zombywoof Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 (edited) We had a terrible week but as has been said music can make both the good and bad times better and put your head in a totally different place at least for a while. So, we went and saw a couple of good shows.. Both were at the same venue which is one my favorites. One of those places which started off in the 1920s as a silent movie and vaudevillian theater. First night we caught Micky Dolenz doing his Monkees Celebration. This is a short tour lasting only a month and limited to shows in Florida and the Midwest. The kind of show where you can sing along with every tune. And he had a cracker jack band with a guitar player who took on Tommy Tedesco's playing on "Valerie" flawlessly. Two nights later it was acoustic Hot Tuna. I go way back with Jorma and Jack having first seen the Airplane in 1968. And although I had been playing acoustic blues that first Hot Tuna LP in 1970 changed everything for me. But anybody who has not seen Hot Tuna, either acoustic or electric, needs to put it on their bucket list. Edited April 22, 2023 by zombywoof 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWG4927 Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 I missed the crappy part. Would love to see Jorma and company in a small acoustic venue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted April 22, 2023 Author Share Posted April 22, 2023 (edited) 12 minutes ago, JWG4927 said: I missed the crappy part. Would love to see Jorma and company in a small acoustic venue. The crappy part was my daughter got into an accident earlier in the week. While she is OK she totaled an older car which I loved. Edited April 22, 2023 by zombywoof Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave F Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 (edited) 6 minutes ago, zombywoof said: The crappy part was my daughter got into an accident earlier in the week and while she is OK totaled my older car which I loved. Daughters are good for that, glad she's okay. I had someone's daughter rearend me a couple months ago. I felt sorry for her because she was so shaken up. Edited April 22, 2023 by Dave F Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted April 22, 2023 Author Share Posted April 22, 2023 4 minutes ago, Dave F said: Daughters are good for that, glad she's okay. I had someone's daughter rearend me a couple months ago. I felt sorry for her because she was so shaken up. That is one of the reasons you can't get mad. More than a few of us have been there. I figure her punishment was being so shaken up she could not stop crying. But I am thinking of taking the crumpled front license plate and frame, mounting it and placing it in her room as a reminder to drive safely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave F Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 8 minutes ago, zombywoof said: That is one of the reasons you can't get mad. More than a few of us have been there. I figure her punishment was being so shaken up she could not stop crying. But I am thinking of taking the crumpled front license plate and frame, mounting it and placing it in her room as a reminder to drive safely. My daughter's first collision was while she was away at college and 90 minutes away. Not her fault and no one was hurt but she was really shaken up. We hopped in the car and got there as quick as we could. Seems like yesterday but it was 23 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 Jorma and Micky. That would be a good week. Haven't heard from Dave and Gillian in a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3mar67 Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 (edited) On 4/22/2023 at 10:07 AM, zombywoof said: "And he had a cracker jack band with a guitar player who took on Tommy Tedesco's playing on "Valerie" flawlessly." I think it was Louis Shelton who played those parts on Valleri. Good that your daughter is OK. What kind of car was it? Edited April 23, 2023 by 3mar67 Additional comment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted April 24, 2023 Author Share Posted April 24, 2023 5 hours ago, 3mar67 said: I just looked it up and you are correct. The car was a 15- year-old Infiniti FX 35 which I had bought from my brother. But the point of this post was less about my woes than it was about two performances which we got something totally different out of. With Micky it was all about the fun. Even if the band had not been as good as they were it would not have mattered, and we still would have been singing along with every song. With Jorma and Jack while it was also obviously fun it was more about their virtuosity. Possibly because Jorma lives near here it was all petty laid back with no setlist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Low Country Boy Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 Did Jorma include The Water Song on the set list ? One of my all time favorites. Anyone know what guitar he's using? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave F Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 34 minutes ago, zombywoof said: .. Possibly because Jorma lives near here ... Have you ever attended one of the sessions at the Ranch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted April 24, 2023 Author Share Posted April 24, 2023 (edited) 10 hours ago, Dave F said: Have you ever attended one of the sessions at the Ranch? Stupidly, no. The Ranch is not very far way. It never really came back though after COVID. They are apparently now doing mostly video lessons. My wife and I would have gone to a couple's weekend I think it was last year but by the time I got around to opening the email it was already filled up. Edited April 24, 2023 by zombywoof Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scriv58 Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 Low Country Boy asked: Did Jorma include The Water Song on the set list ? One of my all time favorites. Anyone know what guitar he's using? Custom J35 with Bella Voce fretboard bling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Low Country Boy Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 Thank you sir! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted April 24, 2023 Author Share Posted April 24, 2023 (edited) 21 hours ago, Low Country Boy said: Did Jorma include The Water Song on the set list ? One of my all time favorites. Anyone know what guitar he's using? Oops. Sorry. Hot Tuna's standard encore has been and remains "Water Song." I also like it and have been playing it since the "Burgers" LP came out. As to the guitars I do not have a clue if the above poster is correct. I was sitting center stage about 15 rows back and never got a good look at the headstocks. Most of the night Jorma played a burst slope shoulder jumbo in standard tuning. The second instrument he played was a burst Super Jumbo in open tuning. I hoped his late-1950s J50 might make an appearance as that is the guitar I associate hm playing with the Airplane and early Hot Tuna. Jack was playing his "Diana Bass" (named for his late wife) which was built by Tom Ribbecke (not sure of the spelling). No mistaking it as this instrument is very distinctive looking. Edited April 24, 2023 by zombywoof Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Low Country Boy Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 No problem and thanks for the update. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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