Got one of my fleet of acoustic axes playing along with Blackberry Smoke and Stone Temple Pilots today.
What are you all listening to these days?
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Are you a picker??? I keep my acoustic Fender by my chair. Just learned a couple Men at Work tunes this week - Down Under and Overkill.
Yes sir, I pick AND grin.
I do Overkill also...in Double Drop D for authenticity.
In acoustics I have 1-Taylor 314CE, 3-Epiphone FT-350SCE (with robot tuners for alt tunings), 2 Epiphone Masterbilts and a little The Loar parlor size.
Yes I said 3 FT-350SCEs...I have a problem, time for an intervention!
Don't get me started on electrics.
I had this plan the second week of March to workout a different muscle group each day in my basement while blaring an artist of the day:
Week one:
Mellencamp Monday
Talking Heads Tuesday
Bill Withers Wednesday
Tom Petty Thursday
Badfinger Friday
Bob Seger Saturday
Paul Simon Sunday
On Monday of that week I had to babysit my granddaughter and brought home Flu-A for me and my wife to try out for the next 6 days.
Now it’s May. Still thinking about re-starting my workouts...........
Week one:
Mellencamp Monday
Talking Heads Tuesday
Bill Withers Wednesday
Tom Petty Thursday
Badfinger Friday
Bob Seger Saturday
Paul Simon Sunday
On Monday of that week I had to babysit my granddaughter and brought home Flu-A for me and my wife to try out for the next 6 days.
Now it’s May. Still thinking about re-starting my workouts...........
hoops, are you or have you played in a band? Figure so with quite the assortment of guitars. I'm more of a campfire picker, have a buddy who can carry me. I have always been an acoustic fan - hence my favs like Jackson Browne, CSNY, Fogelberg, Prine, Ozark Mt. I'm really digging the resurgence of the newgrass bluegrass. I saw the Infamous Stringdusters last yr at Old Rock House in STL and blew me away.
Yes sir, been in electric bands since high school daze to the present.
Never got into acoustic playing much until about 5 years ago, now it's 95% of what I do. Don't even play electric unless it's with the band, even then I'm working more acoustic into our gigs (which have disappeared since the 'Rona).
Got a Fishman Loudbox Mini and a Boss Acoustic Singer Pro 120 for acoustic amps, both are highly recommended by me, YMMV.
Never got into acoustic playing much until about 5 years ago, now it's 95% of what I do. Don't even play electric unless it's with the band, even then I'm working more acoustic into our gigs (which have disappeared since the 'Rona).
Got a Fishman Loudbox Mini and a Boss Acoustic Singer Pro 120 for acoustic amps, both are highly recommended by me, YMMV.
My last Semester in Springfield, my wife and I lived right across the street from Ruell Chappell who was an Ozark Mtn Daredevil at that time. Good guy. He bought a catcher’s mitt from me at our yard sale. Baha.
I’ve seen Mellecamp three times. Seger twice.
Never saw Petty
My last Semester in Springfield, my wife and I lived right across the street from Ruell Chappell who was an Ozark Mtn Daredevil at that time. Good guy. He bought a catcher’s mitt from me at our yard sale. Baha.
I’ve seen Mellecamp three times. Seger twice.
Never saw Petty
I was lucky enough to see Tom Petty one time, one of the best shows I ever saw.
Caught John Cougarcamp in Springfield 3 or 4 years ago, excellent show.
Ruell is still a "Daredevil". IMO they are kind of a tribute act now since Larry Lee, Randle Chowning and Steve Cash (RIP) are no longer with them. Got some great songs though, I should send them some bucks as many times as we have covered some of their stuff out in the honkytonks.
Was fortunate to see the Daredevils five times but not in their prime. Some of my favorite songs of theirs that are not hits are, Horse Trader, Whippoorwill and their cover of Satisfied Mind.
I never saw the original lineup, was a little before my time but did see them when Bill Brown (RIP) was touring with them a couple of times.
Whippoorwill rules, great tune. I do Colorado Song and It Probably Always Will solo acoustic, and the band has done Within Without, Spaceship Orion, Look Away and If You Wanna Get To Heaven.
We kinda specialize and like to do material with 3 or 4-part harmonies, and OMD has a bunch of 'em. Great band.
Never been a huge Boss fan. I do like most of his hits, but when I ventured outside of those, I wasn't overly impressed.
I saw both Seger and Petty at Riverport. Fun concerts. VIP parking on the Harley...Both were in the lawn, boy that was fun...
I saw both Seger and Petty at Riverport. Fun concerts. VIP parking on the Harley...Both were in the lawn, boy that was fun...
Fortunate to see them many times over the years, most recently at the intimate Wildey Theater in Edwardsville. A Steeleville's Wildwood Springs Lodge show I bought Michael Grande's book "It Shined: The Saga of the Ozark Mountain Daredevils", and had him sign it.
Here's a great story from it;
On their first trip to California in the early days just after releasing The Quilt Album, they would play about anywhere to make money. They were playing an afternoon show at a small festival in San Diego at some plaza parking lot. There was a fried chicken fast food restaurant nearby and had someone dress up in a chicken costume to promote the restaurant. When the Daredevils started playing "Chicken Train", the chicken started dancing around and putting on a show for the crowd. Then he started following the band around San Diego in costume to their gigs and dance around during "Chicken Train", and even got invited up on stage.
A San Diego TV station ran a brief story of the chicken and the "Chicken Train" song. Ray Kroc, owner of the Padres, just happened to see the story and thought the chicken was entertaining. Looking for ways to liven up the ballpark for the lowly Padres and poor attendance, he invited the chicken to come to the stadium one day for a game and entertain the crowd between innings. Well, the chicken played the part perfectly and was a big hit especially with the kids. Kroc liked him so much that he hired him full time as the team mascot, the San Diego Chicken. The first team mascot in sports, all because of a chance meeting between the Ozark Mountain Daredevils playing "Chicken Train" and a person in a chicken costume promoting a fried chicken restaurant!!
Here's a great story from it;
On their first trip to California in the early days just after releasing The Quilt Album, they would play about anywhere to make money. They were playing an afternoon show at a small festival in San Diego at some plaza parking lot. There was a fried chicken fast food restaurant nearby and had someone dress up in a chicken costume to promote the restaurant. When the Daredevils started playing "Chicken Train", the chicken started dancing around and putting on a show for the crowd. Then he started following the band around San Diego in costume to their gigs and dance around during "Chicken Train", and even got invited up on stage.
A San Diego TV station ran a brief story of the chicken and the "Chicken Train" song. Ray Kroc, owner of the Padres, just happened to see the story and thought the chicken was entertaining. Looking for ways to liven up the ballpark for the lowly Padres and poor attendance, he invited the chicken to come to the stadium one day for a game and entertain the crowd between innings. Well, the chicken played the part perfectly and was a big hit especially with the kids. Kroc liked him so much that he hired him full time as the team mascot, the San Diego Chicken. The first team mascot in sports, all because of a chance meeting between the Ozark Mountain Daredevils playing "Chicken Train" and a person in a chicken costume promoting a fried chicken restaurant!!
If you read the detailed history of the Daredevils it is truly unreal how many different combinations of band members there have been the past 45 years. Maybe more than any group I can recall.
Seen OMD several times one of my favorite bands.They played in Perryville one year at Gene's Western Corral which me and a buddy snuck back stage on their break and partied with them.
Back before OMD released their first album a few of the members played several Saturday nights in Golden City. A Golden City alum was going to SMS at the time and new some of the band members. A farm trailer would be pulled up to the four way stop and they would play bluegrass music for several hours. I was too young of a kid to remember seeing this but have heard stories about it.
I used to LOVE to watch Bill Brown play the guitar. Used to go to the Hanger and catch the Bill Brown Blues Band and the Bluesberries, all the time. That guy could shred.
Michael Grande said in his book that probably the main reason the band didn't achieve more national success was because a couple band members were already married with kids, they all had roots in their hometowns, and all agreed that they would not be away from home for more than 3 weeks at a time. The record company was insisting that they relocate to LA and they refused to do it. I think that says a lot about the type of people they were - family, country livin', and staying true to who they really were as people was more important than fame.
Grande said they never broke their 3 week promise, although I'm not sure if that was exactly the case.
He gave KSHE much credit for playing their music when other radio stations wouldn't.
Grande said they never broke their 3 week promise, although I'm not sure if that was exactly the case.
He gave KSHE much credit for playing their music when other radio stations wouldn't.
Bill was a huge influence on me and my guitar-playing journey. We weren't close but I met him through a couple of my uncles and spoke with him many times, usually about guitar playing and music.
I remember him telling me about playing some of the old Led Zep songs in standard tuning for years...and then discovering they were actually in an alternate tuning (and MUCH easier to play in alternate). He was an incredible talent and I think of him most every time I pick up a guitar.
Thank you Bill...RIP.
At OMD's show at Wildey Theater in '18, a gal on fiddle played with them - minus Steve, John said Steve wasn't there because he broke his leg but the way he said it we figured something else was going on. I don't remember her name but John said she was from Springfield. She tore it up and fiddled a lot of the harmonica parts. The fiddle fit in well and they sounded great.
For those of you not familiar, the Wildey Theater is in Edwardsville, IL about a half hr out of St Louis. It is the absolute BEST music venue in STL area today. The old movie theater turned into a stage theater, only sell 300 tickets, cushioned seats, all excellent seats, no lines to johns or bar, decent parking, bars and restaurants nearby, reasonable tickets $50-65 range. Lots of old rock and rollers playing there - Dave Mason, Wishbone Ash, Head East, Brewer and Shipley, etc
For those of you not familiar, the Wildey Theater is in Edwardsville, IL about a half hr out of St Louis. It is the absolute BEST music venue in STL area today. The old movie theater turned into a stage theater, only sell 300 tickets, cushioned seats, all excellent seats, no lines to johns or bar, decent parking, bars and restaurants nearby, reasonable tickets $50-65 range. Lots of old rock and rollers playing there - Dave Mason, Wishbone Ash, Head East, Brewer and Shipley, etc
We have something similar in Springfield with the Gillioz on old Route 66. Not the best sound but rich in history and not a bad seat in the house. Years ago when they decided to renovate it the first concert in the gutted empty hall filled with folding chairs was the Daredevils going acoustic. Dillon even used the mouth bow on Chicken Train.
I'm a fan of Off Broadway as well, saw Chris Knight there in December and place was packed yet still felt like he was right there.
I'm still kicking myself for missing that one...one of my favorite "newer" bands. Was the place packed?
We play "Ain't Much Left Of Me" & "Pretty Little Lie" in the acoustic duo, great tunes.
He’s been doing a lot of Facebook live acoustic shows(as others have)...Last night did a great cover of Wild Horses
They've got a bunch of great ones, these among them. They throw the occassional Drop-D tuning at ya, though and that throws me off. While it isn't impossible, it's inconvenient to change tunings in the middle of a set.
Yep, one of mine, as well. Once my granddaughter is old enough, I think we'll see about singing that one, together. I can imagine a toddler enjoying singing "This little bitty town !"...
They do use some Drop D but Charlie plays a BUNCH in Open G and Richard usually plays in standard...but not always
And as far as doing alt tunings in the middle of a set you just need to get one of these:
https://www.zzounds.com/item--EPIFT350SCE
That one has robot tuners with 12 preset and 6 user-defined tunings and I will change tunings at least a dozen times in the average gig. Takes about 30 seconds usually and the other guitarist is a world-class BSer, he can fill that amount of time in his sleep.
I've got 3 of those Epis, they were closing them out for about $280 delivered, new.
sorry, late to the party here... I listen to some of the music I'm told to play on air each afternoon. Other songs I play but mentally tune out.
Thin Lizzy.. Cowboy song.. AWESOME. deep purple... heck yes! etc etc.I'm a huge Eric Clapton fan. By the way: . John Mellencamp, John Cougar, whatever name he was using, played a brief show here in Chillicothe in a parking lot in 1985 as part of the farm crisis stuff. It was before my time, but you can watch it on YouTube.
Thin Lizzy.. Cowboy song.. AWESOME. deep purple... heck yes! etc etc.I'm a huge Eric Clapton fan. By the way: . John Mellencamp, John Cougar, whatever name he was using, played a brief show here in Chillicothe in a parking lot in 1985 as part of the farm crisis stuff. It was before my time, but you can watch it on YouTube.
They do use some Drop D but Charlie plays a BUNCH in Open G and Richard usually plays in standard...but not always
And as far as doing alt tunings in the middle of a set you just need to get one of these:
https://www.zzounds.com/item--EPIFT350SCE
That one has robot tuners with 12 preset and 6 user-defined tunings and I will change tunings at least a dozen times in the average gig. Takes about 30 seconds usually and the other guitarist is a world-class BSer, he can fill that amount of time in his sleep.
I've got 3 of those Epis, they were closing them out for about $280 delivered, new.
Wow. at $280 that's one of those you can't afford not to take advantage of. My choice would be to have multiple guitars all set up with the tuning needed... Ha ha. Maybe add a Duesenburg Double Cat and a Suhr and then just see what else I could throw in there.
