Thunderbird Club

[Bassmike62]

(...) Maybe they knew their limitations and I ignore mine (...)

Amen to that.

 

[dagrev]

Amen to that.

Yep, because I've had way more fun than they ever dreamed of even if it didn't turn into living salary.

 

[GonePlaid]

Music and military run deep in the Plaid clan !
BTW Mike, congrats to your Bolts, well deserved champeenship .

Thanks. Went to the boat parade yesterday. Lotta fun followed by a lotta rain.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

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Thanks. Went to the boat parade yesterday. Lotta fun followed by a lotta rain.

on the Intracoastal?

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Love the family-related musical background stories we're seeing...

My father doesn't get music. At all. Never saw it as something you pursued and doesn't get buying another guitar when you already have one.
Mom was the opposite: she sang a bit and played a old duct-taped accordeon, probably only 2-3 songs, but I still recall vivdly that sound and mostly the pleasure she had playing the thing. She always encouraged us discreetly and probably would've done more for us if the old man would've agreed. I have 2 brothers, one who played drums quite well (but doesn't anymore due to arthritis) and another one who gave it quite a go, fronting a metal band playing guitar and handling lead vocals. They opened for a couple of well-known QC bands in the 90s, but eventually called it quits. I started on guitar at 14 (1976), focussing more on bass since 2008 and added (modest) keyboards 3 years ago. My daughter asked me to teach her guitar and she plays and sings quite well, more in a singer-songwriter style (Ed Sheeran, Tracy Chapman), but is not planning to do anything more than playing in her living room for now. And that's all right with me, it makes her happy and if my kids are happy, I'm good.

My old man still doesn't get it.

my dad had the musical inclination of a sandworm, my mom on the other hand was almost born an accomplished sight reader....phenomenal pianist, something that used to make my all-knowing dad VERY insecure....oh well...glad we (my brother, sister and me) listened to her for my brother is a film score composer in LA and my sister a Mezzo Soprano in the San Francisco opera. What's cool about mom is that although classically trained she loved Jazz and R&R, in fact she showed me the boogie woogie pentatonic bass pattern heard in most R&R....GO MA!!
Accomplished Bel Canto singer as well..... in the middle (Contadina in Corte)...Sicily early 50's...

Unfortunately, as much as I tried to steer my son towards music he prefers cars and bikes...oh well....working on my grandson now, once too often I hear "I wish I would have listened to my dad/mom and stuck with it"...

 

[TBird1958]

At little something that I found on my FB feed from the PNW Musical Archives....
For @Count Bassie a bit of Plan 9 stuff, Roger.

Vancouver band "The Painted Ship" at the North Vancouver club "Light Fantastic" in 1967. The Rhode Island band Plan 9 did a cover of The Painted Ship song Frustration on their first Voxx lp in 1981. Bill Hay ( singer of the Painted Ship) and myself went to the club Graceland in Vancouver 1988 to see Plan 9 and meet up with them. We had a nice chat while the opening band Soundgarden was playing.

 

[TBird1958]

my dad had the musical inclination of a sandworm, my mom on the other hand was almost born an accomplished sight reader....phenomenal pianist, something that used to make my all-knowing dad VERY insecure....oh well...glad we (my brother, sister and me) listened to her for my brother is a film score composer in LA and my sister a Mezzo Soprano in the San Francisco opera. What's cool about mom is that although classically trained she loved Jazz and R&R, in fact she showed me the boogie woogie pentatonic bass pattern heard in most R&R....GO MA!!
Accomplished Bel Canto singer as well..... in the middle (Contadina in Corte)...Sicily early 50's...
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Unfortunately, as much as I tried to steer my son towards music he prefers cars and bikes...oh well....working on my grandson now, once too often I hear "I wish I would have listened to my dad/mom and stuck with it"...

Now that's cool!

 

[JIO]

The Chicago Art Ensemble will clear a room very effectively.

Saw them a couple times in the '80s when I lived in Chicago. Big fan -

While not familiar with that specific group, I've seen-not in person-performances where many of the attendees seem to be there because they think they should be(seen)there. Are they really getting it or do they feel the need to appear to be getting it?

I get it about those who don't follow the more adventurous extrapolations of Jazzers outside of trad jazz. I feel the trad Jazzers are the ones most likely to be snobby. I'm one of the people in the audience who "get it" and never felt I had to be seen anywhere. Some of favorite music to attend live.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Hah! Thanks but I think Chucky was very kind to 'edit' the clips he posted.

well, we can't leave the folks wondering what the Kubicki Bird sounds like now, can we?....nice finger action!

 

[Larry V]

my dad had the musical inclination of a sandworm, my mom on the other hand was almost born an accomplished sight reader....phenomenal pianist, something that used to make my all-knowing dad VERY insecure....oh well...glad we (my brother, sister and me) listened to her for my brother is a film score composer in LA and my sister a Mezzo Soprano in the San Francisco opera. What's cool about mom is that although classically trained she loved Jazz and R&R, in fact she showed me the boogie woogie pentatonic bass pattern heard in most R&R....GO MA!!
Accomplished Bel Canto singer as well..... in the middle (Contadina in Corte)...Sicily early 50's...
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Unfortunately, as much as I tried to steer my son towards music he prefers cars and bikes...oh well....working on my grandson now, once too often I hear "I wish I would have listened to my dad/mom and stuck with it"...

That's just awesome, Chuck!

BTW, how was she at chucking shoes when you got out of line?

My mom shattered a window in my bedroom when I ducked one she threw at me as a pre-teen. That made her even more mad... my dad laughed about it when he got home from work.

 

[Gaolee]

The adage "Just because you can, doesn't mean you should" is often under used.

Some of us hear that phrase fairly often. No telling why.

 

[JIO]

well, we can't leave the folks wondering what the Kubicki Bird sounds like now, can we?....nice finger action!

Thanks Chucky! It's strung B-E-A-D with rounds so it can do the fretless 'mwah' thing when needed. I should have turned up a bit.

 

[Gaolee]

Saw them a couple times in the '80s when I lived in Chicago. Big fan -



I get it about those who don't follow the more adventurous extrapolations of Jazzers outside of trad jazz. I feel the trad Jazzers are the ones most likely to be snobby. I'm one of the people in the audience who "get it" and never felt I had to be seen anywhere. Some of favorite music to attend live.

Funny thing about music like the Art Ensemble of Chicago. They do not come across well recorded. I saw the World Saxophone Quartet a bunch of times, and they were always amazing. They are a little less out there than the Art Ensemble, but I'm probably the only person I know who will happily listen to a World Saxophone Quartet record and then put on another one right after the second side is over.

That's another thing my son grew up around. He was stuck listening to everything I listen to, which ranges from country to free jazz. We got lucky in that the middle school and high school he went to were music powerhouses with well established and well respected jazz and orchestra programs. Music was actually funded and taught during the school day. Imagine that! He learned to swing with the best of them by the time he was in seventh grade.

Funny kid story that's kinda about music: There was a girl whose parents were the same ethnic mix as my wife and me, and both our son and the girl were trumpet players. They stood next to each other in the band and were very good friends. They were easy to pick out, because both had big masses of black hair like black dandelions. When they were in eighth grade, they had known each other for years, but decided that maybe they should be boyfriend and girlfriend. I don't remember all the details, but I took them skiing on a Sunday. That Monday, the boy was a little grumpy and said that she had dumped him. So, I told him that now he could play the blues. He looked at me with the kind of scorn that only a kid looking at a parent with complete disgust can conjure up and said - Geez, daaaaad. I could already do that.

I thought it was the funniest thing I had heard for a long time and had to really fight hard to keep a straight face.

 

[dagrev]

At little something that I found on my FB feed from the PNW Musical Archives....
For @Count Bassie a bit of Plan 9 stuff, Roger.

Vancouver band "The Painted Ship" at the North Vancouver club "Light Fantastic" in 1967. The Rhode Island band Plan 9 did a cover of The Painted Ship song Frustration on their first Voxx lp in 1981. Bill Hay ( singer of the Painted Ship) and myself went to the club Graceland in Vancouver 1988 to see Plan 9 and meet up with them. We had a nice chat while the opening band Soundgarden was playing.
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I forgot how some posters almost required one to be affected by pharmaceuticals to read them easier. I had to look at that a while!

 

[dagrev]

well, we can't leave the folks wondering what the Kubicki Bird sounds like now, can we?....nice finger action!

 

[JIO]

Funny thing about music like the Art Ensemble of Chicago. They do not come across well recorded. I saw the World Saxophone Quartet a bunch of times, and they were always amazing. They are a little less out there than the Art Ensemble, but I'm probably the only person I know who will happily listen to a World Saxophone Quartet record and then put on another one right after the second side is over.

That's another thing my son grew up around. He was stuck listening to everything I listen to, which ranges from country to free jazz. We got lucky in that the middle school and high school he went to were music powerhouses with well established and well respected jazz and orchestra programs. Music was actually funded and taught during the school day. Imagine that! He learned to swing with the best of them by the time he was in seventh grade.

Funny kid story that's kinda about music: There was a girl whose parents were the same ethnic mix as my wife and me, and both our son and the girl were trumpet players. They stood next to each other in the band and were very good friends. They were easy to pick out, because both had big masses of black hair like black dandelions. When they were in eighth grade, they had known each other for years, but decided that maybe they should be boyfriend and girlfriend. I don't remember all the details, but I took them skiing on a Sunday. That Monday, the boy was a little grumpy and said that she had dumped him. So, I told him that now he could play the blues. He looked at me with the kind of scorn that only a kid looking at a parent with complete disgust can conjure up and said - Geez, daaaaad. I could already do that.

I thought it was the funniest thing I had heard for a long time and had to really fight hard to keep a straight face.

When I moved to SF in '90, there was a very vibrant music scene. I saw so much live music then for what's now pocket change. Much of it avaunt guard - usually not many people in attendance but always exciting and vibrant. Saw Nels Cline (Trio) in his early days and every show was off the charts. Also played in an improv trio then - gigged a few times with them. Especially post Covid - SF is barely recognizable in this respect, at least for now. It's still too soon to know which way it will go but for now there is very little 'scene'.

 

[Gaolee]

When I moved to SF in '90, there was a very vibrant music scene. I saw so much live music then for what's now pocket change. Much of it avaunt guard - usually not many people in attendance but always exciting and vibrant. Saw Nels Cline (Trio) in his early days and every show was off the charts. Also played in an improv trio then - gigged a few times with them. Especially post Covid - SF is barely recognizable in this respect, at least for now. It's still too soon to know which way it will go but for now there is very little 'scene'.

Seattle in the late '80s, when we got here, was all about grunge. That was fun, too. There have always been lots of undercurrents around, though, so there's always somebody doing something interesting somewhere.

 

[Patrick J]

Looks cool! "Aunt Peg" (Ampeg) ... Speaking of which... I recently was gifted a 1960 Ampeg Amp Peg. (1960 was Ampeg's first year of production) It was an amplification system for a double bass. I've heard it didn't/doesn't sound that good, but it was the first attempt. It was stored in a cool old (same era) wooden fishing rod box. I'm now the third owner. I had to re-solder it (5th pic - easy) and it works. (basically old-style rotary phone parts with a volume pot!) Also had the original instructions and a copy of an advertisement. A little slice of history.

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The Amplified Peg

Nice.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

That's just awesome, Chuck!

BTW, how was she at chucking shoes when you got out of line?

My mom shattered a window in my bedroom when I ducked one she threw at me as a pre-teen. That made her even more mad... my dad laughed about it when he got home from work.

yeah I know that scenario too well....you couldn't laugh cause they'd get madder but sometimes it was impossible to hold a straight face.....one time our pug jumped on the table and ate some of the pecorino (cheese)....i thought my mom was going to explode in anger she got all red and puffy and yelled "look at that cheese, looks like a dog ate it!"....worst thing I could have said (and did) was "ma, a dog DID eat it"......she threw a wok at me...need I continue?...

 

[TBird1958]

Seattle in the late '80s, when we got here, was all about grunge. That was fun, too. There have always been lots of undercurrents around, though, so there's always somebody doing something interesting somewhere.

I know you're not on FB Will, but that PNW Archive is really cool, someone was posting about Led Zep's many visits to Seattle yesterday, I had no idea they'd played so many times between Vancouver, Seattle and Portland - 23 shows from '68-77!