Random or What???!!!: Episode II (Page 2 of 5)

Run away, run away.......AAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE  And they have sharp pointy teeth!
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Heya Zurf,

I'm guessing your talking about flatpicking and it is a tough thing to get down, cause your picking has to stay on the beat and then keep the rhythm going.

Some songs  that  aren't real hard,that one guitar can do the picking and strumming.

Needle and the Damage Done    Neil Young
Ripple     Grateful Dead
Hey,Hey My My     Neil Young
I Shot the Sheriff    Bob Marley
Longhaired Country Boy    Charlie Daniels
Friend of the Devil        Grateful Dead
Wish  You Were Here     Pink Floyd

hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm indeed. 

At least three songs I'd like to do out of that grouping, if not all of them.  Well, probably not I Shot the Sheriff.  Come on.  If even Clapton can't do the song justice, there's no chance I will.  Clapton's version was OK and all, but he's no Bob Marley on it. 

I wore out Wish You Were Here one summer missing a girl I had met at college.  Wound up marrying her, so I don't have to miss her any longer. 

- Zurf

Zurf,

  I think "Wish You Were Here" is the easiest to play on the list. I think if you gave it a try,even tho you don't love it. When you play the intro and then go into the chord progression it will make the hair on your neck stand up and that's a good thing. It really is a simple song and sounds so cool on acoustic guitar.
Let me know if you would like some tips on any of the songs on the list. I Shot The Sheriff is fun to play also but I do it with a reggae beat for sure.

You misunderstand me.  I literally wore out the LP.  I didn't wear out the song on my conscious mind. 

- Zurf

Flatpicker, I loved that. Brilliant! I only wish I could get close to that. My flatpicking is way better than my fingerpicking but MAN do I have a LONG way to go.

Now......... I love my guitar.

I have just given her some nice shiny new strings........

Wow......... I love her even more now!

I was just wondering if the original Random thread would still be alive???? Anyway here's a joke while my fingertips stop throbing.

Q - What do you throw a drowning guitarist ?
A - His amplifier.

Why guitars are better than women:

You can share your Guitar with your friends.

Guitars don't care how many other Guitars you've played

Guitars don't care if you look at other Guitars.

Guitars don't care if you buy Guitar magazines.

Your Guitar doesn't care if you never listen to it.

Your Guitar won't care if you leave up the toilet seat.

Your parents won't remain in touch with your old Guitar after you dump it.

Guitars don't insult you if you're a bad player.

Your Guitar never wants a night out with the other Guitars.

You can play your Guitar the first time you meet it, without having to take it to dinner, see a movie, or meet its mother.

I couldn't let it slide off the page.

We all need a little randomness now and then.  Or so the Hollywood movies would have us believe.  Have you ever noticed that, anyone who is the least bit disciplined in how they run their lives is portrayed as mean, evil, or at the very best quirky. 

Looking forward to my pending salmon harrassment.  It's only four days and 3,200 miles away. 

- Zurf

Someone needs to invent the fishing guitar. It would be kind of like a guitar that you could play but the sound and vibrations would attract fish. The only thing is how would you attach a reel to it?
I'd buy one just so i could combine both my favorite hobbies.

Played my brother-in-law's Taylor today. Sweet!

I've been told i am part Scotish but haven't looked into it. I may be the one that invents the guitarbaitcaster as in partscaster or telecaster or stratocaster.