Welcome back!
Thanks to all who responded yesterday - I appreciate it and I enjoyed your posts. I apologise for not getting back to some of you - its been busy as and I'm pulling double duty today on the reports today as tomorrow will be spent outside all day in a paddock with cows, horses, sheep etc... the above shot will give you some idea of what it'll look like tho that photo is from up north a few hours and I'll be bout an hour south of Auckland...
Ok - Got a lot to cover so lets get started...
Correct answer to yesterday's Trivia Question is C) - Elvis, Jerry Lee, Johnny & Carl.
Lunch today was some kind of veggie dish my good friend Barry made along with some Lemon Honey Ginger Tea. Not sure exactly what it was
but it tasted Fab. Barry's from the UK - he's an actor, an astrologer/ wizard and a total kick to hang with.
Here's another cool Leo-era ASAT from 1990. I bought a couple months back off ebay - it was listed as possibly being a Prototype.
SOme folks think so, others don't. I'm unsure but could care less b/c it has heaps of Leo-Goodness, is light and resonant(maple body)
plays/sounds great and has some MOJO to boot. I got the case here locally for $15 - Sweet - eh?
1990 seems to me to have been a magical year for G&L's - I've owned 4 ASATs from that year and all were outstanding.
Do you have a favourite year? If so, why?
Next up -
I've met some really cool people since moving here and have made some dear friends. I have to say Kiwi's are very warm and friendly - at least the ones I've met! Funny tho, a lot of them think I'm Canadian -
Probably b/c I've been here awhile and I've lost some of my American accent. I meet folks from all over the world here and not having had travelled much prior to my arrival I find it really interesting. I've met a few Americans as well and one has become a close friend and a mentor to me.
He and his wife teach Yoga and they are wonderful teachers. They headed up an International Yoga Conference earlier this year in NZ and one of the local news stations did a story on them.
http://www.3news.co.nz/A-story-of-love-yoga-and-vampires/tabid/372/articleID/251728/Default.aspxNeedless to say I've heard many interesting stories about his musical experiences, hanging with Jimi, playing Monterey and more...
Some of which can be found on his website -
http://www.antionmusic.com/Btw, that's a Godin steel string he's playing - a real cool axe!
Any of you older cats make Monterey or Newport Pop, Woodstock or ??? Got stories - let's hear em!
Here's the video for Monterey -
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Hometown Heroes -
Speaking of Jimi here's a local young cat named Kara Gordon who's up and coming and starting to make a splash on the local guitar-scene doing a version of All Along the Watchtower -
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Newer Music -
Seattle is home to several very cool bands and here is one that I really dig... some of you may have heard of them - Brad -Stone Gossard from Pearl Jam Shawn Smith of Satchel (another Seattle band) & Co...
I recently picked up their 2002 release - Welcome to Discovery Park for $1. Here's a sweet track off it -
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Older Music -
I really dig this tune from the Statler Brothers -
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Ok, Trivia Time!
Who said - "If you're not doing something different, you're not doing anything!"
A) Jerry Wexler
B) Carl Perkins
C) Sam Phillips
D) Merle Hagard
Finally - here's a clip i stumbled across - Impersonations of Bowie & Lennon (Same guy doing both!)
Check out Bowie's facial expressions & moves
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Have a great Tuesday - See ya tomorrow!
KF