Californiaman

Certainly wishing you the most speedy of recoveries. You have been through a lot. Love the picture of you with your guitar. Happy thoughts.

I think, for most of us, playing by ear is an integral part of learning a particular piece of music. How many times have we honed in on the bass note in order to get a chord, let alone the chord progression down. The very first time I heard Tom Petty’s Honey Bee, I knew I could play it because of my audial training over the years. And that included the main riff and timing. Once I got my guitar in my hands playing the song was easy. I watched a Rick Beato video of Top 10 Country songs and he was calling out root note, chord and progression for all 10 songs and pointing the uniqueness of each progression. They weren’t all I, IV, V chords either . It was good and points out the relationship between listening and having a basic understanding of rudimentary theory . Still, I know plenty of players who just hear it and play it.

I did the same thing. There are some reasonable prices too. But not so much for some of the 335s and 345s.

Well, I must say my learning curve has been a long and winding road. See what I did there? I've even found a mistake in my original post. The song is performed in Em. That means one sharp, F#. Which means that Interval Run of Sixths, is actually (C-A, D-B, E-C, F#-D, G-E, A-F#, B-G, C-A) played on the G&D strings respectively. It makes sense because the song's intro, that really melodic guitar picking, moves from Em to F#m. The chords Page plays after the interval sixth run up the neck are also Em & F#m. They're played on the G, D, B strings in the 16th (F#m) and 14th (Em) positions. I remember playing the cornet when younger. Didn't stick with it and have been a self-taught guitar player since the mid-80s. Started with bass and moved to guitar when I bought my ES-175 in 1988.

Yeah, they're closing after 100 years. Looking for a buyer. But you know how this goes. They're another in a long line of retail stores that are having to shut down in what is really a poor economy. Might be an opportunity for someone else, but wow! Sam Ash was a reputable music store. Sam Ash story.

Yeah, they were a fantastic group. At one time in the '70s you could turn the dial on the radio and chances are you would land on an ELO hit. RIP Richard. You were one of the best.

I've been working on intervals lately. Went down a rabbit hole that forces me to think about what I'm doing, or in the case of this morning's discovery, other guitarists playing. A while ago I learned the solo Jimi Page uses on Achilles Last Stand. The one where he takes a run up the neck. I remember reading once that he wanted to create a solo where he used every note in the scale and have it sound remarkable. I love it when I figure stuff out on guitar. Page's ascending run up the neck is fantastic. It's musical genius. It is played on the third and fourth strings and is known as an Interval of a 6th. Starting on the fifth fret of the G string, Page plays C. The he plays A on the D string, 7th fret. Next two notes are D to B. Then another interval 6th, E to C. He continues in the key of C through the remainder of the scale. So, F-D, G-E, A-F, G-B right up to the 19th fret of the D string. It's a beautifully crafted Major sixth run through the C Major scale. Give it a try.

So who ya' putting your money on for the big race? Here's the horses and odds. Kentucky Derby Horses I've got West Saratoga, to win. To place I've got Resilience. For Show, Fierceness

BBP, sorry you feel that way. Stooping so low as to call me a "knuckle dragger" and "Chief Running Mouth," is well.... petty at best. Subjective vs. objective arguments: Objective means verifiable information based on facts and evidence. Subjective means information or perspectives based on feelings, opinions, or emotions. Having presented information that is verifiable and fact, I posted about BJA. If he believes so strongly in something that he's willing to renounce his citizenship as he clearly did in the middle of a gig in London, just look it up it's on youtube, then I say renounce away and move to where ever you want. Don't rant about it in front of thousands who paid good money to see you play your music. Just quietly go and do it. As for you, obviously you felt compelled to post here again. So, so much for, "This is why I don't post here anymore." I welcome your posts and have nothing against you. Good luck to you. No hard feelings here.

Since this OP was about punk rock, I just can’t help but remember all the nights driving up and down PCH listening to stuff like The Dead Kennedys, Police Truck or The Dickies Gigantor. That was punk rock

I remember Farnsbarns.

Holy Smokes! What happened to it? It looks like someone took a razor blade to it. It looks like it needs a total restoration. The binding, the finish. Maybe the hardware too.

Might I add Whiskey, Honky Tonks, and Women. Oh and outlaws. God bless the outlaw in all of us.

CB: Read up on the difference of Sarcasm & Facetious. History Lesson: Ready? One, Two, Three, GO! Before you were even the twinkle in your father's eye, I was a punk in the streets of Southern California. I grew up during the heyday of punk rock. I walked the streets of California with the soundtrack of my favorite punk bands playing in my head. American bands like The Dead Kennedys (Jello Biafra), The Dickies, then later X (Exene Cervenka, John Doe, Billy Zoom and D.J. Bonebrake), Social Distortion (Mike Ness), The Flesh Eaters (Dave Alvin, Chris Desjardins, John Doe, Steve Berlin, DJ Bonebrake), T.S.O.L True Sounds of Liberty (Jack Grisham and Ron Emory) and a few more you might have heard of like Black Flag, The Circle Jerks, the Runaways, The Go-Go's and Ramons. The great thing about the California Punk Scene was that these players all knew each other and would at times show up to support the other bands. Dave Alvin would go on to form the Blasters with his genius brother Phil. Phil holds a California record for having caught by hand one of the largest rattlesnakes on record. Even taught high level mathematics at Cal State Long Beach. Dave is one of Americas best song writers. Ever hear of Dwight Yokum? Got his start in the same clubs as these artists at the same time. Alvin sold him the rights to Long White Cadillac, then used the money to build his own studio. It's a song about Hank Williams and is Yokum's greatest hit. Ron Emory would play lead guitar for Social D. Steve Berlin would play sax for the likes of the Blasters and Los Lobos. Yeah that was the good part that came out of California's Wonderful World of Punk. Want to read a good book? John Doe put out a compilation by the folks who lived it called Under the Big Black Sky. He tells the story of the Los Angeles punk scene. He also has others tell their own story. I can go on and on. I've met them. I've interviewed them and I've grown old with them. Sure I listened to English Punk like the Clash and the Sex Pistols. I still have a pristine copy of Never Mind the Bollocks. I've met Johnny Lydon "Rotten" too. So before you try to school me on what punk is; I have it running through my veins. I'm old school.

Woh! Dad was wrong. Taller than James Arness? Still, when my wife and I are talking crime and punishment, she still goes right to Marshall Matt Dillion. "If they knew what Marshall Dillion was going to do them, they wouldn't do that anymore. They should hang 'em. Shoot 'em and if they live, hang 'em."