More outstanding news @Bash Riprock!
I've been riding rollercoaster lately. Told the wife I was headed to a meeting the other night and she threw a grade A hissy fit. "You going to ANOTHER meeting?" She did this about 9 years ago and I left the house, went to a bar and drank for the next 7 years. Pissed me off. This time, I responded rather than reacted, but it still pissed me off. I generally go to 2 meetings a week....occasionally 3. I also attend 2-3 Zoom After Care meetings from my treatment center, one which I co-host.
Although I responded like I should have, I've still been in a fucking funk over it. I've been trying to give her leeway for the past 2 plus years. She used to go to Al-Anon, but hasn't in a while. But her belief thru her actions that once you quit, you are cured just ain't going to cut it.
Kelly knocked out another Tom T. song. She actually learned the song with the band and didn't tell Bruce. Bruce is always taking requests and can play just about any country song and was freaking her out. She had someone yell out Harper Valley PTA....Bruce kind of laughed and she said, "I'll take a stab at it" and they fired up the song. The look on Bruce's face was shock..... I wish I could find the video of that...it is around somewhere, but I like the vibe of this version.
If you haven't heard this, do so...now. https://www.audible.com/author/Tom-T-Hall/B001HQ10VY
Another great version of "That's How I Got To Memphis".
And Charley Crockett:
And posted above was this one by Jesse Winchester. I LOVE this live version....and watching Neko and how it hits her. The combo of the chords, melody and his voice just adds so much to the depth and feeling of this one.
Baboso and I took our bitches to the beach last week. We also brought the hounds. Should have left the bitches at home. Dogs were much less of a hassle
House had an elevator. Dogs quickly learned to walk past the stairs and stand in front of the magic closet that got you to the 4th floor. Here they are waiting for me to push the button.
'Cept George didn't writte that one. 😉 Curly Putnam and Bobby Braddock did. George actually kept changing the tune to "Help Me Make It Through The Night". They finally convinced him to sing it the way Braddock told him. After he finished the recording he said, George said, "No one is going to buy that morbid sumbitch"
As the father of 2 daughters:
It’s alright to be gentle, And it’s alright to be kind, It’s alright to be brave and scared
Cause it’s alright to be gentleAnd it’s alright to be kindAnd it’s alright to be angryIt’s alright to change your mindAnd it’s alright to be fierceAnd it’s alright to fightAnd it’s alright to be happyIt’s alright to cry when you need to cry
Outstanding news @Bash Riprock
I went to a 'beginners' meeting last night. I fucking LOVE going to this one. A local treatment center sends people to this meeting to get them experience in outside meetings. Probably 45 people there..most had less than 6 months.
At this meeting, only people with less than 6 months share at first...then they bump it up to a year...but the 6 month crowd filled up the time last night. One dude says, "My last drink was 33 minutes ago. I drank on the way over here." Two people fresh out of jail. One was a 45ish year old, really, really hot chick. She had just gotten busted on a probation violation and spent 15 days in the hoosegow. I don't ever need to forget those feelings.
I got confused until I found this picture to see what you meant about the ashtray and the P90 bridge route. I can't wait for our new guitar to be built! Every time I go to Warmoth, I get overwhelmed by all of the options.
http://gretschpages.com/media/img/fretboard/2015/6/111212-Tele P90-0808.jpg.540x540_q85_autocrop.jpg
Sending peaceful thoughts @Bash Riprock. Glad you made it back.
I wish more places had a strong, working alumni association. The treatment center I went to in Nashville has a strong alumni association. But my IOP in Atlanta makes you pay extra. I don't mind the money....it was less than my copay for my therapist but they make you do weekly drug testing at a 3rd party. And again, not the the cost...it is just the extra hurdle and hassle they make you jump through. They say it is to show responsibility, but it seems counter productive to me. I do 2-3 Zoom alumni 'after care' sessions a week with the Nashville bunch. Serves a great purpose, especially with me being so far away.
Bass player in my band is in the hospital with Covid. He and his wife initially got it in March, 2020 from a Chinese exchange student. He procrastinated getting a vaccine and thought he was safe, having had it before. His wife just spend a week in the hospital and he went in the day she got out.