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Topic: HSGA Joliet Convention - Next week! Oct 9-11, 2008 |
Gerald Ross
From:
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Bill Creller
From:
Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 1 Oct 2008 1:32 pm |
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Sorry GB, looks like I'll make it this year  |
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 1 Oct 2008 3:42 pm
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Who's that a$$&0le with the hula dancing Longboard Lager bottle ... 
That particular jam got broke up by Joliet's finest ...
I think the Holiday Inn security team was a tad intimidated by Harry "The Hammer" ... and Isaac's Popeye arms ... and called for reinforcements ...
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Don Kona Woods
From:
Hawaiian Kama'aina
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Posted 1 Oct 2008 3:44 pm
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I wouldn't miss it. 
Always great fun!
Each year it is interesting to meet and hear new players for the first time, as well as hear regulars. Each new person seems to feel like it is a family because every one is warm toward them and accepting.
Like Gerald said, if you are within a 100 miles you should come. The reason is not only the great music you will hear, but it is meeting new interesting people, as well as sharing ideas.
Aloha, 
Don |
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Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 1 Oct 2008 4:04 pm Hey Gerald!
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Your second time around........sorta hinted that you might be a closet BANJER Picker. Those little Banjer licks you were sneakin' in there DID NOT sound like slack key or spanish or flamingo.
Come on now. You're among friends. DO YOU PLAY BANJER too? |
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Gerald Ross
From:
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Posted 1 Oct 2008 6:52 pm
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No banjo here Ray.
Although when I was in my young twenties I played guitar in a Bluegrass band. We had a steady Friday and Saturday night gig at a restaurant for two years straight.
Wanna hear 'Rocky Top'?
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Gerald Ross
'Northwest Ann Arbor, Michigan's King Of The Hawaiian Steel Guitar'
A UkeTone Recording Artist
CEO, CIO, CFO - UkeTone Records
Gerald's Hawaiian Steel Guitar/Ukulele Website |
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Todd Weger
From:
Safety Harbor, FLAUSA
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Posted 2 Oct 2008 5:42 am arrrrrggggghhhhhh
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Of course, I have gigs next weekend (didn't have any for the last two months), so once again, cannot attend. Sigh...
Maybe next year? Have a great time!
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Todd James Weger --
1956 Fender Stringmaster T-8 (C6, E13, A6); 1960 Fender Stringmaster D-8 (C6, B11/A6); Custom-made 25" aluminum cast "fry pan" with vintage Ricky p'up (C6); 1938 Epiphone Electar (A6); 1953 Oahu Tonemaster; assorted ukuleles; upright bass |
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Garry Vanderlinde
From:
CA
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Posted 2 Oct 2008 7:35 am Got Banjer?
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Hey, 'aint no need to worry, I'll be thar 
Yeee Haaaaaaaaaaaaawww! |
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Jim Newberry
From:
Seattle, Upper Left America
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Posted 2 Oct 2008 10:56 am
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| Gerald Ross wrote: |
No banjo here Ray.
Although when I was in my young twenties I played guitar in a Bluegrass band. We had a steady Friday and Saturday night gig at a restaurant for two years straight.
Wanna hear 'Rocky Top'? |
Wouldn't happen to know Rocky Top in French, would ya? (inside joke there) |
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Gerald Ross
From:
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Posted 2 Oct 2008 11:00 am
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Yes I do know it in French (that was with a different band though).
We didn't sing it in Parisien French, we sang it in High School French.
The second verse translated to:
Once I had a girl of on Rocky Top.
Here hair was Jolie Blonde.
Her teeth were white, like mayonaise.
And I still dream about that.
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Gerald Ross
'Northwest Ann Arbor, Michigan's King Of The Hawaiian Steel Guitar'
A UkeTone Recording Artist
CEO, CIO, CFO - UkeTone Records
Gerald's Hawaiian Steel Guitar/Ukulele Website |
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Jim Newberry
From:
Seattle, Upper Left America
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Posted 2 Oct 2008 11:02 am
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| Ah, I remember it well. Have a great time at HSGA, y'all! |
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Bill Creller
From:
Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 2 Oct 2008 4:59 pm
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| I talked to Bernie Endaya today. He isn't coming to Joliet. (bummer) He's a great bass player, as everyone knows. |
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