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I worked as a painter for a few years.
After a full day inhaling all the fumes, one beer will knock you on your bootissimo.

Thanks for that, Cam.
As a retiree with time to fool with stuff like that I appreciate it.
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Well done, Wayne.
I also left a comment on U-Tube.
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This is the first song that had me playing it on the back pickup of my old Gibson.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEq62iQo … re=related

The backup band never quite knew what Chuck Berry was going to do onstage - or what key he might decide to do a song in.
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Zurf, They sent me a MIDISPORT 2x2, a 2-in/2-out MIDI interface. I have yet to figure it out but will give you a holler when and if I do. It appears to be only able to hook up Casey's keyboard. There is no input for a mike or guitar.
Here is a short Casey video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kTZdUbo … ture=email

Hi Gil,
A most enjoyable recording. Good job by all.
You sounded a bit like Neil Young on the lead vocal. Was that your intent?
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Back in the 70's Freddy Fender got huge around here with his "Before the Last teardrop Falls".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fQpOZGMct4
He sang one verse in Spanish. Back in those days with no Google or U-Tube we had to buy the 45 RPM record and stick our ear into the stereo and wear that record out repeating until we phonetically skulled out the strange Spanish lyrics.
I took a lot of time with this song because I speak no Spanish and had not a clue what the words meant. The manager of the beer joint where we played asked some Mexican customers if my version of the Spanish verse was accurate or was I full of beans. The Mexicans said they could understand me fine and that I got it right. Made me very happy.
Did the same for "La Bamba" by Ritchie Vallens.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74C_gVCT2wU
I still have this one in my fat book.
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Casey and I thank you all for your comments.
Lena, Casey is eight since August 13th and is a straight A student in the third grade.
I ordered him a MIDI cable to plug his Casio keyboard into his computer because he wants to make his own music for his videos. While I was at it I ordered a USB adapter to plug a mike and guitar into his computer as well.
Home studio, yea - this is gonna be fun.
Now I plan to buy Cakewalk and Magix software.
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Beautiful song and video. Thanks to Ms. Lena.
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This goes way back. The Mills Brothers:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRSb0nKT0-A

Our cold weather we have this far south may seem wimpy to you hearty northerners but 12 straight days of hard freezes has killed hundreds of fish around my houseboat in Fly Creek and 100 brown pelicans who lived on an island six miles out in the Gulf. No absolute records for low temperatures but the length of the cold spell is proving to be deadly for our wildlife.

Fear not, Wayne, run over a few of your best tunes that you know well before you leave the house. Keep it simple and basic at first and when you fell the energy and encouragement from the audience and the other players, get brave and try some of your more sophisticated tunes. Tiptoe at first and then get rolling. It's gonna be big fun.
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