Chuck Berry played many songs in the keys of B flat, C, and E flat because he wanted to prevent the strings from scratching the inlays.
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Let's spread some musical misinformation
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World music is misnamed, as it is actually traditional Yorkshire music (T'folk) first premiered at the Beverley Folk Festival on the edge of the Yorkshire Wolds in 1987. It was typical typographical issues at The Guardian newspaper that led to the error and Peter Gabriel getting entirely the wrong end of the Morris dancer's stick.
A decade earlier, the same newspaper was responsible for The Sex Pistols adopting a new direction from a proto-disco band when an f and p were swapped when typesetting.
A decade earlier, the same newspaper was responsible for The Sex Pistols adopting a new direction from a proto-disco band when an f and p were swapped when typesetting.
in fact he wore a white hat with gold leaf because he was an admiral in the navy during the Spanish American war
Yeah, but it was the Swiss Navy...
I'm sure Chuck's as patriotic as anyone else, but when you're offered the Swiss Navy Plectrum, which allows you to construct dozens of hit songs from just three chords, I know whose armed service I'd sign up for.
"Finn" is just a nickname for brothers Tim & Neil Smith. They got the nickname after winning the Rotarua Swim-Fin Competition several years in a row.
The extra "n" was added on account of the brothers tying for first place in multiple events. They were charged with race-rigging and colluding, but the charges were later dropped after insufficient evidence was found.
Incidentally, the long hours of swim-fin practice in the pool wreaked havoc with their hair, hence the name of their first successful band: Split Enz.
The extra "n" was added on account of the brothers tying for first place in multiple events. They were charged with race-rigging and colluding, but the charges were later dropped after insufficient evidence was found.
Incidentally, the long hours of swim-fin practice in the pool wreaked havoc with their hair, hence the name of their first successful band: Split Enz.
It also folds out into a bow for double bassists and has an attachment to get the drummer out of the singer. Alas, it does not come with an attachment for turning the guitarist's amp down as that is a conundrum not yet solved by science or engineering. For that you need to deploy the Chuck Norris attachment to the guitarist.
Whereas the Swiss Army Knife has no record of success in actual military conflict, the Swiss Navy Plectrum won a decisive battle using the feature you just mentioned. During the War of the Spanish Succession (aka Eurovision 1974), Spain had the bookies accepting no more bets for the win with their catchy Yes Sir, I am Bourbon until the Swiss went into action with their Swiss Navy Plectra. The bow for double bassists were deadly accurate; the arrows taking out Spain's entire bottom end.
With Spain's only survivor being a young Adam Clayton, who had yet to take either of his bass lessons, the live performance lacked any groove and all the douze points went to Switzerland's Celine Dion. Despite accusations of foul play, maritime law allows for the use of lethal force against any contra band.
Although this is a misinformation thread, lawyers for Swiss Navy Plectrum insist I point out that the reason for Adam Clayton not being targeted was that he was not a recognised bass player (and the weapon's current inability is the subject of a bug fix). Adam Clayton's lawyers insist that I point out that the accusations of foul play were not leveled at him on this occasion.
Look, the really useful implement is the Swiss Airforce Fork. It is more commonly known in the US as the fondue fork.
It was bound to happen. In the wake of Nirvana being sued for the cover photo on Nevermind, several copycat law suits have been filed. These things however do not always go as planned. The Ramones have managed to sue themselves over the cover of End of the Century.
Talking about being sued .... Jeremiah wasn't really a bullfrog, he was a Leopard Frog and sued the band Three Dog Night for defamation and slander. After winning the case, Jeremiah made a statement that he was also no longer a friend to the band and would no longer share his fine wines with anyone. It was believed that this was said to stop or slow down the rumors that Jeremiah was sharing his wine with underage neighbor kids:
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The UK's entry that year "Oi, you, I'm a custerd creem", performed by Slade with customary poor spelling (Noddy's education in Wolverhampton was sadly lacking) did very badly that year. But no one could hit Noddy with arrows due to mesmerising effect of the mirrors on his hat.
Big Ears sued Noddy for calling him Big Ears, they are no longer friends.
By Big Ears you mean Prince Charles.
I have two Chinese implements - two Ning forks.
James May is Brian May's brother. After Brian made his guitar out of the fireplace, James tried to make his out of the family's Triumph Spitfire but discovered he was more interested in cars than guitars, although he did manage to turn the overhead cam shaft into a serviceable whammy bar. The guitar was later sold to Jimi Hendrix who failed to put four star petrol in it, and used an inferior grade, leading it to catch fire on stage which he tried to claim was deliberate. Brian, being more environmentally minded, had made an electric guitar as is now the current fashion, and the CO2 emissions per riff are much lower.
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Barre chords were invented by Martin Barre of Jethro Tull. If you watch early Led Zeppelin footage, for example, you see Page studiously not using them because he didn't yet know of their existence. Barre caught on as a name more than 'movable finger capo chord technique' as Barre originally called it. However, in France they are know as 'l'accord anglais', and in German Beweglichefingercapoakkordtechnik.
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