thankyou

I'm making four of these for the bandmates for Christmas.

A good drummer is an amazing specimen of humanity. Don't know how they do it. I remember a thread in praise of drummers, saying that because of the complexity of a drum kit, they are usually the first to set up and sound check. OTOH, the author had little patience for vocalists, who only had a microphone to set up, but seem to always be the last one ready, even though somebody else had already put the PA together.

Wish I had known about the area when I lived there in the summer of '69. I remember someone telling me that there was an area in the city where there were many music stores, but I never made it to the spot. I do think it was close to Pigalle, one of the streets named in the article. As it was, I was offered to play some buskers' guitars on the quais by the river. Salad days, good times.

"Domino" - Van Morrison

Floyd Cramer - "Last Date" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fRkoa9Ek5c

"Let It Be" - The Beatles

"Joe's Garage" - Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention

"Nature's Way" - Spirit

"Radio, Radio" - Elvis Costello https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOWwN3T2xkc

"Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" - Cannonball Adderley Quintet

"Early Morning Rain" - Gordon Lightfoot

"I Can't Help Falling in Love with You" - Elvis Presley

"Red River Valley" - Marty Robbins

"Joni, the Jehovah Witness Stripper" - Paul Thorn

"Stop That Train" - Bob Marley and the Wailers [video=youtube;gBtj-zj0C5o]

Yamaha has a range of quality in their products, but none of them are junk. My favorite guitar right now is a GCX-171CC. My wife "gave" it to me for our twentieth anniversary. In addition to the peizo, it has one of those condenser mics under the soundhole, which is prone to feedback, its one flaw. A friend had someone give him a G-90A that someone else had equipped with steel strings. One of the tuners was bent and frozen. I had an extra set of tuners from my Carvin NS1 - another story. After installing the new tuners and strings, the little box sounded great. I did some research, found out that it was from around 1970. The fact that it had laminate construction may have saved it from the steel strings. Anyway, if you find one of these G-90A guitars, it's not a high end classic, but it's a great workman like instrument, with good action and sound. The label on the G-90A said "Made in Taiwan, Republic of China." That made me guess it was probably more than a few years old.

I have a Gibson C1 that hangs on my living room wall. It gets played usually once a day. My parents bought it for me as a Christmas present in 1967, and it looks a bit like Willie's Trigger, but it stays pretty much in tune.

We're all gonna die with stuff left on our lists. Sounds like a song idea.

Fine! ...when my daughter says it.