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Ateo
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Fender Telecaster. Twin Reverb baby.
When I retire in Baja I plan on building a basic recording studio/practice space.
I've been too busy with work lately and have neglected my musical needs, supplementing with surfing. All that will change.
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durrelllrobert
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bob53
My music career began when I was just a kid. I recorded two albums with Sundance in the early 70s, then went on tour with country star legend Rose
Maddox. After that I played in several bands through the years. In 2003, I joined the band RDG. We won instrumental album of the year and performed
live on NBC at the Los Angeles Music Awards. Later, we shared the stage with Blue Oyster Cult, Joe Satriani, Gary Hoey, George Lynch, Jefferson
Starship and many more. Now I am basically a hired gun. I just do session work and fill in gigs. I am planning on bringing a bass rig, guitar rig and
a small drum kit to my house in BOLA for some occasional jam sessions.
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Used to go to Bakersfield to hear Rose Maddox. My stepsister was (is?) Lavern Yoakam, a? relative of Dwight and was (is?) married to Bob Peters
(Little Bo Pete) a steel player with Johnny Paycheck.
Bob Durrell
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Phil S
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Bob53 Rose Maddux????? The day I met my wife Wendy, we attended a performance by Rose at a little lounge at Idelyld Park, east of Roseburg Oregon.
We drove up and after parking in the lot, managed to get out of the car couple hours later, and that was when Rose was leaving the lounge!!!!! 35-36
years ago. If ownership makes you a player. I own a Yamaha guitar that my son has tried to sneak out of the house numerous times. I own a clarinet
(self taught poorly) A mandolin. A flute (lips are too old & dried out) Several harmonicas of various models (sort of play at these once in a
while) Piano (took lessons in l945 for seven years) Own an electric keyboard we carried in our vehicle to Loreto over the years. Somewhere there is
a juiceharp (yeah I know it's spelled differently. Just couldn't do it.) And a comb with wax paper. There. That is the end of my musical talent. Oh
yes. vocal. Not so great. Can manage the 99 bottles of beer on the wall, without any problems. But that's the extent of it. Dang. Remembered another
one. Took accordion lessons in l950 from Mrs. Smith. But never got good at it. Remember one tune still today. Vegetables on Parade. Was a
masterpiece. Bet no one has ever heard of that one.
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Pescador
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I have a practice room at my place and one of the beautys of living in a small town is that musicians find their way to my house. There can be
issues of language when speaking, but Music is a universal language and we have spent countless hours playing songs back and forth. I can not believe
how many songs have a spanish translation version like Jambalaya, Hang on Sloopy, Blue Bayou, 16 Tons, Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be
Cowboys, Etc.
In addition there are great workshops each year at the Mariachi Festival in Ensenada where you get lessons in Mariachi from the experts like
Mariachi Vargas. So my repertoire has greatly increased and the cultural lines are a little more blurred.
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Bob53
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Phil S
Bob53 Rose Maddux????? The day I met my wife Wendy, we attended a performance by Rose at a little lounge at Idelyld Park, east of Roseburg Oregon.
We drove up and after parking in the lot, managed to get out of the car couple hours later, and that was when Rose was leaving the lounge!!!!! 35-36
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It's quite probable that I was performing that night with her. I played with Rose at the Idelyld Lounge on numerous occasions. Small world!
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Martyman
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I was lead singer in a rock band for many years. My most recent musical foray was a 60 voice Bach choir.
No not Barbara Bach...JS!
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motoged
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I used to play guitar a lot (acoustic folk/electric rock/blues)....;but stopped when I bought a TV when I was in late 20's.
I just started playing again three weeks ago....picked up an electric Epiphone in a pawn shop ($80....feels and sounds good)...and just got a
Telecaster (Fender Squire Classic Vibe....$400) and a couple of used amps (Roland AVG-3 and Line Six practice modelling amp)....great fun relearning
and learning....
Don't believe everything you think....
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BajaLuna
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We play the Djembe drums!
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Whale-ista
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Them's fightin' words...
| Quote: | Originally posted by 55steve
No musicians, just drummers.... |
For my drummer friends!
On the other hand, I play piano. I was an accompanist for choral groups back in the day. Alas, it's difficult to take my piano down to see the whales.
\"Probably the airplanes will bring week-enders from Los Angeles before long, and the beautiful poor bedraggled old town will bloom with a
Floridian ugliness.\" (John Steinbeck, 1940, discussing the future of La Paz, BCS, Mexico)
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motoged
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Whale-ista
On the other hand, I play piano. I was an accompanist for choral groups back in the day. Alas, it's difficult to take my piano down to see the whales.
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That's okay....the whales probably couldn't play the piano anyway....or if they did, it would be by fluke...
Don't believe everything you think....
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Doug/Vamonos
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I played the trumpet in Jr. High and first year in high school till I realized what a bunch of geeks we were and got the hell out of that! Got a
girlfriend soon after! But as a freshman (1976) we did the Rose Parade. Still remember the song. Now trying to make time to learn guitar. My bro works
for Yamaha music in Buena Park and got me an electric and acoustic. But so far I have no guitar talent at all. Did learn to sort of tune them and I
dust them once a month.
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Kgryfon
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Great thread. So much talent!
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Bob53
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| Quote: | Originally posted by durrelllrobert
Used to go to Bakersfield to hear Rose Maddox. My stepsister was (is?) Lavern Yoakam, a? relative of Dwight and was (is?) married to Bob Peters
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I just did a gig a couple weeks ago with a Dwight Yoakam tribute band. It was pretty fun.
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toneart
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I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned Fast Eddie and The Slow Lernerz. We played the Mulege area a lot.
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Pompano
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When I was a youngster, all in my family played some kind of instrument, so I was signed up to take piano, saxaphone, guitar & chorus lessons in
the hopes something would take. But growing up as a Huckleberry Finn type made me a AWOL student. Probably a good thing, as later in life I became
somewhat deaf due to tinnitus. I recall my HS chorus instructor mentioning that even though I couldn't sing a lick, I had good height and could stand
in the 3rd row and just mouth the songs.
Music has always been part of Baja for us, and a real plus is that one better understands a nation by listening to it’s music. But, even though I am
not one, I have hosted many musicians at mi Baja home and being a photobug have taken their pictures.
Photos below show some musical amigos that I have met in Baja and am pleased to call my friends. Enjoy them like I have.
One of my more musical Coyote Bay neighbors,Joe, has a home on Coronado Island, San Diego and often plays jazz with his retired buddies in the
Gaslamp district. Great fun listening to these gents. Joe is playing the guitar.
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I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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Ateo
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I had a Cornet once. I left it at the Casbah in San Diego, on accident. I was drunk and after playing "misplaced it."
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Bob53
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Played a few gigs there years ago with the band GIMIC.
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Elena La Loca
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Bought a soprano ukulele for $20 from a co-worker a few years back. Figured it'd be easier than learning to knit mittens. Took a class at Mira Costa
College & even though I have no musical background I really had fun with it. Roberto gave me a beautiful tenor ukulele (complete with a hard case
& tuner) - gracias Compadre! - and now I play twice weekly (with Moonlight Beach Ukulele Strummers and Ukulele Society of America) and enjoy the
heck out of it. The more I drink the better I sound! Half surprised nobody else has piped in saying they play ukulele...seems to be the rage these
days.
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bajabuddha
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Speaking of cornets, my father was a music major in college after WW2, and played cornet in his dance band (Miller/Dorsey/James era) and raised me to
play also, and i became a classical french hornist until i tuned in, turned on and dropped out with rock and guitar (no, i didn't play a rock; he just
wanted to smack me with one). I still have his R.A. Reynolds silver inlay cornet made in 1938 (he bought it new in high school) and serial #1788 or
#1988... it's gorgeous, and since my lip is totally shot i'd love to find a good home for it. So, if someone is or knows a collector, u2u me.
Price? For me it's priceless, but i'm willing to listen.
I don't have a BUCKET LIST, but I do have a F***- IT LIST a mile long!
86 - 45*
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Bob H
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Started piano lessons in the 4th grade, and continued them for 8 years. Still play today, now and then. Love the piano! It takes me where I want to
be sometimes.... And, voice. Sang in the Blue Jackets Choir when I was in the Navy. That was a great experience.
The SAME boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you are made of NOT the circumstance.
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