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Oh yeah. BIG comeback, fer sure. From another thread, this quote that might pertain to this topic - I think it was a response from an "LC/RC" to a letter that contained these points. What's an LC/RC anyway? El See Are See? So expanding is different than growing. I see. Sort of like slapping an extra spare tire around the old expanding waistline, versus working out? Dunno. But 5 is worth a paper bag of shucked oysters in June. So....splinter groups get to 'em first? What a strange perception. The last census showed that the U.S. population was just about 300 million people. The world population is estimated at right around 6 1/2 billion. So the You Nighted States has 300,000,000 people. That's a lot of zeros, not even counting the numbers inbetween. Yet, of that total number , the Splinter Groups get to the Way's target group first, ALL those splinter groups. How many splints are there, nationally? That actually have any kind of large membership? And theyr'e suckin' up all the available peeps, before the Way can get to them? Guess the Way isn't all that dynamic, if it can't get to a couple hundred people a year before the splints do. I doubt the Way can make a comeback if they can't even scoop up a few peeps here and there due to Splinter Pressure. The other point, 4, is a digression so I won't get into it. It's just fun to see "gang members" and lack of supervision at the Way used in a sentence.

Wow, cool pics Act2. The guitar looks old! It was a very large sound hole....interesting! Thanks, I have to wonder where it's been over the years. :) Thanks Chatty. It's a nice little guitar, an Epiphone "dot" 335. They have a wood sound block in the body that stablilizes the top and reduced feedback. They really have a good tone, played with the volumes set back a little very clear and full, or turn up and they sound thick, bluesy. "dots" are the entry level into the whole line of 335's, simple, everything you want, nothin' you don't kind of guitar.

Well, here's a couple A la, this is my daughter's Epiphone - messing around with it a lttile and popped off a pic. I like these guitars, very simple, straighforward and with a little tweaking, play very well. It's string with .010's light gauge flat wound, D'Addario.

Thanks A la, I might pick a take or two, or take a pic or two, too. If I do, they're going up! It's nice to see the bass photo. "TNT 100"....Peavey's are good little amps, have a friend who plays through one about that size, haven't seen it in a long time, wonder if it's that model. He gets s nice sound out of it, too. This is a fine gathering, indeed. :) Act2, I'm interested to see how the Gibson goes - "On Friday, Sept 8, Dr. We$ C0wan from the "Hi$tory Detectives" show among others on PBS is going to be appraising a Gibson guitar of my hubby's that is over 55 years old.".......... A page I peruse for Gibson info is THIS ONE - lots of good information there. Do you know what model it is? There were a lot of fine instruments made mid-century. One I especially like is this one here - The 1951 ES-150, down a ways on the page It's a classic look, and one that was copied quite a bit. I hope the auction goes well!

T-Bone, my man! The way you described drawing out bass patterns sounds like Tablature -have you ever checked that out? If you haven't you should. It's similiar by the sounds of it. Here's a link to some "Tab" resources - Harmony Central Tablature Resources Tablature just assigns a number to the strings - 6 - 1, low to high, for the guitar. Each fret has a number,starting with 1, the "first fret" up the neck. And each finger has a number too, although that isn't always notated - index is 1, middle 2, 3 and the little finger is 4. "Th" is thumb. The octave positioning you described works well on guitar and bass. Inside that octave you have an "L" - on it's side and that gives you the basic 1-4-5 progression. The lowest note first - then up one string on the same fret for the second note which is the "4" chord, and then to the right from that one 2 frets, which is the "5th". If you start on G, it goes G, C, D. starting on the lowest string, "6" and on the 3rd fret 1 - - - - - 2 - - - - - 3 - - - - - 4 - - - - - 5 - - C - D 6 - - G - - Musical lines build from there, really. That's pretty much the most basic pattern. Once you know that in one key, you know it in every key, on bass. And that's pretty basic, I'm sure you know that by the sounds of it, but is that the kind of thing you're talking about? Cuz there's lots of patterns, LOTS of patterns.

Howdy all - Tom! You're in the Land of Los Altos! ASM's have approached you? Hmmm....so they've made it that far south? Or perhaps come directly from the Pacific! SWEET! I gotta buzz, but I'll be back. Cool stuff!

Dave and Dave....I remember Black Oak did "Jim Dandy", right? They were a good southern rock band, as I recall.

Black Oak Arkansas! I remember seeing them on TV, "Midnight Special"? Never heard much of them on the radio out here but there were on TV a few times where I saw them. That guy - am I the only one who thinks David Lee Roth reminds them of that singer? The hair, the mugging, the whole stage thing of Roth's always reminded me of the singer in Black Oak. Maybe I'm weird. Yeah, I know....

Wow = the reading is accumulating - need to catch up! A la, that's really interesting about The Lion Sleeps Tonight. Thanks for the background! That list of Top guitar solos, hmmm.....Reeling in the Years, indeed! Side note - that solo was done by a guitarist named Elliot Randall, and it definitely smokes! When I think of Cream, I'd probably pick "Sunshine of Your Love" over Crossroads - Clapton's signature tone has been analyzed by many since he recorded that - the "ooooooh" sound he used a lot at that time. Plus the riff - classic. Hendrix is a grab back of choices - Purple Haze opens with that dissonant "bap bampk! bap squank" line - hard to forget once heard. The solo was seriously tweezed - I read an interview with his engineer once where he said that Hendrix had been trying different blues-oriented solos on it and then did that in one take and they scratched their heads like "where did THAT come from?" and said it's a keeper. Completely out of the pail on that one, as was the whole tune for it's day. That would be one criteria for me to try and hone a list like that down - something that was new different for it's time when it came out. "Freebird" is a vintage rock now but probably not really innovative for it's day. Lists like that are fun - ! I'm still pondering Chas's comment about this decades music - the "00's".......that's an interesting topic. About time to get back..

Verse three - "In the Summertime".... New light! We're no threat, people We're not dirty, we're not mean We love everybody but we do as we please When the weather's fine We go fishin' or go swimmin' in the sea We're always happy Life's for livin' yeah, that's our philosophy

Oh yeah, Mungo knows. You know he knows!

"And one shall come and cause the old to be new again, and bring with them the voice of The"... It's happening! The is Back! ...was it ever really gone....????

That's an interesting statement. This whole topic makes me think. Choices seem to be made based on basic emotional "feelings". When I'm hungry, I feel the need for food. But I could be offered something I didn't want to eat and had no desire for - desire being the emotion. Even though I'm hungry, I could choose not to eat that food. Or I could be offered something I didn't think was food, like a bar of something strange looking. Eventually if I didn't make any choices I'd be driven to eat something even if it wasn't what I desired, but I would never eat something I didn't think was food, regardless of how hungry I was. Once I was hungry enough my desire for anything to satisfy the hunger would (I guess) take over and I'd choose to eat anything, as long as I knew it was food. This makes me think - how important it is to thoughtfully recognize, develop and consider my emotions. If they're what's telling me what choices to make I'm going to have them and live by them, one way or the other. The whole concept of God being an entity, a "something", with thoughts, purpose and activity, means there would have to be emotions of some kind working - verses like "for it is God who works in me both to WILL and to DO of His good pleasure" ... the "pleasure" or satisfaction comes as a result of something done, and the desire to do it is what causes me to do it. I would think if there was a purpose to life and a future of amy kind ofr it there has to be emotion driving it, otherwise there would be no purpose to begin with. Even if the purpose was "let's see what happens and then we'll know', something - which could be considered an emotional preference - is causing that choice to be made. Why see what's going to happen, or why do anything, if there's no desire or anticipation to see the results?

JO, you've brought New Light to the Guitar thread - it's amazing! I couldn't place it T-Bone, but you're right - it's Lou! I now know much more about Mungo Jerry than I did exactly one day ago, and what a difference a day makes! Interesting facts from various Mungo-loid sites I surfed, starting with that photo: Mungo Jerry is a band, not just one guy, although the guy in the photo is pretty much the Voice of MJ, named Ray Dorset. The name wsa taken from a character in a book, T.S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. Mungo Jerry was an acoustic jug band assemblage of musicians when they started,, with no drummer sounds like. The were also a blues band, electric, with a drummer, and had a kind of English blues band sound on their second UK number one hit - "Baby Jump". It sounds a little like early Fleetwood Mac to me, in the Peter Green era. AND, although they're figured in lists of "one hit wonders", they actually had 2 #1 songs in the UK, In the Summertime and the rock-blues tune Baby Jump. They had several - 4? - songs chart Top 10 in the UK, where they had an active career and several more that charted in the Top 50. They were also big in Europe it looks like, Germany and France. Who'd've thunkit? I had no idea, no Mungo music in my head. Now - me got Mungo!

Hi JL! Mungo! Mungo! Big Mungo! Check the Strat- his strings have ears! And he's playing an unusual fingering for what has to be a D chord, with the F# in the bass. Mungo go!

Thanks for the lyrics, A la. They do say a lot, don't they? Willie's box has got a hole alright - check it out. I did a quick crop on that part of it - Thanks dmiller!

Yeaj, Daughters is a great tune, A La. The depth, simply stated. Pretty cool, coming from such a young guy. He does a lot with this lyrics - here's the whols lyric to "Who Did You Think I Was", which appears to be about himself, and his career. He's self-aware without being egotistical (I'm so COOL!) or depressing (Life SUCKS being me!), it's nice. I like the way in the solo he does that Albert/SRV single string slur, about 00:17, on the 2ND beat.for a few measures It typically show up, a lot on the 4th beat as an ending to a rife, or lead-in to another, but his placement on the 2 gives it real *snap*. Its kicks the solo in pretty strong. His lyrics- I got half a smile and zero shame I got a reflection with a different name Got a brand new blues that I can't explain Who did you think I was? Every morning when the day begins I make up my mind to change it back again I am a shifter of the shape I'm in Who did you think I was? You got my number but I always knew the score Who did you think I was? Am I the one who plays the quiet songs? Is he the one who turns the ladies on? Will I keep shining til my light is gone? Who did you think I was? You got my number but I always knew the score Who did you think I was? Here is a line you won't understand I'm half of the boy but I'm twice the man I carry the weight of the world in the palm of my hand Who did you think I was? Who did you think I was?

Hi Exmuzica!!! Welcome, stay awhile. Feel the love. Okay, Chatty. I'll put some on her shortly - a jucy soundwich. A la, think I said he looked like a "stoner". Which didn't mean "she likes him BUT I think he's a stoner, so I don't". I've always liked him, and felt he looked like a stoner when I saw him, meaning like he'd smoked a spliff or two, burned a bomber, fired up a stick, sucked a thumb or two. Made out with the Love Weed in the back alley. But frankly I have no idea if he does or not, he just had that hazy shade of summer look in those big blue eyes. So I hope I didn't mislead you, if I did, I apologize. "Reporting for discipline, Sir!" A large percentage of the music world use external stimulants of some kind to get ready for the gig. Which is fine for them as long as they can still hit the mark and do their job. For a lot of people "grass" has become the Granola Bar of drugs, at worst, a misdemeanor on the road of inspiration. I would disagree, but unless someone makes a total foot of themselves doing them or allows them to negatively effect their efforts I don't much care what people do. In Mayer's case, he's young, everything about his first few years had "young" all over them. Which makes sense - he was young. But he's a helluva guitar player for his age. :) Here's a tune - Chatterly Bigger Than My Body - the hitz keep coming - give the bass player some! And anudder - live cut with Steve Jordan and Pino Palladino - "Who Did You Think I Was" Aaaah. When the mind is right...

Did you get it, Chatty? I've got some, if you need a cup o' tunes. Let me know. We can put some JM on here if that works. Seen him live now, and on TV several times, and I agree with you Tom. He definitely plays meny different styles and techniques, all of them well it seems. His trio blues/jam band is good, live. He's got Steve Jordan on drums who's great, been around a long time and does a fantastic job of laying down the rock back beat. He and Jordan are producing his next album, which should tell a lot. Pino Palladino is playing bass on tour and again, he lays down the bottom while doing some nice work in the songs. Mayer is pretty much "there" as a guitarist. He started at Berklee and then skipped to pursue his career, which a lot of musicians seem to do at Berklee. He's got the knowledge, the chops and the tunes. His looks probably set him back a little in the cred department, oddly. I have it on good authority that he's very good looking, although to me he has kind of a floppy dog look when he performs, which may be part of the attraction, dunno. :) His playing is pretty inventive. I can hear the comparison to Matthews, Chas, definitely! But his guitar work is work, he's woikin'. Now, I'm a pop-song-slut, I admit, and Mayer's got some good pop tunes, and he plays the s**t out of the guitar on them, a dead giveaway to where his heart is. He could slap a few chords out and whack away but he's hard at it the whole set. Plus, he plays against the bass, which runs full throttle behind him. I love the breaks on "Bigger Than My Body", ("Yes I'm grounded...) and how the bass rides out of them into the chorus. It's X-Rated. I was moderately scared seeing him New Years Eve billed with "Phil Lesh and Friends", (who sounded as flat and pointless as a day old box of Coca Cola) for fear he'd develop Dead-Head Noodlers Syndrome, causing him to forget when songs are supposed to end, but he did his set of blues stuff and a few tunes and maintained his own mental and musical integrity, thank GOD. We left after shortly after the balloon drop, so don't know if he got 'moked up in the all-night jam. Figured, we'd better eave on a high note with good memories.

Yeah, it's good stuff. And by your report A La, she's all that and more live. I'll keep an eye out for her. I really like how she sings, often blues singer are "shouters" which sounds good when the voice is there - like B. B. King, always a great example. He's got that big sound in his throat so when he lets out a shout it sounds like something, it's part of the singing. Others sound shrill. Foster's voice has character, feeling. Nice. Porter's does some ca-razy stuff on the guitar, from pieces I've heard. He reminds me a little of Monte Montgomery, not so much on this song but others. G'day mates! :)

Just spent about 3 hours in the last couple days cleaning and polishing my 3 main guitars. Ya gotta treat the Ladies right. Been using Jim Dunlop Cleaner/Polisher lately, and it's nice. Multiple coats rubbed in and buffed out do nicely.

Always get awash in wonderful willeez hearing new music thanks! - here's a guy I don't think I've shared, or maybe I have - ? Or maybe he's familiar to y'ums - Willy Porter, quite a guitarist. A sample of his sound - Angry Words Hip to it! Chas, that teaching program sounds great. Would love to hear how it goes, what goes into it, etc. if your husband or you have more time to post it! And Welcome backs are in order! Wellscomes to you! dmiller, that jam sounds like a challenge to say the least. I cracked up reading about it, been there done that, oh yeah. And isn't that what it's all about, at some level? # One reason guys play in bands - meet chicks. # Two reason - get bar discounts.

Aaah - that's a cool picture Chatty. I like the mask. Lessee - Ruthie Foster, new music! Here's a sample from CD Baby - NICE. She has a great voice. Ruthie Foster - Runaway Soul, from her CD Baby site And "Real Love" - nice call and answer in the opening A La, we've got tickets to see John Mayer and Sheryl Crow, same bill, in a month. Looking forward to it, this is the 3rd time I've seen John M in the last year. I'm interested to see where he's going with his recent foray into a 3-piece blues band. And Crow, haven't ever seen her live so it will be fun. Love her stuff and she's got a couple killer guitarists in her band.

:) I'm on my way out, but that's cool Chas! and tha's a nice big old pic!!!! Have a goodun, y'all! Be back....

Yeah, that's pretty weird twinot and i wasn't around to see that, but it's hard to imagine. Maybe their actions could be summed up by this sign - "The path of least resistance has been closed for repairs due to heavy use, please use Means-Well Road". :blink: People do things for all kinds of reasons. Sometimes people that do bad things don't get up in the morning and ask themselves "how can I be bad today?" When I think about those people that have been there for so many years, getting up every morning, doing...what? It makse me very grateful to be waking up here, in my own bed.