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Anybody know of Billy?..........................
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Tele |
Anybody know of Billy?.......................... |
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I meant to put�this up a while ago. The free mag that Wilee turned us on to, has a paragraph on him in the latest issue. I learned of him through John Stropes
site.
� Aequam memento rebus in arduis servare mentem. |
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omegaman41658 |
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How awesomeeeeeeee. Never really saw him be4, I don't think. Gave me the chills. The boy has soul.
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Tele |
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AND hes a righty who had to retrain himself to be a lefty. And he cant really fingerpick anymore. Rare neurological condition called focal dystonia.
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Michael Tognetti |
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All I can say is wow! I will have to go over to youtube and check out the other videos after work tonight.
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Fingerpicker |
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He plays locally at two different small venues. We have tried to see him as the cover charge is only $15 or less but the seats fill up quickly. The one
venue only seat about 45 people. He might be a homegrown local. The local PBS had a 50 minute special on him about 6 months ago. After seeing the special we
decided his show probably wouldn't suit us so we really don't follow his schedule anymore.
"You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me." ~ C.S. Lewis |
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Tele |
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Fingerpicker wrote: Huh??????? Didn't like the music or what FP? I don't get it. Aequam memento rebus in arduis servare mentem. |
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Fingerpicker |
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Tele wrote:Nothing big just a feeling we had from watching the special. Along the lines that his personality and style clashed with what we enjoy...does that make sense. It seems the older Jen and I get the less time we make for things that don't really turn us on. Also the fact that an hour and a half to two hours of his style of playing might be a bit much of the same thing for us. So it really comes down to a taste issue I guess. We have been to plenty of local shows to know what gets us going and what doesn't. Just seems easier to not go if it doesn't seem like a good fit than to go and sit through the first set and then have to settle your tab and leave disappointed. Don't get me wrong now the guy has more talent in his little toe than I do in both my hands...with a guitar anyways but so does Clapton and I wouldn't pay to see him either. But there are a couple of artists who play locally that Jen and I drop everything in our schedule if possible to attend. Just a matter of taste and personalities, it's what makes the world go round after all.Fingerpicker wrote: After seeing the special we decided his show probably wouldn't suit us so we really don't follow his schedule anymore. "You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me." ~ C.S. Lewis |
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MandoSquirrel |
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I learned of him a few months ago on the LetsTalkGuild forum. (notice he plays a Guild?)
Agree he's a monster talent for his style, with the discipline to retrain/relearn opposite handed, but I'd probably also be of the "a little goes a long way" persuasion, myself. MonosyllabicMando
Elrod's :
Mandolins; Breedlove Cascade; Victoria, B&J New York ; Washburn 215 bowl back, cr.1906-07; Flatiron by Gibson pancake(in hospital for neck surgery). Guitar: Guild D-25NT. |
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Fingerpicker |
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MandoSquirrel wrote: (notice he plays a Guild?)Based on this I would say Guilds have great harmonics then. Just an observation. "You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me." ~ C.S. Lewis |
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MandoSquirrel |
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If you haven't tried them, you might be surprised. More guitar for less money.
Elrod's :
Mandolins; Breedlove Cascade; Victoria, B&J New York ; Washburn 215 bowl back, cr.1906-07; Flatiron by Gibson pancake(in hospital for neck surgery). Guitar: Guild D-25NT. |
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Tele |
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I've owned at least five different Guilds in my time, and I thought each one was rather unique in sound and style. The last one I owned was a '66 or 67
Starfire in red. I hated selling that guitar. I sold it in 1980, to help pay for my soon to be born daughters room and furniture. She learned how to stand and
walk, by pulling herself up on amps and guitar cases.
Aequam memento rebus in arduis servare mentem. |
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ragtime man |
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Tele wrote: I ask "Why not?' It sounds like a very appropriate way to learn to stand and walk. She might as well get used to them before you have to start buying them for her. ragtime man |
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MandoSquirrel |
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A yup
MonosyllabicMando
Elrod's :
Mandolins; Breedlove Cascade; Victoria, B&J New York ; Washburn 215 bowl back, cr.1906-07; Flatiron by Gibson pancake(in hospital for neck surgery). Guitar: Guild D-25NT. |
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