[This message was edited by Leila Tuttle on 30 May 2005 at 05:13 PM.]

I am, er........., was a CCR fan. Let me pull out my vinyl of Bayou Country that I bought in 1969 and wave it at you. There's nothing wrong with Proud Mary that my having played it 1.0X10E-06 times less wouldn't cure. It was the third cover we learned, right after Light My Fire and Knock On Wood. By the time we were wowing 'em at Teen Town and The Enlisted Men's Club we had 10 CCR covers in our hat, including the 20 minute version of Grapevine. I got paid pretty good to stand there and play "duh-duh-duh", but that song might be requested 5 or more times a night. The Air Force guys were big into CCR too.

Charlie

[This message was edited by Charles Dempsey on 30 May 2005 at 06:57 PM.]

This topic reminds me of a cartoon in the National Lampoon twentysome years ago: A bar pianist has a sign beside him, saying....

A band I used to play with did ELP's Tarkus, which was the whole side of an LP, in its entirety, and I was the keyboard player, yet after doing it for a year, it got quite old. Today, I love listening to it again, playing it in my head and reminiscing about those days.

At weddings: it's "Celebration" by Kool & The Gang

Oldies Radio Stations: it's "Precious & Few" and "Brandy". Grrrrrr.

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Any song that starts out simple, nice, and smooth...and then throws in some weird chord that really serves no purpose.

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"Smoke on the Water" - if I never hear this gem ever again, it will be too soon. What a piece of crap!

"Steel Guitar Rag" - I don't even consider this music; it is pure evil and needs to be destroyed!

The collected works of Toby Keith - I hate everything he has ever done, ever will do, or even thinks about doing. That should pretty much take care him.

"Wipe Out" - The SGR of drums. Again, pure evil; written by the devil to enslave the simple-minded!

"Friends in Low Places" - more like musicianship in low places. This one gives new meaning to the word "stinky".

The collective works of the Steve Miller Band - not sure why I dislike them but I do. It probably has something to do with their near total lack of talent.

I feel alot better now (bad day).

Bob

[This message was edited by Bob Storti on 06 June 2005 at 12:52 PM.]

"What? You actually like that song? What a piece of cr@p! If I had a nickel for every time I thought about murdering the guy who wrote that song, I could be retired now instead of sitting in this lonelyhearts club wasting my talents on a bunch of half-drunken losers..."

[This message was edited by Jim Cohen on 06 June 2005 at 02:56 PM.]

Bob

[This message was edited by Bob Hoffnar on 07 June 2005 at 02:05 PM.]

Joe Alterio: Can you accept that the singer/songwriter is just telling a story? Why does the songwriter or singer have to have experienced what the song is about? That is a new one on me. In my opinion, there is very little about the Legendary Johnny Cash that is lame. That is a tall comment from a 'musician'.

And that would be.......?

Boy, is that ever a statement that is totally dependent on the band at hand.

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Boy, is that ever a statement that is totally dependent on the band at hand

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Yes, it is....so?

All I was saying is that I'd prefer bands that are good at Country but stink at jazz, rock, blues, funk or whatever, to not do it if they're going to butcher it. Same goes for any type of band. If you don't mind playing styles of music with bands that stink at it, be my guest.

[This message was edited by Jim Phelps on 08 June 2005 at 06:11 PM.]

The drummer, Bass player, and myself played professionally in the US Army Jazz Band there at Ft Harrison on the NE side of Indy. We would play "Take the A Train", "Straight No Chaser", "Blue Monk", "Ornithology", "Wave", "Four on Six" for break songs. The crowd loved it..

It was far from a third rate country band performing a "Jazz-Wank Fest".

If the players can pull it off then it does work.

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Tim Harr
Carter D-10 8/9 w/ BL-705s, Hilton pedal, PODxt, SGBB, Webb 6-14E Amplifier, 65 Twin Reverb

http://groups.msn.com/TimHarrWebPage

I don't recall either Bob H.'s original comment or my posts said EVERY SINGLE band playing country couldn't play something other than country well.

I've played old country, "new" country, pop, light jazz, r&b, soul, funk for over 35 years (and now doing Mexican/latin stuff) for everyone from Lorie Morgan & Wynn Stewart and others to Gladys Knight and the Pips' band and I play the styles properly. Playing a style of music authentically is important to me.

In that time, I can recall only TWO COUNTRY BAR BANDS that could also play rock, pop, funk or blues well. I'm sure the others THOUGHT they could. Likewise most rock, pop, blues, funk or what-have-you bands can't play country well, either.

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All I was saying is that I'd prefer bands that are good at Country but stink at jazz, rock, blues, funk or whatever, to not do it if they're going to butcher it. Same goes for any type of band.

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