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I'm sorry to hear of it Cameron.  Please pass along my condolences.  We'll say a few prayers for her peace and for you* and your mother-in-law's soul. 

- Zurf

* - Plural "you" to include your wife.

No worries Roger.  I still had a job to do and still have to go to work this morning.  I took a long break after sealing things up as soon as I noticed my head getting a little spinny.

I've already got an idea - something about "I grew up in those Appalachian hills.  I've got a work ethic, babe, and I've got some skills.  I work hard all week and I work more at night.  Drylok and bourbon, babe, and I'm feeling all right."

- Zurf

I think Cameronkl7 and I need to get together and jamm. 

Anywhere near the beach in NC Cam?  Or a trout stream up in the mountains?  Either way works good for me.  But we've definitely got to jam on some Buffett and Chesney.  The Chesney song about valuing the passage of time is the only I do as a reasonably straight cover I like it so well.  If I weren't buzzing from these paint fumes, I'd remember the name of it. 

- Zurf

In no particular order

1. Willie Nelson
2. Jim Croce
3. Johnny Cash
4. The Duhks
5. John McCutcheon
6. Gordon Lightfoot
7. James Taylor
8. Patsy Cline
9. America
10. John Prine

If you ask me five minutes from now that might change.  If you ask me ten years from now, it might be the same.

- Zurf

You'll get there. 

Pick out a song you like, and then learn all the chords in it.  Then, learn to get from on chord to the next.  Then, once you've got that, try doing it in time with a steady beat.  Slow the beat down as slow as you have to to be able to make the chord changes in time.  Then, as your fingers learn the muscle memory and grow in strength, you will get faster.  It takes a LOT of times of repitition at first.  But, after you get the first three or four songs down the next ones come easier.  I don't think it ever gets easy, except for some fortunate few. 

Have fun and enjoy yourself. 

- Zurf

p.s.  I've got a $100 guitar too.  It plays just fine.

That must be it. 

Actually, because I usually drop by there on my way home from work, I'm probably suspicious for being too well dressed.  They look at me and think "hmmmm, his beard is recently trimmed, no tattoos, wearing a jacket and tie, this guy can't be a REAL musician.  He must be looking for kindling."

- Zurf

You are the first.  Though I think we're supposed to be keeping the next person in line a secret, so shhhhhhhh. 

- Zurf

In that case, the entire Legend album by Bob Marley is a good start. 

I'm impressed with the artwork.  What would be really cool is if you drew it out on a real guitar.  Maybe not going up the neck.  I used to have an electric bass with a bunch of artwork on the body and thought it was cool.  Unfortunately, it did not survive my borrowing a copy of "Electric Guitar Maintenance for Dummies" or some such book from the local library.  It wound up as a pile of wires and screws and pieces of wood and I scrapped it. I must not be Dummie enough.   

When I replace my Yamaha with a better quality guitar, I will likely do something like that to my Yamaha - which will then be assigned campfire duty and still be in heavy rotation. 

- Zurf

Let me tell you a quick story I heard from a friend who played bass for Roy Clark.  My friend's habit was to show up about two hours before showtime to warm up and practice.  He ran warmup exercises for a while, and then he practiced and got himself ready to play on stage by playing songs he enjoyed and not necessarily the songs that were on the set list.

Well, it turns out that that just happened to be Mr. Clark's habit as well.  So my buddy was running through some songs he enjoyed playing, which were mostly swing jazz and jazz standards.  Turns out those were among Roy Clark's favorites as well.  So the two of them jammed for an hour or hour and a half on jazz standards and blew away other members of the band.  One of the band members said that this music was too good to go to waste in a practice room and that they should work a jazz set into the show.  Mr. Clark said, "These folks paid good money to hear a country music concert, not a jazz concert.  So we're going to give them what they paid to hear and we're going to do it the best we know how." 

So, just because B.B. King always plays blues on albums and on stage, don't think that he might not have other styles in his toolkit.

- Zurf

Keep at it Hopeful!  That's the spirit!  Two months isn't very long after all.  By the time you've played it 1,000 times, you'll have it down pat.  No, I am not joking about the number.  Of course, you can just practice that little transition part ssssssslllllloooooowwwwwlllllllyyyyyyyy and then speed it up once you can make the transition IN TIME AND WITHOUT PAUSING.  Figure out what speed you can do it and do it in time.  Then play it that way a zillion times until it's smooth and allow yourself to increase the speed so long as you can still make the transition IN TIME.  Then you'll own it for sure!!!

- Zurf

I don't think it would be cheaper - I just think the price would escalate a lot faster at the end. 

Sometimes the last minute bids don't get in on time.  I lost out on a great kayak that way last week.  Some lucky person got the darned thing for $96. 

- Zurf