Unfortunately, the baby boomers, those of us who were around when rock n roll was extracted from the blues, are beginning to age and die off. It's sooooo sad to hear about these deaths. Clarence Gatemouth Brown died shortly after Katrina. That was when I realized it was really beginning to hit home.

TexasToest: My voice is limited to all notes that are not in the key I'm trying to sing in!

Classically trained! I'm impressed. I should have stayed with piano. But the early lessons did put down a good foundation for later learning. I've played clarinet for years and still own the one I had in grade school. It has new pads and plays well. I still sound as bad as ever!@ ;)

Groucho: Oh, silly man. Music never sounds bad. It's just the tune you play is different from someone else's.

Classically trained, yes - including a short time in college. Then, I decided to major in Drama. Then, I decided to become an accountant. Oh well, it's all math - except for Drama, and that was what I do naturally - act!

TexasToest: Do you still play alot? And what exactly do you play with the guitar? Classical or folk or all the above?

.....I'm going on summer vacation. Taking a hiatus from the site. I'll pop on from time to time. If my games time out, don't worry. Enjoy the win!!!
Carry on and have fun...good luck and high scores!!!!!

I'll leave you with my favorite lyric of all time for you to remember me by...

♫♪♫ ....And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make....♫♪♪

baddessi: You're gonna be missed! That's a long time gone! :(

Groucho: I have a piano in my living room I haven't played in years now, and two guitars - lovely 60s vintage Gibsons I also haven't played in years. I played folk with the guitars and harp. I did the folk music curcuit in East Texas in the 60s and performed at a historical coffee house here in Dallas on weekends. When I started my own business in 1988, I didn't do anything but work until I made myself sick. Then, I didn't do anything but be sick for a looooong time.

Groucho: Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaait! I'm all by myself!!! You'd better pop in. I might get lost.

TexasToest: I'm here! ;) I know a good home for those Gibsons if you need someone to take care of them.

http://www.youtube.com/v/mRsN1WWGqp0

Moloko - Fun For Me

Groucho: I'v been lookin for a good twelve string myself..

Bwild: I just gave one away! Serious. My son owed me 500$ so a year or so ago he gave me his brand new Alverez 12 string. Then on his last visit he talked me out of it...free!!

It was a nice guitar too but I didn't play it as much. Plus I have an effects pedal and it's got 12 string guitar as one effect. ;)

Are you familiar with Leo Kottke?

Eriisa: Ahem. There are 2 cats here, 1 cat and 1 kitten. Behave, I know where you live!

Groucho & Bwild: I have resisted selling the guitars all these years, because I intend to play them again. When I can afford it (hopefully soon), I'm going to take voice lessons to improve my breathing. (Asthma that manifested itself when I was 48 has made singing very difficult for me.) When I get that back under control, I think making music will become a big part of my life again.

TexasToest: but its so easy to bat the kitten accross the room!



oops, did I say that out loud?

Eriisa: Yes you did. And, beware. This kitten ain't so little.

TexasToest: nice kitty


LOL I was going to entice you with a nice warm bowl of milk, but then I remembered that we are

Eriisa: Ratts, I missed it!

Eriisa: We were off topic, indeed. However, a mod under fire will fire back. Or not? But, there is something that can bring us back on topic. Who first recorded, "Straighten Up and Fly Right"?

Groucho: (whispers) you snooze you lose!

Eriisa: There's gotta be a song with that in the title ;)

TexasToest: I'll guess Nat King Cole

Groucho: yep

Christina Milian - You Snooze You Lose

Eriisa: lol

Eriisa: Nat King Cole is correct. He wrote the song, and first recorded it in 1943.

Leave it to you. Hahaha! Good job, girlfriend.

TexasToest: I've always liked Nat King Cole, but I really guessed on that one! lol

Groucho: I had an Alvarez twelve...they are nice...never heard of Leo Kottke....why do you ask?

TexasToest: good for you....good guitars are hard to come by..

Eriisa: Lucky guess, then....I guess. But, when I run the song through my brain, I hear him singing it. I recently went through one of my famous, listen to everything he ever recorded stages. It might have been subliminal.

Bwild: Thank you. Someone who understands.

Grouchy, I know Leo Kottke, saw him live once. Quite the master, he is.

Bwild: http://www.guitarmusic.org/kottke/audio/who101.mp3

http://www.chiro.org/LINKS/Leo_Kottke.shtml

He's the master of the tweleve string ;)

Tuesday: Haha! That's a switch!!

TexasToest: hey, check out Michael Hedges. If you can get any recordings of him. If you have Musicmatch, he's got 126 songs on there. He died in a car crash at 43 (sadly) but he's left some great guitar work behind. Amazing

Groucho: I'll check him out. I have one for you, but I can NOT remember his name. I have to go look through my vinyl. He wasn't too well known. But, he said when he learned how to play guitar, he thought those guys did all those notes themselves. He never planned on mixers, and other studio tricks to get those sounds. So, he learned everything note for note!

He's a fabulous flatpicker. One of the best in the world.

I've saw him play last year...amazing talent.

http://www.dancrary.com/

Groucho: Thanks!!! I have been listening to Baka Beyond, and Jolly Mukheriee today, but I'll check those guys out in a day or two.

TexasToest: Good stuff! I've saved them to my play list. Let me know what you think of Crary. It's sweet flatpickin old style! He's been around since he was a kid!

Groucho: I´ve checked it out and I like it very much. I´ll go listen to some of his recordings. Hedges is amazing.

Groucho: Who, Crary and Hedges? I'll go do that now, so they'll be cued up for tomorrow.

I´ll go for Leo too! and try Baka and Jolly by the way.

TexasToest: Michael Hedges,, the one Groucho mentioned

gogul: I have just become aware of Baka Beyond. A friend in the UK used to drive for them. I was listening to their stuff, and craving more, when I clicked on Jolly Mukheriee, a related artist. It is kinda new age, BUT, it has a lot of sitar and tabla in it, and I love those instruments.

Not really Jimi's masterpiece. But 12 string guitar. :)

http://www.youtube.com/v/HKL4EdxON-o

tehual: Thank you for leting me hear this again :)

Groucho: can anyone define a flatpicker? its a new word to me. tx

gogul: welcome :)
this would be my favourite hendrix video then

http://www.pcplanets.com/video-51222-If-6-Was-9.shtml