• wlbaye
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Topic: Music Bridges Generation Gaps :)

Hello Everyone, & Happy Holidays, I recently visited Haggerty's in Rapid City So Dak, and was trying out a few new guitars and a young fella in his twenties was messing around with a Banjo. I asked him if he would like to follow along with a G C D progression and he said sure smile So I played " Will The Circle Be Unbroken"  and he followed along and did really well I let him take some lead breaks and it was fun. I played a couple more G C D songs and he had a Blast. I had to get going and shook his hand , I can't tell you how grateful he was, he said he doesn't get the opportunity to play with others and it was very special to him for someone to ask him to play along.

I am not a very out going person but If I have a guitar in hand I welcome everyone insight to play along.
Music has made me a better person and I have made so many friends young and old through it. I hope all my Chordie friends have a Great X-Mas and New Year................

Wayne P

Later, Wayne P

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Re: Music Bridges Generation Gaps :)

Good story Wayne.  It always does your heart good when somebody responds that way.  And for you to take the iniative was great.  We all need to be more like that.

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Re: Music Bridges Generation Gaps :)

That's cool.  We river rats have a hard time trusting folks with banjos.

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  • wlbaye
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Re: Music Bridges Generation Gaps :)

I know what you mean Zurf smile  but I like young folks and seems the ones that have decided to be musicians are very cool for the most part.

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Re: Music Bridges Generation Gaps :)

i hate kids! i have 4 of my own and 11 grandchildren...and they all think they know more about music than me...flaberghasted!

i've only been playing guitar for 46 years. gigging for 42 years and an avid listener since i was 10! (51 years) i can listen to a song and dissect the chord structure, analyse the arrangement, critique the words and vocal etc. all they can do is say "yeah, but look how pretty they are and how good they can dance..."

i once met a teenager   who liked clapton though, so i guess their not all bad big_smile

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Re: Music Bridges Generation Gaps :)

Zurf wrote:

That's cool.  We river rats have a hard time trusting folks with banjos.

I am betting that is because of a certian movie you saw zurf. Deliverance!!

my papy said son your going too drive me too drinking if you dont stop driving that   Hot  Rod  Lincoln!! Cmdr cody and his lost planet airman
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Re: Music Bridges Generation Gaps :)

Cool story Wanye. I hope that kid gets more opportunities to jam with someone.

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Re: Music Bridges Generation Gaps :)

ONe of my favorite Quotes form Pete Townsend which I cannot remember correctly but is something along the lines of 
"Thoes who have nothing in common can usually find happiness in the love of rock music"

I peeled it from the book Before I get old.  I just can not find it on the net correctly.

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