He's watchin' YOU!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tndDcbIzEfA
I'm DONE! 
(I hope!)
We love you guys and ladies!
Bill and Dondra
751 2016-12-10 02:51:04
Re: Non-Traditional Christmas Music Thread (27 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
752 2016-12-10 02:35:05
Re: Non-Traditional Christmas Music Thread (27 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
God, I wish y'all hadn't got me started on this stuff!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ps-bUBagNE
: ) : ) : )
Bill
753 2016-12-10 02:11:47
Re: For My Friend Peatle! (2 replies, posted in My local band and me)
Wow! Thank you for sharing that about your past, my friend! I know it's been written and said many times before, but I can't think of anything better than it sounds like "You paid your dues".
It's a genuine honor to know you!
Bill
754 2016-12-10 02:07:27
Re: Non-Traditional Christmas Music Thread (27 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
For my friend Jandle:
"Mary Did You Know?" is the most beautiful song about the birth of Jesus I have ever heard!
Dondra and I could only stand here in marveled silence. She had heard it years before by Mark Lowery of The Gaithers.
Thank you so much, my friend!
Bill
755 2016-12-10 01:57:19
Re: Non-Traditional Christmas Music Thread (27 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
One more before I have to go to bed. The Kinks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU6XZ2GQd48
Good Night and Greetings For The Season.
Bill
756 2016-12-10 01:46:20
Re: Non-Traditional Christmas Music Thread (27 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
And some "Heat - Canned".....
757 2016-12-10 01:17:36
Re: Ladies And Gentlemen: Mr. Hank Marvin And His Axes! (9 replies, posted in Electric)
EDITED: That "Baldwin" guitar is shown on the list of the OP...... Sorry for the mistake...... OR....... I was just testing y'all to see if you were paying attention and would notice! I prefer the latter! Permit me a cruel chuckle!!!! hehehehehe.
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I gave Apache another look, Roger - this time played with all The Shadows - and he was playing a "Baldwin" guitar (which isn't listed in the above post). Would that have been manufactured by the Baldwin Piano Company?
Thanks
Bill
758 2016-12-10 01:12:10
Topic: Strats Made In Mexico. Be Careful (9 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
And why wouldn't you be??? Y'all are PROS!
Still I have to post my own story about the midnight blue Strat I bought from eBay. I thought I was getting the genuine Fender article, but when I looked up the serial number -- yep ---- it was made in Mexico.
By this, I do not mean I got a shoddy guitar, just one which had not the resale value of an American-made one.
An older, but wiser (and who knows more about drums than guitars)
Bill
759 2016-12-10 01:06:55
Re: Look what I had in my hands today!! (7 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
I don't know what you just wrote up there, my friend, but it sounds like you should be designing them - not repairing them!
Your Pal
Bill
760 2016-12-10 00:54:46
Re: Non-Traditional Christmas Music Thread (27 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Tenement Funster wrote:
First off, I'm a huge fan of traditional Christmas music, with the choirs, pipe organ ... the whole bit. But there's also a lot of non-traditional or semi-traditional stuff that's very good, so I'd like to start this thread where we can each share some of our personal favorites. Here's a jazzed-up Jethro Tull version of "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3JMcW1D69g
GREAT start, TF. It's good to spend the Holidays with you and "The Family".
We both hope the knee's mending nicely, dear friend!
Bill and Dondra
761 2016-12-10 00:52:32
Re: Non-Traditional Christmas Music Thread (27 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
A little "Non-Trad", but pretty. Always liked Kenny!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVbPgBGv2to
Bill
762 2016-12-10 00:44:04
Re: Non-Traditional Christmas Music Thread (27 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Then how about some Christmas Polka? I actually have this one in my Christmas collection of cd's.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5biu3xscmU
"Jingle Bill"
763 2016-12-10 00:33:01
Re: Non-Traditional Christmas Music Thread (27 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
"Child King" ------ A Parody (and please take it as such - it's done by a Christian Band" of Ton Lóc's "Wild Thing". It is a "Non-Trad" Christmas song. Be sure to read the lyrics.
Bill
764 2016-12-10 00:24:49
Re: Non-Traditional Christmas Music Thread (27 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Amy,
The Ramones were the only (would you call them "pre-punk" band I ever loved! Heard them for the first time on National Lampoon's Vacation doing "Blitzkrieg Bop"!
It made me smile so big when you wrote that, Amy, I liked to have decapitated myself!
{For my "across the waves" friends: "Liked to have" is a Southern American ("Deep South") colloquialism for "I almost". I believe it comes from the word "lacked". I think correctly said it would be something like, "I lacked the compulsion to decapitate myself" ---- Your aficionado of the English language....}
Bill
765 2016-12-10 00:05:31
Re: Greg Lake RIP (12 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Being that it's The Christmas Season, I thought y'all might appreciate this song by Mssrs. Greg Lake and Ian Anderson.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6-PAKOt7sM
All the best for the season!
Bill and Dondra Craig
766 2016-12-09 23:49:55
Topic: For My Friend Peatle! (2 replies, posted in My local band and me)
I left comments on SoundCloud for you on your latest work. I won't repeat it here, since I am now able to post there (don't know what I did wrong before), but you were playing what I call "The Smoky Blues", my friend. I think you know what I mean by that, but take a look anyway. Love that gravel in your voice!
Bill
767 2016-12-09 23:32:40
Re: friday's blues fix (1,560 replies, posted in Bands and artists)
Big Joe Turner! Love it, badeye. We keep forgetting artists such as he and "Dr. Feelgood" (Piano Red), who instead of the guitar decided on the 88's to play their style of blues!
Speaking of Big Joe, may I add a tribute to him, played by Wynton Marsalis (yes, that Marsalis) and Eric Clapton?
Here's "Joe Turner's Blues" (another one I got cheaply on Amazon -- It's called "Marsalis and Clapton Play The Blues".....
768 2016-12-09 22:59:21
Topic: Ladies And Gentlemen: Mr. Hank Marvin And His Axes! (9 replies, posted in Electric)
http://www.tvsspecialtyproducts.com/hank-s-guitars.html
Okay, y'all. Get a hankie and wipe that drool off your chin. Especially you, Joey-cubed!!!! 
LOL!
Bill
PS: I have NEVER seen Hank play without that smile on his face! It makes you just wanna be up there with him!
769 2016-12-09 22:51:11
Re: Look what I had in my hands today!! (7 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Saw that one and it immediately reminded me of the Wonderful Hank Marvin of The Shadows, Roger.
That may not be the same model (I know yours is called a "Bullet" and its far left body is cut sharper), but still, I can't see that guitar without hearing and seeing him playing "Apache"!
It's beautiful. Glad you got to work with it and I am also glad to know you better, Mr. Luthier!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Zou2V-e0zo
Your Friend
Bill
770 2016-12-09 21:17:03
Re: Tears In Our Eyes (19 replies, posted in Songwriting)
NOW POSTED ON SOUNDCLOUD. :
So many people are missing out on this collaboration by not knowing what you two are capable of. The writing and performance are both spot on and I LOVED the harmonies and Dondra loved what I call the "hook". "Never go to sleep with tears in our eyes"....... It's a hug and holding hands song and it's righteous as hell, boys! So happy to know you both and the lyrics and music you bring us!
Bill and Dondra
771 2016-12-09 02:28:41
Re: Found Something About The Song Book.... (2 replies, posted in About Chordie)
Good idea, my friend. I can just save it as a file. Never thought of that, but then that's why there's folks like my friends here. Always willing to lend a hand or reach out with a kind word or two. Dondra and I very fortunate to have you "with us", indeed.
Thanks
Bill
772 2016-12-09 02:26:11
Re: For My Aussie And Kiwi Friends (5 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
"In them old wool fields back home"........ doesn't have the same "feel", does it, easybeat.
I'll figure something out. Maybe work the sheep in there somehow....
Thanks, my friend!
Bill
773 2016-12-09 02:24:20
Re: Greg Lake RIP (12 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
I am sorry to hear of this. I have several of ELP's live CD's/DVD's and Greg always was a very personable and amiable person. I had no idea he wrote "Lucky Man" when he was just 11. Yes, Rest In Peace, Greg.
774 2016-12-08 19:32:35
Topic: For My Aussie And Kiwi Friends (5 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Do y'all raise cotton down there?
Thanks!
Bill
775 2016-12-08 16:06:20
Topic: Found Something About The Song Book.... (2 replies, posted in About Chordie)
........ I wanted to mention.
In planning my Do It Yourself Christmas Message, I looked up "Cotton Fields" and chose the version By Creedence Clearwater Revival.
I looked at several transpositions and chose two I thought I could handle, but SONGBOOK would only save one. Is this common or am I doing something wrong?
Thanks
Bill