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This lady has this dry blue sound to her voice and plays a bunch of piano.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sxK8ghb9PU

theoldsalt,
Great song. I have it in my book.
I will have to send you the info in an e-mail.
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Thanks Bud_wiser,
I played 5 P.M to 8 P.M. Monday and Tuesday this week. Two nights did not make my stiff left index finger any worse. Between the Advil and rubbing Activon on it a few times a day it seems to be O.K.                                                             I order my free meal to arrive at closing time. My wife and I share it and there is aplenty for both of us and a snack for the cat. They have a sandwich called the "Redneck Ruben" with fries and "Swamp Soup" that is our current favorite.
The place is called "Fish River Grill #2" on Hwy 59 in Foley, Alabama. I googled it up and friended it on Facebook.
I did some research on the vocal harmony and effects pedal I got to try the night Jim McAdams was playing.
It is called the T.C. Helicon Voice Tone Harmony G-XT. I Googled it up and they had great info plus videos of a single guy and a girl single guitar acts using this pedal. Very impressive. Lots-o-help on vocals for a single guitar/vocal act. You plug your guitar and microphone into this box and it can tell what harmonies to add by the guitar chord you are playing.
I thought at my age I was through purchasing equipment but this pedal is a must have at $249 U.S. in the Musician's Friend Online Catalogue.
I will now ask S.W.A.M.B.O. (she who always must be obeyed) for permission to order it this week.
My buddy, John Reno is lending me a C.D. player that will jack into my P.A. so I can play my C.D. and any other music I want through my system during my breaks. Cool!
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My Martin Backpacker came with instructions to use extra light gauge strings only.
I tried medium lights and it would not tune properly.

Been going through my fat book writing songs down to lower keys.
Crosby, Stills and Nash did "Southern Cross" in "A".
So did I when I was young as they were.
I am doing it in "E" these days.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPK_IV-J3Co

There are many tunes for such a duo but how much practice time do you want to invest to make less money?
It is hard to play alone. When you get down another companion can cheer you up as well as take some of the load off you.
Unless you can move your act into a pub or concert situation, busking on a street corner limits the money available from passers by.
A super tight act might make twice the income or more than a single but the investment in time would be considerable.
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When we post cover songs, we always emphasize the word "cover" in the title.
Credit where credit's due. Never had a problem.
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An arpegio is a chord.
The arpegio in the key of C is: C,E,G and C an octave above which is a C major chord.
In an arpegio you sing or play the notes singly and separately.
In a chord you strum them all together.

My band and I had just finished a two year house band gig at a big city nightclub that sat 600.
We got a gig across the bay at a small restaraunt lounge. After two years blowing shots with an unamplified trumpet along with an electric lead guitar, I had no idea how loud my trumpet playing had become.
At our first rehersal at the smaller venue, the manager came to me and said the trumpet was much too loud for his room. No time to relearn my trumpet technique so I went to a music store to fine a mute to quiet my horn down. I found the perfect mute that clipped onto the horn bell, but stood out a few inches and was packed with fabric. The trumpet sounded natural but was 2/3 quieter. Cool! I brought the mute to our gig and left it on the bandstand.
That night, a few minures before we were to start playing I found the janitor had removed the fabric from my new mute and tossed it in the trash. I had the mute but nothing to dampen the volume.
I asked the lady bartender for a bar towel or something to stuff into my mute. She tried to help but nothing would stay in the mute and not fall out. So the lady reached for her purse and pulled out a feminine napkin. She rolled it up and it fit inside the mute perfectly and sounded just right.
I thanked her and went to work.
Around midnight, when the dance floor was packed with dancers, I swung my horn and it hit my mic stand and the mute popped out, bounced off the stage onto the dance floor and wouldn't you know the feminine napkin hopped out and unfolded full length there on the floor. Everybody stared in horror! A very sweet young lady picked it up gingerly with two fingers and handed it to me asking, "Is this yours?"
The cleverest thing I could think to say was, "Yes and I thank you."

Dear Ms. Amy,
The world can always use another drinking song.
I got quite a few in my fat book.
Proud your relationship withstood the booze.
A lady at the gig last night told us she was mad that her doctor won't let her drink now that she is preggers. She said, "If it wasn't for a half a jug of Jose Quervo, I wouldn't have gotten pregnant in the first place."
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She's playing in the key of E high on the neck with a capo. What I can hear:
The first part of the verse is variations within the E chord.
Then she plays F#m, C#m and B
The pause is an A chord variation (if played at the bottom of the neck) would have E-open, A-open,
D string covered at the second fret, G string covered at the second fret, B-open and E-open.

Things are kinda working themselves out. I played six nights straight, had Sunday off and played Monday and Tuesday. I said nothing to Ms. Diana (owner) but I was wondering how long I could keep up that much playing without a drop in energy.
She announced Last night that I will play in a rotation with five or six other guitar players. COOL!
Since I live five minutes away, one or two nights a week will give me running money and a chance to tighten up my act without too much stress on these old bones.
Casey came in to play last night and took some video. We will edit down to some snippets and I will post them here in a few days.
I went down to hear the new song guy tonight. He was most pleasant, very country and whispered when he sang. I found out he lived on the opposite end of a street I lived on for 35 years and tonight was the first time we met. He had a brand new Martin acoustic his girl friend gave him. After recieving that he felt obligated to buy her an engagement ring which he did.
He asked me up to play and his new Martin fretted light as a feather. He has a box that adds a one or two harmony lines to his singing. I Sang "Please Release Me" by Englebert Humperdink super slow. He pushed the button for me and I got to sing the whole darn song in three part harmony.
I GOTTA GET ME ONE OF THESE! $300 he paid for it. My 69th birthday and Christmas are soon to come. I'll cop this toy and grow up later, maybe.
Had one beer and carried off a huge catfish plate to share with my Hariett for $13 plus tip. Great chow cheap!
Same guy will be there tomorrow but I am told the Friday guy is super good. I will go hear him and I am delighted to have time for a carefree sail now that the oil is going away from our waters.
Happy boy!
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