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Topic: Turning The Tables On Wintry Doldrums |
Bill Hankey
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Pittsfield, MA, USA
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Posted 4 Jan 2008 12:40 pm |
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| I've mentioned FINESSE a hundred times in my posts. Nothing else matters on these dreary wintry days. I've listened to Bobbe Seymour in hopes of capturing his musical spirit. He possesses the ultimate finesse and bonds with total efficacy in demonstrating what a player should reach for. I believe that Bobbe has kinfolk in New York. Just a reminder that he may know whatever is causing a few players to sour on innocent forum exchanges. More definitive labeling would be sour grapes, waiting in the wings of progress. |
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Archie Nicol R.I.P.
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Ayrshire, Scotland
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Posted 4 Jan 2008 2:52 pm
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Sorry, Bill. But you do talk a load of keech*.
None intended.
Arch.
*As in `loch`.
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Mike Perlowin
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Los Angeles CA
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Posted 4 Jan 2008 2:58 pm
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| Steel guitar strings are great for slicing hard boiled eggs. |
Albert Svendaal sometimes uses a hard boiled egg as a bar.
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Jim Gorrie
From:
Edinburgh ~ road works congestion capital of The World.
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Posted 4 Jan 2008 3:09 pm
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| Archie Nicol wrote: |
Sorry, Bill. But you do talk a load of keech.
None intended. |
Arch ~ I'd now like to return the compliment you paid to me in another recent forum topic and say :-
"Thanks for saying so eloquently that which I have been unable to say."
(For any speling and gramer misteaks in this post I would like for to apoloj.. apogol.. say sorry to all literary experts, innit?)
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Ken Lang
From:
Simi Valley, Ca
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Posted 4 Jan 2008 8:21 pm
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| Bobbe's uncle Doug lives in Jamestown NY. I had hopes of seeing Doug at the local country music club's jam day when I visited back there after 35 years, but alas, he didn't show. I should have called him but I didn't. |
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Jim Robbins
From:
Ontario, Canada
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Posted 4 Jan 2008 9:56 pm
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| Mike Perlowin wrote: |
| Mike Shefrin wrote: |
| Steel guitar strings are great for slicing hard boiled eggs. |
Albert Svendaal sometimes uses a hard boiled egg as a bar. |
Mike P, since you raised the issue of anchovies in another thread, I'd just like to point out that anchovies and hard boiled eggs make a great sandwich to listen to country music by, especially with mayonnaise and in the winter. On toast of course. Not unlike a Western ...
Let me make it clear that despite my fondness for such sandwiches, I have nothing against a prime rib dinner, particularly if there is incredible finesse on display, particularly with glimmering blond tresses (this is all described clearly in that other thread although I may have it a little confused).
Also, the relation between seasons and steel is obvious to anyone who has to worry about footwear that is appropriate for snow, slush and pedalling. You southern types don't know what you're missing.
Come right down to it, though, bad weather and holidays make for good practice time for those of us with day jobs. Maybe now I'll kick back with something relaxing -- like "Rose coloured glasses".
Happy week-end and happy new year all. |
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Mike Shefrin
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Posted 5 Jan 2008 9:18 am
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edited.
Last edited by Mike Shefrin on 7 Jan 2008 6:23 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Bill Hankey
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Pittsfield, MA, USA
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Posted 5 Jan 2008 9:55 am
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Jim Robbins,
You'd expect college attendees with high grades to possess a great deal of insight in music. As it stands, I haven't seen or heard a lot of what might be expected. It's more of a new language that I turn away from. SINGERS such as Merle H., Connie S., Mel T., and many others, sing clearly the words to songs. I've found enjoyment practicing songs like: Merle's, "If I Left It Up To You, It Would All Be Over Now." Nurturing the deveopment of peak interests in musical studies are the keys to breaking up unsavory doldrums. |
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Jim Robbins
From:
Ontario, Canada
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Posted 5 Jan 2008 11:30 am
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| Bill, I used to teach music to college attendees so my expectations of them aren't all that high (although there were shining exceptions from time to time). But I think we are in agreement on the music/doldrums issue. In the words of Bob Marley - "One good thing about music -- when it hits, you feel okay." |
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James Cann
From:
Phoenix, AZ
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Posted 5 Jan 2008 2:48 pm
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| Others may be affected by the wintry doldrums, I suspect. |
Can't say. Haven't felt such since '78. |
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Dale Gray
From:
Colorado, USA
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Posted 6 Jan 2008 1:47 pm
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GFI SD10.Vegas 400, Oblong pedal, Rocket Scientist.
Last edited by Dale Gray on 6 Jan 2008 8:46 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Bill Hankey
From:
Pittsfield, MA, USA
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Posted 6 Jan 2008 4:13 pm
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Dale G.,
The key word that best describes wintry doldrums is lack of IMPETUS. It's virtually impossible to assert oneself, or attain high levels of *impetus, without first eliminating activities that leaves an individual displeased with efforts put forth. We are reading more of placing the steel on the back burner, while "catching" up on insignificant odd jobs. The question is; is this a steel guitar forum, or a medium used to relate unrelated activities?
Last edited by Bill Hankey on 7 Jan 2008 1:25 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Dale Gray
From:
Colorado, USA
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Posted 6 Jan 2008 8:42 pm
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Edited
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GFI SD10.Vegas 400, Oblong pedal, Rocket Scientist. |
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Dale Gray
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Colorado, USA
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Posted 6 Jan 2008 8:43 pm
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Edited
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GFI SD10.Vegas 400, Oblong pedal, Rocket Scientist. |
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Bill Hankey
From:
Pittsfield, MA, USA
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Posted 7 Jan 2008 2:53 am
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Dale,
I prefer making my own sandwiches, while finding it no big problem. I was thinking this morning about one's ability to sound off in a three-way conversation in tight quarters. Let me be the first to inform you that the tongue and the pen have nothing in common. Focusing on the steel guitar adaptation may not mix well with certain categories of humanistic traits. Oh, the incessant blabbing may turn to everything but the propensity to play the play the steel guitar. There will be no shortages of boring interruptive weather reports, or a recitation of naming names never heard before. Avoiding tight quarters where one's patience is tested by extraneous guffawing, may insure a more tranquil lifestyle; full of definition. Nonmusicians cannot or will not associate the intensities of musical studies as an everyday activity. For a brief moment, nothing more, they will stop what they're doing, to gape for an instant, at what has become a lifetime of study. Generally, the suble conveyances of literally artless approaches, would be better suited to mingle with other unaffected personages. For certain, it may prove to be one of the considerations in thawing out the cold effronteries of ignorance. |
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Bo Legg
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Posted 7 Jan 2008 4:02 am
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Bill Hankey...
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| thawing out the cold effronteries of ignorance. |
I plan Turning The Tables On Wintry Doldrums by writing a country song entitled "THAWING OUT THE COLD EFFRONTERIES OF IGNORANCE" |
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Curt Langston
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Posted 7 Jan 2008 8:42 am
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| bloated nonsense in the end. |
Bloated, or bloviated?
To be, or not to be..................... |
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Bill Hankey
From:
Pittsfield, MA, USA
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Posted 7 Jan 2008 9:02 am
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Curt,
Could you be a little more specific? |
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Bill Hankey
From:
Pittsfield, MA, USA
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Posted 7 Jan 2008 1:27 pm
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| Deleted for obvious reasons. I'm quite satisfied with the results of efforts put forth. |
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