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Topic: Cause chicks dig it ? |
Chris Morano
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Rowe, Massachusetts, USA
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Posted 31 Oct 2003 7:58 pm |
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| Recently sitting around after a gig my friends and I were discussing what inspired us to spend all those years practicing and playing to master our instruments. Though many of us had in part more lofty motivations, the universal answer was we thought it would get us girls. Now that I am at an age where getting lucky means the kids are all out and the wifes at her sisters, I often ask why do we do it. Why keep trying when the gigs stop being fun, the nights too long, the latest McCountry song I have to learn is as bad as the last. Despite all this I still swoon every time I hear great steel singing through on the radio. I suffer through all the pop pablum purveyed by pretentious, Nashville pretty-boys (holy natering nabobs of negativism) hoping for a few honest bars of steel. When I do hear it I fall in love all over again. Is it hopeless? What motivates you guys? |
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Keith Murrow
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Wichita, KS
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Posted 31 Oct 2003 8:26 pm
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| Chris, for me, playing music is just "in my blood". Don't really know how it got to be that way, it's just a part of me, of who I am and what I do. Even on the worst nights, when the crowd is not appreciative, the sound system is acting up, and I can't hit a right note to save my soul, I couldn't quit even I had to. Believe me, I've tried to quit and walk away, but sooner or later, I fall off the wagon and come crawling back. I suspect the mortician will have to pry an instrument out of my cold hands when I go to that great "VFW Stage in the Sky" someday. |
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Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 31 Oct 2003 9:09 pm
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| At my age, I only do it because folks look up to me; like when I'm driving that REALLY BIGG TRUCK. |
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Fred Shannon
From:
Rocking "S" Ranch, Comancheria, Texas, R.I.P.
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Posted 1 Nov 2003 5:07 am
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Keith,
I couldn't agree with you more. I quit playing for about 9 years and I have to tell you sincerely, they were the most unhappiest years of my life. After being a bandleader for a number of years, and playing every 'tonk' in 4 or 5 states, one has to believe that the frustration of being a band leader or condoning the activities of a room full of drunks for 4 hours, to continue playing has to be a love of the instrument and the "good sounds" from a "good band".
I told my band sometime ago, "I don't hit any bad notes. There's just 2 "can'ts" here, you "can't" stay up with me, you "can't" stay. Clears the air right up front.  
And Ray, I've been there and done that too.
Chris, well stated.. I immediately go into the arms folded position on this new crap called "country". Not on the bandstand where Texas Pride is playing, I can MAKE THAT GUARANTEE.
Fred
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If it aint got a steel, it aint real
[This message was edited by Fred Shannon on 01 November 2003 at 05:10 AM.] |
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Damir Besic
From:
Nashville,TN.
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Posted 1 Nov 2003 8:44 am
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Everything we man do boils down to "girls".If we buy a great car,we bought it thinking about what girls will say,when we buy a fast motorcycle we buy it because girls love them,when we play in the bar we play for women attention,if we work a hard job we do it to make money for who?girls of course.Sure many things we do because WE like it, but the bigest reason is ,girls.And I think it is a natural thing afer all,we love girls and we want them to love us,talk to us,smile at us and ...well,you know already,you`re all musicians here.Music is like a drug,once you`re hooked up you`re done.Once you get to the stage and enjoy what you do AND get paid for doing it,you`re hooked.Music is the biggest part of my life,never let me down or hurt me,brought only fun and joy,there is no better feeling for me on this world than make some great music with the good friends,on the stage or in the back yard next to the BBQ grill and some cold beer...and of course...some girls...
DB
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Jody Carver
From:
KNIGHT OF FENDER TWEED
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Posted 1 Nov 2003 8:48 am
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Double Post....they lift all four I see
a message on this Forum "Flood Control" Please wait..could you wait if you were a dog
?.[This message was edited by Jody Carver on 01 November 2003 at 08:53 AM.] |
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Jody Carver
From:
KNIGHT OF FENDER TWEED
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Posted 1 Nov 2003 8:50 am
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I disagree to a point.I play for my dogs.
It gives them a lift.
When I play they lift their back legs. 
edited out of respect for my dogs. |
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chris ivey
From:
california (deceased)
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Posted 1 Nov 2003 9:47 am
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| like motorcycles and other questionable delights...i wouldn't try to convince anyone to do it (i may, in fact, advise against it), but i've got to! |
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Pete Burak
From:
Portland, OR USA
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Chris Erbacher
From:
Sausalito, California, USA
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Posted 1 Nov 2003 11:50 am
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| i'm still a young guy compared to the average steel player's age, and i play the steel because to me it is one of the sweetest sounding instruments and i can't get enough of it's sound, i love it and can't pull myself away from it. my friends think i am crazy, maybe i am, but i love music to the point of compulsion and have loved the sound of the steel since i first heard it. on the notion of chicks, yeah they love musicians, i liken it to being kind of a snake charmer. i'll take whatever helps. the bottom line for me is the sound. did i mention that i happily lug around a couple hundred pounds of equipment for this sound? |
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Eric West
From:
Portland, Oregon, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 1 Nov 2003 12:01 pm
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Is it too late to put in a vote for..
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BBwwaahahahaaa.....
EJL
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 1 Nov 2003 6:40 pm
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Well, I have a "friend" who plays for the adoration of crowds because he didn't get enough of it from his parents when he was growing up...
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Damir Besic
From:
Nashville,TN.
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Posted 2 Nov 2003 8:01 am
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~babes catcher~...
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Bobby Lee
From:
Cloverdale, California, USA
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Posted 2 Nov 2003 9:38 am
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Whatever girls I attracted with my steel guitar, I scared away with my wierd personality. Except for one. 
I play because it's who I am. If I stopped, I'd have to die. I couldn't live long without it. I don't even know why, and I've thought about it a lot.
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 Bobby Lee - email: quasar@b0b.com - gigs - CDs, Open Hearts
Sierra Session 12 (E9), Williams 400X (Emaj9, D6), Sierra Olympic 12 (C6add9),
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Bobby Lee
From:
Cloverdale, California, USA
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Posted 2 Nov 2003 9:39 am
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| Moved to 'Steel Players' section. |
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