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  • Birthday 03/13/1960

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    Beaufort, SC, USA
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    2009 Gibson ES335 Satin Black

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  1. Hand has been mending well. Physical therapy consists of squeezing a sponge a lot. Then I stretch the fingers a lot in a "praying" motion. Range of motion has improved a lot. Not back to perfect, but the choice for surgery was clearly the best route. I am playing guitar pain free and have no limitations other than my lack of talent. I am grateful that I can play as much as I like once again.
  2. Madman Across the Water - Elton John Thick as a Brick - Jethro Tull Excellence from beginning to end. Very few LP's can achieve this.
  3. I got a wireless guitar transmitter/receiver set. Got rid of the cord. Works great. Rechargeable. 8 hour play time on one charge. My weekly group jam is 3 hours. Also got a new digital metronome and the will to use it. That has proven revealing and frustrating so far. But I am told it will improve my play.
  4. Update: Stitches (3) removed today. Range of motion increasing. Discomfort minimal. Full, forced extention of middle finger not quite there yet. I have been playing my electric guitar and having fun. Going back for final post op exam in 3 weeks. Next jam with my buddies is next week. I'll be ready .Treatment is switching from ice to heat. Eucerin cream to help heal the incision site. Prognosis is excellent. More after the New Year.
  5. Recovery update: Proceedure done 4 days ago. Zero pain from proceedure. Hand wrapped in immobilizing splint for two days. That dressing was removed after 2 days. Three stitches in hand . They will be removed at day #10, next Friday. I have been moving the finger with me right hand. "Rolling" it with my right hand repeatedly. This is is the physical therapy the doctor has ordered. I actually played a few chords on my ES-335 last night. All is very promising. More later.
  6. I had the surgery this morning. Prognosis is excellent. No discomfort after 5 hours. I will keep posting updates on recovery milestones.
  7. The doctor's guitar (Not Doc's Guitar) is a custom Randy Wood (Savannah, GA) seven string acoustic electric with piezo pickup that sounds great. A doubled G string only- the way a 12 string is strung. Great sounding to play lots of open chords. He has a stratocaster of no geat note in the corner, but I have not seen him pick it up. The Randy Wood's is a one off by an artisan - only one is existance to our knowledge. That's pretty cool.
  8. That is an awful, wonderful, miraculouse and inspiring story that I have never heard before. Thank you for your fine wishes.
  9. Two years ago, I had my first bout of trigger finger in my index finger of my right hand. I am right handed. It affected my finger picking pretty badly. I got an orthopedic surgeon to examine me and he treated me with a cortisone shot. Ouch. But two weeks later I got relief and no recurrence since. Last April, trigger finger appeared in my middle finger of my left hand. Cotisone shot. Ouch. Relief until a month ago. Examined today. Scheduled for surgery to release the pulley in the left middle finger. Gonna get cut on Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving. And I am looking forward to this. Several weeks of recovery time are involved. Backstory on the doctor. Same guy repaired my left shoulder impingement 18 years ago. During the first cortisone shot (did I mention Ouch?) visit, we learned that we both play guitar as hobbyists. He had an upcoming gig featuring a Beatles revue. I have now jammed with him on four occasions, and we will again. Good to have a sympathetic, understanding doctor.
  10. Dad worked for Texaco overseas until retirement in 1982 I was born in Cleveland, OH. Left after two weeks. Never been back. 1960-62 Lagos, Nigeria - no memories 1962 -1964 Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela - learned to swim 1964 -1969 Santiago, Chile - learned to ski 1969-1972 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic - learned SCUBA 1972-1978 San Salvador, El Salvador - learned to party 1978-1982 College in Greenville, SC, but visited parents living in Lima, Peru - learned to party more then Gloucester, VA, Macon, GA, and, for the last 35 years, Beaufort, SC - learned to work (and play guitar)
  11. My beef is that Tuesday evening is my usual jam session. So, due to the holiday today, and the family activities of my fellow musicians, we are skipping tonight's session. Bummer. We will resume next Tuesday. But I'll be Jonesing 'til next Tuesday. Oh, and our two cats will be hiding inside during the noise.
  12. Great lyrics for a song, Picker.
  13. My first view of Nickel Creek was on Austin City Limits and I was vey impressed. I got their This Side CD and loved it. Around 2002 or 3 I saw them live in Savannah, Ga. I was mesmerized, but convinced the performance included looping or tracks. I could not belive that many notes were possible from the quartet on stage without some kind of electronic assistance. I saw them again a year later in the same place. I paid more careful attention and realized I was just wrong. I was in the presence of virtuosity. They shine individually and as an ensemble.
  14. On my way to my music buddy's house for our weekly jam, he calls me to inform me of an electrical power outage at his place. He says there's daylight in the room and the beer is cold, so come on. I did. Him with his new Martin D-41 and me with my Gibson L-4A , we had a great time. We drilled down the two part harmonies on Falling In and Out of Love With You/Amie and Find the Cost of Freedom and Doctor My Eyes. . No electricity. Kitchen room reverb was great. Very sweet. Man, thats fun when you get it right! As much fun making music as ever. As darkness approached, he wanted to continue the session and offered to hook up a generator. As I helped, I suggested he check on his wife next door and offer to run a cord from the generator to where she was for her sake. He did so. I went back into the music room and resumed jamming, now with a functioning lamp, awaiting his return. Shortly he walked in with a big grin on his face and said "Good call". The wife had been across the way, watching through the blinds as darkness descended, as he and I started the generator and ran one cord into the music room. An envious stare, invisible to him. He dodged a bullet. We resumed the jam. His life would have been a lot worse had he not heeded my advice.
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