The Steel Guitar Forum

I am happy just to have been a sideman.
I wish everyone could have the experience of music in its various forms. I'm lucky.

For those of us with loftier ambitions:
if life is just an illusion, then it all depends on the quality of your illusions.

I'll bet you do it, Mike.

Interesting topic. I think there are two things I want to accomplish through my music:

1. To touch and move people emotionally, in a diverse range of emotions: joy, elation, sadness, wistfulness, reminisence...

2. To inspire others to do the same though their own chosen vehicle

Amen

I have a Niece and her little step-daughter that just started playing guitar, and of course when they decided to learn, it was like..., Uncle Bob! Help! They live about 2 1/2 hours from me so, I started teaching them by phone and by computer. My Niece and I grew up together as kids with her big brothers and sister as playmates, and even though I started playing guitar as a youngster, she never told me that she desired to play too! It wasn't until a few years ago that she revealed that to me. "Its never to late", I told her, thus began her travels into the world of Music. I sent her the link of Lenny Breau and Tal Farlow that is now posted in the Music Section of this forum. Lenny had a big impact on my own guitar playing even though I never got anywhere near his level of playing, or even his understanding of music. Sadly, he's gone now but, I could dream! Now..., I like to pass on those memories of him playing to other, newer musicians. That way, he and his music will live on forever as long as those people remember and pass on those memories to others. To me..., I am doing my part to keep him alive forever.

Bob

The Forum Members' Obituary Pages yielded some pretty good ones.

I can see I might need to edit mine..

Every day is the first day of the rest of your life, they say, except for one..



EJL<font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by Eric West on 19 May 2006 at 11:57 AM.]</p></FONT>

I have 110 days of work left in my 31 year-long day job. I quit playing professionally when my daughter was born, and started my career with the Forest Service.... now, just when I will have unlimited time to play music I get asked to join a band of talented musicians, half my age, with really interesting venues all over CA...... no time to dwell on my "last" days for me.... I'm too busy thinking of the "next" ones.

When I'm gone, some folks will miss me, some will not... it really won't have much effect on me one way or the other.



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Dave Wren
'96 Carter S12-E9/B6,7X7; Twin Session 500s; Hilton Pedal; Black Box
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