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There's only one way to know for sure. 

I've heard people say that it helps to make the tone a little brighter, but I've never tested that hypothesis.

- Zurf

Boy LesPaulGuy!  You were born often. 

- Zurf

Index finger on g string, middle finger on d string, ring finger on b string.  I am working on doing the same structure, but moving it down one finger to free up the index finger to do a barre.  It's not easy.  So I don't do it enough to matter.  That makes the B chord evil. 

I can not do the double barre form because of some previous damage to the top knuckle of the ring finger on my left hand.   I recently displaced the top knuckle on my pinky finger too (and probably broke it).  I reset it, but that's not working as well as it should either during the healing process (which is no doubt prolonged by playing guitar).   Not much to do about it, just thought I'd mention it for some reason. 

- Zurf

I like them.  I'm all for supporting local shops, but not being robbed by them.  For me, the nanowebs sound bright at first and the brightness lasts longer than with my D'Addorios - especially the silk and steels that I prefer.  I only get about two weeks out of the silk and steels before they sound dull and lifeless.  I get two months out of the nanowebs frequently.  Your mileage may vary.  No animals were harmed in the typing of this message.  Message safe for all ages.

It's probably a lack of consistent pressure across the neck, and nothing more sinister than that.  Except the B chord, of course.  The B chord is sinister in and of itself. 

- Zurf

That's the song.  But it's not hard to place him in a genre.  He's in Sissified 70's Folk/Pop.  I'll agree that it's hard to place him into a genre that's not made up. 

- Zurf

Stage presence and joking around helps. 
Check this out from Roy Clark: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xunOH7haPK4

A good warmup is important too.  And if you're of a mind to do it, I have found that praying with your band before a gig is helpful.  Obviously that one's not for everyone, but only for those so inclined. 

- Zurf

Excellent!  Thanks. 

I'll keep an eye out for that one.  I like the price.  The one I've been looking at is $279 American.  That's enough to make my wallet weep for mercy.  Then again, it's only two weekends not spent in a hotel.  I should call my Congressman and invite him over to discuss a bailout while we have a couple micro-beers and sing some songs.  There, I think I've tied it all together now. 

- Zurf

Kroger Kost Kutter beer "BEER" was produced by Pfalstaff and wasn't at all bad considering the price.  I consumed a fair bit of it in my college days.  That and Wiedemanns was about all I could afford.  Wiedemann's was an "acquired taste."  We used to use Kroger Kost Kutter Light as a dare penalty.  Whoever lost whatever game we were playing had to drink the Kost Kutter Light. 

Sam Adams is now produced in Pennsylvania.  Anheuser Busch bought out Rolling Rock and moved the production facility to spare capacity they had in St. Louis.  That left the Rolling Rock brewery in Latrobe available.  Sam Adams purchased it to expand their production capacity and also reduces their shipping costs to part of their distribution area.  Also puts some folks back to work in rural Pennsylvania - which definitely cannot afford to lose many jobs.  So it's a win all around.  I haven't noticed any difference in taste whatsoever.  It seems that Sam Adams brought their same high standards to the new facility.  Good water there in that part of Pennsylvania too.  It's in the Appalachians and has a lot of limestone filtered springs.  Rolling Rock was famous for its water.  Given that it's the same brewery, I suspect that Sam Adams is using the same captured springs - which is a good thing. 

I'm with you on the consumption thing Ozy.  A 12 pack used to last a night, and no more than a weekend.  Now it lasts the better part of a month. 

- Zurf

Not only do I remember then, LesPaulGuy, but I have consumed five of eight in the past year.  Yeungling is my "go to" beer and there is some in my fridge right now.  Genny and its slightly-defective-but-not-so's-you'd-notice cousin Genny Cream Ale are my "go to" Cheap American Beers (CAB). 

You like a lot of Mid-Atlantic beers for a guy from Texas.  PBR from Pittsburg, Genessee from New York, Yeungling from Pennsylvania, Rolling Rock initially from Pennsylvania.  If you had had Iron City and Stoneys in there, I'd think you were a mid-Atlantic expatriot.  Conversely, I am from the mid-Atlantic and rather like Lone Star, the National Beer of Texas.   

- Zurf

For C, I reached over and muted the E string with my thumb for a long time.  Now I've learned to catch the A string and am trying to learn to keep my thumb where it belongs. 

For upstrokes, I frequently only play a few treble strings rather than all the strings of the chord.  It's OK to just grab two or three strings from the middle of the guitar too.  Whatever doesn't sound bad is good, unless you want bad for 'tension.'  I always call poorly formed chords 'tension.'  I pretend it makes me sound like a jazz musician to save my ego. 

- Zurf