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Bob Carlson Member Posts: 1063 |
posted 29 October 2001 08:22 PM
He said does AGE effect your playing! Except for two people, you guys are a bunch of kids. I didn't really start playing until Dec 20th,1998 when I was 64 and turned 65 Mar 3rd. So I guess you could say I started when I was 65. My Sugar Booger agreed It was time I got a new steel, set up the way I wanted It which was the Emmons setup. I am very blessed that my right hand Is much more fluid than my left. I've always liked the slow ballads so I've not really tryed to play fast. I'm 69 now and the age hasn't bothered me on the songs I want to play on the steel, but I'm sure a lot slower on my Tele. Bob Carlson. |
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Tim Fleming Member Posts: 46 |
posted 31 October 2001 01:58 PM
"can you still remember the cool arrangement you worked out if you haven't played it for a month or two?" Uh, I'm sorry, what was the topic?!? |
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Paul Graupp Member Posts: 3199 |
posted 31 October 2001 05:28 PM
Bobbe Seymour has a book on helping you remember things but I think he forgot where I put it !!  Regards, Paul |
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Steven Knapper Member Posts: 425 |
posted 31 October 2001 06:34 PM
Darn it, Bob, saying that makes me feel young (er). But when you get to thinking about it, you are only (yuk yuk) 13 years older than me, and that don't seem like much. Now I'm all confused, ---- think I'll go practice now. Stay well in AZ, one of my favorite places (at the right time of the year). Steve ---- still a kid at heart!! |
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Jim Bob Sedgwick Member Posts: 1234 |
posted 31 October 2001 08:13 PM
Bob Boydd (formerly with Hank Thompson) was playing a gig out in Winchester California. I thought you guys would enjoy this: Bob told me this real cute gal who appeared to be in her middle twenties kept smiling at him every time she would dance by his steel. He thought she was really digging him. On the break, she walked up and started talking to him. The first thing out of her mouth was: "You look just like my Grandpa!" He said he was depressed for the rest of the week.  [This message was edited by Jim Bob Sedgwick on 31 October 2001 at 08:15 PM.] |
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jlsmith48 Member Posts: 177 |
posted 01 November 2001 02:32 PM
I'57 now.The kids I play with carry everything,set me up and tear me down,so I use the most equipment that I can. They made a deal with the Devil just to have a steel player. Sure makes it easy for a picker over 50.Now if I could just get them to drive me home after the gigs so I could sleep. |
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Bosse Engzell Member Posts: 141 |
posted 02 November 2001 07:53 AM
After last Saturday watching Ricky Davis play here in Sweden, I get a new insperation. They say that I be 55 in January 25th next year. I feel fine. Not the age Bosse in Sweden |
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Jim Cohen Member Posts: 8715 |
posted 02 November 2001 07:58 AM
At his age, Bobbe can still play fast and loose (with the facts)  |
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John Paul Jones Member Posts: 305 |
posted 02 November 2001 01:27 PM
Well, I turn 66 on Nov. 10. I have emphysema, asthma, and asthmatic bronchitis and I'm playing better than I ever played ...which ain't saying an awful lot. I enjoy it as much as ever, I just do it less. I'm not as fast as I once was, but I'm as fast once as I ever was... Are we still talking about pickin"? ------------------ GFI U-12 [This message was edited by John Paul Jones on 02 November 2001 at 01:33 PM.] |
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Chuckie Acevedo Member Posts: 126 |
posted 03 November 2001 07:28 PM
Im 64, half blind, 2 titanium knees (with no feeling on the surface so knee pedals kinda make me bleed sometimes)I like to think Im smarter than I was when I was young but who knows? Like Steve said it does give you time to develope "good taste", only druthers are I wish I had started sooner and kept at it all these years. Make yourself happy and everyone else cant help but follow. ------------------ |
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Justin B. French Member Posts: 90 |
posted 04 November 2001 11:48 PM
I am 67 and I just started playing again back in March after giving it up for 30 years. I am enjoying it more than ever. The equipment is so much better now. I have a Carter D10 instead of a Fender 400 that I use to play. I feel like I am playing better than I did years ago, just not as quick. I play at home so I don't have to lug it around.  ------------------ |
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