General Music Chat

Yea Jimmy on that note, I dont think I feel right unless a female is screaming at me, on that note, my wife and I decided to end it this weekend, so here I go again, maybe I will get a few good songs out of the emotions you go thru!

Ouch, sorry to hear that John. I was talking to a guy Friday night who told me he wrote 3 songs when he and his wife split up for 6 months, but they got back together and now he won't dare play them!

Bad news JW - sorry to hear it. For both your sakes.

My wife kicked me out last year and somehow my stress level has gone way down. Very hard on her - my massive ego just wore her down apparently. But at least I'm not getting fussed at constantly.

The love of my life was one Cindy Garret who left me for a f**k' surfer - I mean really! A year or two later she walked in on a rehearsal and we were playing a song of mine called 'Cosmopolitan Cool Fool' and she said simply, "That was about me..."

I felt like a dog. We're still pals after all these years.

Big music inspiration? Watching the Urch Purch - a Baltimore outfit do Cream tunes. I couldn't believe it. From that moment I was a bass player though I didn't know then that I'd be a guitar player too.

In my foolishness of youth I also hoped that would be my door out of the slave wage game. Right eh?

Talbot

Hate to hear that John.

Watching the Beatles play their first time on the Ed Sullivan Show...it caused 2 things.

1. I immediately became a dedicated rock and roll fan

2. My father immediately hated me forever because of it.

I'm still a rock and roller, he's been dead about 7 or 8 years and probably still hates me...

Bob - I've been into Roy Buchanan for many years. Can't remember for sure, but I think I heard the short version of Green Onions on the radio, first time I had the chance I bought Loading Zone. Someday I have to get that one on CD...also saw him on TV one night, Johnny Carson show I think, played Green Onions and I was amazed he could just stand there almost motionless and play like that...

. Did you ever see his performance on Austin City Limits in 1976? He was at his magnificent peak.

Yea Jimmy on that note, I dont think I feel right unless a female is screaming at me, on that note, my wife and I decided to end it this weekend, so here I go again, maybe I will get a few good songs out of the emotions you go thru!

Wow sorry to hear this John! I went thru this earlier this year (step child related) I thought it was over and really had myself prepared for it!

I don't know what your situation is but I believe in my heart that when one door closes another ALWAYS OPENS!

Bob - No I didn't see that one, just the Carson show, that's the inly time I was able to catch him live.

John - Really sad to hear about that, i was really hoping it would work out.

Use it John.

Some of the worst misery I ever felt got me to cough up some reeeaaaaalllllly good music.

Remember, no happy man can play good blues..maybe now is your time?

@fisherman bob - dude, great question! Wow... so glad to see this sort of thing on this board instead of some of the other discord. Nice job.

I'd say the number one musical event that changed my life was about the 3rd guitar lesson I ever attended.

I was 19 years old, in the military, newly stationed, and had just bought my first electric guitar. I was trying to take lessons from this old country fart (because he was the only one giving them in this town where I was stationed). At the end of the third lesson he decided to let me plug into his amp. I decided to try something - hand tapping. I riffed off a bunch of tapping for a few minutes, then went into some noodling solo type stuff. It was my first attempt at even trying anything like that.

My instructor lived in a small one-bedroom apartment attached to a house. He gets a knock on the door and its his landlord asking, "Who is playing that? He sounds great!" My instructor points to me and says, "This guy. He just started."

After a few minutes I turned off the amp. Lesson time was up and I asked my instructor what I should learn for next week.

He said to me, "You're done. You're already beyond me."

It was the last lesson I had with him.

The whole thing taught me that I was more capable than I thought I was. It gave me confidence.

It also seriously screwed me up for a long time... The guy never taught me anything about proper technique, and so I went off to teach myself how to play, and as a result I've had bad technique ever since.

Certainly had an impact in a lot of ways...

"A Hard Days Night" four friends playing music goofing along through life looked like too much fun compared to what the rest of the world seem to have in store for me. I think I was 8 the first time I watched it... My brother and I would act out the parts on our way to school.
As we grew up he started playing drums and after several attempts I picked up the guitar. I still watch that movie once in a while. If it's on seems at least one of my kids has to stop whatever they're doing and watch it with me.
Still holds some magic to me...

That's a good story Chris.

My brother got a similar start - he was playing drums in an early high school outfit and was annoyed because the guitar player couldn't get the chords right on some QuickSilver song. The guy told him, "Well you try it!"

Dan went home and bought a guitar that weekend and then replaced the other guy in no time - although they now needed a drummer! Never understood how he did that but he did.

Your story reminded me of that. Some cats got it eh?

Talbot

That's a good story Chris.

My brother got a similar start - he was playing drums in an early high school outfit and was annoyed because the guitar player couldn't get the chords right on some QuickSilver song. The guy told him, "Well you try it!"

Dan went home and bought a guitar that weekend and then replaced the other guy in no time - although they now needed a drummer! Never understood how he did that but he did.

Your story reminded me of that. Some cats got it eh?

Talbot

LOL, yep.

I had wanted to play guitar ever since I was in the 5th grade. In high school I would draw guitars on the chalkboard before class. People would ask me why I did that and I'd just say because I loved guitar.

When I finally got through boot camp and tech school and got stationed, I spent my first paycheck on a guitar. A couple months later I bought a much better one (that I still have today).

I've always been fascinated by the instrument. It's my thing. I just wish I had started when I was young and learned proper technique. The technical aspect of playing has always been the one limiting factor in my progression.

But I have fun. And that counts more than anything I think.

8th grade ... Our English teacher played records while we studied. He played Iron Butterfly's inagaddadavida ... Um, yeah.

Way before that, laying on the floor of the library in our home, I had a small record player and a stack of vinyl, from Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass to Johnny Cash, Elvis, and way more. I went through those like a sponge, soaking it all in! I discovered I liked the heavier stuff better.

First concert was James Gang, which was a disappointment because they played one set - a short set - and took their leave without so much as a nod. They did rock out, tho. Very memorable.

First guitar - 1969
First gig - 1980