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Grah I am not a fan of tribute acts. Having said that I ended up one night at a club that was hosting a Evis impersonator competition. One of the impersonators even had expensive surgery done  to get an Elvis look. That  night was really entertaining purely for the comedy though I suspect I was in the minority of those who saw the funny side. A  friend  of mine and Easy Beat's  does  cabaret  style shows with an Evis impersonater his  stage stories about the gigs always give me a laugh.  Today  it is claimed there are around 250,000 Elvis impersonators, imagine if  they all lived in the same town. I think that would be a fun place to visit.

Thank you Zurf. I got a medical condition which is making it hard to play instruments at the moment. Thought better to put something up rather than nothing. I am sure with the talent on here someone should be able to knock out a better version. So far yours is the best.  My music is like photography before it went digital and we needed film. I am  still studying  my  negatives looking for positives that could be  developed into an enjoyable musical experience.

JJJ
Think excellent thoughts! What enters your mind repeatly ,occupies it,shapes, controls it and, in the end, expresses itself in what you do and what you become. I think togetherness is a very important ingredient . Here in  New Zealand we have a word Aroha  which in English translates to compassion, tenderness, sustaining love.  Whānau is a Māori-language word for extended family, now increasingly entering New Zealand language also. We also have people who will call you cuzzy (cousin) even though your not their cousin.  What they are saying to you is you are indentified as a person  who will always be by your side, even in difficult times.  Another word Kia ora is a Māori language greeting which has entered New Zealand English. It means, literally, have life be well/healthy. 
kia Ora JJJ cuzzy you are Chordie Whanau , Aroha to you. ( you are of great value, unique like each one of us)

Badeye a friend of mine has a glass eye. Sometimes after he has had a few beers he will take his eye out and leave it on the table. He will then say something like I  am leaving now but Ill keep an eye on you while Im gone. Another chap I knew didnt  like wearing a glass eye so wore a Pirates patch everyone ended up, calling him Patch.

Cheers TF." Girl From the North Country",  is a play using Bob Dylan songs put together by Connor Mcpherson.        Connor McPherson was approached in 2013 by Dylan’s manager, Jeff Rosen, to see if he would be interested in basing a theatre show around a collection of his music. The Irish playwright was hesitant at first, unsure how to use songs by a “great icon of the 20th century” without falling into cliché. Then he had the idea of setting the play inside a guesthouse in a pre-Dylan Duluth – freeing the tunes and lyrics from the historical shadow of the singer’s life, yet keeping them grounded in the town that produced him. The Plays  Musical supervisor Simon Hale, who has arranged and orchestrated the play, was unafraid to take the songs in very different directions to the original recordings.
Here is one of the songs from the show which has been  covered in a new and dynamic  way.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0grZUoUhn_k

Just incase people dont know what Jandles are they are Flip Flops.  Here in NZ a name for a style of shoes that use to amuse me as a kid was Brothel Creepers. Brothel creepers (sometimes shortened to creepers) are a style of shoe which has thick crepe soles, often in combination with suede uppers. This style of footwear became fashionable in the years following World War II, seeing resurgences of popularity at various times ever since.

Greetings Oldbike
As a person who  has always been really curious about music and slightly confused by the world, I find this is an excellent place to come and ask questions. The fact that I am not a great musician or clever isn't a handicap  on Chordie. Words are singularly the most powerful force available to humanity. Even though I don't  have many clever words, chordies have always indulged my quirkiness with kindness. I don't  have many right answers or good questions when it comes to how to play guitar but there is always some one on here with good ideas questions  and answers. Welcome to this place.

Bill
Estimates of the number of  modern day slaves today range from around 21  million to 46 million. Cheap  modern day products made  available  all around the world are often produced in sweat shops using slave labour. Many good jobs have been lost to slave labour. Progress seems to equal more slaves in the world than before.
Aroha to you.Bill and Dondra.
Pete

A young lady studying music asked me other day if I like Steely Dan as  she has started listening to their music for the first time. It made me remember how back in the 70/s  I loved their song Rikki Dont Lose That Number. I  have got some of their tracks on vinyl  LPS. Later on at home I turned on the radio as I was looking through my old LPS  just as I was looking at one of their albums I heard the news Walter Becker had died. He was great talent I am  sorry he has left us.

TF Perpetuum Jazzile blew me away thanks for sharing. I will attach a short video showing some of the mechanics behind vocal play..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XU0Zq2vYKjM

I just want to thank the moderators for making Chordie a great place to pull into when I need a break from other things in life. Chordie Land has some of the finest people on this planet. Thank you Phill and others for fighting the good fight on our behalf against  Spamming Sickos.

Nice singing and playing Jandle.