Thunderbird Club

[RedVee]

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

And the cats eat them ?

 

[RedVee]

Fenderbird Friday!

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That reminds me @fasterpussycat hiw did the neck search go ?

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

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?

starting to get paid for playing?........no comments on the Fartfisa please....

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

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

or one of these?..

 

[Dadagoboi]

Selling a '76 in these part of the woods is a no no.

Then shoot me.

 

[RedVee]

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:

Australian County often involves fiddles and banjos. Though the newer stuff is like rock/pop.

 

[fasterpussycat]

That reminds me @fasterpussycat hiw did the neck search go ?

My new neck is in transit from the US at the moment.

 

[BklynKen]

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

 

[Dr_Feelgoood212]

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



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

Watch the Blues Brothers

 

[GonePlaid]

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




And from me in return.

 

[GonePlaid]

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

Footnote: the piano playing developed my 'ear' for changes and patterns, the bass clarinet helped in recognizing 'base' notes and playing sax helped me get through 4 years of Navy service w/o getting shot at from '64 to '68-and the opportunity to be bad at bass while starting to play in '67. I stood behind the piano player and watched his left hand. (OK, that's an F, which is here-or here, or here on the neck.) BTW, that kinda doesn't work these days. I did a gig recently with a pianist, drummer and singer. The piano was one with a transposing feature so the piano man could play in the key he was familiar with and the piano transposed it to the key the singer wanted. I hadda not look at the piano man's hands. Luckily, I knew the tunes, just hadda change where my hands went.

 

[JJR58]

Then shoot me.

No can do.

 

[ToddOfThunder]

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

LMAO! Yes I went through my phase of listening to The Cure if that is considered Goth. Actually I’ll still have a listen now and then.

 

[ToddOfThunder]

or one of these?..
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I may be able to pull off that look. He he!

 

[bylar13]

Got word that the gig tonight is a sell-out.....1,000+ people....been a looong time since I played in front of a crowd this large...

 

[Gaolee]

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.

Modern country - he notices girl and then has a beer in his pickup truck (aka ute in Oz). There's not a whole lot more to know.

 

[Gaolee]

And the cats eat them ?

That's feline death metal. You don't hear real feline death metal except in northern Lapland.

 

[Gaolee]

And then there is Spaghetti Western, which is far more authentic than mere Country or mere Western.

 

[Gaolee]

And just to tie it into the whole Scandinavian Death Metal thing. Plus to show that Warmouth is the choice of symphony orchestras. Fools. They should have had a Thunderbird playing bass player.

 

[JJR58]

And just to tie it into the whole Scandinavian Death Metal thing. Plus to show that Warmouth is the choice of symphony orchestras. Fools. They should have had a Thunderbird playing bass player.

This is great. Laugh and love!