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Today, 04:06 AM
hah!, believe me CK, I strongly considered the source.....
still very hip.... wonder who's writing for them these days....
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Today, 03:25 AM
Very fine playing all around!
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Today, 03:10 AM
Congrats Greg for the gorgeous Polytone and solving its (first) mystery!
The book seems to be online too. At least You can check it before buying....
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Today, 02:48 AM
I foud interesting version of Stan Getz.
why?...he use in Beatrice form Dmaj7 in 12 bar insted of Dm7...bar 11 and 12 looks like em11 A7/ Dmaj7....
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Today, 02:27 AM
Hofner hasn't been interested in making archtop guitars for several years. My guess is that they make a half-dozen a year. Maybe.
I don't think this...
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Today, 02:24 AM
Great album recommended to me by a young Canadian virtuoso:
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Today, 01:17 AM
Thanks a ton, everyone! I cleaned the pots earlier today and it seems to have done the trick. The amp started up just as it should. I'm going to test...
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Today, 01:04 AM
Hey, JBN. Thank you so much for the analysis of the B section of "Angel Eyes." I get most everything you're saying. A couple questions if I may.
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Today, 12:49 AM
Hello, nice to meet you.
Check out Jimmy Bruno. You know a great deal already and probably do not need to learn to hear lines on the fly.
By...
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Today, 12:48 AM
There is a convention very popular in jazz which suggests phrasing lines so they "arp up and scale down". You will notice this a lot if you...
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Today, 12:37 AM
How would I buy this guitar if I don’t have a Craigslist login?
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Today, 12:20 AM
Yes, as shown at djangobooks or at archtop.com
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Today, 12:00 AM
Let's take a look at this. The B section is in three sections, I've put them in red, green and blue.
RED:
To get the most out of this section,...
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Yesterday, 11:32 PM
Can some Holst owners discuss how these guitars sound -both acoustically and plugged in.
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Yesterday, 11:11 PM
Great playing but... the lion is out of the cage! I mean that piano is riding in your wheels and disrupts your beautiful lines!
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Yesterday, 11:00 PM
I feel like I can get a good sound for single notes out of a solid or semi, but chords sound best on an archtop, I think. Your setup and playing ...
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Yesterday, 10:57 PM
I totally get your perspective, raymoan. For me the beauty of the unit is that at low volume you can get a good fat tone. It’s more like a hi-fi...
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Yesterday, 10:50 PM
Thanks! The guitar is a 1976 Guild X-175. I used an old Boss analog Delay(Dm2) at a very subtle setting. Used the reverb in the zoom recorder.
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Yesterday, 10:44 PM
Sounds great. I particularly love the tone on the chord stabs.
What guitar? Any processing?
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Yesterday, 10:40 PM
I had one for a few days. I hesitate to say anything because lots of very accomplished musicians love this device, and I'm not much of a musician at...
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Yesterday, 10:30 PM
really excellent recording from peter l...he was still playing!
colours & dimensions...some great players as well
cheers
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Yesterday, 10:29 PM
Hey that's about 20 miles from me. Almost bizarre enough to take a look. Might pay $25 for it to hang it on the wall ... for laughs.
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Yesterday, 10:25 PM
i still see some nice archtops on norcal craigs...old guilds are always a great deal...some old gibbys..and some oddballs..but nice...both vintage...
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Yesterday, 10:14 PM
Here's one version: Beatrice
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Yesterday, 10:12 PM
My Holst...
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Yesterday, 10:12 PM
Transcribe the solos you love to see what they are doing and go with that.
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Yesterday, 10:12 PM
Well, I got the opportunity to get together with a bass player today and still had the tune in my head. So here's another version! I didn't intend to...
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Yesterday, 10:09 PM
Week 7 Day 65. 90 BPM. Using the "official" ireal pro backing in Am. Tried to incorporate some of the new approaches per JBN suggestion but I'm still...
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Yesterday, 09:58 PM
Yep!
:encouragement:
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Yesterday, 09:57 PM
We are in the midst of a pandemic, the economy is in crisis, the dictators are aggressive, and the climate is frightening. The concert halls are...
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Yesterday, 09:51 PM
nothing is too fiendish for a nyt crossword clue
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Yesterday, 09:49 PM
Joe,
I have the THR10 II and it is great for several reasons:
1. Clean stereo sound. On both the clean (with gain turned up about halfway) and...
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Yesterday, 09:45 PM
After visiting Steve Holst's web site and viewing his gallery, my wallet is groaning and my breath is panting. My problem isn't the cost as much as...
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Yesterday, 09:18 PM
"Bad Gigs," by Tuck Andress (Used to be on the Tuck and Patti website but isn't anymore. Punctuation unchanged from original.)
Borrowed guitar,...
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Yesterday, 09:06 PM
Hi, just wondering if anyone has a Yamaha THR10ii or even better, a THR30II.
I am thinking about one of these. I like stereo and I love the...
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Yesterday, 09:01 PM
Yeah, and this also doesn't do much for the "Buy Genuine" campaign.
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Yesterday, 09:00 PM
Hahaa.. I love it.
Jim, I like that new guitar you just bought too.
JD
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Yesterday, 08:51 PM
Teodross Avery plays 'Teo' from Harlem Stories:The Music of Thelonious Monk. Release: 8/21/2020 (C) - YouTube
Enjoy and . . . play live . . ....
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Yesterday, 08:46 PM
wow !
cant get the smile off my face
so inventive and ingenious
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Yesterday, 08:33 PM
But that is not what we're doing .. We're comparing professional grade instruments vs. professional grade instruments ... Cello vs. guitar ... I mean...
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Yesterday, 08:15 PM
Agreed!
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Yesterday, 08:03 PM
Noticed Joe V had one of the Art Valdez D'Angelico replicas listed for sale. Apparently it sold pretty fast:
1991 D'Angelico Excel, First USA...
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Yesterday, 07:57 PM
There's the weathered adage of "you gotta just put yourself out there"
I discovered an adage of my own that I like better, "clean that waxy ego...
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Yesterday, 07:57 PM
Great stories here!
I was 17 and we were booked to play a gig at a local hall. A week or so before the gig, I fell off my Honda 125cc motorcycle...
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Yesterday, 07:56 PM
"Mongolian nose flute music". Did not go unnoticed. Pure frickin' genius.
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Yesterday, 07:52 PM
At a wedding gig I had a Twin and it was pointed low. Too big an amp and I should have had it pointed at me. At the end of the night an old guy comes...
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Yesterday, 07:45 PM
I like Doug Raneys version
https://www.amazon.com/Beatrice/dp/B002R9JHKGmo
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Yesterday, 07:43 PM
Remembered another: We played the first Fat Tuesday in Seattle. We had the final spot on closing night and had a packed venue. We had one of our best...
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Yesterday, 07:38 PM
Yeah, that strikes me as the way to go on this tune.
John
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Yesterday, 07:37 PM
Big box stores may or may not give you a slight discount, but its worth asking, especially as (inventory) tax season approaches.
Also, check with...
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Yesterday, 07:36 PM
My daughter plays cello. Back when she was in recitals and competitions “we” (ex-wife and I—I use quotes since I paid for it 100%) got her a used...
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Yesterday, 07:30 PM
Congratulations, Mark. We need another thread on the refin.
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Yesterday, 07:10 PM
Oh cool, yeah I bet it is my Korg driver. I’ll try it with a different keyboard and definitely try the Sibelius free trial. Thank you both!
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Yesterday, 07:08 PM
Thanks John. I keep thinking how Jim Hall can pick two notes from a chord and just play them "just so" and it's great. ON these tricky tunes I think...
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Yesterday, 07:06 PM
Joshua Breakstone plays a Norlin era L5ces, actually has two nearly identical, one stays in Japan. Royce Campbell plays an L5ces or WesMo, I forget....
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Yesterday, 07:05 PM
That sounds really good, Lawson. You hung with the harmony just fine and had good melodic ideas.
John
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Yesterday, 06:54 PM
So I really love the melody of this. Spacious, beautiful intervals and phrases... then my soloing seems to break the glass somehow! Not saying this...
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Yesterday, 06:48 PM
If you were a cellist that would be a cheap instrument. I think cellos and archtops are comparable in construction etc.
Guitarists tend to...
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Yesterday, 06:45 PM
I recently got an email announcing a new album by Peter Leitch, where he leads a large group, playing his compositions. He can't play guitar anymore...
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Yesterday, 06:39 PM
I did a bunch of gigs with Kenny when he first moved to NY, and played on an album that we were both sidemen on- great player! I prefer EB without a...
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Yesterday, 06:37 PM
No? Really? :-)
I think that's well said. The drill thing arises just from the best way to teach things to a group I think. It's also good...
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Yesterday, 06:35 PM
Not sure about this "treble to zero" thing on Evans amps. I have a 20 year old Evans SE150. So far, playing only P90 and Franz (Guild) equipped...
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Yesterday, 06:32 PM
Barry says that the rules are more important than the notes. Howard Rees once taught an entire 10-hour intensive course (2 hours a day over 5 days)...
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Yesterday, 06:30 PM
You and me both Joe. I refer to it as "serial monogamy". I'm kind of hoping that the Turkish guitar sticks around. It's way too nice to wear out...
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Yesterday, 06:27 PM
The ES135 was a hollowbody in the 1950's and returned as a semi-hollow in the 1990's.
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Yesterday, 06:13 PM
Hey 2B! You got that right! I'm not going to find what I'm after on CL. It would be like looking for a long term relationship in a dive bar!
And,...
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Yesterday, 06:04 PM
They really are fantastic, I ended up selling my AT-105 and picking up a ATC150CC
the Charlie Christian pickup is a perfect match for my Vintage47...
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Yesterday, 06:03 PM
Yeah, the frets on a solid are just as prone to sprout as those of an archtop. Put a soundhole cover on the carbon fiber, of which I'm jealous, by...
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Yesterday, 06:02 PM
In the first tune (it's a very long video!) the guy in the red sweater plays some very nice cascading flurries which completely fit, IMO.
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Yesterday, 06:02 PM
I lived many years in Barcelona and left soon after the year 2000. There was always a big jazz scene there, and always people to jam with. Loved its...
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Yesterday, 06:01 PM
i think my biggest complaint with truarc is that they don't offer the alloy you want in the finish/plating you want. luckily, i'm a stainless steel...
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Yesterday, 05:59 PM
I used to always plug my Les Paul and Tele and solid body Harmony into my Bud with pedals or straight in and it sounds great, and not just for jazz
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Yesterday, 05:58 PM
Your piece just goes to show how important it is to bounce off other musicians to get the arrangement right. I'm really drawn to ostinato in...
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Yesterday, 05:57 PM
Barry's style can be slightly dogmatic, and with the presentation of the methods as 'rules' and the drilling of his students to a parade-ground ...
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Yesterday, 05:56 PM
Off the top of my head, Ron Affif, Jonathan Kreisberg, Russell Malone (sometimes, anyway), Martin Van Iterson, Jesse van Ruller, John Hart, Bireli...
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Yesterday, 05:55 PM
Oh my.. this is a beautiful guitar. Wow!
Joe D
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Yesterday, 05:54 PM
i don't see what's so odd about a brazilian girl with giant cans babbling inaudibly while tapping on a nearly seventy year old guitar that we just...
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Yesterday, 05:44 PM
Stay away from Craigslist. You’ve enough guitars! :smile-new:
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Yesterday, 05:44 PM
Yeah I know smarty pants..
This L5 is one of the ones.. let’s put it that way. It’s a great guitar.
JD
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Yesterday, 05:41 PM
I would definitely avoid playing that baby outdoors. Or on synthetic fibers. Might be nice for slide, but I suspect my Dobro would look askance. :o
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Yesterday, 05:33 PM
if I recall correctly, hasn’t every latest guitar you’ve owned been “the” one?
I know, you’ve owned some fabulous guitars. I hope you never sell...
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Yesterday, 05:32 PM
Finally after some smaller and bigger tweaks the Guild is ready for my liking (reworked the bone nut, fret levelling, matting the hardware...)
I...
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Yesterday, 05:32 PM
I keep hearing the Fiddler on the Roof theme. Very hard to resist quoting it.
John
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Yesterday, 05:30 PM
I wonder how much of this cost is due to the tariff wars we've been having with Asia for the last 4 years? I know that mainly tariffs were directed...
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Yesterday, 05:25 PM
I was working a six-week engagement with a wedding band in the early '80s at a suburban club that was a pickup spot for people in their 50s, 60s, and...
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Yesterday, 05:25 PM
Overall, that sounds really cool. I like the bluesy take and Carlton-ish articulations. Modest amounts of seafood complement the rest of the meal....
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Yesterday, 05:23 PM
Thanks for your encouragement, John, I may give it a shot tomorrow. Love your version btw.!
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Yesterday, 05:22 PM
For some reason this tune keeps reminding me of that Jim Hall tune, "Something Special."
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Yesterday, 05:22 PM
I can't think of another model I liked better when it first came out. It essentially would have been an ideal version of the Venitian-cutaway...
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Yesterday, 05:21 PM
Normandy Guitars are history. They offered them with a lifetime warranty. Ask the seller if it transfers.
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Yesterday, 05:20 PM
The blonde L5CTES is a real beauty . Too bad it didn’t meet your needs.
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Yesterday, 05:16 PM
But part of the true jazz experience is getting up at a jam session and having to play songs you've never heard before cold. It's worth trying at...
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Yesterday, 05:11 PM
I miss Henry J too. At least he cared about jazz guitar.
I doubt JC even knows what that is other than a money loosing product line.
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Yesterday, 05:10 PM
I really like it!
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Yesterday, 05:10 PM
That sounds just lovely. I enjoyed the tone, the feel, the tune (which is settling into my mind now), and the improvisation. You all are inspiring...
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Yesterday, 05:09 PM
Great take, Dick. Regarding video vs. audio. I often do audio only direct to computer with an amp plug-in because family is around and/or it's late...
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Yesterday, 04:59 PM
Whenever encountering this type of a problem, it's a good idea to service the amplifier.
It's fun and easy to do it yourself, and you sound like you...
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Yesterday, 04:57 PM
Here's mine
Beatrice by John Albin | Free Listening on SoundCloud
Beautiful tune. Definitely a work-out for me, and a great choice for this jam...
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Yesterday, 04:56 PM
peter leitch is another under the radar monster player!!..he has career hindering health problems these days, but was great player and composer
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Yesterday, 04:52 PM
Larry responded very quickly to my inquiry. Unfortunately, the neck of that blond L5CT is too thin for me. I had an incredible blond one from the...
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Yesterday, 04:46 PM
Before 2000 Gibson was still the main maker of actual Carve Top instruments.
Yes there were a few fine luthiers in the Benedetto style, as well as...
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Yesterday, 04:42 PM
About 20 years ago the local "Golden Corral" all-you-can-eat buffet restaurant in our small town was trying to boost Thursday night customers and the...
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Yesterday, 04:42 PM
I believe this was foreshadowed with the ES-275. A new hollow body arch top that was well received by critics and (mostly) praised by those who...
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Yesterday, 04:41 PM
for me chord tones , deffo
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Yesterday, 04:36 PM
I hope the same. Ed's Concord and Sackville leader & co-leader dates would make a great set. Concord has a few live Bickert Trio odds and ends (I've...
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Yesterday, 04:35 PM
nice..now we're getting back down to it!
and there's a little round midnight in your dawn! hah
cheers
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Yesterday, 04:09 PM
The thing about Holst is he will build your guitar in any style you want. You call it and he will build it. Most builders just offer there specific...
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Yesterday, 04:08 PM
2020 presented a unique opportunity to explore an album of “less than live” solo performances and thematic compositions. The “Standards” on this...
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