Cabarone

I feel like I did when John Prine died They were both huge influences on my playing/writing from day one 'til the end Both left behind huge bodies of work Both had the gift of turning a phrase that was uniquely their own When their last albums came out, I felt the same about both of them. That, God forbid, that was their final release it would be the perfect capper to their career Both had to come off the road, succumbing to medical conditions As the posters proclaimed on Lightfoot's tours the last few years, "The Legend Lives On"...

Going to see Lyle Lovett and His Large Band...this will be my 4th time and my wife's third...

“I use heavy strings, tune low, play hard, and floor it. Floor it. That's technical talk.”: Stevie Ray Vaughan (he usually tuned down 1/2 step)...

M<y wife said she wanted me to treat her like I did when we were dating... So last night I took her out for dinner and a movie, then dropped her off at her folks' house...

At first glance I thought Leon Patillo was Keegen-Michael Key

I remember Fantasy tried to sue him for plagiarism for copying CCR's sound...he said, "They're suing me for sounding like myself"

I had it hanging on a curtain rod in our bedroom. It got packed up when we separated. I hope I still have it somewhere... I remember laughing so hard when he was doing his "smashing" finale I got a shot of mustard in my mouth...

"Women are crazy, but men are stupid. You know why women are crazy? 'cause men are stupid!"-George Carlin

I just read that the comedian Gallagher passed away at 76. Aside from the Sledge-O-Matic, he did some really funny, insightful observational stuff a la George Carlin. Had front row center seats to see him once. My wife at the time and I wore white tee shirts. We looked like we'd be shot with double ought buckshot afterwards...

"Rocket man/Burning out his fuse his hair is long"... "Hey baby, you're a freaker now" ("Free girl now"-Tom Petty)

Nitro gives me GAS... How did this joke get all the way to me ?

I read some time back that Billy Joel doesn't sell the front row seats to his concerts. He has his roadies got through the venues and find the folks w/the worst seats and give them to them. Said he's tires of seeing bored, rich white people in front of him during his shows and wants his real fans to sit there...

I had to double check this; thought you were talking about Harley-Davison...

John Prine in Columbus during his last tour...two years ago?

There was a tradesman, a painter named Jack, who was very interestedin making a dollar where he could.So he often would thin down his paint to make it go a wee bit further.As it happened, he got away with this for some time.Eventually, the local church decided to do a big restoration project.Jack put in a painting bid and, because his price was so competitive,he got the job. And so he started, erecting the trestles and puttingup the planks, and buying the paint and thinning it down withturpentine.Jack was up on the scaffolding, painting away, the job nearly done,when suddenly there was a horrendous clap of thunder. The sky openedand the rain poured down, washing the thin paint from all over thechurch and knocking Jack off the scaffold to land on the lawn. Jackwas no fool.He knew this was a judgment from the Almighty, so he fell on his kneesand cried, "Oh, God! Forgive me! What should I do?"And from the thunder, a mighty Voice spoke, "Repaint! Repaint! Andthin no more!"

Man, Jinder, what a roller coaster of emptions ...I'll be praying over all that, bro...

I read an article on it the other day. They're going to offer a slew of packages: mulit-vinyl, multi-cds, multi vinyl and cds with corresponding prices. I always really like that album. There has always been talk that it was an incomplete collection and he wanted to put out a larger package all along...

These kind of threads restore my faith in humanity...all the advice you've been given is stellar..."Upgrading" to a "Real deal" SJ200 seems the logical move...I'm sure he'll be over the moon whatever you decide...

That's priceless...can't imagine a better send-off...God bless you guys for doing that...

Keeping prayers and good thoughts for Bogart, brother...

I might have a line on one... what's the general consensus here? Anybody have/had one?

I can't believe it got to me to mention, on a Gibson forum no less, the man who is singularly responsible for more sales of B45 12 strings than anyone, Gordon Lightfoot! Happy Canada day, ya hosers!

First off, welcome to the forum! To soften the blow a little (although ksdaddy isn't wrong), any guitar you want to protect needs a hard shell case. Especially one like that. It's worth the investment...

I just now got on my home PC and saw the picture for the first time (the computers at work block a lot of content)...wow...just...wow...

So, Jinder, what soundhole pickup do you use? I've been tempted to get an old-school Dean Markley and see what I thought...