd, Stephen "Sir Cube" Barncard, Allan "Windrider" Thomas, The Wooten Family, Rick Derringer, The Campbell Brothers, Joe Glaser, Robert Randolph, Mike Daly, The Sierra Instrument Company, The Taylors, Charlot Gunner, Chris Dracup, W&F's, Rodney, Buddy Cage, Keith & Bubba Horne, Alpine, Yoshio & Kuzz Taura and Family, Chae-Hui Blair, and The Templetons.

For additional info regarding the Tapper visit thetapper.net

The Recording Studios

The Blue Spruce Nest - VT
Hilltop Recording Studios - Madison,TN
The Plant - Sausalito, CA
Prarie Sun Studios - Cotati, CA
Little Black Dog Studios - Nashville, TN
Imaginary Road Studios - Brattleboro, VT
Poppi's Studio - Nashville, TN
Doric Yarris Studios - Kauai, HI
Stepbridge Studio - Santa Fe, NM
Chuck Eller Studio - Hinesburg, VT
House Of Cubes North - Santa Rosa CA.

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Tapper innovator, steel guitar virtuoso and New England native Chris Templeton, combines beautiful original music with thoughtful rap.
These recordings are the culmination of 26 years of recording as well as the manufacture of the Tapper and developing ways of playing it.
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