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My wife is up in Baltimore training for her new job, my son is in Virginia with his Grand Ma Ducky, and I'm sharing the house with Taylor(our Golden Retriever) for the next 2 weeks. Luckily, I'm picking my daughter up from her Mom's(my ex) house this weekend. My goal is to learn, and have ready to perform when my wife comes home,  25 new(to me) songs. Last night, I learned, re-arranged, and wrote out 2 ( Beginings by Chicago and Heart of the Night by Poco). 23 to go, I'm open to your suggestions............

Peace and Guitars(and strippers,[ just kiddin']),
SouthPaw41L

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Here's a few I've picked up over the last couple of weeks... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XymNd2JyS68 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhxoHmbUGR8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXvgM4qthII http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CKKIYvs … re=related (this is a cover but he does it justice!) I'll stop there, not knowing if we have the same taste or not..lol If you like them and want more let me know. Peace! -Pix

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I dont know your preferences but do you like any Jimmy Buffet or the Eagles there always croud pleasers smile

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Awesome Guitarpix!!!! An A+ for the first 3 tunes, the fourth one is too fast for my slow, chilled vocal style( I'm not good with sap[singing & rap]). Thanks so much my friend of tunage!, I really dig the Mason Jennings and Vinyl Fever is right across the bridge from my crib. Mucho appreciation..

Peace and Guitars,
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give these guys a listen(personal friends of mine);
http://www.myspace.com/yamsfromouterspace
http://www.archive.org/details/BuzzTones2004-04-03
http://www.blastband.com/music.php

and just something a little off beat, but cool nontheless;
http://www.thegardenhelper.com/avocado.html

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Russell_Harding wrote:

I dont know your preferences but do you like any Jimmy Buffet or the Eagles there always croud pleasers smile

Yes I like them both Russell. Thanks for the suggestions.

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A+++++ on your choice of tunes...Heart of the Night by Poco is one of my all time favorites. Since your home alone, might be fun to find a song you can crank up, rattle the paint off the walls, and make the neighbors mad. cool

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7 Reply by tubatooter1940 (edited by tubatooter1940 2008-10-27 10:11:44)

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Been playing tuba along with John on this song by Mike Rayborn for years.
This weekend I sat down and learned to play guitar and sing it for my friends who love bad country music.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SJhCiqBQmY

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Ya'll wanna go down to the Guf?

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SouthPaw41L wrote:

My wife is up in Baltimore training for her new job, my son is in Virginia with his Grand Ma Ducky, and I'm sharing the house with Taylor(our Golden Retriever) for the next 2 weeks. Luckily, I'm picking my daughter up from her Mom's(my ex) house this weekend. My goal is to learn, and have ready to perform when my wife comes home,  25 new(to me) songs. Last night, I learned, re-arranged, and wrote out 2 ( Beginings by Chicago and Heart of the Night by Poco). 23 to go, I'm open to your suggestions............

Peace and Guitars(and strippers,[ just kiddin']),
SouthPaw41L

Hi Southpaw , try these tunes that I enjoy. "Ophelia" by The Band , "Sail Away" by Randy Newman," Deep Elum Blues" by Jerry Garcia, and "Pawn Shop Blues" by Brownie Maghee,
Maybee you do em already. Good tempo tunes, have fun.

Do the dishes before they come home..  Lol   Badeye  cool

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Toney,

You probably already have these in your vast repertoire. But if you carry a 12 on your gigs, I've been working on these 2 (great audience participation in the vids)

Brian May on a few 12 string acoustic Queen Classics:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6Vcav-LETw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1ydSXHsc9Y

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tubatooter,
That's a cool tune but I especially dig the tuba! That's a very classy touch to great acoustic music. I hope someday we cross paths and get to jam together.

badeye,
Very cool suggestions, I do not currently play any of them but I'm for sure gonna give 'em a go. Thanks pal. Crash Helmut Jug Band fan here!And I got the dishes covered( paper plates and plastic spoons, forks, knives!?..)

topdown,
Wow! Thanks for the treat. Brian May has been one of favorite guitarists from way back in the day when I received 'The Game' from Santa('80 or so). I've never, until now, had the privilege of hearing Mr. May solo on acoustic and vocals. I'm diggin' the tunes intensely!..........


KEEP 'EM COMIN' FELLOW CHORDIANS'..............

and fatstrings, I'm takin' your advice. I brushed the dust off of my LesPaul,  sprayed some canned air into my VOX amp, Cry Baby, and DOD distortion pedal to clean out the dust and frickin' let loose for about 55 minutes straight........My ears are still hissin' a little. I'm gonna do it again tomorrow, maybe 65 minutes?!?!?..........

ps- today I learned, re-arranged, and wrote out the following;

Stephen Bishop- On and On
Faster Pussycat- House of Pain
Duran Duran-Hungry Like the Wolf
Ronnie Milsap- Smokey Mountain Rain

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Mornin Sowthpaw, It's a rain day today, no work, I too am Home Alone. Great day to play guitar all day till the wife gets home . I usually hit Public Songbook and do as many songs as I can. Nice to hear you got the dishes taken care of{HE HE} seems the women folk like that.

Have a great "Home Alone" day .... Badeye   cool

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Thanks all the same LesPaulGuy. I play 'Turn The Page' and it is a great song. Sorry i had to delete some of your post(gotta keep things on the up and up).Chordie is way too cool to jeapordize being shut down.

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Sorry 'bout that ... I took the post down

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No worries LPG, it was an honest mistake. Keep posting......

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Southpaw41, this is not meant ot offend you (strong country influnce) but if my wife was gone for 2 weeks I believe I would be tempeted to try Rodney Carrington's song "Show them to me".
I think I would have my acoustic guitar set up, a little mood lighting going on, floors swept, carpet vacuumed, dishes done, a good bottle of wine with the top unscrewed and anything else I could think of ready to provide the right setting, then I would hit her with this song the minute she walked in the door. Just a thought. If you think you might be interested in this song, let me know & I'll send you the link.

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Hi Southpaw,

God the Nella Fella must be on Hormones God Bless him lol


Natalie Merchant.  Beloved Wife.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqW_xKW030U

Love this Guy singing Jack L.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UE-tS7cqNc { love his rendition of this song }

Paddy Casey     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8RcT1EFqic

If you dont learn or know them Enjoy them anyway.

Hugs  to the wee man.

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Rusty McHugh died recently. He was a real treasure and a permanent fixture at the Florabama lounge. He worked blue but occasionally wrote a song that would rip your heart out and stomp a mudhole in it.
I cleaned up some of the lyrics so I could sing this one with ladies present:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Of3PerF1vuk

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NELA wrote:

Southpaw41, this is not meant ot offend you (strong country influnce) but if my wife was gone for 2 weeks I believe I would be tempeted to try Rodney Carrington's song "Show them to me".
I think I would have my acoustic guitar set up, a little mood lighting going on, floors swept, carpet vacuumed, dishes done, a good bottle of wine with the top unscrewed and anything else I could think of ready to provide the right setting, then I would hit her with this song the minute she walked in the door. Just a thought. If you think you might be interested in this song, let me know & I'll send you the link.

Nela

I like the way you think NELA and if 'them'(cans) is what I think 'them'(soft pillows of love) is, I'm gonna do all that cleaning stuff and candle/wine/dinner stuff to reacquaint myself with 'them'(speed bags). Send the link please, I'm ready for it................

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Southpaw, Man I have set here for the last hour writing you out a list. The first time I got about 10 songs listed ready to post and then changed the page instead of switching tabs...urgggg!! After cursing for 10 minutes I sat down and made a longer post and was at about song 15 or 16 when my wife came in and we got talking and I f#%*@d up and did it again..... I'm not going to sit here and redo it all tonight ,It's getting late and work is early, But maybe I'll throw you a few more ideas tomorrow when I'm not so green wink Just had to share my current frustration!! lol -Pix

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Guitarpix wrote:

Southpaw, Man I have set here for the last hour writing you out a list. The first time I got about 10 songs listed ready to post and then changed the page instead of switching tabs...urgggg!! After cursing for 10 minutes I sat down and made a longer post and was at about song 15 or 16 when my wife came in and we got talking and I f#%*@d up and did it again..... I'm not going to sit here and redo it all tonight ,It's getting late and work is early, But maybe I'll throw you a few more ideas tomorrow when I'm not so green wink Just had to share my current frustration!! lol -Pix

Hahahaa... I feel your pain Guitarpix. Thanks nontheless for your efforts. I'm lookin' foward to the suggestions.....

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Guitarpix wrote:

Southpaw, Man I have set here for the last hour writing you out a list. The first time I got about 10 songs listed ready to post and then changed the page instead of switching tabs...urgggg!! After cursing for 10 minutes I sat down and made a longer post and was at about song 15 or 16 when my wife came in and we got talking and I f#%*@d up and did it again..... I'm not going to sit here and redo it all tonight ,It's getting late and work is early, But maybe I'll throw you a few more ideas tomorrow when I'm not so green wink Just had to share my current frustration!! lol -Pix

Don't know if it would work but sometimes I have done something similar (or my cat walks over the keyboard) and I lost everything. I found that very often pressing the right mouse key brings up a menu with 'undo' at the top - works like magic.

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SP41L, the link I have will not let me attach it to this message board. If you will send me your e-mail address I will forward it to you.

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All I can say is I'm jealous. 2 weeks justy to learn some new songs? You lucky lucky ******!

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NELA wrote:

SP41L, the link I have will not let me attach it to this message board. If you will send me your e-mail address I will forward it to you.

Nela

Nela,
I found the link, thanks all the same nontheless.-SouthPaw41L

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flester wrote:

All I can say is I'm jealous. 2 weeks justy to learn some new songs? You lucky lucky ******!

Well it's not JUST learning songs. I still have to play them out in front of people at work.( I guess I am a lucky******!) Played a few of them last night, some really good, some butchered badly. Gotta get in the comfort zone with ones' material before presenting it to the public.........

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