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Carl, a jam...a blues jam?  YES!  Great idea.
bigjeff

Jeff:  Is there really any other kind?  I've been biding my time waiting for a band opportunity to materialize by hanging out at a few local blues jams and have a small but solid list of songs I perform pretty well, including "You Upset Me" (though I can barely sing it in A).  I think we should figure out a way to do another JoeFest and have people bring instruments, only problem is we'd have 50 guitarists, one bass player and no drummers LOL.   Maybe we could even get Joe to join in. Oh well, a guy can dream, right?

CarljMD

P.S.  Keep your fingers crossed, I think I may have found a band...it's not everything I'd want, but it'll work.

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I want to hear you play that Carl...dig that song!....dont worry bout the vocals...we'll take care of that for you..;)

Dave

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Carl:  I'm happy for you that a band might materialize.  I have festival work in Florida and no band.  Yes...for shows, the "jam" part of it is very controlled.  I favor tight arrangements in those situations.  I think it's a byproduct of age and attitude.  I was handed my first bass when I was 11.  Never played the violin again lol 40 plus years later, my needs have changed.  That being said, if there are no show offs, no selfish players, a jam is magic and I love being in one.

Good Luck, brother!
bjj

http://youtube.com/watch?v=x5pGenDl4go

and instead of 3 bubble butt sisters singing "You Upset Me"  we'll have Roy, Dave & JDawg!

or not.......

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CarljMD wrote:
bigjeffjones wrote:

Carl, a jam...a blues jam?  YES!  Great idea.
bigjeff

Jeff:  Is there really any other kind?  I've been biding my time waiting for a band opportunity to materialize by hanging out at a few local blues jams and have a small but solid list of songs I perform pretty well, including "You Upset Me" (though I can barely sing it in A).  I think we should figure out a way to do another JoeFest and have people bring instruments, only problem is we'd have 50 guitarists, one bass player and no drummers LOL.   Maybe we could even get Joe to join in. Oh well, a guy can dream, right?

CarljMD

P.S.  Keep your fingers crossed, I think I may have found a band...it's not everything I'd want, but it'll work.

Ok you drew me out of the closet. You have one drummer. I played in my teens till my second son was born. He is now 24. I didn't play again till he was a teenager and we used to jam playing blues. Haven't played much latley.

Three memorable moments from my days as a drummer.

Megan Mullally from Will and Grace was in a band I was in after High School.

Played with Joe in a jam a few years ago. Man it was hard trying to stay in the pocket and listen to him.

And the most memorable moment was playing with a band at Phil's place in Lubbock and Phil stepping up to sing some Led Zepplen. What is and What Should Never Be/Whole Lotta Love. smile

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Ah Jim. 
Finally someone I can tell guitar player jokes to!!!  In the pocket, I'm is.

respect,
Jeff

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24 Reply by Fretwork (edited by Fretwork 2008-01-14 15:19:32)

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I play guitar.  I mess around with bass sometimes but guitar is my first love.

Ah, the humility of a woman. Fret, I'm sure anyone here that knows you in the least, knows you do more than "play" guitar. You teach guitar too, and that my friend is a sign of someone very capable at their art.  I also really enjoy your posts when you talk about your students. That's got to give you great satisfaction to see them develop and mature into a player. Sure wish we lived closer, you'd have at least two more students.

Roy

Awww . . . that's sweet!  These students become more like my own kids after I've had them awhile.  I cry when they go off to college.  I've worked with some of them since their feet could barely reach the floor.  Then one day they are practically ducking to get into my studio cause they've gotten so tall.  I'll never forget one boy, Matthew who was so PO'd at him mom for signing him up with the "girl" teacher.  I told him to give me a month and if he didn't like it, I would hook him up with a guy teacher.  Within' weeks he and I got really close and each week while he tuned his guitar he would give me the run down on the latest movies, etc.  He laughed about remembering how he didn't want me as a teacher when he got older.  I balled my eyes out when he went off to college.  It's great when they come back for the holidays--some of them studying music in college--and they remember to look me up.  We get together and "jam" and I'm thinkin', hey, they're better than me!  I should be taking lessons from them.  I DO love what I do and I never take any day for granted.  All of my students are a blessing.

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jim m wrote:
CarljMD wrote:
bigjeffjones wrote:

Carl, a jam...a blues jam?  YES!  Great idea.
bigjeff

Jeff:  Is there really any other kind?  I've been biding my time waiting for a band opportunity to materialize by hanging out at a few local blues jams and have a small but solid list of songs I perform pretty well, including "You Upset Me" (though I can barely sing it in A).  I think we should figure out a way to do another JoeFest and have people bring instruments, only problem is we'd have 50 guitarists, one bass player and no drummers LOL.   Maybe we could even get Joe to join in. Oh well, a guy can dream, right?

CarljMD

P.S.  Keep your fingers crossed, I think I may have found a band...it's not everything I'd want, but it'll work.

Ok you drew me out of the closet. You have one drummer. I played in my teens till my second son was born. He is now 24. I didn't play again till he was a teenager and we used to jam playing blues. Haven't played much latley.

Three memorable moments from my days as a drummer.

Megan Mullally from Will and Grace was in a band I was in after High School.

Played with Joe in a jam a few years ago. Man it was hard trying to stay in the pocket and listen to him.

And the most memorable moment was playing with a band at Phil's place in Lubbock and Phil stepping up to sing some Led Zepplen. What is and What Should Never Be/Whole Lotta Love. smile

What is and What Should Never Be..........me singing anything in public is what should never be..........it was ugly. wink

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I'm a closet drummer. My drums are in the closet right now.

Here is the most talented Moody musician.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qf3VxHo … re=related

There are about 4 video's posted on You Tube of a recent gig of his. He is the guy playing electric on the right.

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Jim, That's your son?

Here's a video that my son took of his dad & his uncle and my deaf drummer.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=x5pGenDl4go

youtube is all U get at my age lol

Cool!
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SCARY?  Yes, indeed.
http://fishstock.com/index.jsp 
check out image 2.  I have this festival booked and no guitar player that wants to work.

I gots two handfuls that are willing to just show up and jam.  Mastubatory prima donnas with inflated but empty egos.  They want to be band leaders and have only 2 pubes. 

I have work and no bandmates.  I need a guitarist and keyboardist that sings and is willing to rehearse and put on a show. 

Too much to ask of the losers around here.  I be's plumb grumpy now.  oh never mind.

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Surfing's not a sport, it's a way of life! No mere hobby! It's a way of looking at a wave and saying "Hey dude, let's party"!!!.... Jeff Spicolli cool

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SCARY?  Yes, indeed.
http://fishstock.com/index.jsp 
check out image 2.  I have this festival booked and no guitar player that wants to work.

I gots two handfuls that are willing to just show up and jam.  Mastubatory prima donnas with inflated but empty egos.  They want to be band leaders and have only 2 pubes. 

I have work and no bandmates.  I need a guitarist and keyboardist that sings and is willing to rehearse and put on a show. 

Too much to ask of the losers around here.  I be's plumb grumpy now.  oh never mind.

bassman soul
funky D

Dude..I feel your frustration...but this post is damn funny...good luck "funkmeister"

Dave

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T'anks Mon!   I & I be hoppy now.

Yesterday I got a call from the guitarist who I auditioned and liked, (more importantly he liked me) but whose work took him out of town.  He was hoping I had not given up on him.
We're gonna start back up again.

I've thought for years that if you have a musical but solid R & B bottom, (bass & drums) that leans heavily towards blues and a hard blues rock guitarist (like Joe) and a well versed(theory wise) KB player and all four sing and get along, you would have the perfect band.

People would dance, the guitar wankers in the crowd would uncross their arms, the music would qualify as panty remover and the vocals would be completely soulful. 

I don't want much.  So we'll do 75 covers and 10 or so originals just to start.  My deaf drummer just said EH?  He didn't hear me when I told him he'll have to sing a James Brown tune.

AND then I woke up...

theFunky Dr of Love about to preach the Gospel
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One guitarist I jammed with one day said "I'll never figure that chord out."  I said you don't have to.  It's a 13th.  Here's the way I play it.  His eyes bugged out of his head and he began to swear and make disparaging remarks like "You're just a !@#$%^& bass player."  I said so was Willy Dixon.  He left to go smoke a bone in the alley.  Now he avoids me at jams.  It's hurtful in a way.  Young wanker.

I'm a sensitve man.   lol  Demasiado cafe ya.  Me voi...

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I'd love to hear you guys..maybe a recording of any type would be cool...I loves me James Brown...mom took me to see him when i was 11 or 12...we were one of the few white people in the "Oakland Coliseum" that night...I remember us singing along with JB..."Say it loud I'm black and I'm proud"...we laughed about that for years..miss my mom...my friends called her the coolest one in the neighborhood...and they were right...hell of an athlete too!

Dave

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"I got soooouuul.....and I'm super bad!"

Sorry couldn't help it.  God bless James Brown.

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Shredit wrote:

I'd love to hear you guys..maybe a recording of any type would be cool...I loves me James Brown...mom took me to see him when i was 11 or 12...we were one of the few white people in the "Oakland Coliseum" that night...I remember us singing along with JB..."Say it loud I'm black and I'm proud"...we laughed about that for years..miss my mom...my friends called her the coolest one in the neighborhood...and they were right...hell of an athlete too!

Dave

Shreroo:
When the new band gets put together, my son will tape us at the FishStock festival and we'll make a DVD.  It will be a lot better production than this show my brother and I did with my  drummer.  http://youtube.com/profile?user=jjeffj008  take your pick or watch 'em all.  Might be one you like.  KB player broke out in a drunk, never made it to the gig..:)

MW...no apologies necessary.  I got that feeling!

Jeff

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BluesMan wrote:

Well,

Welcome Jeff!

My name is Roy and I play guitar. I specialize in a newer form of Blues/Rock music called "Very Poorly Played" Blues/Rock music. I am the number one player and composer in the world of such terrifically awful tunes as, "What Are All These Knobs For?", "The Fat Finger Blues", "Someone Teach Me To Play This Thing", "Sure Wish Fret Lived Closer Blues", and my top selling album to date, "Don't Play Guitar My Way!"

I really wish I was built like joebeacon and could play like Joe Bonamassa, but the world needs smaller lousy guitar players too. Not exactly sure why, but I'm sure there's a need somewhere. Anyway, it's been nice chatting with you and hope you have a nice day.

Roy "Don't Play Guitar My Way!" BluesMan

P.S. I do sing in the shower and at Joe Bonamassa shows. In the shower I'm alone and at Joe's shows the music is loud so no one can hear me. That pretty much sums up my singing ability. Ever hear of a tune called "Far, Far Away"? I haven't either, but my family is always asking me to sing it.

Hey Roy!
My family is always asking me to sing that Zepplin song...you know the one:
"Over the Hills and Far Away"!

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Update:

The frustration is back to normal.  I guess it's me.  We got together.  Guitar player said to me. "I don't guess I wanna play just blues.  I gave you a taste of what I really want to do."

I said "Your guitar sounds like a chain saw."  He said, "Yeah, you're too blue black for me.  I can't do that..." and then went on to tell me about a bass player in his other band that didn't want to learn anything new.  jeesh.

I know more ZZTop & SRV & JB & Rock tunes than he does.  I don't want to get married.  It's just one show!  Wankers!

harrumph
bigjeff

Edit:  Holy crap...just got a call from Roy Buchanan's old drummer.  He's in central FL.  & heard me grumbling.  Standing by; we'll talk tomorrow PM.  SIGH

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