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Not a bad day for you then PJ. You've got two new to you artists to explore.
Thank you for the kind words about my cover of Quick As Dreams. The first time I heard it, I knew I had to learn it. Another song like that was Rhumba Man by Jesse Winchester. I'm still working the arrangement on it, but the first time I heard it (covered by Jimmy Buffett) I had my bass in hand and was working out the main riff before the song ended.
My cover of Quick as Dreams by Slaide Cleaves for Peatle Jville. It's a true story, for what it's worth.
My version of Bad Moon Rising. That was a blast. Great choice Peatle Jville.
Right unless my shoulder hurts. Then I support the guitar by a strap in the center of my body.
I spoke to my sister who lives in Elmira. She was also visiting Dad and sis in PA this weekend. She'd like to come with me one year, so I'm hoping we can work it out.
I guess I'll see folks at Uncle Joe's in Pennsylvania come October. Hoping that I'm not inviting myself to Uncle Joes house and that he was planning to have his gig again this year.
PJ - If you like Robert Earl Keen, you may also want to check out Slaide Cleaves. He's another Texan who does a great job with story songs. Two of my favorites of his are "Quick As Dreams" and "Texas Love Song." His biggest song is probably "Broke Down," and it is also very good in my opinion.
Edit to add: "Breakfast in Hell" is a fantastic story song.
Edit again to add: I learned Quick as Dreams, so I'll record that and put it up on SoundCloud as a challenge song once I complete a recording of Bad Moon Rising.
Ok, no real practice went into this - one try - one take: https://soundcloud.com/user-935684483/b … -challenge
Jim did it too (quite well), however I forgot to push the darn button to record!
Whatever my Audacity had is contagious. Tell Jim to do it again. That's the cool thing about owning your own guitars.
I loved the piano version of Bad Moon Rising. It was really fun for you to keep us in the impulsive mode. I tried to leave this message, more or less, on your SoundCloud account but I don't think it "took."
I'm eager to give Bad Moon Rising a go. I'm going to let Peatle Jville win his challenge with his slide blues. Consider my hat tipped to both Easybeat and Peatle.
Here's my challenge song. Tin Cup Chalice by Jimmie Buffett.
https://soundcloud.com/user-35218982/ti … ge-edition
I found an acoustic amp: 20 watts at a yard sale for $45.00. It works and looks brand new.
I'll still go ahead and send you the electric amp. It's tiny, but maybe it will work for you.
Great pics, Bill ...
Good to see a smile on your face and enjoying your music. The "ON AIR" sign is a great idea on your music room; privacy when the creativity is flowing.
I tried using a door for that purpose, but it didn't seem to work. I doubt an "ON AIR" would either, but it's an awfully cool decoration.
Good to see you Bill. I've finally got a box and packing material I think will work for that amp I offered to you. I also need to get something out to Beamer.
I have given away a lot of my guitars, so I don't have my first one. The one that I really started to "get it" on was a Yamaha classical I gave to my sister. I play it sometimes when I visit her. The other one, the first steel string acoustic I had - Ol' Reliable - I gave to my neighbor. He plays it a lot and I get to hear it often, which is nice. I also have his daughter a small size travel guitar I had laying around, so I get to hear that from time to time too.
I am not a very good player. It's all cowboy chords and picking patterns with me. I need to learn to use partial chords in the CAGED style and also figure out more about playing melodies across chord shapes. I think I'm going to need a teacher for those, but not sure I can take the expense right now with eight years of college payments starting right around the corner.
Chris already told you. Change of plans. Either late Friday night or Saturday afternoon. Depending on what time the shoot ends.
Don't let them damage the car.
And is your compensation for the shoot that they have to fill the back of the wagon with period appropriate guitars and amps and baking apparatus?
all of you guys - nicely done. Looking forward to the recording of it by the " Chordie trio " If only you three could get together and play it collaboratively.
keep'em coming
Jim
I don't know about Mojo, but I have played and sung with BGD and it was a blast. I can only imagine how much fun we'd have with Mojo and his pickles pitching in.
Zurf wrote:That's a lot of playing.
I've barely touched my guitars lately.
You need to find time Big D.
4,828 days to retirement.
I have a little time in the evening, but I'm wiped out. I've started hitting the trail again, doing a couple miles in the woods most days which has done a lot for my mentality but not a lot for my limited free time.
That's a lot of playing.
I've barely touched my guitars lately.
Mojo - I somehow missed yours. What a really great way to get the month kicked off. That was wonderful. I really enjoyed it.
Let's see whether this worked. I am having technical difficulties this morning. I had to record on my phone and upload from my phone.
OK. I'll get A Pirate Looks at Forty recorded once I practice it a few times.
I don't know any Chapin. I'll have to see if something sparks my curiosity. I was surprised that Beamer picked him!
I just remembered that on my 30th birthday, I got to share beers with Sam Meyers, Anson Funderburg, and Matt "Guitar" Murphy.
I was introduced to Sam Meyers as a bass player and to Anson Funderburg and Matt "Guitar" Murphy as a harmonica player by a savvy fellow whom they all knew and liked, and whom I had recently met.
I did get to meet Livingston Taylor one time, but that is hardly difficult. He is gracious and is willing - eager even - to meet anyone who comes to one of his shows. My brother is a big fan of his (probably likes him better than his big brother James) and so I purchased his latest CD and asked for an autograph. Now, some musicians, they come back to the stage after some time in the green room or backstage or whatnot and sign autographs quickly, but Livingston literally walked down off the stage at the end of the show and straight to the attached pub where he sat at a table, sipped some iced tea or water (not a beer), and gladly shook the hand of anyone willing to talk to him and chatted for a bit. Not just the "thanks for coming" chat, but actually asking questions about the fans as if he was the one lucky enough to meet them. Never heard of an artist to willing to do that.
Still working on Jack & Diane and Santa Monica from the Song of the Month forum.
I guided a couple guys from Joe Nichols band on the river for two days. They were playing nearby and wanted to catch some fish during the day. I got to meet the rest of the band, including Joe Nichols, and hang out on their bus for a little bit. All nice guys. It was funny to me that they dressed better to fish than to work.
Cool. Now that the names are chosen I can chime in. I've had several of my selections chosen recently, so wanted to be sure someone else selected.
That said, I thought Russell had a means for sharing recording using multiple tracks for collaborating on-line (but not simultaneously). He could maybe help.
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