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Well done daddycool !!!! I like the chord progression, the 3/4 timing, your lyrical message, and the key change from C in the verse to F in the chorus. Very cool ! This is one your best efforts, in my opinion. Keep up the great work. You are an inspiration to many here on Chordie.
Peace and Guitars,
SouthPaw41L
Hi reefratmary,
Lefty guitar player here and good cyber friend of your little brother. Welcome to chordie, nice to have you aboard.
Peace and Guitars,
SouthPaw41L
Hello Chordians,
Thanks to all of you for your kind words. I will foward this thread to Shawns' family. I'm sure they will greatly appreciate your words and thoughts as well.
My wife and son joined me and many, many, others of Shawns' adoring fans, friends, and family. I made it through Shawns' tune (" I Don't Know") without sobbing during the song. I focused on a silly beer sign hanging from the bar, my lyric sheet, and did not dare make eye contact with my wife, my son, Shawns' family, or my bandmate Eric. I felt like I was singing with a cannon ball in my throat nontheless. Afterwards was a totally different story......
Shawn Jr. played drums with one the top Tampa Bay area bands and TORE IT UP !!!! Shawns' musical legacy is for sure safe with Shawn Jr..!!!!
I hope to have a video to post in a few days.
Peace and Guitars,
SouthPaw41L
Hello Chordians,
This coming Monday I will be performing in what might be my most difficult gig of all-time. A few weeks ago a band mate of mine passed away at the tender young age of 34 from a heart attack. His name is Shawn"Phat Daddy" White, my brother in music, master of the oboe, funky slap style bass, vocalist, and father of 4( ages 14, 2,3,& 4). Shawn could play PRIMUS tunes to the T!!!! Our band, Modulus, began in 1993. We played gigs together over the next few years and then we all parted ways, on very friendly terms with each other, to do our own things. Shawn, Eric, and I continued to play music as our sole occupation, Chris and Jayson got "real" jobs but continue to this day playing the occasional gig. Sadly, Chris and Jayson are far away and can't make it to the tribute. We all plan on getting together next year in the fall for a wedding gig for one our close friends.
Eric, the drummer in our band( Modulus) is organizing the tribute for Shawn. 30 or more of the Tampa Bay, Floridas' finest musicians are gonna get together and show our respect to Shawn and his family.
At one of our fun filled rehearsals back around 1994, Shawn presented the band with an original song titled " I Don't Know". We played it a few times , I loved it then and I love it now. I'm gonna perform this song Monday night and hopefully I can get through it without sobbing like a sissyfied pansy.
Shawn was an amazingly gifted musician. There's a void in the air tonight and every night that longs for Shawns' amazing bass lines and magnetic, friendly personality.
Write and record your music folks! One never knows when it might be too late..........
Peace and Guitars,
SouthPaw41L( Toney Hall )
Virginia Tech Hokie fan here. I kinda doubt they'll be selected to the "big dance". Kentucky looks like the team to beat. That John Wall kid is something special on the basketball court.
"dookies" hahaha
Nice work Phill and Russ. I got sort of a Little Feat meets the Moody Blues kinda vibe from this tune. I'd like to hear a stripped down version without the drum machine. You guys are excellent musicians !!!
Peace and Guitars,
SouthPaw41L
I LOVE WOMEN !!!!!
Happy International Womens Days to all you classy gals out there in the universe !!!
Peace and Guitars,
SouthPaw41L
WOW!!!!
We cover a very wide spectrum don't we? But no doctors, lawyers, or rocket scientists, hmmmmm....
Very cool stuff tho, keep 'em coming.
One of our my close friends is a rocket scientist, honest. I'm not permitted to disclose any further information regarding their employment. They would have to disseminate me............
Jerry,
Hurt ole grumpy where it hurts the most, the wallet. Give his spot to other musicians for a few gigs. I've had to do this several times in the past few years. It's tough to remove oneself from a comfort zone but you gotta weigh the bad verses the good. I'd be willin' to bet he'll change his outlook on performing. The mood of the perfomers directly transcends to the audience. Giggin' is a privilige, not a right........
Peace and Guitars,
SouthPaw41L
Great to hear from you Jerry. Glad to hear all is well up the "Minn". Super busy down here in FLA. Tons of gigs on the schedule, warmer weather on the way, and my wife and I are a few weeks away from welcoming our 2nd son ( final child !!!) to our home !!!
Peace and Guitars,
SouthPaw41L
Thanks so much for the link Toots. I'll be givin' the Nav-a-gator a serious look. Great to hear about an awesome gig.
Very cool Jeff !!! It's good to know that Greg has wonderful friends like yourself to welcome him back into society. This is horrible story with fantastic ending. I have a very strong feeling "Tater" is gonna do incredible things with his life..........
Hey guys!
I'm looking for a new guitar, and want to know someones opinion.
I want to have a fender strat
what do you guys think about strats from japan?
It's all a matter of perspective;
If you're playing music for a living and/or buying/selling guitars raking in 2grand a week, go for the American Strat, a MIM Strat and a Japan Strat. My personal rule of thumb is to never exceed a weeks pay from music, on a musical instrument...... An American Strat, kept in pristine condition, will hold its' value and pay for itself several times over in the years to come, barring earthly descrution and/or equivalent........... I digress.......
If you're wanting a Strat just because you like the way it looks and dig the sound, get a Japan Strat. In ones' bedroom the difference in sound and feel is minimal. They play great, sound awesome, and only guitar snobs who gawk at headstocks will give a hoot.......... Might I also add that guitar snobs are very annoying, but that's just my opinion..........
Finally, any guitar, in the posters' humble opinion, that bears the " Stratocaster" logo is a quality instrument, period.
Peace and Guitars,
SouthPaw41L
Nice job Russ!!!!!............
I like your version better but here's another interpretation of the tune.................
That 44mill is for Conan and his 75+ employees, allegedly.........
Conan, in this posters opinion got royally bamboozled. That performance of "Freebird"at the end of his last show( friday January 22, 2010) with Will Ferrell, Ben Harper, Billy Gibbons, Beck, Conan himself on guitar, and Max Weinburgh with the Tonight Show Band was very moving, it wasn't that great musically( wasn't that bad either) but it was an epic way to go out in superb, splendid, sensational, in-yo-face style!
Neil Young played a very moving, touching, solo acoustic version of " Long May You Run". He then thanked Conan for introducing new music to the public.
Jay Leno had his day, but currently is lame, very lame. NBC will regret this move as well.
Co Co is cool!!!
Happy birthday 'Pix. Hope you have a wonderful day. Your kindness and generousity will not go oversighted.
Peace and Guitars,
SouthPaw41L
Jeff,
Thanks for the kind words. I really appreciate your thoughts and mindful sentiments. Hope all is well with you and yours.
Lieven,
You can do it if you want it enough. Sometimes things are more difficult than logic reasons. In other words, life is sometimes unfair and harder for some than others. Never feel sorry for yourself, just set your sights on a goal and try like hail to attain said goal(s).
Wishing you only the best of luck and fortune.
Peace and Guitars,
SouthPaw41L
Thanks for this great tune Ken and Wayne. This is a breath of fresh air with all of the "HOLY SCHMOLY" chit-chat on Chordie as of late. Funny, witty, and entertaining stuff. More, more, more!!!!
Peace and Guitars,
SouthPaw41L
My dog hates Oprah............
.....it official folks. Mr. woods has dropped the "Tiger" and replaced it with, so sorry, " Cheetah".................
HAHAHA !!!!!!!!!!!!
Hello Newtchaser and welcome to Chordie. Thanks for your support and kind words.
Peace and Guitars,
SouthPaw41L
Nice catch wood police. Now go and nab more of those sick freaks who do horrible things to innocent children................
1983, between sets on the bench press at the local gym, I sat and played air guitar to a Van Halen tune that was blaring in the air. A long haired, musclular gent asked me if I played guitar for real or if I was just posing. I humbly answered, " I'm in the process of learning". Gent ( Mike ) was in a band and they needed a rhythm guitarist. He extended an invitation to come jam with his band. I had never played with a group previously and was very new to the guitar. "What the hail" I replied, "it'll be fun". And it was! We hit if off great and within 4 months we had our first paying gig!!!! We drank, smoked, and played few tunes when we were able to stand and see straight for the first month or so and then realized that we were starting to sound pretty dang good. Our " practices" would often bring in 40 or 50 people on a friday or saturday night. Thus, this amount of ready and raring party people made it pretty easy for us to get gigs in a few of the local dives.
Ba-da-boom! This is how it all began! I'm grinnin' so big as I type this! I can taste the Jim Beam and smell the mari-, ah-hem, cigar smoke as if I was sent back in time!...............
Unfortunately, I've lost contact with each member of this awesome group. Mike(vocals), Chuck( lead guitar), Gary( bass), Gerald( drums), and I decided to call ourselves " Somethin' For Nothin' ". We did so mainly because we played our first 15 or so gigs for free and figured we'd never make any money! ( haha) We had some amazingly great times and I will always cherish the memories........
Peace and Guitars,
SouthPaw41L
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