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Congrats, Russ

A guy needs a break once in a while.New toys are great i just ordered a new condensor mic today.I just don't know how the mailman is gonna sneak it by my wife.

Hello again,I will put that one up for you, I play a lot of Bob Dylan but I fingerpick most of his stuff but it's no problem I will get that one posted I will go through the chords and strum pattern before i go into the song,do you have a good grasp of your basic chords,if so we'll take it slow and go for it.

Do you play with a pic or without I will do it however you would like.

Hello All, I will have some time this week and will put up a couple more strumming videos. I will put up a basic country and bluegrass strum pattern with an alternating bass line and some other basics.
        When you get a few different strums down you will have a good idea on how to attack a song when you hear it,trust me it will come to you.
        Then after the strumming we are gonna learn a basic picking pattern,that will follow an alternating bass line similar to the bluegrass strum only we will fingerpick.
      I'm not a teacher or full of musical theory,I just remember that getting into the swing of the song isn't gonna happen if you don't know how to attack it.
     So get your guitar and strum along!

Hello, I think the biggest thing is be prepared, if your just doing one or two or a few songs ,practice till you don't really have to think about them,then practice some more. I always do better on the songs I've been playing a long time.

Hey Tops, I just thought it comes up so frequently and most the time we refer them to some other site.Why not try and make it easy and help them here.I am gonna do a simple alternating bass G C D progression without any walkdowns or hammerons,just a simple strum pattern so some of our newbies can play along with country or bluegrass.
   I have been helping a friend that is locked into fingerpicking and is lost when it comes to strumming so I am going back to basics and you forget sometimes what its like,so I'm trying to help out.

Thank You,For the numerical explanation

Hey Jerome, I checked out the Wintergrass site, looks like a good one.I didn't know about it ,I have a brother in Shelton and a
brother in law in Port Angeles.
I am putting it on my calender for next year. Thanks for the heads up.

Hey Toney, I think what's cool is ,they weren't playing anything fancy and all shared the love of music and were having fun!

Yes Ken, That's a good one! I think I peed my pants alittle.

Top, that is a great tune,I have a friend that can play it as good as or better than Jerry and Gary,I have that one on my list to work on.

Hey Russ,Good Job, I'm gonna head over to the site and play along later. I wish I had the lyrics so I could put it all together,I guess I'll have to listen to it and write them down.
   I think of my dad every time I listen to a song and figure it out,I can still see him playing 45's over and over till he had songs figured out,our computerized world has made things much simpler but has changed the learning curve also.

Later,Wayne P

Pix, my opinion of the WY1SB is mostly all positive, the only negative is it is a little low on volume compared to some dreds,but it is a small guitar that is put together better than anything I own.It stays in tune so long it is unbelievable and is so comfortable to play. Plugged in is when this little guitar really shines..I have owned it about 7 yrs and it has had alot of use.
      I bought it used but it didn't even have a pick scratch on it,I thought I stoled it at $900. It is too sentimental to me to ever part with.
  Later Wayne P

Feats Don't Fail Me Now is my favorite guitar solo ever,I was drinking and raising hell at that time in my life, and partied too hard lots of times just amazed at how good he was,Lowell George was really somethin!

Later, Wayne P

I am from the Drilling Industry but, a saying we hear alot, including yours is, "It's Colder Than a Well Diggers Arse"
but don't know where it come from.
     Growing up in North Dakota was cold and these were the most used referring to cold.Also BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!
We had alot of folks from the south that had to go home to get their jackets and never returned.

Later,Wayne P