Guest Michael Rife
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Hi Jung;
For a minute there I was thinking you were going to break into the Byrd’s song: Turn, Turn, Turn!
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Yep, I could spend hours/days in that store.
One more thing about guitars…….you will know which one a few seconds after you start playing it. It will have a feel and a sound that you will have to bring home. You may even try other guitars while deciding but you will keep going back to this one guitar. Also, it won’t be your last guitar. It will be the guitar you will have to figure out where you want to ultimately go with your guitar playing. Mike
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Hi David;
Thanks!!!! Now that you mention it I do remember the Q & A about SJBE. I believe they would do the song well…. Thanks again.
Mike
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Not touring is OK. The work you guys do for the Duo Sessions and Early access shows us how well you are doing. Also, your studio work is great…..and does take a lot of time.
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I remember it being released……..it reminds me of sled riding with other kids during that winter. The song was the first sign of a major shift in their music.
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Hi Jacki;
I know what you mean. The last few years of my mother’s life she was in a nursing home and many of the people there could not talk much due to Alzheimer’s and other ailments. But, every so often many of them would just randomly start singing songs from long ago. And they knew all the words. Otherwise they were speechless. It was explained to me by some doctors that the memory of music is the last thing to go with Alzheimer’s and dementia patients. Strange how the brain works…….or maybe it is a blessing. Mike.
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Also I believe with how they do harmonies so well another Stephen Stills song….Suite: Judy Blue Eyes would be a challenging song that they would do well.
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And, ya know, we get the added bonus of watching them progress over the years. We can go back to when they were 13 and listen to them and it continues through the present day. I believe it was 2015/6 when I started following them closely and their talent has only increased since then……and we get now to see weekly updates and improvements in their talent. To me this is something really special. Mike.
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Interesting question. Often after watching Lisa play guitar I have noticed that she can make some big stretches on the fret board. Part of it, I think, is due to long fingers, but much of it is due to a lot of practice, I believe.
I have also heard that Joni uses open tuning……open E using a capo, I believe, but didn’t know it was due to polio. Also, early in his career Keith Richards started using an open G a lot. Mike.
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I also have a side story about music. It is not well known but my wife and I have a daughter who is soon to be 31 years old. She is mentally and physically handicapped and has the verbal level of someone around 3 to 5 years old. She has had many physical difficulties and operations and on and on over the years. Verbally she can put together 3 words in a sentence. Now here is the part we cannot understand. When she sings, she sings in complete sentences. So, because of music we get to hear her speak in complete sentences. As a result, music is a gift that we should never take for granted. In addition to this she has a memory better than mine. One day I was driving around in the car with her and “This Boy” followed by “Ticket to Ride” came on and she sang both of them perfectly. I was dumbfounded because I knew it had been years since she had heard those songs. And, yes, daddy cried some. Mike.
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Music has been called the sound that emotions make. It is so heart-warming to know that their music brought happiness to those patients. Something really to be thankful. Mike.
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Well..…..I have a bias between the two guitars. For hard-driving RnR I would go LP but for more country-rock sound I would pick the Gretsch. The Gretsch does have a “cleaner” sound to it……and overall I was surprised that the Gretsch could hang with the LP in some of the testing. The LP was made for reverb which is OK if that is what you like.
My own personal experience………I only have an LP Jr. and a Baby Jet Gretsch. I like them both but I cannot use the LP Jr. where we play because it is too strong in the venue which holds around 150 to 200. So, I have to use some other electric that has a less strong sound…..then it depends on what we are playing. If I want understated electric, I usually go with the Rick or the Godin 5th Ave. A little stronger I go with the Gibson ES-335. Oh well……these are good problems to have. Mike.
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Jung;
Are you going to tell us what you decided or are you still in the research phase?
Mike
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Going waaaay back: Gene Krupa. He predates Buddy Rich and the two would have “drum-offs” every now and then on TV. But, by that time Buddy was still in his prime and would leave Gene in the dust. But, at the time when I was a kid my dad didn’t care much for Buddy Rich because he had been arrested for something or the other (I later found out what.)
Also, did anyone mention the cantankerous Ginger Baker. He was far from a traditional drummer but was very good………..but he rarely got along with anyone. Oh…..and whoever the drummer was for Jimi Hendrix…..that guy was good……also the drummer for Badfinger. Mike.
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Howard:
Yes, the Badfinger story showed the worst case scenario of the music business during the 1970s. At times I am saddened by it and at other times I am mad about it and just shake my head. Mike.
