ahh yes .... Uriah Heep
Listen to them many a night in college.
My favorite songs were "Sweet Lorraine" and "Easy Livin' "
Amazing to stay together so long despite deaths of a couple players
Thanks for sharing TF
1,826 2018-05-31 10:12:52
Re: Prog Rock Wednesdays (580 replies, posted in Bands and artists)
1,827 2018-05-31 10:06:04
Re: "Hot Rod Lincoln" (11 replies, posted in Bands and artists)
fantastic performer
1,828 2018-05-29 11:35:27
Re: Hard to Impress (13 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Phill The music is incredible. Fantastic blending of notes and rhytym. The speed changes are subliminal - reminiscent of the ups and downs of such a relationship - excellent.
Once again proving my longstanding point that you are the master musician ! 
Thanks for sharing
Jim
1,829 2018-05-29 11:05:41
Re: Memorial Day (5 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Photos below:
My 85 year old brother Joseph J. Kenyon - note the huge oxygen tank. He served as tail gunner during Korean War. My other brother Alfred was a pilot during last year of Korea. My son in law is now deployed as a special ops pilot in USAF. Joe's been leading this ceremony over 50 years. I tried to talk him out of it this year due to his health issues.... he replied -" I can do this, it's too important not to. People must never forget".
Local man Roy Althiser,Jr. was guest speaker... a Marine..... served two tours of Vietnam, lost his leg in an explosion while serving as a volunteer fireman, lost his son at age 12 to brain cancer. His father served in WWII and Korea. His Uncle was a KoreanWar POW for 36 months. His son served in Marines in Iraq war and Afghanistan.
Semper fi Roy !
If we forget to honor those that serve or are serving, we are doomed as a society. It is because of those men and women that serve this country that we have all the freedoms and life choices that we enjoy.
Lastly, the Bugler that escorted Ulysses S. Grant to Appomattox Court house for the Surrender of Robert E. Lee at the conclusion of the Civil War was a young man named Seth Flint. He had runaway from home to join, at 16 so he used a fake name during his service years. (Charles Seaver) . He served in a slew of battles as infantry and as a cavalry rider before becoming Buglar. When the surrender was over he played taps. After he was done, the Southern bugler echoed it. Hence - that's why we have the echo performed each year during the ceremonies. ( There is an article in Saturday evening post about it - here is the link if you are a civil war buff- http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/wp-c … nder/#/1/)
He also lived in my town . He was responsible for the huge Boys in Blue Statue which bears brass plates of all the Civil War Veterans, and subsequently every other war veteran that ever served from our town.
Peatle- sorry if I stepped over into your history realm regarding the Civil War .... but I thought some would be interested.
It doesn't matter what country we are from- we all have many that gave some or all for freedom.
Thanks to all who have served.
Jim
1,830 2018-05-27 22:57:51
Re: Some Girls Are Hard to Impress - I had to do this ! :) (15 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Bill
No worries !
I'm not changing anything else, because it makes sense to me as it is,,, and I like it.
It's just a fun song - about a girl that is amazing and a guy that is head over heels for her.
(Did you watch the cockatiel? ) Which was how this thing got started !
The guy is just making the point, that when you have a girl like that- it takes a lot to impress her.
You are way over thinking this. If it makes it any easier - just picture that male cockatiel singing to that female on the perch !!
Take care Bill
Jim
1,831 2018-05-27 19:04:32
Re: New Hobby (16 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
is your sewing machine able to sew leather ?
1,832 2018-05-27 13:13:15
Re: SUGGESTIONS: JUNE 2018 FEATURED SONG OF THE MONTH (4 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
Fat Bottom girls - Queen
"Ain't no beauty queens in this locality"
Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil
"Held a General's rank"
"I watched with glee while your kings and queens fought"
1,833 2018-05-27 12:41:13
Re: Soundcloud version of song I wrote ... Some Girls are hard to Impress (3 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Thanks Peatle!
Jim- love to hear your version!
1,834 2018-05-27 11:55:56
Re: Some Girls Are Hard to Impress - I had to do this ! :) (15 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Bill
Thanks for the tips and advice!
changed to sweetest - changed chorus to include "ya know"
another change I made was to the 3rd verse -
I switched in [G] She’s funny, she’s sexy, and occasionally wild
to replace
She's funny, she's wild, and sexy to
I left the "barely even tries" however because I like the way it sounds even if it is improper English, and maybe this guy does have a little negative feeling towards her since everything he does gets him nowhere- think of how that poor cockatiel was feeling ! 
and
TF
Hopefully some will make a cover of it , I think it would be a riot to merge that video with this song.
one last thing... sine Gibson is close to going under I figured I better hold onto my USA Gibson a while!
Thanks again
Jim
1,835 2018-05-27 11:24:28
Re: New version - and what it really means (6 replies, posted in About Chordie)
awesome - Thank you Per and also to all the chordie moderators - you do a great job!
1,836 2018-05-26 11:38:04
Topic: Soundcloud version of song I wrote ... Some Girls are hard to Impress (3 replies, posted in Songwriting)
https://soundcloud.com/tigljk/some-girl … to-impress
Sorry about bad singing and playing..... the cockatiel could probably do better !
but I think it's a cool little song
DIRTY ED - You get the all the credit for the inspiration !!
THANKS
Jim
1,837 2018-05-26 11:35:33
Re: Some Girls Are Hard to Impress - I had to do this ! :) (15 replies, posted in Songwriting)
UJB
Thanks !
Writing just seems easy sometimes.. if it becomes hard I just stop because I know it's forced and likely will be crappy.
I sure wish I could play and sing though - it would make it so much more enjoyable.
JIm
1,838 2018-05-26 11:34:07
Re: Some Girls Are Hard to Impress - I had to do this ! :) (15 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Phill
I guess great minds think alike.
I put my crappy version on soundcloud........ I'll put it under a different post.
I am 100% positive you're version will be great.
or put'em together and make a hybrid.
Love to hear you play it if you have the inkling sometime.
JIm
1,839 2018-05-25 13:21:22
Topic: Some Girls Are Hard to Impress - I had to do this ! :) (15 replies, posted in Songwriting)
OK - so Dirty Ed put up a post entitled - Some girls are hard to impress.
As soon as I read the title of that post I said to myself......" hmmm that's a darn good title for a song "
As it turned out other's agreed with me... but alas... it was only a very funny
video of a male bird trying to impress a female to no avail.
So anyways.... that title has been sitting on my mind ever since... and this morning when I woke up I was just strumming my guitar when this line popped into my head... and it fit the chords I was playing. One thing led to another and before you know it... I wrote this song. Hope you like it.
Some Girls Are Hard To Impress Jim Kenyon
[G]Everything about her makes me feel just right
[Cmaj7]got the sweetest smile and the prettiest eyes
[G]I’d love to be with her every night
she’s[D] good at everything she [Cmaj7] does, and barely even[G] tries
.
Chorus
[Cmaj7] yeah I buy her everything that I can afford
[G] make all the right moves, n’ say the right words
[Cmaj7] been trying real hard to do my best
But ya [D] know some girls are [Cmaj7]hard to im[G]press
.
[G]I love the way she moves, she’s always at ease
[Cmaj7] cooler than any girl that I’ve ever seen
[G] like a ray of sunshine or cool summer breeze
she’s [D]so hard to hold onto[Cmaj7], if you know what I [G]mean.
.
Chorus
[Cmaj7] yeah I buy her everything that I can afford
[G] make all the right moves, n’ say the right words
[Cmaj7] been trying real hard to do my best
But ya [D] know some girls are [Cmaj7]hard to im[G]press
.
[G] Well, you never know what she’s gonna do
[Cmaj7] Her laughter charms the air with every sound
[G] She’s funny, she’s sexy, and occasionally wild
She [d]makes everything [Cmaj7]better when she’s a[G]round
.
Chorus
[Cmaj7] yeah I buy her everything that I can afford
[G] make all the right moves, n’ say the right words
[Cmaj7] been trying real hard to do my best
But ya [D] know some girls are [Cmaj7]hard to im[G]press
.
don't ya[D]know some girls are [Cmaj7]hard to im[G]press
don't ya[D]know some girls are [Cmaj7]hard to im[G]press
yeah [D] some girls are [Cmaj7]hard to im[G]press
1,840 2018-05-25 10:55:01
Re: Time For Class (Or So THAT'S Why They Cost So Much!) (8 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)
Bill
Thanks for the video
I built a strat earlier this year.( I posted pics here somewhere on chordie) It took me 4 months.
There is so much that goes into building a guitar - must be much harder to build an acoustic or classical guitar.
I was really impressed with the info on the finish. I used lacquer. I also wish I had their buffer !
Jim
1,841 2018-05-25 10:46:25
Re: friday's blues fix (1,560 replies, posted in Bands and artists)
Badeye
That was a super find!
What a talent!
He owns the guitar - uses every part - love the way he plays down the neck above where he is fretting
He has a golden voice. The guitar sound was absolutely captivating.
I am a big fan of Justin Towns Earle - and the fingerstyle he plays is a virtual copy cat of the way Lightning played.
Lightning was voted as one of the top 100 guitarists of all times. - His guitars are in the Rock hall of fame in Cleveland.
Thanks for sharing
Jim
1,842 2018-05-25 10:29:32
Re: Congratulations Julian Craig !! (11 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Julian
First of all - Congratulations on having wonderful Grandparents in Bill and Dondra!
and of course super CONGRATULATIONS upon your graduation.
Even though we here on Chordie will miss seeing you in your cap and gown, we would never miss this chance to tell you we’re proud of you as well.
It took a lot of hard work to reach this goal. You had to show up every day, whether you felt like it or not. I hope you feel great about what you’ve accomplished, and I hope you’ll continue to be a person who shows up day in and day out for those things that are worthwhile and important in life ( including playing guitar !)
Your graduation day is a proud day for you and a dream come true for your family as well I am sure.
It’s a beautiful thing, watching someone you’ve always loved growing up and getting one step closer to their dreams - so undoubtedly, this is a wonderful day for you and those that have had that pleasure ( a.k.a. - Granpa Bill and Grandma Dondra).
As far as learning guitar Julian - remember this.......
Music is like a time machine - it can take you back to favorite moments of the past, it can move you forward into new experiences, and it can soothe the soul of the present like nothing else can .
Congratulations today on your graduation and best wishes for all your tomorrows !
I am sure your Dad will be looking down and be bursting with with Angel Pride when you walk that stage to get that diploma!
Enjoy the Day with your loving Grandparents!
Jim
1,843 2018-05-22 19:44:20
Re: Some Girls Are Hard To Impress (6 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
That was funny!
I thought it also would be a great title for a song
1,844 2018-05-22 10:10:42
Re: the kids working me over. (6 replies, posted in My local band and me)
Tenement Funster wrote:
So great that you two can enjoy playing music together. There comes a point when the son surpasses the father and we start to feel our age. My oldest was about 16 when he first pinned me in a wrestling match, and my youngest was about the same age when he crossed me over (basketball) in the driveway ... down I went laughing my head off. I know you really cherish these moments you can spend together ... they fly by so quickly.
Yup
That's pretty much the crux of that song I wrote called "Moments "....
the chorus went
Oh those[Am] moments in [G]time, they just go [F]by so damn [C]fast
So [Am] hard to hold[G] onto , so [ F] hard to make them [C] last
Just [Am]keep them safe in[C]side your heart, and [F] cherish every [C]one
And [F]Live and love , all your [G] moments in the[C] sun
[F]Live and love , all your [G] moments in the[C] sun
it's posted somewhere here on chordie.
TF - seems like only yesterday - on a whole lot of stuff - but at least the memories never fade
Beamer- enjoy every second with your son !
Jim
1,845 2018-05-22 00:58:19
Re: Solution for Pick Guard Static? (7 replies, posted in Electric)
when i built my strat - i used copper foil inside - no buzz or noise at all - worked great
I was impressed and it was easy to do
1,846 2018-05-20 00:38:20
Re: New Song "Can't Get Any Better Than This" (6 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Thanks Phill
Sorry to hear your under the weather - probably caused by al lthe Royalty stuff going on this past month (just kidding)
- Have to admit - wedding was pretty impressive though of the small bit I watched.
I liked this song bc it could apply to someone that is getting a second chance, a first timer, a young love or just about anyone who has found that special person.
I knew when I found my wife - after years of bachelorhood - it was really quick - I knew she was it. We are on year 35 this year- and still very much in love.
Thanks for giving it a look - I appreciate the kind words - they mean a lot coming from you.
My best wishes to Ann and your fam -
Get well
Jim
1,847 2018-05-19 18:57:09
Re: Soundcloud recording - Can't Get Any Better Than This (3 replies, posted in Songwriting)
That would be great
Thanks
1,848 2018-05-19 14:37:53
Re: Sultans of Swing (10 replies, posted in Bands and artists)
That was GREAT ! Thanks for sharing it.
1978 - I was probably out my mind somewhere I think
I am sure I was a bunch of my college buddies doing stupid stuff!
1,849 2018-05-19 12:52:57
Topic: Soundcloud recording - Can't Get Any Better Than This (3 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Here is my song - sorry about the singing and playing
It's just a country style song - hope you like it
Maybe someone on here could cover it if they like it - pretty simple chords
1,850 2018-05-19 11:39:44
Re: New Song "Can't Get Any Better Than This" (6 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Thank you for your kind words Jan !
I really love this song - just a simple love ballad - I wrote it so that it can be a guy or girl singing.
Hopefully everyone here on Chordie has that someone special that it would apply to.
I'll try today to get a recording of it on soundcloud.
Thanks again for taking the time to give it a look.
Jim