Thunderbird Club

[BklynKen]

...now think back, what were you doing at the age of 14?

Are we allowed to talk about that here?

 

[GBassNorth]

Are we allowed to talk about that here?

Depending on where you live and what you did, the statutes of limitations may have expired. As for me, I ain't sayin nothin!

 

[ToddOfThunder]

I hear ya on the hipster gear, see some of that here as well.

I could be wrong (it's happened once or twice that I can recall) but I'd predict that man buns will go out of style before AC30s do.

Seems like the venerable AC30 has already outlasted - Beatle haircuts, hippie longhair, monster afros, disco glamour cuts, big hair glamrock styles, grunge locks, dreadlocks, mullets, and now we have top knots and man buns in the running. Always interesting to see how each generation tries to identify itself with a unique look. Makes one wonder what's next.

Cone heads would be the next look.......I hope.

 

[Gaolee]

**Do I really need a disclaimer?

No. Except on alternate Fridays. This is the other Friday.

 

[Gaolee]

Will I be forgiven if I get a T5?

Of course.

 

[GonePlaid]

Didn't know that OF'er Jimmy had gone Orange.
Here he is in black and white at the fair age of 14....

...now think back, what were you doing at the age of 14?

Playing piano, bass clarinet and sax.(not all at once)

 

[Gaolee]

OK, no one wants to talk to me about drams and minims.

It all depends on what it is a dram of.

 

[fasterpussycat]

Didn't know that OF'er Jimmy had gone Orange.
Here he is in black and white at the fair age of 14....

...now think back, what were you doing at the age of 14?

That's from before he developed the Page-face grimace...

 

[Miles_ONeal]

C&W = Canto-pop and Worldbeat I think...

C&W = "country and western"

 

[Miles_ONeal]

So where is it?

Dallas. It's almost worth the drive (three hours each way), but I just don't have the bandwidth right now.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Didn't know that OF'er Jimmy had gone Orange.
Here he is in black and white at the fair age of 14....

...now think back, what were you doing at the age of 14?

I was actually doing a smidge of biological and chemical research.
I was also trying to figure out how to play guitar on my Mom's cheap Silvertone acoustic that had spent the last five years in the attic... with steel strings at full tension. And no truss rod. About two inches of action in the middle of the strings.
I'd have probably chucked it and stuck with trombone as my main love had not Martin O'Rourke loaned me his Silvertone (with amp ion case) electric, which showed me how easy a guitar could be to play. But JP was already better on guitar at 14 than I would be at 20.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

A buddy flies into town tomorrow to play guitar at Rick Elias’ memorial service on Sunday. He needed an amp, so a buddy loaned me a custom shop AC15. I don’t care who does or doesn’t play em, this thing is a beast of an amp...can’t wait to record it!

When I thought I was going to make amps my next career, I married an Orange pre with a tweed Deluxe output. You would have loved it.

 

[RedVee]

I think I gotta call 'shenanigans'. Everyone knows a Thunderbird is only good for hard rock(says the guy who uses his for concert band, big band, jazz, 'classic' rock[whatever that is] and anything else he's called on to play)

Relax Mike, it was just a dash of sarcasm to leaven the day

C&W = "country and western"

Ok, save me a google - is there a difference between the two?

 

[fasterpussycat]

is there a difference between the two?

Well everything the other side of us is the country and it's also west(ern) -- therefore no discernible difference.

 

[RedVee]

The way I think of it is...
Country - girl leaves him and his dog dies.
Western - girl leaves him and his horse dies.

But, I’d seriously like to understand better. PM me if it is too much of a derail.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Ok, save me a google - is there a difference between the two?

Yeah, there is. You aren't off base, although the lines tend to be more blurred today than when I was a kid. Western typically involves western US themes- cowboys, tumbleweeds, gunfights, etc., and are either light-hearted or perhaps a bit ominous and gritty. There might be some subtlety. Country is almost never subtle, and dealt with farmers, fields, tree-covered mountains, and such. Country might involve car racing. Dogs are much more prevalent in country, and horses in western- as you guessed.
Musically there are differences, but right now I can't explain them. Both might involve fiddles and/or steel guitar. Western is more likely to have harmonica- especially mournful harmonica.
All that said, there has always been some crossover, and enough similarities that a lot of music really falls into C&W.
Examples:
Western:


Country:

 

[JIO]

Didn't know that OF'er Jimmy had gone Orange.
Here he is in black and white at the fair age of 14....
...now think back, what were you doing at the age of 14?

One year into learning to play bass on my 1st bass guitar?

 

[JIO]

Ok, save me a google - is there a difference between the two?

Western is cowboy - country is "down home". Tom Wait has penned/recorded many "cowboy" songs over the years, even if he is the furthest thing from being a cowboy. It's a targeted focus in songwriting using many tried and true compositional devices.

 

[JIO]

Yeah, there is. You aren't off base, although the lines tend to be more blurred today than when I was a kid. Western typically involves western US themes- cowboys, tumbleweeds, gunfights, etc., and are either light-hearted or perhaps a bit ominous and gritty. There might be some subtlety. Country is almost never subtle, and dealt with farmers, fields, tree-covered mountains, and such. Country might involve car racing. Dogs are much more prevalent in country, and horses in western- as you guessed.
Musically there are differences, but right now I can't explain them. Both might involve fiddles and/or steel guitar. Western is more likely to have harmonica- especially mournful harmonica.
All that said, there has always been some crossover, and enough similarities that a lot of music really falls into C&W.

Buck & Roy in that format is filed under: Country Family Entertainment. I grew up in the center of the country - I know of what I speak related.

 

[fasterpussycat]

The way I think of it is...
Country - girl leaves him and his dog dies.
Western - girl leaves him and his horse dies.

But, I’d seriously like to understand better. PM me if it is too much of a derail.

Goth - they stay together and everyone dies ... except the cats.