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jbhaugh said:
There's a pawn shop in ABQ that's had one sitting on the wall for a while now, and every time I go in there I think about it - then I pick it up and I have to pop my shoulder back in the socket. They are nice sounding basses, though.
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I’ve done that twice now. Passed because they had to be in the 13 pound range. Seeing what they go for now, and if I were you, I’d think really hard about getting it, so long as it’s all there. The knobs on the one Chucky is playing are worth about $150 alone. Maybe get one of those stands to hold it while playing...
 
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TBird1958 said:
Please make your selves at home here, we encourage questions, not the "Search" function, the folks are more than happy to chat you up and offer knowledge (and watermelons). A sense of humor is recommend as well,
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There is nothing humorous about watermelons. They are deadly serious.

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PillO said:
I saw them in Toronto on that tour. The encore was incredible. Jeff Beck and SRV. Then they bring out Jeff Healey as well.

I don't know if Jeff Healey was ever popular outside of Canada, but he was an incredible player.
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I've heard of him but don't know much about him - thanks for the introduction to learn more. I heard Beck and SRV did "Goin' Down" for their encore which is one of the best guitar lead trade-off songs ever.

The other is this one - John MacLaughlin and Carlos Santana - way past 11 from the start. Nothing comes close to topping it. John MacLaughlins (last) solo starting at 5:00 is orgazmic!

 
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PillO said:
I saw them in Toronto on that tour. The encore was incredible. Jeff Beck and SRV. Then they bring out Jeff Healey as well.

I don't know if Jeff Healey was ever popular outside of Canada, but he was an incredible player.
Jeff Healey - Wikipedia
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He toured here pretty extensively in the nineties. Haven’t heard about him in years. Kinda a one hit wonder.
 
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MCF said:
He toured here pretty extensively in the nineties. Haven’t heard about him in years. Kinda a one hit wonder.
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Jeff Healey was a monster, and was in the movie "Roadhouse"....
We used to do a couple of his tunes. He passed way too soon, at 41 from cancer issues.





 
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Miles_ONeal said:
True. Sturgeon's Law. But a lot of the crap I can avoid without much inconvenience. Music being such an integral part of me, I end up heavily over-exposed to crap. It's gotten so bad in Austin (Austin!) that I seldom listen to any of the music channels on the radio.
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KPFA here in the Bay Area plays a pretty eclectic mix of cool music. I always hear something unexpected and new/different. Otherwise I learn about music I'm not aware of from friends and surfing the web.
 
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MCF said:
He toured here pretty extensively in the nineties. Haven’t heard about him in years. Kinda a one hit wonder.
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Yeah, he as everywhere in the 90s. He had several solid blues albums, but I think the only hit in the US was Angel Eyes. But some time around 2000 (maybe earlier) he slowed/stopped touring, in part I think because he had a family. He owned and operated (and played at) a blues bar in Toronto. And he died in 2008.

I suppose there is only so much demand for pure blues like he (and SRV & JB) play. As I recall, JB took a large portion of the 80s off because he didn't think that there was any demand for blues.
 
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Eddie LeBlanc said:
Jeff Healey was a monster, and was in the movie "Roadhouse"....
We used to do a couple of his tunes. He passed way too soon, at 41 from cancer issues.





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In the Jeff Healey Band, the bass player had two jobs - Keep the groove and help Jeff find his chair when he gets up to play.

Sounds like a joke, but on TV, he would not venture more than 1 step from his chair. But live, he would move around the stage and he would end up a fair way from his seat and had to be guided back.
 
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JIO said:
KPFA here in the Bay Area plays a pretty eclectic mix of cool music. I always hear something unexpected and new/different. Otherwise I learn about music I'm not aware of from friends and surfing the web.
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I find that KEXP out of Seattle is also a great station for discovering music. And the YouTube channel with the in-studio performances is excellent.
 
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MCF said:
Laird was gone by the time I discovered them during the Ponty years. But that album is classic.
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I got off the bus after the "Between Nothingness and Eternity" live LP with the original line-up. Bought the first of the later MO LP's but it left me cold. "The Lost Trident Sessions" (studio version of the last live LP) - highly recommended. Great story too. I later realigned with MacLaughlin with Shakti and One Truth Band. I saw/heard both Shakiti and OTB and OTB was the closest thing to MO and a really great show. They opened for The Billy Cobham band and after they performed - I left after BCs first song. A prime example of the "warm-up" band upstaging the headliner.
 
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MCF said:
I find that KEXP out of Seattle is also a great station for discovering music. And the YouTube channel with the in-studio performances is excellent.
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We are spoiled up here. We have KEXP and KBCS and KNKX is not too bad for fairly tame real jazz. There is probably a smooth jazz station but I avoid Kenny G type noodling. My son lived in LA and now lives in Dallas. He reminds me that we are spoiled.
 
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MCF said:
I’ve done that twice now. Passed because they had to be in the 13 pound range. Seeing what they go for now, and if I were you, I’d think really hard about getting it, so long as it’s all there. The knobs on the one Chucky is playing are worth about $150 alone. Maybe get one of those stands to hold it while playing...
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The one I'm talking about is kind of a dirtbag and they want a $750 for it. If they were asking under $600 I would spend a weekend cleaning off the gunk and setting it up well, then sell it on. But from what I've been seeing the margin would be a little thin to make it worth my while at $750.
 
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