hi nela,

i'm also retired, and as is said above, i do what i gotta do....end of!

when i start getting verbal from my wife and daughter for doing what i shouldn't, i just say; well you're not making my heart any better by giving me grief.

it don't work, but at least i've got an answer for them

i like what russ says about the screaming guitars and the BABES. must admit that was a big attraction to playing live. only thing is it seemed the roadies got all the girls while i/we were on stage. this life can be very unfair.

i've got this story that i must impart; sometime in the 70's i was playing in a cabaret band (i cant believe i revealed that fact) still, one of the guys sat up and recorded a radio show late at night, next day when he played a song to me that blew my mind and his, but he didn't know who the band was....sometime later i bought an album by a band called supertramp crime of the century and the track was on it! i said we have to do it, they said no! so i left...that's fair?

anyway saw them on their quietest moments tour in swansea, must be one of the best concerts i've ever seen.

just another day at the office, eh russ? it must be hell sitting there looking at your PC screen waiting for the delivery driver to knock?

i usually find that while i'm waiting for a new toy to arrive, i begin having more fun with the one it's replacing, like guitar strings, once i decide to change them the tone suddenly revives. also toothaches that disappear as you walk into the dentists waiting room.

when i saw the funnels first thing that came to mind was the temperance 7. any one else remember them? winchester cathedral?

it's funny how disco's (or whatever the modern equivalent is) can go on blasting boom boom music (?) till 5 or 6 in the morning, yet live music has to stop at midnight. give me a live band anytime amplified or not.

got to say, i'd love to have an SJ special, as a rule i don't like gibbies, but i'd go for that one.

i bought a white strat back in 1972 after seeing george harrison playing one in the bangla desh film, it was ok! it felt great in my hands but the sound coming from it wasnt great. i now use a telecaster which feels great and sounds great also, but that could be due to the FX pedal and the amp. it all comes down to sustain and tone (if your a rocker) clean chorus and reverb for country boys.

for acoustic i love the sound ian anderson gets from his small acoustic that he uses on recordings and on stage.

for bass, what about that bassist in level 42? simply amazing.

so jims song is called "groovin" how many songs have the title "i love you"? the title only describes the song and from what i heard there is very little similarity in the chord structure or the rhythm. cant tell from just the backing track how the words fit or how the melody goes so i don't see why this song has been reported.

phill

congratulations, here's to the next 44

phill

no apology needed, we all die in the end, death and taxes?

i think i've actually decided on Caesar. all i have to do now is record it. thanks

irony? my wife always likes to say " there's no pockets in shrouds" which is also true. just remebered the theme from "stairway to heaven" the rich think they can buy their way to Gods favours.

thanks EB, i'm looking forward to that. mother in law is a touchy subject at the moment as mine passed away last month, now she was a complete nutter, in a nice way...

amy/dino, yep your right bonnie was a complete crazy lady but 100 years later. doc holiday? i've got a dentist like that but in reverse, i'd love to shoot him. point made with custer.

grah, now thats a film i'd love to see made, mainly so i could become rich, my song writing doesnt seem to be getting me there

jim, how're you getting on with the transpose i did for you? i havent actually started recording it yet, i've got loads on at the moment, so when i do get around to it, i may use the C key myself.

thanks all for your advice and for replying.

phill

i did say it's not finnished yet, the hitler reference, i knew it was iffy but ghengis khan wouldn't fit. it was "mad as hell" . i never gave jesse james a thought as i didnt think of him as "mad". what do you think about Caesar? it fits with the metre and he was quite a dictator.

jimmy, if you transpose the chords to; VERSES; C-D-F-Am-G| C-D-Dm-G-F-C.|

chorus; Am-G-F-C-| F-C-D-G| Am-G-F-C | F-C-Dm-C|| it's in waltz time and at the moment i'm thinking very slow.

thanks for the heads up