EB
Sounds real jazzy - love the guitar work near the end
well done!
Jim
1,851 2018-06-06 10:38:22
Re: The King Of Audio Torture (4 replies, posted in Songwriting)
1,852 2018-06-06 00:53:37
Re: Beatles Show Great Musicianship Early - Decca Audition (3 replies, posted in Bands and artists)
To me the Beatles were awesome. They are the great deceivers however !
They make you believe that every song is a simple few chords. and then they always complicate it.
They were pioneers - unafraid to introduce new aspects of musical performance - attached to genius arrangements and powerful lyrics.
They weren't afraid to do crazy and non-sensical songs, nor were they afraid to tackle social issues. The fact that they appeal to multiple generations validates their worthiness to be called the best ever.
They had the perfect blend of voices, the perfect blend of musical talent, the perfect blend of appearances, and the great ability to build off each other - hence the perfect team.
and best of all - they had fun !!
I believe they are the reason why music became so greatly powerful in the 60's. I was only 12 when I first saw them- my sisters went insane!
I can't think of a Beatles song that was recorded that wasn't a great song in some way.
Any time a Beatles song comes on the radio - somehow I know the words.
They were one of a kind, never to be replicated ! Ride in the car with anyone - when a Beatles song comes on- everyone's feet tap and people sing along !
Phill - I believe they would have made any record label successful - they were that remarkable.
1,853 2018-06-06 00:34:05
Re: another hour of my life. (7 replies, posted in My local band and me)
ha - Great one Phill
sounds exactly like my life
1,854 2018-06-05 18:27:51
Re: The Ventures Rarely Heard Acoustic (6 replies, posted in Acoustic)
Hawaii 5-0 theme
AWESOME VENTURES !!
1,855 2018-06-03 10:18:47
Re: Active Pickups (or ... Never Too Old to Learn) (12 replies, posted in Electric)
do you think its bc he's playing left handed ? 
1,856 2018-06-02 21:46:06
Re: The REAL Hot Rod Lincoln (3 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Bill that was great !
Once again - the power of music shows it's muscle.
Thanks for a great find and share !
Jim
1,857 2018-06-01 01:34:08
Re: "Hot Rod Lincoln" (11 replies, posted in Bands and artists)
LOL Bill
I thought you spelled it Road instead of Rod b/c of the way he said it at the beginning of the song.
He really was superb.
Jim
1,858 2018-06-01 01:32:22
Re: Time on my Hands (2 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
I like it- has a classical guitar sound to it ! Nicely done !
1,859 2018-05-31 10:18:36
Re: Tuesday's Flying Fingers (474 replies, posted in Bands and artists)
Two thoughts' ....
1) she is absolutely incredible - can't imagine the number of practice hours to get to that point.
2) I might as well set my guitars on fire cuz I'll never be able to play anywhere's near that
That was so unbelievable. What a superb talent.
Thanks for sharing
Jim
1,860 2018-05-31 10:12:52
Re: Prog Rock Wednesdays (580 replies, posted in Bands and artists)
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
1,861 2018-05-31 10:06:04
Re: "Hot Rod Lincoln" (11 replies, posted in Bands and artists)
fantastic performer
1,862 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
1,863 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
1,864 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
1,865 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 ?
1,866 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"
1,867 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!
1,868 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
1,869 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!
1,870 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
1,871 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
1,872 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
1,873 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
1,874 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
1,875 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