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  1. 57 minutes ago, Goredho said:

    I saw him at Red Rocks 3 years ago or so.  I have been to much worse concerts with guitarists I like a lot better, and I got to watch him jam out on maybe $1.5 million in vintage guitars that were constantly the focus of the jumbotron.  There was nothing about the music that was particularly noteworthy, he played, the audience cheered, I fapped to his guitars.

    He had two sold out shows, and the one I was at was packed with a shit ton of true fans wearing his T shirts from previous tours.  There were long lines at all the merch stands all night.  The audience had a strong Parrothead vibe.  Like they were part of a weird fucking tribe.  Middle aged, overweight, affluent white people bedazzled with their JoeB regalia, bonding over his saccharine white-privilege blues.

    Which is where I have my biggest problem with him.  There is nothing authentic about him as a bluesman.  He's a guy from upstate New York born into privilege.  His father arranged for him to open for BB King at age 12.  And he is now making millions peddling the music of hard, unprivileged lives to other people born into privilege. 

    Compare that to Stevie Ray, who grew up in Oak Cliff, the son of a violently alcoholic father, who paid his dues working in a lot of shithole clubs before he ever got such a gig.  The blues gushed like a levee break out of Stevie Ray.  It is gently poured into a disposable mini-cup by JoeB.

    Well you certainly atoned for a momentary lack of Bonacomisseration. So I suppose he is the Michael Buble of the Sammy Davis Jr.s huh? 

  2. 15 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

    Man, I love that Keef clip.  Your average rock guy might be kinda skinny and slight, but most have come up through some dicey clubs.  They aren't afraid of a scrap.

    My lame band got called on to fill in for an opening act that couldn't make it about 20 years ago.  Headliner was a touring punk band of some reknown.  We were NOT punk, not like that.  The crowd hated us, and the last thing I remember was glancing stage left as some asshole tried to detune my buddy's Les Paul as he was playing.  My buddy has a temper, and he's a multi-level black belt in Aikido.  I thought "oh shit this is not gonna go well" and sure enough, that Les Paul headstock managed to pop the villain right in the forehead.  Blood went everywhere, chaos ensued, and we basically made for the exits.

    It was glorious.  Our bass player got his girlfriend pregnant in the parking lot that night.

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  3. 5 hours ago, Goredho said:

    Sorry.  If it helps, both those guitars already sold.

    You do realize the strat had a chance of becoming the next Brownie had you sold it to me for 400.00. 

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  4. 2 hours ago, Goredho said:

    Sorry.  If it helps, both those guitars already sold.

    Occasionally impetuousness and salesmanship reconcile a perfect balance...stay tuned for previews of next week's program

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  5. A good while back I floated the idea of installing P90's on a Memphis ES335...my wrench told me flatly he would not do it. Happy I listened.

    So I did the next best thing & picked up an R6 & 290 SC.  Get a few offers on the Collings but can't let it go. 

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  6. Imagine it sounds as good as it looks...gorgeous body and neck back goredho.  

    55 minutes ago, Goredho said:

    I had a chance to check out the 1992 spruce & maple Guild D-30 that showed up on FB marketplace and it’s following me home.  It’s not as nice as the Lowden was, but it was about a fifth the price after negotiations, a good deal for this model and a considerably better player than my existing dreadnought.

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