1 Reply by KevinRK

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Strummerboy Bill wrote:

Do you ever get asked for "Blue Christmas" KevinRK?  If either that one or Willie Nelson's "Pretty Paper" is played, I usually go outside. Not meaning to be critical of you, of course, but I'm so sensitive/emotional that songs like that really kill my good mood, IYKWIM. wink

Thanks

Bill

Bill, I have, indeed, been asked for "Blue Christmas" but haven't included in my "Traditional" book, the only one that I use. I happen to agree with its lack of being to create a "good mood". Another song I stopped singing, but do chord an instrumental on my 12-string is "I'll Be Home For Christmas". I mostly play retirement homes and feel that should I sing the lyrics it might generate regret for the residents' condition. The song is very beautiful, though, and comes off pretty good for them. A couple of songs I do are older spiritual hymns and they, at times, draw negative response. But most like them, so I keep them in my book. (Angels We Have Heard On High & Angels In The Realm Of Glory). My show takes about an hour if I skip some of the songs' verses, and about an hour and a quarter, if they're done all-inclusive. Whatever the case, I did my last show on the 28th (3 days after Christmas and still well-received) and I've once again worn out any desire to do Christmas music for a year!

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2 Topic by KevinRK

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Well, friends, I will be playing my last Christmas gig tomorrow - a few days after Christmas. I've got to admit that I'm pretty tired, but it was sure a lot of fun. A couple of the shows were parties, but most simply informal gatherings. The song mix I have contains a variety of songs, of course all holiday, but I mix them up so people don't get bored. Can't believe that all the strings on my Seagull Coastline 12 held up. They're all still in pretty good shape and haven't lost their tone. I've had them on for several months now and can safely say the Elixers are going to last several more. One of the reasons is that I've opted away from using a pick and simply strum my songs, emphasizing the vocals. It's worked well and the ring of the octave strings isn't so overbearing. Even chording instrumentals has become easier with practice. This year was fun - certainly not as imposing as when I first starting performing last year. I owe a lot to the Chordies. Thanks. all! And have a Happy New Year.

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3 Reply by KevinRK

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Peatle Jville wrote:

We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.

I really like this one. Do you know for sure who might have coined it? I'd like to read more of that person...

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4 Reply by KevinRK

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My Seagull 12 serves all my solo shows. Easiest I could find to play and also the best sounding, though the higher end guitars are probably better...

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5 Reply by KevinRK

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thebigh wrote:

just a thought, could this be don't dream its over by Crowded House

I want to thank you ever so much! I've been holding this tab as "Unknown" in my GuitarPro 6 songbase for several months and you've been able to place not only the name of the song but the original artist also. I think my chorused twelve string will do nicely with this song. Thanks again!!!!!

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6 Reply by KevinRK

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Zurf wrote:

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.

Now that is funny!

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7 Reply by KevinRK

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I started playing with a local group composed of elderly folks who play "golden oldies", songs that date back pretty far, some over a century. I enjoy doing the older standards simply because most of the songs written back then contain relevant good wholesome feelings and observations about home, county, etc. AND they aren't easy to play, some downright difficult chord progressions. I've learned a lot from them, even though the teaching comes from gazoos, autoharps, washboards, and just about anything that will make noise. I'm told that one of their members used to play a handsaw and was pretty good at it. Made me laugh...

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8 Reply by KevinRK

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Sorry for your loss, Bill.

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9 Reply by KevinRK

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Off the subject, but today I had to mow the yard. While working under a fir tree a non-quite-yet-old-enough-to-fly chick fell out of the nest and unfortunately got mulched. I looked up and saw another chick the same size (days from flying by itself) glaring at me as if to say "If you think I'm taking a worm from you, you're nuts!" Anyway. I stopped mowing when I finished with that side of the house, went in the house, got my Seagull 12, and worked my way about halfway through my 150-song book on the porch. Before I started the blackbirds, robins, doves, and wrens, were all in the air complaining. Two hours later when I was totally fried, I looked up and saw nothing in the air. I put down my guitar, called my wife outside, and we walked together over to the tree where the mishap occurred. I got protests from the parent robins, which assured me that the young one I saw was still being fed and taken care of. I hugged the lady at the base of the tree and we both returned into the house. The rest of the yard can wait. Oh, what we nature lovers go through...

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10 Reply by KevinRK

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And eye an ear to Ray Price in his mid-80's on YouTube's "For The Good Times" reminds me that you're never too old...

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11 Reply by KevinRK

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mekidsmom wrote:

Thanks Bill, for getting the info for me, and for this thread.  Thanks so much Doug for the link as well.  sad  He was a really nice guy.  We had some private chats via email a few times, he he truly cared for the people here.  Never was mean to anyone, always a kind word.  Even when he didn't know an answer, if he saw a thread ignored he'd post on it so people didn't feel like they were being ignored.  Despite his comments all the time that he couldn't sing, I still wish he'd have put a recording up... or could have made it to the East coast for one of the gatherings as he so badly wanted to join in on. 

RIP Vince.  You'll be missed here by your Chordie Family.

RIP, Dino. Such a kind man he was.

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12 Reply by KevinRK

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You may or may not have had this answer, but once in a while the same thing will happen to me. So the first thing I do is close everything out and check Windows 10 settings for updates. Whether or not there are any (if there are I do the updates, if not, I run my antivirus. Then I'll once again log in to Chordie. Often I give it a little time after my log-in takes before I do any extensive searching posts and/or songs. Often I'll look at the forum and read threads I'm interested in. After a few reads, the log-in takes and I'm good to go. Operating systems aren't anything like they used to be 10 or 20 years ago. Often the system gets hung. and, like mekidsmom has advised, ridding old cookies does the trick. I just let the system do that for me through normal work. It takes longer, but makes my time on the PC worth even having one.

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13 Reply by KevinRK

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I tried to find it under variations of "Hold On" and "The War Between Us", the only words I remember hearing in the song...

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14 Topic by KevinRK

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Don't know the song name or artist to look it up, but heard this song on the way back from a 40-mile distant afternoon gig on the radio and would like to do it. I've bothered to tab the first verse to assist in identifying the song. The first line of the tab is the strums played on a chorused electric; the second is the chord names, and the following six lines is the six-string tab which has fingering for the melody. If anyone could help with the name and/or artist, I'd appreciate it. The notes are sixteenth segments with an up/down line for each bar. I've used GuitarPro to figure the notes and SongBook to do the text chart in Chordpro format allowing me to paste the chart here. I did the best I could...I can see that the notes/strings don't line up here. I used Courier New size 8 font in SongBook...I'd also like some direction as to how a Chrodpro format
tab can be displayed here in a topic...thanks - Kevin
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15 Reply by KevinRK

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Laughter In The Rain - Neil Sedaka

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16 Reply by KevinRK

(49 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)

I don't have a lot of experience with a lot of guitar varieties. The other night my wife and I went to eat at our local senior center, mainly because there was going to be live entertainment there. A middle-aged lady came down from over 70 miles away to play for our (me too) seniors. She covered maybe 15 older songs, mostly country variety. Her guitar playing consisted mostly of strumming open chords with a few notes selected between, just enough to make the guitar interesting. Of course, she had a wonderful strong alto vocal presentation, which was what most of the audience fixed on. But because I play "at" guitar, I watched her play. She had a Taylor, though I don't know which model, but she told us that she saved for quite a long time, even for the used one that she finally purchased. She had to take it to a luthier in Des Moines to have the first six frets replaced, and then the guitar set up. She told me that she was using Elixer strings, which is what I use on my 12, though I use D'Addario thins on my six. I listened closely and found that my Teton sounds very close to the full sound that she presented with a much more expensive guitar. I haven't taken the trouble to try a variety of string sets on my Teton, simply because I cant afford it and spend my time practicing, performing at retirement communities, and working on music in some manner. I won't put down, so to speak, the Taylor brand at all. I've heard some of the most expensive acoustics on the market, and they sound, if only just slightly, better than her Taylor. I think a lot of it has to do with the sound capture, whether it be the electrics, the pedals, used or not, and the physical surroundings and how they capture true sound. I came home from that show and grabbed my Teton STG105CENT and worked a few licks, actually thinking about this thread. Laptop blues have kept me from talking about this. My Teton is a smaller-bodied cutaway with a mere 20 frets, but careful strumming and picking produces a full sound, whether played acoustically or amplified with its Fishman electrics. I purchased it locally brand new, and upon registration, found that it's built in Montana. Woo-Hoo. Enough said...

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17 Reply by KevinRK

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Just watched and listened. Good work, guys. They'll dance at the rib-fests and other foot stompers!

Russell_Harding wrote:

We like to try and not limit our selections and we are up to taking chances and ruffling a few feathers of purists so with that in mind Retro Buzz takes on a Beatles classic
https://youtu.be/ogHoSODagzI

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18 Reply by KevinRK

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Russell - This was the best info I got. You see, I'm looking into getting a hollowbody or semi-hollowbody. One of the only ones I've found with 22 frets is the Epiphone Riviera. I'll do more research. It's an ongoing consideration. But the citing of string height may be the closest thing I'm going to find without "feeling" the action myself. I think some of the Ibanez guitars also have 22 frets, bit, for the most part, the rest have 20. I'm sure that Wes Montgomery, or BB King, or George Benson, or Joe Pass, didn't let 20 frets hold them back! Duh!! But since I couldn't begin to compare my abilities to any of those famed professional performers, I've got to figure that will fit into my limitations and still come off as "listenable", if you will. Thanks again, Russ!

Russell_Harding wrote:

The only considerations I think are relevant is Intonation(the first) and string height over the frets, next would be tuners and how well the guitar stays close to relative pitch in the heat of battle if you have to stop to tune after each song or during a song you need to look at other tuners or change strings more often I change at least once a week sometimes twice depending on how much I practice or rehearse with the band.I do not think the number of frets limit your ability if the guitar is setup right.

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19 Topic by KevinRK

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Could someone describe to me some of the nuances of 20 fret  an 22 fret electric guitars to me?

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20 Reply by KevinRK

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Raputtak wrote:

Can anyone suggest a site or two where one can host songs in ChordPro Song File format so that chordie.com can find 'em and index 'em?

Being a skinflint I use wix.com to host my web site and it does not seem to show text in a form whereby a search engine can find it.

The heading "Resourses" provides and extensive list of sites you can look at, some of which may or may not have what you are looking for. Quite a few of the sites which provide Chordpro formatted songs are difficult to copy from unless you are a member, and some of those memberships are not free. By copy, I mean copy/paste into, say, "Songbook" by LinkeSoft, which I have purchased a license (fairly cheap and a one time - lifetime - fee and provides free upgrades for life). Songbook isn't as well structured as is the Chordie site provides, but does have all the basics and gives you the option of not being present on the internet while using it. Often gigging will not avail internet access, and the uninterrupted service in the form of a program which can be stored on your laptop is certainly a feather in your cap. Never discount Chordie, though. Its membership is a wonderful place to be concerning anything you may want to give or get from all facets of music. Have a ball!

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21 Reply by KevinRK

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DITTO! DITTO!! DITTO!!!

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22 Topic by KevinRK

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Spent some time over the holidays visiting kids and grandkids in Atlanta area. They took us to a church Christmas Eve service at a church that does their services on stage and accompanied by a band every week. The band is composed of church members and each musician ranges from the age of (guessing) from 17 to 30 years old. They are well practiced and perform like real pros with nice equipment and polished presentation. They did the Christmas show flawlessly which consisted of traditional Christmas carols done in a conservative modern styling which I've got to say rivaled anything I've ever seen or heard on, say, country music award shows and the like. They have a web site, though I'm not certain what it is. My daughter said I could Google "West Ridge Church, Dallas, GA and get there. They supposedly have live feed during their services on Sunday and videos of some of their performances on tap. It was a great experience and my wife and I had a wonderful time, both at their service, and, of course, spending the holidays with our extended family.

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23 Reply by KevinRK

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When I was in the service back in the late sixties, early seventies, I purchased, as did everyone in my unit, a stereo system. Putting together a system through BX facilities was extremely inexpensive as opposed to getting one off-base. It seems like everyone had the same composition of units which varied by number of speakers and brand names. There was the main component, the receiver, which served as AM/FM, inputs for media such as reel-to-reel tape decks and LP turntables. The receiver had, usually, output for 2 pairs of 50-200W stereo speakers, left and right, and some receivers had the new dolby output capabilities which phased the outputs of stereo to produce subtle background left and right. To me it didn't sound much better than running the second pair of speakers. My receiver had a microphone 1/4 jack which was designed to accept microphone, but I then discovered that a guitar could also be received. It was then that I bought a cheap off/brand guitar and began to follow the lead work of every venue I could get my hands on. With a formal piano teaching background I was able to "key-think" the fretboard and accomplish what I could. I got a foot pedal for my guitar which had four-way switching to distort the signal. So into it went my guitar, and from it to the mic input. My tape deck had a pair of output jacks which could be looped back into the deck input with 1/4 cables. Amazingly I was able to produce, and record, some of the exact same sounds that are attained with multi-hundred dollar pedal units industry available to the public now. And I think I invested no more than $50 for those extras. My entire system plus guitar and a 200W Fender tube amp and 4-foot tall, four speaker box didn't cost me more than an $800 investment total. That was a lot of money back then, but considering the alternative being bar-hopping on one of the skid rows off-base, it wasn't difficult to rediscover my appreciation of music and, at that current time, the ability to reproduce it. I've looked on ebay with some sense of nostalgia to see if there are any reel-to-reel decks out there, in particular, the Teac that I had. Those that I saw were pretty done for. A few had been reserved as well as a 40 year piece of electronics might, but nothing close to mint condition. The tape is hard to come by since it isn't manufactured in quantity like it used to be. Components are impossibly to recreate and not made anymore. What a drag. But those WERE the DAYS!

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24 Reply by KevinRK

(27 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)

Winter Wonderland!

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25 Reply by KevinRK

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LOL!!!

Tyson7 wrote:

Or maybe to give up his spot in the Crow's Nest.  Like your Idea. Might be a good song title. Guitars for Bananas and Chicks for Free.

   Joe

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