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The Keeper of the Flame

Posted on April 14, 2012 at 5:40pm 6 Comments

The rented Mustang was churning up large pieces of the road in south memphis, as the sports car was headed with it's occupant south towards Mississippi.  Tyler "skywalker" Jones had rented the car as soon as he arrived earlier this morning in Memphis - since he had a few days before his concert at the FedEx Forum: and promptly headed south towards Clarksdale Mississippi....Home.

Tyler Jones didn't have the radio on in his car, because the truth was; he didn't need it.  He was…

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At 1:31am on August 4, 2011, Keni Lee Burgess said…

Mike - Thanks for your interest and question. I am tuned in Vestapol aka Open D tuning, although I tune down a whole step for my voice to the key of C (CGCegc).

At 12:14pm on June 14, 2011, darren brown said…
thanks mike ,this ones sold fars i know, can allways do it agin .
At 7:10am on March 27, 2011, jeff maurer said…
evrything ive done so far is in open A (AEA). i use an A D and G string. tune your a to A and the d and g string tune up one step to E and A. my sring gauges are wound 36, 26, and a plain 18.
At 11:36pm on February 24, 2011, dogfinger steve said…
just checked tuning...nearly c g c:0)
At 11:33pm on February 24, 2011, dogfinger steve said…
thanks mike, there's one in the fridge got yr name on it:0)
At 3:37am on February 13, 2011, Uncle John said…
Hi Mike,  glad to have you and Elvis for nation friends.  Going to see if I can post a photo of my Elvis here.
At 10:21pm on July 7, 2010, 7 Hills Stomp said…
Mike, thanks for the comment on the vid. Glad you liked it and thanks for watching
At 3:12pm on June 24, 2010, Charlie Kimbler "dr. Jones" said…
tryin' to figure the whole video thing out, when I do every guitar I sell will have one. sounds great, sustains for a long time, one octave between open to the twelfth fret. thanks for the comment
At 4:23pm on June 23, 2010, Jason Johnson said…
I use a kick drum pedal and just made a little stand for it out of 2x4's.
At 8:50pm on June 6, 2010, HERMIT said…
Many thanks for kind words fella.. your correct its GDG!

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