BluesKing777 Posted February 28, 2012 Posted February 28, 2012 Often it seems like all the people on the Gibson acoustic Forum are in the country, so here is a silly poll to see the real numbers! BluesKing777.
EuroAussie Posted February 28, 2012 Posted February 28, 2012 City slicker with a country heart .... Midnight Cowboy ?
jedzep Posted February 28, 2012 Posted February 28, 2012 Bumpkin?!! Always the country. Born and raised an hour north of Manhattan. Running from it ever since leaving home. The key to hiding out in the country...make sure there's a decent college nearby for intellectual and cultural balance. Hot Tuna played in the little town theater last summer. That wouldn't have happened w/o a student community. It's still quite backwards out in the bush. Now I'm 5 hours north of the city...a few acres acres and a little house built around the time of Abe Lincoln's childhood. Can't even see the neighbors house. They're gonna find me someday sittin' in this chair with a Gibson hangin' off my shoulders, and have to pry from my cold dead hands...
j45nick Posted February 28, 2012 Posted February 28, 2012 international man of mystery, living in a small town.......
BluesKing777 Posted February 28, 2012 Author Posted February 28, 2012 Bumpkin?!! I have a music book: "Classic Country for Easy Guitar" and one of the songs included is "Where'd You Come From, Country Bumpkin?" by Cal Smith. Quite a catchy little ditty.... Here is a link to a Youtuber: BluesKing777. Other highlights of the book would include: "Pick Me Up On Your Way Down" "Crazy" "Could I have This Dance for the Rest of My Life?" All perfect for a bit of 12 string Gibson action!
retrorod Posted February 28, 2012 Posted February 28, 2012 I,m a country boy at heart. Have done a fair amount of traveling and lived in Oklahoma City in the mid-70's for a couple of years. I don't have to travel for my work and I am home every night....That suits me fine, as I am a homebody and have a few acres to keep up with. Mostly reared-up in a small town of about 15K (at the time) in Northeast N.Carolina. An hour from the Atlantic Ocean and an hour from Norfolk,Va.(big city). I could go either way....and I did and do. I now live in a rural setting off of the 'beaten path' and am more than happy. Five miles from the ocean,as the eagle flies and 20 miles on the 'beaten path'.... Hey! You ain't just whistlin' Dixie :-" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1vOQ4Ts2tg
jt Posted February 28, 2012 Posted February 28, 2012 I'm a slicker now, living in Connecticut and spending at least 2 days a month in NYC for music and film work. But, I grew up as bumpkin as possible. My grandmother was a homesteader in very southern Arizona, right near the Mexican border (when there was no border and all of us, regardless of which side of the border, spoke both Spanish and English). I was born in 1955 and, courtesy of Lyndon Johnson and the Rural Power Act, got electricity in 1964. You just can't get more bumpkin than that.
duluthdan Posted February 29, 2012 Posted February 29, 2012 Aspen Colorado - we're a little bit country, and a little bit Rock n Roll, but almost always acoustic.
ol fred Posted February 29, 2012 Posted February 29, 2012 Not sure, but I think this qualifies as country follow the link and click on the first pic...I'm right in the middle of the bright green spot. http://www.facebook....50995518&type=3
BluesKing777 Posted February 29, 2012 Author Posted February 29, 2012 Going along nicely, though Scully and Mulder would be a bit anxious about the 'Others'! This poll includes all nations- please don't feel left out - City Chinese, Country Chinese?, City Polish, etc. etc BluesKing777.
ParlourMan Posted February 29, 2012 Posted February 29, 2012 City.... Always... the country freaks me out, I like concrete......
retrorod Posted February 29, 2012 Posted February 29, 2012 The backside of my property! Country enuff? Its a duck blind, for those that don't know....
MissouriPicker Posted February 29, 2012 Posted February 29, 2012 Born in the city, but I love being out in the country, mountains, the lakes, backporch at 3am on a rainy night.
McDuff Posted February 29, 2012 Posted February 29, 2012 Suburbs into city. I suppose I spent several summers out in the woods of NH but I wouldn't really call that the country.
Guth Posted February 29, 2012 Posted February 29, 2012 Grew up in the rural Midwest in towns ranging in population from 1,400 to 10,000. Been bouncing around between cities ever since my 20's and have settled down in the Pacific Northwest here in Portland, which is either considered a big town or small city depending on your perspective.
TommyK Posted February 29, 2012 Posted February 29, 2012 Country born, country bred... (probably got that back'erds.) Forced to live in 'the city' (of 130 or so households.) Forced to work in the big city about 10,000 or so. Can't get me to the 'bigger city', aka the great "Bablylon" of Lake Illinois, for love nor money. Got everything I need right chere.
greatwhite_10 Posted February 29, 2012 Posted February 29, 2012 The backside of my property! Country enuff? Its a duck blind, for those that don't know.... Awesome property there retrorod. I'm one of the ones who didn't know ducks were blind. Thanks.
pfox14 Posted February 29, 2012 Posted February 29, 2012 So far it looks like the majority of us are city slickers
gearbasher Posted February 29, 2012 Posted February 29, 2012 "City slicker pickers got a lot of slicker licks than me."
Murph Posted March 1, 2012 Posted March 1, 2012 I live in a small village, but own 30 acres of hunting land with a cabin in the middle, within walking distance. I couldn't vote.
D-poland Posted March 1, 2012 Posted March 1, 2012 The backside of my property! Country enuff? Its a duck blind, for those that don't know.... I'am a water fowler myself ! do ya live close to the outer banks? and yes it's the country for me!don't need the city shuffle on a daily basis!
retrorod Posted March 1, 2012 Posted March 1, 2012 I'am a water fowler myself ! do ya live close to the outer banks? and yes it's the country for me!don't need the city shuffle on a daily basis! Absolutely. That is the Outer Banks 4 miles across on the horizon. Duck, NC is located to the right on this picture. Has been such a mild winter, the birds have not migrated south to us as much this year. The wife and I are avid waterfowlers.....all of the shooting done with Canon though! Lots of Refuges in the area also.
fumblefinger Posted March 1, 2012 Posted March 1, 2012 Our farm was hillside and swamp; Dad was an old time fiddle player one room country school till grade four; kerosene lights till we got electricity in 57; no TV, telephone, water or sewer in the house when I left at eighteen. . When I bent to kiss my bride at our wedding my John Deere cap fell off Now live in a city of 1.2M.
TommyK Posted March 6, 2012 Posted March 6, 2012 So far it looks like the majority of us are city slickers That goes without sayin'.
chasAK Posted March 6, 2012 Posted March 6, 2012 I grew up in Cincinnati, OH. I lived in a little logging andresort town of 265 for 11 years in northern MN. Then I spent 9 years in a larger but small farm town in southern MN. Inow live in Anchorage, AK (the Hub of the Universe!). I almost forgot 7 yearsin a small town in southern WI. When I first moved to Anchorage, someone toldme that the best thing about living in Anchorage is that you are only half hourfrom Alaska. ChasAK
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