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New Neil Young and Crazy Horse Album
Started this discussion. Last reply by turtlehead Nov 4, 2012. 8 Replies 3 Likes
Anybody get this yet? I'm about to after watching this. Sounds like it came straight out of the 70s. This is the official video for Ramada Inn. I don't want to accuse Neil of stealing ideas, but…Continue
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First "Real" CBG
Started this discussion. Last reply by Ryan Rose Mar 4, 2011. 5 Replies 0 Likes
Hello everyone. First of all, I'd like to thank everyone for all of the information here on this site. It seems like a nice corner of the internet, and I have learned a ton from you guys. My journey…Continue
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Fear and Loathing at Open Mic Night
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 1:42pm 15 Comments 0 Likes
Bolstered by the encouragement and enthusiasm of the good people of the Nation, I decided at the last minute to head on up to my first ever open mic night last Friday. I'd never even been to watch an open mic, so I had no idea about the protocols or whether the sound system would work with my cigar box guitars.
I really only had two songs I felt comfortable with - Pancho and Lefty and Waitin Round to Die. So I rehearsed my tail off Friday afternoon and waited until the last minute…
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- At 11:18pm on May 19, 2013,
Silent Jim said… Much need to accept that! Andy's still gone--at least from here...I'll pm ya with an idea we've had...
- At 10:42pm on February 3, 2013,
Ron "Oily" Sprague said… - Turtle,
Heheheheheheh! Galloping impending doom - I like it. This also taught me something the Beatles learned ages ago: record really sloooww, then speed things up, and vice versa. I learn something new every time I do one of these. That's why I keep doin' 'em. Based on early returns, its running neck and neck; simplest would be to include both on the album, one as a bonus track. Hmmm.
- At 1:35pm on January 30, 2013, Ron "Oily" Sprague said…
- I'll know it's my Stairway when GCs all over the country start putting up Do Not Play Gypsy Caravan On Pain Of Deth! signs. ;-) Funny thing is, the song started with me hearing a combination of Misty Mountain Hop and Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp in my head, and thinking, "Gee, I wish I could come up with something like tha-aaat..." Thank you very much for the overly kind comments. I'm just trying to let the gits tell me what they wanna do. Really.
- At 10:41am on November 30, 2012, Ron "Oily" Sprague said…
- Turtle,
Thanks for the comments! Gandy was fingerpicked, while Graverobber was flatpicked. I find that I can play faster runs with only 3 or 4 strings to deal with; part of it's the narrower fretboard, so I don't hafta stretch as far, and part of it is these dang gits teaching me what they wanna sound like! Glad you liked the tone on Robber; Jamie and I just had a long discussion of how that came about (he didn't like it, but I explained that I favored it after trying practically everything else in my limited recording arsenal, including dry no effects).
- At 8:02pm on November 18, 2012,
ED (Bad Finger) said… - Glad you liked the result of the collaboration! Happy Thanksgiving.
- At 11:56am on November 8, 2012, ED (Bad Finger) said…
Those lyrics have sat around unused since May. Time to turn them loose and have something great come as a result. I had the creative inspiration to write them and I thought it would be too much a shame to put them to an amateur level of playing and even worse vocals (me). I like to think I'm improving all the time, but I think those lyrics are still a couple levels above my pay grade.
- At 8:54am on November 7, 2012, ED (Bad Finger) said…
Hey, thanks for your contribution using my lyrics. I've been really disappointed with my own efforts to put them to use. I got the sound of Johnny Cash singing the song stuck in my head and couldn't purge it, even though it wasn't what I wanted. The idea to incorporate the Steel Gray Saturday instrumental never occurred to me and you did a great job grafting the two together. I'm very thankful that you took the time to do something with it.
- At 9:13pm on October 8, 2012,
eK said… You're welcome! Actually, I owe you an apology for not having sent you a friend invite earlier. (Thought I had.) You're the guy that reminded me about open tuning and 5-string playing way back with your video on your "Keith" build. That kicked off a whole wave of new music writing and fun times for me. I owe you! :-))
- At 8:45am on September 17, 2012,
Phillip Robert said… Thank you very much for adding me as your new fiend... many nice things to discover on your page...°<[:-) [---]==={...
- At 2:56am on May 1, 2012, Ron "Oily" Sprague said…
Th,
Thanks for the Friend request! Gladly acepted. For some reason, I assumed we were already Nation buds. Glad we are now. Can't wait to hear your work on Two Hands.
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