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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"
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@Ken Morgan I'm there with you. bro @BadExample don't stay away too long! Bro @BassmanPaul whats up????? Hey @Passinwind and @agedhorse ! Hi!
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Hi guys- tour has started! Get up at 4:30am for a 6am TV live shoot, another media event at 7am, then horse chores and a nap until the "mane event starting at 6:30 ending at 9pm with a meet & greet. Starting to feel my age!
Al Kraft
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...being older, wiser and wealthier doesn't always trump younger!
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...being older, wiser and wealthier doesn't always trump younger!
But if I remember correctly, younger hurts less?
Al Kraft
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Younger certainly came with a sense of invincibility and resiliency that seems to have allowed me to survive things I 'm now smart enough to know I probably shouldn't have done.
Corollary: If I'd known I was going to live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself.
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My brother the drummist (3 or 4 years younger than I am) is playing every weekend with a band again. I would love to check out a show, but they start when I am ready to go to bed. I just can't stay up late anymore without throwing off my sleep schedule...
I gave up on a sleep schedule a while back. I have to get up for work around 4 am every day. Then I get a Saturday night gig running from 9 to 1. Load out and travel time gets me in around 2 to 2:30 am. Then some chill time before I can turn it all off and fall asleep around 3 to 4 am. Oh wait , this is when I'm usually getting up. Thank goodness for naps and Unisom. 
Sleep schedule? Faggettaboutit.
Sleep schedule? Faggettaboutit.
My wife tells me that at times I have been known to nod off on stage - all while still playing!
As for my recent “misfortune” it’s best left behind us. All has been resolved and the bottom line is that I made things worse with my anger.
As for my recent “misfortune” it’s best left behind us. All has been resolved and the bottom line is that I made things worse with my anger.
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I learned to stand up sleeping during guard duty in the Army!My wife tell me that at times I have been known to nod off on stage - all while still playing!
As for my recent “misfortune” it’s best left behind us. All has been resolved and the bottom line is that I made things worse with my anger.
Bro @BassmanPaul it's a great day when we learn from our own experiences. I'm actually going to a counselor myself because as I've gotten older I found I am less patient and tolerant (especially of whippersnappers) than I used to be. But after hitting 65 I feel I'm having more revelations in my life. Typcial for me, day late and a dollar short. I wish I had these revelations 20 years ago! LOL
Passinwind
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@Ken Morgan I'm there with you. bro @BadExample don't stay away too long! Bro @BassmanPaul whats up????? Hey @Passinwind and @agedhorse ! Hi!
Yo Will, wassup? I have my first gig of the year tonight -- probably something like 2 1/2 hours worth with maybe an hour or so of arranged material. Just a two piece too, nowhere to hide!
Yo Will, wassup? I have my first gig of the year tonight -- probably something like 2 1/2 hours worth with maybe an hour or so of arranged material. Just a two piece too, nowhere to hide!
I have a feeling you're going to do a couple lonnnnnnnnnng blues jams! 
Have fun, you'll do fine! Glad you're out in the field playing!
Ahem... she is rather cute. Kinda makes the hour very pleasant for me.Now if that counsellor looked like Diana Troi so would I!
Truth be told, as I'm getting older, I don't want to be irritable like I was when I was younger. You know, there should be some kind of global award for making it to 65! But I know being irritable is like poison to my body. Plus my company's paying for me to see the cute young lady!
I’m playing on Sunday afternoon. It’s a concert in the park kind of deal. The weather doesn’t look too promising but hopefully it'll stay dry.
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