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yall are thinking too much.    go drink a beer and jam

great stories.   lol   I love it.  Ok Phil, its possible that when I said I have a million stories that thats not exactly the truth.  How about I have lots of them?  Thats better.  hehe
  Time for part two of my Honkys story.  I told you about the dam.  We left there and stopped at a little gas station/bar to ask for directions to Honkys.  Now I dont know who thought it would be a good idea to put a bar and gas station in the same building.  Kinda blows the whole dont drink and drive thing.  But we was drinking and driving too (as well as other stuff) so I guess I shouldnt judge. Well actually only one of us was driving, but all four was drinking.  lol  Anyway, two old geezers were sitting outside the bar/gas station so we pulled up and asked for directions to Honkys.  They looked at us and said, "You dont want to go there".  Hua?  Uh, we came 100 miles to find this place.  We DO want to go there.  We told them we was in a band.  They said "Oh, a band?  They will like yall then".  And they gave us directions.  lol  Ok, on the way we had to go through this wooded area that had a big fire the year before.  I dont know if any of yall have ever seen a forest that has been burned.  It lookd very creepy.  Scary even.  But we kept going.  So finally, we get through the burned area and get to the place.  Finally.  It was this old tin building.  Looked like it might fall down any time. It didnt look safe.  So a friend of ours that rode down with us said "Are yall going in?".   We drove 100 miles and almost fell over a dam, heck yea we are going in.  We walked through the door and it was packed with a young crowd.  Beautiful women.  A real party place.  We talked to the owner (and old lady with no teeth) and gave her a cassette of our band.  This was 20 years ago, no cds yet.  She put it in a tape player and liked it.  Hired us on the spot.  We played there probably a dozen times, had great crowds, great shows.  Party all night long.  It turned out to be a very cool place.  But the trip down there was maybe the funniest day of my life.   We still talk about that.  We have two songs about the expierence.  I could tell the story about our bass player and this girl he met there, but you have to ask him about that.  lol   I dont know if the club is still there, but Ill never forget Honkys.

I know there has to be some more funny stories out there.  OK, I have a million, so Ill post another.  But yall are gonna have to pay me for entertaining you, or send me donuts or something.  lol  mmmm  How about the story of the midget stripper?  Or the full size stripper?  No,  lol  some younger members here.  Ill be good while Im here.  Or at least try.
  This is a great story.  It will have to be a two or three parter its so good.  About 20 years ago (yes, you read that right) we was practicing in a small building we rented in Bells, TN. A friend come over with his girlfriend of the week, and she told us about this club in Mississippi about 100 miles away.  Said we would love it.  Called Honkys.  Anyway, the wild guys we were, we hoped in the car and took off.  We stopped in Memphis and got a few bottles of liquor and other essentials.  By the time we got to Granada, MS, we was feeling pretty good.  Ok, more like wasted, but again, Ill try to keep my posts somewhat clean.  We got lost (I wonder why?) and ended up by this huge dam. We took a wrong turn and was like going straight down this little road on the side of the dam.  I mean really downhill.  Like I was in the back seat and about to fall in the front seat.  Oh yea, did I mention the sign that said One Way.  The other way, not the way we was going.  lol  But it was too late.  We couldnt back up.  The hill was too steap.  We was dying laughing cos we was, uh, feeling good.  Except for the driver. He was getting mad at us coz we was laughing so hard and he was tring to drive.  Down the huge dam.  The wrong way.  lol  ok,  the farther we went down, and we went down a long ways, it started smelling worse and worse.  I mean the worst smell ever.  And we was laughing so hard (still). I have never smelled anything so bad. (We found out later they had just opened the dam to release extra water, and it always smelled bad when they did this).  We got to the bottom of the dam...finally.  And I cant say this enough, IT STUNK worse than anything I have ever smelled.  We was laughing sooo much.  It was great. (we are strange).  And what do we see?  Campers.  Kids playing.  People fishing. Tents.  People just hanging out, looking at the water.  And remember, it stunk.  Bad.  Very bad.  lol I guess they got used to it after a while, but we didnt.  lol  We finally got turned around and got on the right road to Honkys. 8ball highway it was called.  Really. But that was one of the funniest things I have ever been through.  Ill add part two of this Honkys story soon.  Believe me, it was an adventure. lol   Now come on.  Yall tell some cool stories too........

Its a totally different thing to know how to play and to teach others how to play.  Over the years I have gave lessons many times (I'll do anything for a buck), and have always hated it.  My advise, "Dont do it".    lol     But my other word of advise is "dont listen to me".   lol

ok, hear was mis-spelled.  I hope no one is grading these posts.    lol

cool, thanks.  But I just bought a new one a few months ago.  So it will be a while before I get another one.  But a boy can dream........

ok, alcohol was mispelled in the last post.  See what I mean?  It can cause problems.   lol

I play rock and sometimes really "get into it".       I used to use heavy picks, but would break strings every night.  So I changed to thin picks and now break about a dozen picks a night.  Sure is easier to grab a new pick instead of changeing a string!!

I love my strats, but would probably like to have one custom built.  One pickup, one volume.  Nothing else.  Yea, I could take mine apart, but that would be ugly.   hehe

the voices in my head talk backwards sometimes, but I dont listen to them anyway!