[Spridgets] NO LBC -Guitars

[Gregory Groiss]

>FWIW, I don't play any rock.

That reminds me of a quote from Missippippi Fred McDowell "I do not
play no rock and roll, y'all. I just play straight an' natchel blue."
You know it's "straight an' natchel blue" when you use a hollowed-out
beef bone as a slide.



On 1/30/08, Jim Johnson <bmwwxman at gmail.com> wrote:
> Wow!
>
> You guys are all way ahead of me!!  The only gig I have anymore is in my
> living room! Moreover, I am splitting my practice time between guitar,
> banjo, mandolin, fiddle and occasionally pedal steel so I'm not getting much
> better on any of them!  Guess I should decide on a single instrument and get
> really good on it but I love playing all of them even if at a lower level of
> ability.
>
> FWIW, I don't play any rock.  I play acoustic mostly - some jazz, but mostly
> ragtime, blues and bluegrass. No offence, Billy, but if I could be anyone,
> I'd be Leon Redbone or Geoff Muldaur.   ;-)
>
> Cheers!!
> Jim
>
> On Jan 30, 2008 1:32 PM, <TMHEFFRON at aol.com> wrote:
>
> >  In a message dated 1/30/2008 11:44:55 AM Central Standard Time,
> > billyzoom at billyzoom.com writes:
> >
> > Obviously, you know your guitars.
> > BZ
> > > I'd favor Billy's Gretsch or this one:
> > >
> > > http://www.elderly.com/vintage/items/30U-13752.htm
> > >
> >
> > Oh, make it hurt.  I failed to buy a '56 TV Special in about '93 for $
> > 1,200 because I thought it was a lot to spend on one guitar, and I had just
> > bought my '71 Les Paul DeLuxe goldtop a year earlier....
> >
> > TuTone (right now busy stripping the poly finish off the neck of a new Epi
> > "Dot" and applying a tung oil finish to my new 'gigging' guitar)
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
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> >
>
>
>
> --
> Cheers!!
> Jim - 68 "Spridget" in Dodge City
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>
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