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There were four guitar players on a sailing trip to Greece. Nobody brought a guitar. There were a couple of guys I could tell were probably pretty good but I'll never know for sure because nobody brought an axe. I went and bought a Martin Backpacker.
alvee33 and tine, at least you guys gave it a go. Far better to get up and do it even if you splatter it off the wall than back off and wonder if you could possibly have really contributed to the party.

"Put De Lime in De Coconut" - two chords, D7,G7.

I'll never forget the night my favorite uncle, a top notch pianist in the New York music scene, came to a Mobile, Alabama bar in 1964 to hear my six piece band.
Everything went wrong. My lead singer forgot lyrics he had always sang perfectly, I hit a music stand when I swung my trumpet and music and stand went everywhere, the bass player got stinking drunk - just to name a few problems. It was a horrible night.
My uncle was very gracious about it but the last thing I wanted to do in front of him was SUCK!

Play along with: http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2539741%3e

It's an easy progression, C, A minor, F and G over and over.
I mute strings by laying the pinky side of my picking hand (right) against the strings.
The strum pattern is bum ba dum ba bum bum- down up down up down down.

A friend told me my hair is getting thin. I replied, "That's okay, who wants fat hair."

How do you get both ears on the guitar at the same time?

susanreda,
I could be really wrong, but I am working on a song by Jason Mraz called, "I'm Yours" that has a reggae rhythm and a similar feeling to "Over the Rainbow".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zut0TznmSu0
Could this possibly be it?

Hello, Micky the Mooch,
Time and fate push us toward and away from music all through our lives.
Alls we can do is play sincere and rightous music for our state of expertise and level of development at any age. Never a need for excuses.
I found writing painful. I do some.
I've always been an all around musician. I scull out the lyrics, figure out rhythm and chords, direct the rehearsals, book gigs, play rhythm guitar and horns, sing lead and backup, load, own and store equipment and chat charmingly to the crowd while someone replaces a broken string.
We all have to do many tasks well just to be musicians.
What do we do that can be defined as a secondary talent or multitasking? I don't know but I measure sucess as being able to live the dream without missing any mortgage payments or meals.

Keep it simple at first.
If you find a gap in a song where you are not singing or strumming, pick out a little fill lick there, to fatten out your arrangement.

Hello, Guitarrock,
The origional hit by Lynard Skynard was played in key of G.
So the verses go: D,C,G.
Don't forget about the whoo hoo hoo part where it goes F,C,D,C,G.
Being from Alabama, we jumped on that song from day one.
"Sweet Home Alabama" replaced "Stars Fell on Alabama" on our car license plates. It is much better to have our state referred to as a "sweet home" rather than an impact area.

I, also have always cut my new strings after winding them on, stretching them a little, them "playing them in".
However I see a benefit in cutting the strings first.
You can be sure, after inserting the right amount of the free end through the hole to be able to crank just the right number of turns to have enough so the string won't slip. There is also less danger of accidentally (my being blind as well as careless) cutting one of the new strings.

I set my guitar out on it's stand at least 30 minutes before I tune up and play to give the guitar a chance to settle in to room temperature.
You don't want to have an air conditioning vent aimed at you onstage. When it cycles on and off your tuning will go out.
Down here in the steamy South, a music venue will set the air conditioner high to super cool the room before the crowd arrives. After the room packs out with warm bodies andd sweaty dancers, there is little chance the A/C can drop the temperature very much.