It may be as accurate as the old 'Mating call of the Southern college coed':"I'm s-o-o drunk"
It also makes the singer a shipload of cash.
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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"
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It also makes the singer a shipload of cash.
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We saw them in '74 or '75 at a club called Reflections, across from the University of Cincinnati. It was the first time I watched a psycho-delic light show (colored oils in a petri dish on an overhead projector).
Very groovy!
There was once a nearby lemonade stand with a revolving disco ball and a dance floor lit from below. And a DJ. Because the local bands in this 70s time are either function bands or bar bands, and not a one among them who can play
guaranteed to blow your mind
feel the groove
... territory the Stringray claimed
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It may be as accurate as the old 'Mating call of the Southern college coed':"I'm s-o-o drunk"
Properly observed IRL on campus as one lite beer
I love it when there's real interaction with the audience.
Like this, when I saw The Smithereens (along with a few other bands at that show - Marty Willson-Piper, Minus 5 (Peter Buck & Mike Mills), Hautwerke (RIC's John Hall's band), Susanna Hoffs & Matthew Sweet, Chris Squire with Spock's Beard backing him, and the Jefferson Airplane, with Bobby Vega on bass) in August 2006 at the Rickenbacker 75th Anniversary Celebration weekend.
We saw them in '74 or '75 at a club called Reflections, across from the University of Cincinnati. It was the first time I watched a psycho-delic light show (colored oils in a petri dish on an overhead projector).
I went to a show in '73, there was only a handful of people there. For some reason there was a mixup on the poster dates and nobody showed. They put on their full show for us. We has a nice talk, he gave me some playing tips.
I could never understand how a trio could sound so big. Their last song was a jam. At one point, one by one, each player left the stage. The song seamlessly continued via tape. I always wondered how they pulled that off so well.
Frank Marino demos the "Pigtronix" effects pedal - YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15yFEqB6NMw
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Today marks 12 years since my brother Tom left to become Major Tom. I was blessed to have a remarkable brother. Looking back, I've been very fortunate to have some remarkable people pass through my life. At my age I've started to feel that people aren't thrown into our lives randomly, they are sent to teach us something about life or ourselves. That includes the negative experiences. Sometimes those hold the biggest life lessons.
So, in the mid 2000's we were a local group playing all the clubs in town. Wife Carey was occasional guest singer and Eddie, my childhood friend was a prodigy guitarist that could play Eddie Van Halen, Jimi Hendrix, or Stevie Ray Vaughn, and sing like John Lennon or Roy Orbison. After closing, we were all toasty and would go and wake up my brother Tom and find his David Bowie CD and play "Let's Dance." We'd dance in front of the TV and Tom would eventually come out and dance with us. Those are precious memories.
Thus, my tribute to Tom, Eddy, and my wife Carey who briefly sang with us. What magical days.
EDIT: Little background on this video. David Bowie met Stevie and offered him to play on Let's Dance and go on a tour. Back then, a tour with Bowie was a golden ticket to success. But the conditions were-- he was only to get $600 a week and would stay with the Band. He had to meet Bowie's strictest musical arrangements and he felt slighted. Sadly, he didn't realize that he was in the opportunity of a lifetime. He quit mid-tour and got on the music rags and complained about Bowie. In the video, Let's Dance, Bowie meant to feature Stevie on guitar, but after their contentious split, Bowie dubbed himself in as the guitarist to play the solo. Luckily for us as you all know Stevie found the much deserved success he deserved, but his brilliant career was cut short in a split second in a helicopter on the side of a mountain. Rock on Stevie Ray Vaughn.
So, in the mid 2000's we were a local group playing all the clubs in town. Wife Carey was occasional guest singer and Eddie, my childhood friend was a prodigy guitarist that could play Eddie Van Halen, Jimi Hendrix, or Stevie Ray Vaughn, and sing like John Lennon or Roy Orbison. After closing, we were all toasty and would go and wake up my brother Tom and find his David Bowie CD and play "Let's Dance." We'd dance in front of the TV and Tom would eventually come out and dance with us. Those are precious memories.
Thus, my tribute to Tom, Eddy, and my wife Carey who briefly sang with us. What magical days.
EDIT: Little background on this video. David Bowie met Stevie and offered him to play on Let's Dance and go on a tour. Back then, a tour with Bowie was a golden ticket to success. But the conditions were-- he was only to get $600 a week and would stay with the Band. He had to meet Bowie's strictest musical arrangements and he felt slighted. Sadly, he didn't realize that he was in the opportunity of a lifetime. He quit mid-tour and got on the music rags and complained about Bowie. In the video, Let's Dance, Bowie meant to feature Stevie on guitar, but after their contentious split, Bowie dubbed himself in as the guitarist to play the solo. Luckily for us as you all know Stevie found the much deserved success he deserved, but his brilliant career was cut short in a split second in a helicopter on the side of a mountain. Rock on Stevie Ray Vaughn.
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Songs have a way of taking you back to an instant in time.
When Let's Danse came out, I was given a 12" vinyl single of the song. The fidelity of a single in 12" format was absoutley amazing.
Ken Scott, who worked with the Beatles and Bowie in the early days has an interesting book out: https://www.amazon.com/Abbey-Road-Ziggy-Stardust-Hardcover/dp/0739078585
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We were all so blessed to live in what I feel was the greatest time of pop and rock music! 
We saw them in '74 or '75 at a club called Reflections, across from the University of Cincinnati. It was the first time I watched a psycho-delic light show (colored oils in a petri dish on an overhead projector).
I remember that. Life long UC and Bearcat fan.
We were all so blessed to live in what I feel was the greatest time of pop and rock music!
The instruments and amps today are also way better than the originals from the old days.
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What we never discuss in polite company is how music can take you forward in time ....
At 3 minutes 23 seconds you can see an Ampeg B-15N.
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What is the dividing line between a GOF and a Pre-GOF?
Maybe it has to do with the number of hours you’re Required to ‘work’ each week.
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Depends on how we define "work," eh? There's working because all other choices are worse, working because something needs done and you look like the only one who's going to do it, working because you're bored, working because it's better than grief taken, working because what you do is really fun (we are okay with this one when we're not suspicious about it), really the list goes on ....
I’ll never retire. I work for myself.
Perhaps how much pain you live with that makes you grumpy is an important consideration. Pain comes in different forms, it can be both physical and mental.
Does angst count?
Does the need for regular doses of prune juice count?
If you prick a GOF in the right way, do they not bleed here?
What is the definition of old? There are also old souls to consider. This has nothing to do with linear time.
Logic dictates...
If
{you feel old and grumpy on a regular basis}
then
{that should be good enough to be welcomed};
If
{that isn’t good enough}
and
{it makes folks here even more grumpy}
then
{all the better}.
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