Buc McMaster Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Just a quick check in from the Seine on a Viking river boat! Headed down the river for 6 day to visit the Normandy beaches and all points in between. See ya next week! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Sounds great. Bon Voyage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisrownSal Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Be very wary of French Taunters! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8yjNbcKkNY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mafy31 Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Just a quick check in from the Seine on a Viking river boat! Headed down the river for 6 day to visit the Normandy beaches and all points in between. See ya next week! Nice i'm from Normandy (Caen). Lived over 20 years there. Hope you'll have a blast and fine weather, dont forget of course Deauville, Honfleur, Omaha beach, and west with Mt St Michel etc. Classics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-28 Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Bonjour. Ca va. Sorry I can't type the curly Q under the C with an English language keyboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatbaroque Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Sacre Bleu! Check out Le Shoppe Custome Gibson. They have some new Humming Oiseau models. Cooked tops. Torrification process involves a little garlic and butter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesKing777 Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Ooh, nice for some! Have a great trip! BluesKing777....green with envy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 I love Paris in the springtime... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatbaroque Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 I love Paris in the springtime... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21mM1ICT1Mc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21mM1ICT1Mc Exactly what I was thinking about! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldCowboy Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 Outstanding, Buc! Wine, French ladies, and American guitars. The third item will save you from complete degeneracy (MAYBE😂)! Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bayoubengal1954 Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 Yeah Yuh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EuroAussie Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 Just dont lay into the waiters when they start getting a bit snotty towards your big Texan draaawl .. have fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuestionMark Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 Let us know if you check out any music stores or come across any hometown musicians while there...what they are like, what music they play... Enjoy your vacation and hope you come across some images to work into your songwriting! QM aka Jazzman Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisrownSal Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 Just dont lay into the waiters when they start getting a bit snotty towards your big Texan draaawl .. have fun. Make sure you order Kendall Jackson Rose wine, and be sure to order Freedom Fries with American Cheese melted on the top. They love that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhanners623 Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 You took a guitar, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 "And them Frenchie eyes, they were eyein' a prize, some people call manly footwear......." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hogeye Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 Let us know if you check out any music stores or come across any hometown musicians while there...what they are like, what music they play... Enjoy your vacation and hope you come across some images to work into your songwriting! QM aka Jazzman Jeff Many years ago Gibson used distributors to sell guitars in France and the rest of Europe. The French distributor sent several of their sales reps to do a tour of the Gibson facilities. They came to Bozeman and they were great guys and gals. All 9 of them. We stayed at a local resort and we brought guitars. The French know how to play and sing the blues. They were great players and their vocals were amazing as they completely lost their heavy French accents and sounded just like American blues players and singers. We were playing at a local college hang-out that week-end and they jammed in with us onstage. A couple of months later I was doing a tour of the European distributors and several of the French guys had their own bands and invited me to sit in with them. I can tell you all that the level of music is phenomenal. Fine guitar players one and all and their hospitality was amazing. When they found out I had two uncles buried there they took me out and found their graves. I had the pleasure of visiting many of the fine guitar shops and they were all very warm and inviting folks. I ate in many homes and got to sit in with quite a few bands. They all love the blues and they are all amazing players. My favorite was a guy in Paris who played the harmonica. He didn't really play harmonica he just hummed(sort of) harmonica sounds. You would never know he didn't use a harp. Two of the reps actually came over to the U.S. several times and played at the Handy awards. Very fine players. They thing they liked about visiting Montana were all the pick-up trucks and the fact that we had horses and a firing range. They couldn't get over the fact that most of the Gibson/Montana folks drove pickup trucks to work and all had gun racks. I took them to the local rod and gun club where I am an instructor. We had a great time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-28 Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 Many years ago Gibson used distributors to sell guitars in France and the rest of Europe. The French distributor sent several of their sales reps to do a tour of the Gibson facilities. They came to Bozeman and they were great guys and gals. All 9 of them. We stayed at a local resort and we brought guitars. The French know how to play and sing the blues. They were great players and their vocals were amazing as they completely lost their heavy French accents and sounded just like American blues players and singers. We were playing at a local college hang-out that week-end and they jammed in with us onstage. A couple of months later I was doing a tour of the European distributors and several of the French guys had their own bands and invited me to sit in with them. I can tell you all that the level of music is phenomenal. Fine guitar players one and all and their hospitality was amazing. When they found out I had two uncles buried there they took me out and found their graves. I had the pleasure of visiting many of the fine guitar shops and they were all very warm and inviting folks. I ate in many homes and got to sit in with quite a few bands. They all love the blues and they are all amazing players. My favorite was a guy in Paris who played the harmonica. He didn't really play harmonica he just hummed(sort of) harmonica sounds. You would never know he didn't use a harp. Two of the reps actually came over to the U.S. several times and played at the Handy awards. Very fine players. They thing they liked about visiting Montana were all the pick-up trucks and the fact that we had horses and a firing range. They couldn't get over the fact that most of the Gibson/Montana folks drove pickup trucks to work and all had gun racks. I took them to the local rod and gun club where I am an instructor. We had a great time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 Just a quick check in from the Seine on a Viking river boat! Headed down the river for 6 day to visit the Normandy beaches and all points in between. See ya next week! Utah - Omaha - Gold - Juno - Sword, , , , are words I carry like a poem in my head. Would like to visit them for sure. Closest I ever got was the dunes of Dunkirk. But I played the streets of Paris in my absolutely young days. Lots of buskers and entertainers around so it was hard to find a spot. The under-surface-tunnel between Champs-Élysées and Arc de Triomphe however turned out to be an ideal place. People there were tourists, they had time and Franc. Made the wheels spin. Enjoy the C au lait, , , and don't forget to check the Gibson scene. "Mona Lisa must have had the highway blues - you can tell from the way she smiles" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortyearspickn Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 I guess I have part of "The Ugly American" gene. It amazes me how there are so many musicians world-wide who love American music to the point of learning to play it. I don't mean 'Smashing Pumpkins' - i mean "American" in the sense of C&W, Blues, Bluegrass, Americana, etc. Maybe it started with Jazz. And the cliche of the French disdaining Americans - I guess it's another unfair, silly generality. Nice to hear that 'cultural exchange' between Paris and Bozeman is alive and well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 And the cliche of the French disdaining Americans - I guess it's another unfair, silly generality. It's not just us. The French have disdain for virtually everyone else. It's just part of being French. Don't take it personally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buc McMaster Posted April 9, 2018 Author Share Posted April 9, 2018 A second check-in...... We're on the Seine, bound for Paris, after visiting a few cities, towns and villages along the way to Omaha Beach and related areas. Somber place to survey, knowing the history. Have seen a lot of things one never sees in America, ....Europe is so old. We are, however, on a river cruise with planned stops and excursions and not a lot of free time to do personal exploration so we have not sampled any local music shops. Still, it has been a most excellent experience despite the fact that that our baggage was lost by the airline and has yet to show up. We'll be back in Paris on Wednesday for the flight home to Texas, and while it's been great fun, there's no place like home! (....and no, did not bring a guitar, thankfully, since our belongs are still unaccounted for by the airline!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 The French have disdain for virtually everyone else. It's just part of being French. French disdain up de Gaulle's or Voltaire's or somebody else's a.. It's ridiculous and 'belongs' in another age. But the Frenchmen themselves have been teased a lot, haven't they. Apropos the 5 beaches, ever heard the eBay joke : Vintage French army riffle for sale Never used - dropped twice Sorry froggies, , you have a great tradition for satire - you can take it. Reste incroyable Btw. I went to the theater and saw a play over a Houllebecq novel last Thursday. Another infant terrible from Paris there. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mafy31 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 It's not just us. The French have disdain for virtually everyone else. It's just part of being French. Don't take it personally. That's just so plain wrong, i hope it is 2nd degree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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