401 Reply by mojo01

(14 replies, posted in Poems)

Phill Williams wrote:

i've just read the poem again and i can see what you guys mean. it was meant as a holiday thing, but could so easily be going to war or (like my son in OZ) going to work. i'm so glad everyone has their own view on this and it has sparked conversation. thanks for all your great comments......mojo, keep your head down please, such a wonderful historic place to be yet so dangerous.

thanks Phill, only have three weeks left here and move on to the next assignment, that was the disappointing thing about all my time here was I never was able to see any of the historical sites.  just down the road is what the locals call the city of adam, where the tigris and Euphrates meet claims to be the location of the garden of eden. because of security  we were never allowed off of the concession .

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402 Reply by mojo01

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TIGLJK wrote:

Wow.... Bill...
When I re-read this after you and Mojo commented....  I could read into this to be an air force pilot or serviceman on a mission....
that had never crossed my mind.

Mojo are you a pilot ? or in Air Force?

Jim
   P.S.

Phill - see what you started with your poem : )

TIGLJK no pilot was helicopter mechanic many moons ago now I work in the oil field. currently in the middle east not far from where the Euphrates and Tigris meet.

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403 Reply by mojo01

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makes me a little jealous that iron bird takes me to work, although we do plenty of sun and sand here

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404 Reply by mojo01

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wouldn't call in the area but not to far about threes hours east

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405 Reply by mojo01

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this may be the best post I have  heard  here on chordie , the kid is good

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406 Reply by mojo01

(7 replies, posted in My local band and me)

I can relate I cringe when I listen to myself sing

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407 Reply by mojo01

(49 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)

I guess im just crazy I take my taylor 510 on our annual river trip Arkansas,  but Don't take it to work I take my martin lxm or my tak jasmine when I fly to work

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408 Reply by mojo01

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bill I like to call it 12 ounce curls , I work out daily. might even do some heavy lifts on the weekend with some 16 ounce curls

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409 Reply by mojo01

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im wore out reading all your new post, glad your back place had gotten kinda boring with out ya

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410 Reply by mojo01

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Strummerboy Bill wrote:

Hey, Mo'. You may not be a rocket scientist, but you're close enough for rock 'n roll, my friend! smile

".....bill went all Donald trump on me....."

Oh, now that cut to the quick, right there, Mo'!  smile

Bill just kidding around you know. glad to have you back buddy

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411 Reply by mojo01

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mekidsmom wrote:

I'm late to the party!  Alas, Doug has you covered... so I'll just sit over here and hum some songs with Mojo.

may not want to sit to close, bill went all Donald trump on me started name calling. I think he called me an asstrophysicist and trust me im no rocket scientist

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412 Reply by mojo01

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the head bone connected to the neck bone
the neck bone connected to the shoulder bone
shoulder bone connected to the arm bone
wait this is not right  im looking at the wrong diagram

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413 Reply by mojo01

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welcome back Bill

Joe

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414 Reply by mojo01

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beamer wrote:

MOJO! HEY MY DAUGHTER GOES TO  SFA!  JUST NOTICED YOUR LOCATION.  I will find the name of the asian  place she is working at and when, and you can go and tell HI I talk to your dad on Chordie. LOLOL

lets see Asian city, Ocean city, Schezuan, cant remember the last one. boy she is a long way from home for division 2 school. nursing ? or forestry? I get home from work this coming Saturday let me  know ill look her up. she may know my daughter  or son in law who going to school there also.  its nice to have people you know when your a long way from home

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415 Reply by mojo01

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im just gonna sit quietly in the corner

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416 Reply by mojo01

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hope every one had a happy Easter holiday. I was a long way from home again for another holiday but aint modern technology great through Skype at least be there by proxy

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417 Reply by mojo01

(19 replies, posted in Songwriting)

good tune got a jimmy buffet feel to it to me

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418 Topic by mojo01

(4 replies, posted in Songwriting)

https://soundcloud.com/mojo01/reunion
this one was one was coming along while I wrote the last one, my group the PUI annual river trip is coming in april and we lost one of our members to cancer recently. apologize for the quality on this one is was recorded at work in the SOC studios in Basra on my little martin travel guitar. going to redo it in a couple of weeks when I get home but I wanted to get some input on it I don't like the chorus that much the last line particularly

C                                                  G
theres an empty chair now     around the fire
Em                                     G                         D
raise a toast to friends who've gone on higher

like a ship gone down     in a hurricane
a body's gone but a spirit remains

in the end your just a       memory
one more soul that's finally been set free

friends and family you    left behind
one day soon that hill they too shall climb

C                   D                    G                   Em
across that river we must all go one day
C                   D                     G          Em
the Lord our soul to keep we all pray
C                   D                   G
reunion's not that far away

C                                                G
I know you've  gone  to         a better place
Em                                   G            D
that's my one and only saving grace

no pain and    misery
in that shining light we too shall see

cast a shadow on     the face of the deep
peaceful dreams where angels sleep

friends and family left you    behind
one day soon that hill we too shall climb

across that river we must all go one day
the lord our soul to keep we all pray
reunions not that far away
reunions not that far away

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419 Reply by mojo01

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Tenement Funster wrote:

The "Head Pickle Rhymer" strikes again ... whatta hoot! Lots of stuff I can relate to from past adventures, but the pirate angle makes it even better. Love it!

don't know if shows up any where in the video we have stickers on our boats and a couple of guys even got tattoos of our logo  a skull and crossed paddles replacing the bones

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420 Reply by mojo01

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Phill Williams wrote:

just listened to the song and watched the vid, looks like a lot of fun, are we to take it that there was a rollover accident? hope everything is OK.

fortunately the driver and passenger were wearing armor made of crown royal and the  bloody ear was the only damage. my friend scott can now say he went down the river with a bloody bucken ear

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421 Reply by mojo01

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great job one of my favorite Hiatt tunes

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422 Topic by mojo01

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slow day at work so I though I would post a little ditty I wrote and made a video for a group of my friends . we make a annual trip to Arkansas  for white water kayaking, drinking, camping, drinking, hanging out around the camp fire and maybe a drink or two. a pirate looks at forty is kind of our anthem any way heres to my brothers of the PUI (paddlers under the influence)
https://youtu.be/2lEJA5rR7_I

Am                     C            G       Am                                                  Am G Am
we be pirates one and all       we ply our trade up in Arkansas
we rule the river and we rule the waves       brothers in arms till we find our graves

chorus
Am                                               C  G      Am                                                    Am G Am
oh we are the brothers of the PUI      thick as thieves till the day we die
our name is feared both far and wide     we are the brothers of the PUI

and its yo ho ho and a bottle of rum     raising hell down the river we come
and its fifteen men on a dead mans chest    PUI TO HELL WITH THE REST
chorus

our beards are grey but our hearts are young   we paddle our boats and we drink our rum
down the river hear our cannon thunder    late at night we loot and plunder

chorus

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423 Reply by mojo01

(16 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)

my #1 would be my Taylor 510

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424 Topic by mojo01

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https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKpyez … 0VKFLi8JYw
hope I got the link right check out the barnacaster video by this guy

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425 Reply by mojo01

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I got a note from him a week ago on sound cloud he said they were still going through procedures

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