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I'm impressed with the list. Especially I Wish - a synth tune sung by the uniquely voiced Stevie Wonder being played on acoustic guitar by a guy who is not Stevie. Very cool. I would love to hear a recording of you guys doing that, as it's one of my favorites. I maintain a playlist from my iPod called "Songs to be played loudly", and that is one of the key songs on it.
- Zurf
Russell update, I haven't found out who started the Birthday thing yet, but in my investigation I did find out that you and Paul Simon http://goo.gl/7qPde share the same Birthday, coincidence, I think not. I'm still on the case.
Cam
You didn't know? Russell is Paul Simon. The short guy you see hanging out with Art Garfunkel is his "Bosley".
I believe that I shall have a bit of ice cream and blow out a candle in your honor. Then I'll sing "A Few To Many" with the B7 substitution. And finally, a friendly salute towards the west northwest.
Margaritaville is mandatory.
Almost Heaven, West Virginia is my neck of the woods.
Do you belong to e-chords? It looks interesting, but I'm always hesitant to join new sites. To get the best features on e-chords, you have to join. Anyway, just wondering.
I like Goldhat's youtube lessons. Terrific stuff and highly concentrated on my favorite genre of sissified 70's folk/pop. http://www.goldhat.net/guitar_lessons.htm.
I use the classic country lyrics site too. I can't remember if it was you or Deadstring who turned me on to it, but it's great.
This guy's singing lessons on Youtube are invaluable. http://www.ehow.com/video_2388044_elimi … nging.html
[edit to delete Cowpie - when I went back and checked it out, it wasn't the same site and had been taken over by what appeared to be a scam site]
- Zurf
Zurf wrote:Russell's got one for sale in the sales forum.
- Zurf
Thanks, Zurf but I'm too old to buy more equipment because I'll probably wear out before the equipment does.
toots
That's the beauty of buying it used.
"Tennessee Stud". I've never heard the original by Eddy Arnold that I can recall, despite him being a distant relative (I think - Mom knew all that stuff and she's not in a situation where I can ask her about it right at the moment). Anyway, I've recently been turned back on to the song by covers by Johnny Cash and The Little Willies.
- Zurf
Sorry I'm a little late, but I hope all our Canadian neighbors enjoyed their Thanksgiving Day!
Ditto.
Russell's got one for sale in the sales forum.
- Zurf
Perhaps this will change your mind.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5qx-wlAXWg
"Close Enough to Perfect" by Alabama. Anniversary's coming around next month.
Nyckeharpa, just because it's impossible to pronounce. And probably equally as impossible to tune.
It looks like a stringed instrument designed to fill a vacuum after bagpipes were outlawed.
I have one that came with one of my guitars. I have removed it and not noticed any change. It is now collecting dust on top of my file cabinet. I may put it into one of my guitars for which the sound is not very "full" and see whether it makes a difference.
Good luck. My guess is that it's a guitar specific things like strings. Some strings sound good one one guitar and not so good on another. The guitar I bought with the thingy already installed has a rich, full tone on its own. However, on a guitar that's not quite so rich, it may make a difference.
- Zurf
It's never too late HannahBeth. You can't get the lost time back, but as the old-timers say "should the Lord tarry", there's nothing stopping you from learning theory now. I just want to be able to throw out licks by ear the way Detman101 does, and then I'll feel like I've done something.
I think of you learn a piano keyboard in the context of theory, that all instruments thereafter will be easier to learn. My daughter wants to play drums, but we are having her learn piano in a course that emphasizes theory and rhythm first. Our thinking is that a formal understanding of rhythm will apply to percussion very well, and early exposure to theory will allow her to understand the role played by percussion in the overall music of whatever band she eventually plays in. She was highly resistant to the piano, but now a month into it is enthralled. She practices every day, many times more than once, and she is already reading music and understanding how major chords go together. I've got her practicing with a metronome and she's learning about steady timing right from the start.
Pythagoras, who brought us the 12 tone chromatic scale.
Dirty Ed does a crop circle song to the tune of Will The Circle Be Unbroken. It's a stinkin' riot.
- Zurf
I do "Crocodile Rock" as a fast fingerpick / bluegrass song.
Here's me fishing. I'm the one making the dumb face:
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6211/622 … ea4160.jpgWith guitar:
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6034/622 … f214_s.jpg
The bald one...
For $2000, you may want to consider a custom made item too. It's something to consider.
Doc Watson? No way I would pick him as an idol. I may as well try to emulate Michelangelo using Jell-O as for me to try to sound like Doc Watson.
I had set this song aside for a while to work on other things. Now I suppose I shall have to resurrect it. These things have a way of working themselves back around with unintentional reminders of this sort. I've been working on scales and dexterity exercises again, so hopefully things will have a happier ending than last time.
- Zurf
Helps to bring perspective.
Well you know that I love "If I Were The Wind", "The Paddle", and "Riding With the Man", but I take those songs so seriously that I don't feel as if I could do them justice. However, novelty songs I'm willing to take a crack at. I do it in my fingerpicky folk style, of course, but am working in your signature hammer-ons best I can.
Thanks for the belated birthday wishes. We had a wonderful time despite the lack of fishes. Roger doesn't get skunked often, so his getting skunked made my getting skunked more palatable.
- Zurf
Thank you for the offer Baldguitardude. Roger Guppy recruited me, and I get the feeling that he is somewhat of a coordinator of those activities. I'll post a note so that Roger is sure to notice your offer.
- Zurf
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