One of my goals in retirement is to really suck at as many musical instruments as possible.
Question, are you taking lessons or learning to kill cats all on your own? Two of my favorite instruments I enjoy listening to when played by someone who knows how. If, I'm reading your post correctly, I should most likely not plan on listening very long................
But, if you'll record and post your play, I'd give it a shot. ------------------ Ron
Isn't it strange that after a bombing, everyone blames the bomber, his upbringing, his environment, his culture, his mental state but … after a shooting, the problem is the gun....
The next thing you know, they'll be using motorized vehicles to mow down pedestrians. Wait, that's already happening. OK, ban vehicles......
If you wish to upset a Conservative, lie to him. If you wish to upset a Liberal, tell him the truth.
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I just picked up the banjo today, but here is a brief clip of something I am working on: http://freemp3hosting.com/5LV That is me on fiddle, acoustic guitar and electric base.
I am not taking lessons, I am learning on my own. I have had the fiddle since last June.
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I just picked up the banjo today, but here is a brief clip of something I am working on: http://freemp3hosting.com/5LV That is me on fiddle, acoustic guitar and electric base.
I am not taking lessons, I am learning on my own. I have had the fiddle since last June.
Take it away Leon!! Oh wait--wrong guitar..
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I like to hear nontraditional things done with traditional instruments. Here is a brief clip of something I am working on with fiddle, electric guitar, steel guitar and bass: http://freemp3hosting.com/5LW The drums are synthesized, everything else is me. It is my composition.
I just picked up the banjo today, but here is a brief clip of something I am working on: http://freemp3hosting.com/5LV That is me on fiddle, acoustic guitar and electric base.
I am not taking lessons, I am learning on my own. I have had the fiddle since last June.
Much better than I could do. I liked it... I was never into instrumental music until I heard myself sing. That was when I started pointing out good fiddle players.
------------------ Ron
Isn't it strange that after a bombing, everyone blames the bomber, his upbringing, his environment, his culture, his mental state but … after a shooting, the problem is the gun....
The next thing you know, they'll be using motorized vehicles to mow down pedestrians. Wait, that's already happening. OK, ban vehicles......
If you wish to upset a Conservative, lie to him. If you wish to upset a Liberal, tell him the truth.
Leon replaced Billy Byrd in 1959 so for the ten previous years it was ''Aw, Billy Byrd now'' or ''Take it away, Billy Byrd.''
The 'Leons' I referred to was Leon McAuliffe and Leon Rousch. Both played with Bob Wills (made San Antonio Rose famous). Bob would say "Take it away Leon" or "Come in here Leon" and many think he was referring to Leon Rousch, who did vocals, bass and lead guitar, but most of the time, he was talking to one of the earlier members, Leon McAuliffe who played steel guitar as well as vocals.
Speaking of drums Willie..... Bob Wills was invited for the first time to play at the Grand Ol Opry in 1945, and the Opry had never had an act with drums; country music at that time didn't have a beat other than what might be played on a washboard or some other very basic instrument. When Wills and the band were setting up, the Opry first said no to the drums, then when Bob threatened to pull out, the Opry relented--sorta.. the drums had to stay hidden behind the curtain, and Bob agreed to the deal... That is, until time to play, when he hollered, 'Move those things out on stage!' In that moment, Bob Wills had left a permanent mark: there would forever be a beat in country music. (He and the Texas Playboys, by the way, were not invited back.)
My favorite fiddle music is Faded Love, a tune made up by Bob Wills' father John Wills. It was played only as an instrumental for years before Bob Wills and his brother Billy added the lyrics to the music in 1950.
The 'Leons' I referred to was Leon McAuliffe and Leon Rousch. Both played with Bob Wills (made San Antonio Rose famous). Bob would say "Take it away Leon" or "Come in here Leon" and many think he was referring to Leon Rousch, who did vocals, bass and lead guitar, but most of the time, he was talking to one of the earlier members, Leon McAuliffe who played steel guitar as well as vocals.
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Speaking of drums Willie..... Bob Wills was invited for the first time to play at the Grand Ol Opry in 1945, and the Opry had never had an act with drums; country music at that time didn't have a beat other than what might be played on a washboard or some other very basic instrument. When Wills and the band were setting up, the Opry first said no to the drums, then when Bob threatened to pull out, the Opry relented--sorta.. the drums had to stay hidden behind the curtain, and Bob agreed to the deal... That is, until time to play, when he hollered, 'Move those things out on stage!' In that moment, Bob Wills had left a permanent mark: there would forever be a beat in country music. (He and the Texas Playboys, by the way, were not invited back.)
Thanks, I never heard that story before.
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My favorite fiddle music is Faded Love, a tune made up by Bob Wills' father John Wills. It was played only as an instrumental for years before Bob Wills and his brother Billy added the lyrics to the music in 1950.
I have heard a very similar story regarding "San Antonio Rose"
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San Antonio Rose came from needing something to go with Spanish Two Step.
The Playboys would record hundreds of songs over the many years, but two songs would be associated with the band in all its incarnations. They would become standards in the world of popular music.
'Spanish Two-Step' was a simple melody that Bob had made up in the early '30s. He'd written the fun little instrumental piece for the primarily Mexican audiences of Roy, New Mexico, where he'd lived and played for a while. He recorded it in 1935, but it was a Dallas recording session in 1938 that brought out a new burst of creativity. 'After we had cut several tunes, Uncle Art Satherley, who was the A&R man on this session asked me if I had another tune like 'Spanish Two-Step,'' Bob recalled some years later. 'I said, 'No, I don't, but if you give me a few minutes, maybe I can come up with something.' In a few minutes, I had written and recorded the tune. Uncle Art asked me what I wanted to name the tune. I told him I didn't know. So he said, 'Let's name it 'San Antonio Rose.'' The instrumental sold very well, and later, Columbia would ask Bob to record it again with lyrics.
It was 1940 before 'New San Antonio Rose' came out, with lyrics as poetic as the melody itself ('Moon in all your splendor, know only my heart/Call back my rose, rose of San Antone/Lips so sweet and tender, like petals fallen apart/Speak once again of my love, my own.'). Bob's hypnotic hollers of 'San Antone!' could be heard in all the versions that he would eventually record, each time with a different Playboy vocalist. It would literally be heard all over the world by 1969, as the Apollo 12 astronauts sang it, looking back at the earth from a lunar orbit.
I've been playing the violin for a couple of decades... was in a youth orchestra also. Bass guitar... I can play "OK," I mean... I know how to slap it and play a bass beat / tune, but not a "riff" if you will.
Banjo? I learned only enough to play the first few parts of Dueling Banjos... and that's all I got!
Isn't it strange that after a bombing, everyone blames the bomber, his upbringing, his environment, his culture, his mental state but … after a shooting, the problem is the gun....
The next thing you know, they'll be using motorized vehicles to mow down pedestrians. Wait, that's already happening. OK, ban vehicles......
If you wish to upset a Conservative, lie to him. If you wish to upset a Liberal, tell him the truth.
There aint NOBODY on this planet who can make one sound like 2 screeching cats stuck in a fence the way I can.
Hell, I can get paid to NOT play one!!!!
Nice trio you have there
I don't play banjo at all but have considered buying one of the six strings banjos. I can rip on a 6 string guitar and rif blues on a piano pretty dam well. I have two dozen plus guitars a few bass and two grand pianos, a smattering of other instruments I thought I would make time to learn but have not
I don't play banjo at all but have considered buying one of the six strings banjos. I can rip on a 6 string guitar and rif blues on a piano pretty dam well. I have two dozen plus guitars a few bass and two grand pianos, a smattering of other instruments I thought I would make time to learn but have not
I guess a six string banjo is tuned just like a guitar. On my 5 string, strings #2, 3 and 4 are just like a guitar but #1 is D and #5 (the short one) is a high G. It takes some getting used to.
I am working on what they call "Banjo Rolls". It is hard to teach an old dog new tricks, but not imposable.
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