grampa Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 Bridges is promoting a country album he recorded, with the help of T Bone Burnett, and the story in the LA Times has a triple exposure picture of him and his J-45/SJ. Nice looking guitar. Music is more than just a rich guy amusement for him, he's played since he was a teenager and the reviews are favorable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duende Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 Bridges is promoting a country album he recorded, with the help of T Bone Burnett, and the story in the LA Times has a triple exposure picture of him and his J-45/SJ. Nice looking guitar. Music is more than just a rich guy amusement for him, he's played since he was a teenager and the reviews are favorable. Hi Grampa I saw this in the Times the other week and it looks very exciting! Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 Yeah, Gretsch is using him, to sell their '59 Country Gentleman, too. ;>) CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonzoboy Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 There was a lengthy feature on Jeff Bridges and his small guitar collection in an issue of Guitar Aficionado last year.Although he only has a handful of guitars they are all superb quality being mostly Martins and Gibsons.Jeff's pretty handy on guitar himself,he plays all the guitar parts in his movies and does no faking or have stand-ins as Ralph Macchio did in Crossroads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 Dunno about Bridges... He's awfully young. m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis G Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 There was a lengthy feature on Jeff Bridges and his small guitar collection in an issue of Guitar Aficionado last year.Although he only has a handful of guitars they are all superb quality being mostly Martins and Gibsons.Jeff's pretty handy on guitar himself,he plays all the guitar parts in his movies and does no faking or have stand-ins as Ralph Macchio did in Crossroads. Saw that same article. Jeff looks at music as the real deal, not just a sideline. As for Macchio, in fairness to him, Arlen Roth (who gave him lessons) said that Ralph really wanted to learn to play but AR told him that in the few months they had before the filming, he couldn't teach him to play, but could teach him to LOOK like he was playing. Obviously came off okay. No word on whether or not RM went on to actually learn to play as far as I know. Now back to the Jeff Bridges thread... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zigzag Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 "Crazy Heart" was a good flick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silenced Fred Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 "Crazy Heart" was a good flick. I dug it sappy love story and all. I also dig the song he sings, I actually learned it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilliangirl Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 "Crazy Heart" was a good flick. Agreed! Bridges was so believable in that role, and the music was great. As for the new album, how can you go wrong with T Bone Burnett? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis G Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 From the LA Times http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-jeff-bridges-20110815,0,7935660.story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon S. Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 Agreed! Bridges was so believable in that role, and the music was great. As for the new album, how can you go wrong with T Bone Burnett? +1. If i could pick any producer, T-Bone would be the first!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grampa Posted August 16, 2011 Author Share Posted August 16, 2011 I heard an interview with him on NPR where he talked more about wanting to be a musician as a kid. I think he said he even was in a band but the acting was almost just presented to him and he saw it as creative as music so he went that way. Interesting sounding guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamman Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 I heard an interview with him on NPR where he talked more about wanting to be a musician as a kid. I think he said he even was in a band but the acting was almost just presented to him and he saw it as creative as music so he went that way. Interesting sounding guy. Yeah , What was the name of that TV show that He, his Dad, and his brother did ? I can't remember it for the life of me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 Sea Hunt. Lloyd Bridges (dad) was the star. m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duende Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 jeff is not playing the piano here but he played the role of Jack Baker brilliantly in the jazz based film The Fabulous Baker Boys (for those who don't know the film, his character was an amazing, but underachieving, jazz pianist with demons) This piece of music still gives me shivers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3nDY9N70jE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookieman15061 Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 Sea Hunt. Lloyd Bridges (dad) was the star. m Now there's one in your age bracket eh Mi? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluzhammer Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 He played "The Dude" in The Big Liebowski, one of my personal favorites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daryl M Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 He was really believable in this movie, and sounded good enough that I bought the soundtrack. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjIiGB4aGPw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 Cookie... Yeah... I remember watching the show on BW television. As many did, we had a big tower on the house for the antenna. Here's one even older I always watched after school and even got a mail order rocket and space helmet: Captain Video on the old Dumont video network. <grin> Hmmmm. Then people wonder why I listened to a lot of radio when I was a kid. There wasn't much television, no video games, no Internet... Radio shows had stories like the B-Bar-B Ranch and Gunsmoke... It was truly a different world when it came to entertainment. I think also that's why there are so many musicians in the post-war generations. We tended more to make our own entertainment. m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zigzag Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 You definitely didn't want to get in an underwater fight without a knife to cut air hoses, however, just turning off air regulators could be a temporary measure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 All of my training was on the surface on more or less solid footing. Never learned to swim. m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamman Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Sea Hunt. Lloyd Bridges (dad) was the star. m Thanks M , I remembered that today . and yes it shows our age , but I'll take the knowledge I have now against what I can't remember anymore . \:D/ B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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