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Condolences and peace to you and your family.

He lives here in town and owns/manages a bunch of commercial real estate. He's a great guy and I get to jam with him a couple of times a year. He and the drummer in my band have been friends for 30 years. He plays regularly with some good local blues acts, mostly. I don't think he has a lot of time for much more than that. I didn't know he was "famous" outside the area. He's a helluva guitar player. Edit: To add my own unknown/underrated guitar player - it's a guy named Mike Barnes out of Asheville, NC. HHB knows him and will back me up.....right Bill?

Sorry to hear that Marty. My condolences to you and your family.

I just did a search for the word "prayers" on the main board looking 30 days and older. I got a page and a half of threads. Personally, I consider this group to be family-like and don't mind the personal stuff on the main board. I don't think that a kids Jiu Jitsu tournament belongs in amongst boobies, asses, legs, sex with a goat, or Volkswagens. ......... ..........Especially Volkswagens! I have put non-guitar related stuff both on the main board and the OC. Maybe we could have an "HFC Family" forum for all the prayers, kids, new cars, and "Thanks to _______" posts. I'm not big on the idea though. Before anybody gets excited about segregating the board even further, take a look at how that can be taken a bit too seriously: http://forums.carvinmuseum.com/ Threads can sit for days with no answer in that place because it takes forever to check all the different "rooms" in the forum. Not much confusion about where things go!

Yes, it is often all about the guitar player, unfortunately. It is the simple framework of the I-IV-V progression that allows people of various skill levels to play together. Within those parameters, you can do a lot - though not everybody gets past wanking some variation of the "Chuck Berry" riff. I can sympathize with those who find it pure drudgery to sit through one 12-bar shuffle after another. On the other hand, it was blues jams that gave me a path back into the music business around here and something I do to support the people coming along behind me.

See? It's true! Did he stand with his feet together and make faces like this?

I attend and have hosted many a jam over the last 10 years and I've seen a lot of this stuff; good and bad. Some "pros" don't want to play or sing with anyone but the house band or hand-selected jammers that show up. Maybe they've earned that right, or maybe they've forgotten where they came from. If they're doing a specific song with odd changes, maybe that's OK. If the guy running the show uses the place for just him and his buddies, find another jam. It is not uncommon for a new guy at a jam to be put up alone with experienced people around him. If he's struggling, the rest of the band can hold it together and make things look and sound good for the audience. To do otherwise is courting a trainwreck. Once they know you and how well you play, you'll get mixed in with others. I've been where you are and got passed over more than once, so don't take it personal. Jams with house-provided amps run smoother and change over quicker. There is nothing more irritating than watching some hoser dialing in his 5 grand worth of gear to play three songs that were originally played through a cheap guitar and a Silvertone amp. Here's some other random blues jam thoughts. 1. Don't play Red House, Pride and Joy, or One Way Out. Ever. Trust me, nothing shows a lack of experience with the blues like showing up to jam with those songs. I don't hate those songs, but being a house bassist for years at these jams, I play every one of them at least once a week. 2. With (1.) in mind, try to learn at least one new song every week. 3. Be able to recognize terminology like "quick 4", "long 1", and the differences between 8, 12, and 16-bar blues. 4. Don't wear a SRV style hat. Ever. 5. See if you can get up as a second guitarist behind the house band or another group. You play rhythm and maybe they toss you a solo. I do it all the time on guitar. 6. Keep your beer off the stage and ESPECIALLY off anybody elses amp. 7. Don't give up. Laugh at your mistakes. Have fun.

In general, putting a higher impedance on a tube amps output transformer is a bad idea. I'd find another speaker.

Thanks. You just ruined my day.

First, I'd like to thank God.......... that I didn't waste the effort to park my ass on the sofa and watch even 2 seconds of that show. The last thing I need is a dose of what MTV (and its viewers) "think". Same goes for Al Gore and his inconvenient pontification.

Hey Dave; After seeing that bass, I did a search through my old emails and found one I sent to you on 13 January, 2005: Here's a part of it: "If I wanted to go for a Monaco bass one of these days, what price > range would I be looking at? Just your basic off-the-shelf > transblack/quilt with ebony board and abalone inlays?" Took you long enough! ....and you forgot the abalone!

Huh? Wha...? I just woke up! Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday!

Get a television. They're cheaper and more fun to look at. And they'll come up with objective criteria for guitars right after they come up with objective criteria for global warming. The way I see it, if a guitar was "best" in all the categories we'd want to see, I probably couldn't afford the damned thing anyway. Hey jdrnd: I'm about 8 miles from Daren's Music. We must be something like neighbors.

If you have a set of acoustic 10's left, you could thow dems in the box too!

Glad to hear your wife is doing better. The little girl is adorable, BTW. PM sent on the Hamer TRC (and an inquiry about that hot sauce )

We did that! We get about a 30% readability rate Maybe we'll ask them to sign up before they start drinking!

+............2 , I guess Happy Birthday guys!

+1 Sophie Moon...? Mary Moon?

RIP Billy. He still makes me smile.....

........ Jack, you're killing me! Can I be in a band with you guys? Well,............. we don't ordinarily let strangers up on stage with us. But if you'll tune to A440 and don't screw up the lyrics..... then, maybe.

........ Jack, you're killing me!

ROTFLMAO!! Over what? Some guys not liking Priest? LOL!! Give me a break. If he is that thin skinned, then these forums are *not* for him. +1! I hope I'm not blamed for this. You're a pretty mean guy atquinn. Come all without, come all within, You'll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn.

So it doesn't sound something akin to checking the cat's temperature.

Typical "power ballad". There's alot more to them than that, although I don't think it was a bad song... That song ends with one of the highest notes I ever heard a man hit. I mean "balls in a vise" high. Edit: never mind, I'm thinking of Never Let You Go by Firehouse.