Still independant I hear...

Highlander · July 04, 2012, 07:27:04 AM

Have a great day over your side of the pond...

gweimer · July 04, 2012, 07:38:52 AM

Yep. We are as free as we allow our government to control us. Thanks!

TBird1958 · July 04, 2012, 08:05:44 AM

Here in Seattle we anxiously await Canadian occupation.

Happy Fourth

godofthunder · July 04, 2012, 08:44:17 AM

Thanks Kenny! Freedom here is more a mind frame than a reality, If you think you are free you are right ? Still no place I'd rather be.

Nocturnal · July 04, 2012, 10:21:23 AM

Have a happy and safe holiday everyone!!

nofi · July 04, 2012, 02:13:56 PM

yeah kenny, we are still relatively independent.

so don't try anything, mister!

TBird1958 · July 04, 2012, 03:04:33 PM

Celebrate with a Bicie....

Pilgrim · July 04, 2012, 04:15:54 PM

I'm celebrating Independence by going to hear Dick Dale tonight! There's an original!

Happy 4th, friends.

Denis · July 04, 2012, 07:55:27 PM

A song I love listening to on July 4th.

Dave W · July 04, 2012, 09:57:08 PM

Quote from: Denis on July 04, 2012, 07:55:27 PM
A song I love listening to on July 4th.

Great choice! I hadn't seen this particular clip before.

godofthunder · July 05, 2012, 08:07:26 AM

Quote from: Pilgrim on July 04, 2012, 04:15:54 PM
I'm celebrating Independence by going to hear Dick Dale tonight! There's an original!

Happy 4th, friends.

We opened for him last time he was in Rochester, hell of a nice guy and what a player

I even got to hold his gold sparkle Strat

Scroll down and there is a pic of the band with Dick http://johnnysmoke.homestead.com/friends.html

Pilgrim · July 05, 2012, 08:57:02 AM

Cool photo!

Dick is definitely grayer and has a bit less hair than before his last bout with cancer, but he played basically non-stop for an hour. Yes, I can tell that he's not quite where he was three years ago, but at age 75 I don't mind. His bass player, Sam Bolle, gets better every year. It's a great show.

godofthunder · July 05, 2012, 09:00:46 AM

I meet Sam also great guy and a excellent player. Dick pretty much dictates instrument choice amp and setting! 60's -'75 P bass, Fender Bassmans (not sure which ones) and miced with a SM57. Sam sounded great at the show I was at.

gweimer · July 05, 2012, 09:13:36 AM

Quote from: godofthunder on July 05, 2012, 09:00:46 AM
I meet Sam also great guys and a excellent player. Dick pretty much dictates instrument choice amp and setting! 60's -'75 P bass, Fender Bassmans (not sure which ones) and miced with a SM57. Sam sounded great at the show I was at.

I saw him about 2005, and it was definitely a show worth seeing. The sound was great. Dale had the LOUDEST clean Strat sound I ever heard. The bass solo in "House of the Rising Sun" was well thought out.

Pilgrim · July 05, 2012, 11:07:39 AM

Quote from: gweimer on July 05, 2012, 09:13:36 AM
I saw him about 2005, and it was definitely a show worth seeing. The sound was great. Dale had the LOUDEST clean Strat sound I ever heard. The bass solo in "House of the Rising Sun" was well thought out.

Yes - that number seems to be a staple of each show, and the bass solo is a real gem - I swear it gets longer every year.