I posted Living a bit ago. Here’s Bouree.
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Thunderbird Club
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You had to make most of us look it up. Didn’t you.
I played very little piano, took a about 4 guitar lessons from some dude that came to our elementary school (who may or may not have been a guitar player and disappeared, a little horn in Jr High. Nothing for a few years, then was just drawn to bass, had the opportunity to play with a group using a 70s Epi through an older Ampeg Flip Top after my only lesson, which was where the notes were on the neck and a C scale. I was hooked. All I wanted to after that.
My mom was a classically trained pianist.
She played jazz and classical music like nobody’s business till her arthritis got her.
My cousin here in S.C. is also an awesome guitar player.
He gave me back my brothers guitar recently that I gave him, after he was killed.
My cuz deserved that guitar more then I did
But he felt I should have it back.
Sorry for the sidetrack.
Sweet, thx for sharing. As with you and Donnie, started on piano as well (mom taught piano) later got a guitar, later took the high E and B strings off and the rest happened......
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Piano lessons from five to twelve. My Mom let my brother quit piano when he started on drums (He’s still not a very good drummer. But he is a really good guitarist). I liked playing piano. But I hated forced practice.
- Jun 30, 2010
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Very cute
- I'm a big Carla Bley fan from way back - for anyone who isn't aware, she did one of the 1st 3-LP Jazz opera's in the era of rock-opera's. Check out the listed musicians -Musicians (alphabetical)
- Gato Barbieri – tenor saxophone
- Souren Baronian – clarinet
- Karl Berger – vibraphone
- Carla Bley – organ, celeste, chimes, calliope, piano
- Sam Brown – guitar
- Jack Bruce – bass, vocal
- John Buckingham – tuba
- Sam Burtis – trombone
- Bob Carlisle – French horn
- Don Cherry – trumpet
- Roger Dawson – congas, xylophone
- Sharon Freeman – French horn
- Charlie Haden – bass
- Peggy Imig – clarinet
- Jack Jeffers – bass trombone
- Leroy Jenkins – violin
- Howard Johnson – tuba
- Sheila Jordan – vocal
- Jimmy Knepper – trombone
- Jeanne Lee – vocal
- Jimmy Lyons – alto saxophone
- Michael Mantler – prepared piano, trumpet, valve trombone
- Ron McClure – bass
- John McLaughlin – guitar
- Bill Morimando – orchestra bells, celeste
- Paul Motian – drums, dumbec
- Nancy Newton – viola
- Don Preston – Moog synthesizer
- Enrico Rava – trumpet
- Perry Robinson – clarinet
- Linda Ronstadt – vocal
- Roswell Rudd – trombone
- Calo Scott – cello
- Michael Snow – trumpet
- Chris Woods – baritone saxophone
- Richard Youngstein – bass
Hey guys, does anyone remember what Gibson's last retail price for a thunderbird was? and is 2002 a good year for a Gibby T bird? I've got the thunderbird itch again and my local music shop has a 2002 that I played not in prefect condition but pretty good for how old it is, but I [may wrongly] feel that they want way too much money for it. They're asking $2500 which i feel is almost like buying a new one, was there something special about that run of t-birds that might explain what theyre asking for it? Granted, this shop will always drop the price when you actually decide to buy, but i feel since its at 2500 they might only drop to like 2200 or so, which is still a little much for a bass that isn't really that "vintage" yet.
- Mar 13, 2008
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That is a bit high, a Classic White one would call for a higher price due to there being fewer of them. It is a good year from the construction standpoint, the neck will have a very shallow pitch and you should be able to get nice, low action without any of the aftermarket hype train bridges. I say 2000 - 2100 tops for anything other than white, 2200 for white.
Asks are up these days, especially that vintage with pickups many swear are better than more recent Tbird+ pickups. And they have desirable ebony fretboards. Add to that the reality that Gibson hasn’t done a production run of through neck reverses since around ‘19 and it is a seller’s market. The ‘19’s listed at $2299. Although I remember seeing some as low as $1799.
Very cute
Musicians (alphabetical)
- Gato Barbieri – tenor saxophone
- Souren Baronian – clarinet
- Karl Berger – vibraphone
- Carla Bley – organ, celeste, chimes, calliope, piano
- Sam Brown – guitar
- Jack Bruce – bass, vocal
- John Buckingham – tuba
- Sam Burtis – trombone
- Bob Carlisle – French horn
- Don Cherry – trumpet
- Roger Dawson – congas, xylophone
- Sharon Freeman – French horn
- Charlie Haden – bass
- Peggy Imig – clarinet
- Jack Jeffers – bass trombone
- Leroy Jenkins – violin
- Howard Johnson – tuba
- Sheila Jordan – vocal
- Jimmy Knepper – trombone
- Jeanne Lee – vocal
- Jimmy Lyons – alto saxophone
- Michael Mantler – prepared piano, trumpet, valve trombone
- Ron McClure – bass
- John McLaughlin – guitar
- Bill Morimando – orchestra bells, celeste
- Paul Motian – drums, dumbec
- Nancy Newton – viola
- Don Preston – Moog synthesizer
- Enrico Rava – trumpet
- Perry Robinson – clarinet
- Linda Ronstadt – vocal
- Roswell Rudd – trombone
- Calo Scott – cello
- Michael Snow – trumpet
- Chris Woods – baritone saxophone
- Richard Youngstein – bass
"Let's push it over the hill ..." a line from "Can't Get My Motor to Start". The first time I heard of Carla Bley was her credits on Nick Mason's solo album "Fictitious Sports" back in the early-80's.
They also put on an incredible concert. Theatrics but without compromising the music.
Yep. Bass carries like crazy through most standard building materials besides concrete.
