901

(12 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

I feel for you Zurf, I flooded in my new home and it makes you want to sit down and cry. Mold is always a serious issue afterwards. Hope it didn't damage too many personal belongings.

I didn't like his music or his vocals and never bought any of his music, but he could definately dance. We had a lot of fun trying to moondance and try is mostly all we did!

903

(10 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

Glad it went well for you Russ, sometimes acoustics go over so well. Looks like you were having a good time I wish your camera man would have panned your audience.

Good Job !!!!

904

(19 replies, posted in Acoustic)

Looks good to me Matt, I guess you'll find out when you get her strung up and start pounding away.

jerome.oneil wrote:
Zurf wrote:

I have a soft spot for people who have given their lives over to the bottle.

Indeed!  Sunday Morning Coming Down is one of my favorites.  Chris Christofferson wrote it, Johnny Cash made it famous.

"And the beer I had for breakfast wasn't bad, so I had one more for desert...."

Fantastic stuff...

Jerome, I love playing "Sunday Morning Comin Down"  another song I like that is very real to life is

Townes Van Zandt"s  "Waitin Round To Die"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTGKzWDakK8

906

(23 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

Hello,

Tops I think in the old days we called fellars like you bookworms, don't know about now days with all this fancy machinery. You sure can dig up some info.

Hello Flatpicker,

     I have been workin on "Desperado's Waiting For A Train" by Guy Clark  and I'm gonna do a video with the pics I have of
'"Perfecto" . I have a nice pic of him playing guitar in a rockin chair when he was gettin old.
     He was raising my father when he died so , my dad had alot of stories, just wish he was around to share some.

907

(23 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

Hello Everyone,

  Just thought I would share a story with you on my Great Grandfather. He has been selected to be Inducted into the North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame.
  He passed on when my father was only twelve, but he told him lots of stories and most of the stories are just hearsay. My father is now gone also but My father told me that how he got to Brownsville Texas was with his father and sister on a ship with a load of horses from Spain and that would explain why he did not have a citizenship.
   This weekend my wife and I are going to the ceremony at Medora N.Dak.  this is the story from the website.

    In the Pre-1940 Ranching Division, the 2009 inductee is:

Perfecto Fernandez, aka Georgie Baye, of Fort Berthold Reservation and Morton County was born in Brownsville, Texas, in 1861. His first cattle drive was to Wyoming in 1875 and, he then moved on to Dakota Territory. He helped Pierre Wibaux drive longhorns from Texas to Montana and worked as a horse wrangler. Fernandez was riding for the Little Missouri Livestock Association and took part in the massive roundup with Teddy Roosevelt in 1884. In 1885, he moved to the White Earth Valley and was the horse foreman and bronc buster five miles north of Hall’s Trading Post. Fernandez made saddles, as well as rawhide braided ropes, reins and bridles and horsehair saddle pads, during the long winter months. The Marquis de Mores gave Perfecto and Hall matching Colt 45-caliber revolvers, and the two were frequent guests at the Chateau de Mores. Fernandez made his way to Mandan when President Theodore Roosevelt came to N.D. in 1903. He hopped on the train and went on to Medora with the President. Roosevelt orchestrated Fernandez’ citizenship and gave him the name Georgie Baye.

Fernandez continued a horse operation with Ed Hall, breeding draft horses. En route to the Red River Valley to sell matched teams to harvest operations, they were able to perfectly train the pairs on the trail and could command prices anywhere from $800 to $1,200 per team. Fernandez settled on Bennie Peer Creek in McKenzie County to raise sheep and horses. In the late 1890s, he married Margaret Smith in Sanger, N.D., and they had three sons. He died in 1935, and his final resting place is near the Cross Ranch, near Sanger.
www.northdakotacowboy.com


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My father told me he played guitar and harmonica very well and used some kind of Spanish style finger plucking, I don't know what that means but I am going to research it some more and ask some questions at the ceremony In Medora N.D  this weekend.

908

(17 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

Good Job Cam,

Your in luck there are a lot of Elvis songs that are pretty easy to do after you run thru them a few times.

Remember when you finish your Elvis song to say "Thank you, Thank You very much" in your best Elvis voice!

909

(105 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

Heya Badeye,

We call them oxeye eggs in this neck of the woods, I like to get them browned on each side then put more butter on and then peanut butter and smother it with maple syrup mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

Pix,

   None of the fellas in the pic are me, I can't play electric worth a darn. This is the only forum I participate in and I haven't been to North Carolina, I am usually some where west of the missisppi. Out where the hoot owls chase the chickens.
    The martin sounds great, but I wish they would have Yairi build the necks. It just don't play like the Yairi, not that it's bad just not up to the Yairi's quality. The tuners, neck and everything about the Yairi , breathes of quality. The G&L is really a quality guitar also I can't find any faults in it either. The martin and epiphone both sound great but they have some things I don't like also. I will be buying more Yairi's in the future. I have had this one for about 8 yrs it's always in tune, not affected by humidity and weather changes and is a real workhorse, it is showing some wear on the first fret second string area. I play all of them more equally now so it will last a long time. If it were stolen, after I come out of mourning I would go find another one.

Hey thanks Jeff,

   The yairi has a few dings in it and I should have taken better care of it, but it is still gorgeous and my favorite. Did you notice the pickup in the soundhole? I added that awhile back the built in electronics has a input inside for it and is an add on made for the system 2 electronics.   
    You can adjust both the piezo pickup and the soundhole pickup from the controls on the guitar. I have a fender hotrod deluxe tube amp that sounds wonderfull with this guitar, it doesn't sound acoustic though.

Thanks Russ,

  It is a Readers Digest print   "Classic Rock" by C.F. Payne the photo doesn't really capture how cool it is. My nephew give it to me a few years ago.

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Thanks Russ, I got it figured now. Reminds me of somethin my old boss used to say.

"Some never learn and some take forever."

The Picture is of me and my band.

Guitars, Epiphone DR 500MNS, Martin HD-28, Yairi WY-1 SB, G&L Legacy Special Cherry Burst

Zurf,

  I think "Wish You Were Here" is the easiest to play on the list. I think if you gave it a try,even tho you don't love it. When you play the intro and then go into the chord progression it will make the hair on your neck stand up and that's a good thing. It really is a simple song and sounds so cool on acoustic guitar.
Let me know if you would like some tips on any of the songs on the list. I Shot The Sheriff is fun to play also but I do it with a reggae beat for sure.

I agree, it is the way I prefer to play it  and I think the advantages are "more better", but some folks prefer the other way and I think it has a lot to do with styles and types of music you play. They are both accepted as correct.

916

(105 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

I like em cold like that too and then I listen to it sizzle all the way down!

Good advice Nela,

   Where the heck were you when I needed you. I too feel the g fingered with the pinky is the way to go. I learned it that way and now on some songs I switch the other way, but I feel it has more advantages than index, middle, ring. We have argued this one several times in other posts.
    You are right on on the strumming also. I have helped people with strumming and it is good to get them to sound out the Up down Up down  especially when you get in to some d du udu type patterns. Counting 1 & 2 & 3 & 4. Another thing that can move you along in progression is playing with others. You can pick up alot of tips and shortcuts playing with others and most are more than willing to help.

No offense Russ,

but it brings to Mind  Jethro Tull's   Aqua Lung       "Sitting on a park bench,eyeing little girls with sad intent"

Heya Zurf,

I'm guessing your talking about flatpicking and it is a tough thing to get down, cause your picking has to stay on the beat and then keep the rhythm going.

Some songs  that  aren't real hard,that one guitar can do the picking and strumming.

Needle and the Damage Done    Neil Young
Ripple     Grateful Dead
Hey,Hey My My     Neil Young
I Shot the Sheriff    Bob Marley
Longhaired Country Boy    Charlie Daniels
Friend of the Devil        Grateful Dead
Wish  You Were Here     Pink Floyd

Hey Tops,
I have an idea,how about grabbing that twelve string and coming to Wyoming for the Bighorn Mountain Festival July10-12 and I could give that 12 a workout.It looks like a dandy it looks a lot like my WYSB Yairi which is a sunburst 6 string.

topdown wrote:

Here's a family portrait. Left to right:

Composite Acoustics 7i (now called GXi I think) - my everyday go to guitar
Fender Uke - a fun toy
Alvarez 12 string - a joy to play - Pix remembers this one
Gretsch Americana - my sons guitar really, but a solid wood fun time
Takamine EF508C - plays and sounds great, but she is somewhat neglected.

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Yes, checked that out too, and that's what I figured. Sounds very good !

Russ, I really like your pickin style, don't know exactly what your doing but i like it.

Hey Thanks,

   I feel very weird and unsecure putting videos up. John Prine has been my hero since his first album and before I moved to Wyoming I played with some fella's from North Dakota that were just excellent doing his songs and kinda made me feel unworthy but I have been sucking it up lately and just doing it my way.

    Thanks Ken, you are too kind


Maybe you should think about coming to the Bighorn Mountain Festival in Buffalo,Wyoming July 10-12 it is toooo good of a time!

Buffalo is at the base of The Bighorn Mountains and is just Gorgeous.

924

(20 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

Good for you Russ. I went from a big PA system with 15'' speakers and 3 stage monitors and a huge powered mixer,down to a Fender Ultra light Acoustasonic and the vocal 4 pedal. I found it is so much easier to be more portable for setup,transporting and sound checks, I have no regrets. I am going to do some research on your new rig!

925

(20 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

Hey Russ,

  Just curious what pa system you're getting.Sounds exciting with all the new toys to keep you busy.A song I do that people really seem to like is "Sunday Morning Coming Down"  I use my vocal 4 on the chorus and even my mother likes it and she doesn't like much of what I do.I guess I'm still paying for my misspent youth.