So, what have you been listening to lately?

[Dave W]

Rockpile was great while it lasted. It was never going to be a long term deal considering Nick and Dave's differing interests.

And now for something completely different

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Local friends.

[4stringer77]

RIP.  We're all taking it one day at a time now I think.

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[Pilgrim]

I love this tune!  One of the great bass lead-ins, too. 

On TB some folks asked to hear the strings on my 1963 P-bass; they were installed about 1972.  I thought the best way to demo them would be to play the intro to a tune from the 60's, and Soul Sacrifice is a good one.  Now I'm learning it, so I'm working through this tune. 

It's just as great today as it was at Woodstock.

   

[the mojo hobo]

So, I subscribed to RFD TV for the show Trains and locomotives, which some of the trainspotters here would enjoy, but I found this program: The Bluegrass Trail. Bluegrass usually features banjo, fiddle, guitar and mandolin. Until tonight every mandolin has been a Gibson.

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[Rob]

Seems funny to see Rivers without a red Gibson.

[Pilgrim]

I saw him a few years ago here in Fort Collins. The curtain came up, and on the state were a red Gibson in a stand, a drum set, a Fender P-bass in its stand, and a B-3 with a Leslie speaker next to it.

I turned to my wife with a big grin and said "This is gonna be GOOD!"

Then Rivers and the band walked out to their places, and it was very good.

[Dave W]

Speaking of performers identified with guitars, Charlie Gracie is almost forgotten in the US except for rockabilly fans but he still tours in Europe, especially France. He still plays the three-pickup sunburst hollowbody Guild X-350 Stratford he has played since 1957. There weren't many made, and I never expected a reissue, but Guild has recently come out with one in its Newark Street (MIK) series, in cherry with a Bigsby.

Charlie in 1957



Charlie in 2018 in France

[Dave W]