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Dweezil Zappa    "The Yellow Snow / St. Alphonzo's / Father O'Blivion"    2006 Zappa Plays Zappa Tour

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H62qun0_gFw

This is now the 100th song I've posted in the PRCO thread, since it first began. It's been a lot of fun, and I hope lots have enjoyed it. And I'd like to dedicate this entry to the memory of my high school & university best friend Alan, who was killed in a brutal car accident in 1979. Still miss ya, Kosmo! Alan was a big fan of Frank Zappa's message as well as his music.

WARNING: If you give this a good listen, you will humming / singing parts of it for the next 24-48 hours.

Really, really enjoyed this one, BadEye. I had a frantic week as well ... nice to sit back and enjoy some sweet Texas blues. Much obliged, neighbour!

Hello again, Rusty ...

One of our Moderators (UncleJoesBand) has recently created a Google map, showing the rough geographic home of the Chordians who have taken part. It's at this link, so I hope you'll post a request there to be included:

http://www.chordie.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=28382

It's purely voluntary, and you don't need to be real specific ... whatever you're comfortable with. Cheers, mate!

Good question ... so I just checked for my own songbook. Once I was logged in, I just clicked the "My Songbook" tab, and there it was. Not sure how this helps, but thought it worth mentioning.

MKM ... I completely agree about hearing a piano tune re-arranged for guitar. Last year, I adapted "Superman's Song" (Crash Test Dummies) for classical guitar, and it sounds pretty good ... if I do say so myself.

Welcome to Chordie, RNS ... and a warm welcome from Nova Scotia, Canada coming back at you.

Thanks for telling us a bit about yourself. It may not surprise you that good number of us are "north of 40", and playing guitar more as hobbyists than professionals. As a 3+ year member, I can heartily endorse the quality of comradeship here, and the high level of creative / technical support here in the Forums. We sincerely hope to hear from you regularly, and feel free to contribute poems / songs you've written, gear reviews / questions, milestone accomplishments, and anything else "musical" to the commonwealth of knowledge assembled here.

Glad you've joined us!

Very good rendition by Mr. Lucarelli ... thanks for the link. As you advised, I watched his right hand throughout, and noticed how he used the varied tones of the guitar, moving from the bridge to the neck and back, when it suited the melody / mood of the piece ... and so smoothly.

Awesome work, Luther! My poetry always tends to be a bit too obvious / literal. I really like your concise sense of expression.

You're not alone MKM in the discussion about Tube Amps VS Solid State. I didn't really understand it either, but my ears told me that a tube amp just sounded better. Apparently, there's some solid science as to why, and here's how I understand it.

Sound comes through an amp's circuitry / speakers as a wave. When the maximum power level of the amplifier is approached, it starts to chop the peaks off those waves which comes out as distortion. This effect is commonly called "clipping" by the technical folks. The chart below shows a visual comparison, with the solid state amp on the left, and the tube amp on the right. In a solid state (a.k.a. transistor) amp, the clipping is sudden, so the distortion comes out very harsh sounding. In a tube (a.k.a. valve) amp, the clipping is more rounded, so it sounds more natural and pleasant to the ears.

Even when the amp is not being over-driven, the clean sound coming through a tube amp has what's often described as a "warmer tone", with more dimension and harmonic range that sounds more natural to the ear. The downside is that tube amps are usually a lot more expensive than solid state amps, but a lot less power is needed to achieve a good volume level. A 15-watt tube amp will usually generate as much volume as a 75-watt solid state amp (varies by brand somewhat). Tube amps also tend to have more "personality" by brand or type of tubes being used, with each one having a different voice and characteristics that appeal to different guitarists and styles of music.

That's my "layman's amp primer" MKM, and I hope it's a bit helpful.

You're most welcome, Bill ... glad you enjoyed it. The creamy tones that Howe gets from his ES-175 are his signature, and even though arthritis has slowed his finger-speed down a bit, he can still make it talk.

That's a nice bunch o' slabs, NELA ... I'll bet they tasted good. You know (of course you know!) that you're driving me a bit bonkers by telling me this, don't you?