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WolfMan13 wrote:Am 48 years old today,yepeee! and I feel like I am 35.
I also have a condition that the more beer I drink the younger I get. Aiming for around 20 years old tonight!!
Happy birthday, Wolfman,
I am getting far to old (pushing 70) to do the party-till-I-puke number anymore but more power to those of you who wish to and are able.
I never touch intoxicants unless I am playing music. A beer or two seems to put my old brain in party mode and I can then loosen up and think of a ton of fun tunes to play.
A third or forth beer and my skills and lyric memory tail off dramatically.
Time to switch to ice water.
If I take a wee nap I can still boogie all night. 
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Welcome, Holycats,
I doubled on trumpet and valve trombone until a barroom fire burnt up my old Getzen valve bone. My son quit trombone because his teacher was obnoxiously gay and I got his new Conn slide bone. Still have it.
My bar band gig for 24 years was front man, lead and backup vocals, rhythm guitar and the occasional trumpet solo. Got a gig playing tuba bass with John Reno and the Half-Fast Creekers for 10 years ago up to now.
It's great to welcome another brass player to the Chordie Forum.
I used to arrange for my bands. If you fail to find the chords for your Wilson Sisters song, send me an e-mail with a copy of the lyrics and I will get on U-Tube and skull the chords out, jot them in red above the lyric syllables and send them back to you.
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What did the drummer get on his I.Q. test?
Drool.
Here's a song Casey sang at a Montessori School Christmas concert last year. He sang through it twice at the house and then we recorded him reading it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZqbhKZENtQ
Sorry Russell, I will e-mail direct to the inquiree next time.
Tanjafrei,The chords hit on the following lyrics:
F G
C over Vorrei,Dm (minor) over di in predible, sentirmi gioco sentirmi,
C C Dm F G C G
C F G C G
C Dm F C
That's the gist of it. you should be able to sound out the rest from here.
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**Edited to remove copyright material - Roger**
Bearsmith, Butch 8844's Fender Telecaster sounds like a lot of bang for the buck to me. Playability and quality sound surpass looks for me -always. if I was in the market for an electric, I would have a go at painting that one.
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My voice is not country enough to get away with this one.
Chords are simple, E,A and B.
Trick is to find a chick singer to sing it with you who sings as well as and, hopefully looks as good as Martina McBride.
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Teledeluxe, that is a most useful suggestion. I wish I had learned "Nashville Notation" years earlier. It is a great shortcut for any guitarist.
I attended a Nashville recording session with nine musicians - some who met for the first time. The session leader jotted the chord progression on the back of a small matchbox and showed it around to everyone briefly.
The group then nailed the recording in only one take.
It's still Friday, Chevo, and here is a song about a feller who couldn't afford to buy his wife a fur coat.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cr1zsgC7a4U
Lordy, Wayne, you gotta be significantly more henpecked than I am.
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A music store guy tried to sell me Humbucker pickups to replace my P-90's. I was fortunate to have been too broke at the time to take his advice. I later bought a black Gibson ES335 with Humbuckers and hated them. Humbuckers are way too trebley for my taste. P-90's give a mellow jazz sound where Humbuckers are harsh.
I also learned that some black guitars are painted that color to hide the grain of less than desirable wood.
Here's a vid Casey and I made last Christmas. Happy season to you all.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHtFYub1MT4
I googled it and this came up.
http://www.hotlyrics.net/lyrics/G/Grays … _Over.html
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That contains the lyrics.
Chords I cannot google so I pulled it up on U-Tube.
There is a run down that repeats:
Eb-Dm-Cm-Bb
Gm Bb Eb
Where he sings "You know"
Ab Bb
"Can't we talk it over in bed
Then it does the run down some more: Eb-Dm-Cm-Bb
The ride changes are:Bb-Eb-Bb-F-Ab-Bb
My 1960 Gibson ES330 also has Gibson P-90 pickups. I also am very happy with the way it sounds.
I use a Korg A-4 effects pedal to diversify it's sound. It comes with 60 prewritten effects and I can write 60 more.
Happy boy,
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Thanks for the fine tune, BV. You added greatly to my Christmas spirit.
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You are so right, Badeye. Mucho fun laying down a cool bass line.
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I share your sentiments, shoodoo.
Who's going to save us now that John Wayne's gone?
Took a parachute rigging course in the Marine Corps. At the end of the course we all had to pack three parachutes. Our instructor picked the worst looking chute of the three and had us jump with it.
It seemed strange jumping out of a perfectly good airplane but once the chute opened, the rest of the ride down was enjoyable.
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Hi Crevs,
Good advice from Debrap, Zurf and Papaguitar.
Gigs run from three (hopefully) to four hours long. If you play 45 minute sets with 15 minute breaks, you will run through 12 - 15 tunes per set. That's 45 tunes in three hours and 60 for a four hour gig.
Since you never know what you will be faced with on a paid gig, you need 60 tunes down by memory in case it is too dark or too windy to take papers on stage.
Here in the Southern U.S., we need a selection of well known country, pop and rock tunes most people know well. A few recent hits can impress. Original tunes can be useful - especially if you want to sell C.D.'s. Also some comedy material helps if the crowd refuses to pay attention. I tried telling prepared jokes between tunes but I have more luck just visiting over the mic with the crowd and involving them in a conversation. Communication is essential. I have a few pat wisecracks ready to lighten things up. Laugh with them - never at them.
The sooner you have that much material prepared and tight you can start making a few bucks.
I'm 69 years old and not much to look at but venues keep hiring me because I know how to jumpstart a party.
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Nice job, Wayne. Guitar sounds great. Vocal is compelling.
Always liked that song.
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Jimmy Buffet's song refers to the many semi-sleazy beach bars you find along Alabama's Gulf Coast. Mostly folks around here revere the "Flora-Bama, a huge joint that straddles the Alabama - Florida state line.
The last hurricane flooded the place with a seven foot deep storm surge.
All they had to do is shovel the sand out, buy some more cheap chairs and tables and beer coolers and re-open. They rebuilt damaged walls and floors around the hours when locals and tourists pack in there to drink, dance and listen to really trashy beach music.
They only pay musicians $75 for a four hour gig but you can cuss all you want and the audience will buy you unlimited beers and management will usually spring for a hamburger.
Phil, that poem is fall-down funny. The best humor has truth in it no matter how cruel that truth may be.
I admire a man who can laugh at himself with the courage to share.
A tad of embelishment sweetens a good story as well.
Good on ya, sir.
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A Fender jazz or precision bass guitar is and has been the standard for almost all types of music for years. All your best bassists own at least one. I looked for a used fender on Craigslist and E-Bay for a long time before I took a flyer on a Fender "Squier" Precision bass guitar on E-Bay for $200. This included a strap. gig bag and a small Crate practice amp.
The "Squier" by Fender is the cheapie sub brand but I like the sound, the neck and it's like-new condition. It needs setting up because the strings are a bit too high off the neck but I am happy with it.
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