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First time out this spring with my little Toro. At this point she owes me nothing, yet she keeps on turning over and doing her job. Today marked the start of her 6th season... Damn grass was already too damn high... She grumbled a bit. Took 12 pulls and 4 extra pumps of her primer and then...

Some of you must be like me. I always watch guitarists closely and try to pick up on what they are doing. I've learned a few riffs. Through the years though what I've mainly learned is how a guitar fits into a band: Rhythm not too loud. Lead carving out a frequency that cuts through. Not...

I've been thinking about getting a hybrid for a couple of years now and someone thought I would like them. I didn't. It had an OK acoustic sound and being smaller and thinner it was a lot easier to hold and strum than my dreads. However the neck was not particularly easy, harder to play than...

We saw Sue Foley last night at NYC's Iridium. Nice club with very nice guitars on the walls. Sue is a really great blues /rock guitarist we discovered by chance when we wandered into the blues tent at NOLA's Jazzzfest last spring. Anyway she has some sort of Fender combo, possible a Blues...

Ugh, this will be my third one in as many years. I'm planning on 3 songs. I'll play my version of Amazing Grace based on Tommy Emmanuel's but not nearly as good. Ripple, a good message about the ripple effect we have on each other's lives. And lastly our deceased friend's best friend asked...

Since we got serious, somewhat, and decided to work up songs and play gigs rather than just get together and jam I find myself in the role of bandleader and dynamics cop. We played a party last Saturday and things went fairly well. We record stuff and our guys were talking via emails about how...

My jam band is playing a party gig and my bassist only has a small practice amp. I also have a small 100 watt bass/keyboard combo. We are going to try running his Pilot through both. I am also thinking of running him through my Mackie SRM 450 12" mains. I can go out of the back of my amp...

Sorry no linky. We recorded this last night and watched it this evening. Good, but not like a Billy Strings show with all the space jams and some mixed genre covers. I think they played all traditional bluegrass and all covers. Here's a link to an article about it...

I pulled the proverbial trigger on the Roots ROck Revival music camp thing in NY's Catskills. Opted for their "set up" tent with air conditioning and power outlets option and at $1,440.00 I think it's a great value for 4 days of jamming and instruction with the likes of Oteil Burbridge, Luther...

It never fails to fail. I booked an outdoor gig for my band for this Friday evening. The first gig in 3 years with this group... Everyone's excited for it... We've actually been practicing rather than just jamming... Got a bunch of folks coming... Forecast is for rain and then thunderstorms...

https://www.rootsrockrevival.com/ It's not cheap, but for what it sounds like you get it's not expensive. Anyone here ever done one of these or something similar such as Fur Peace? What was the experience like? What wisdom do you have to share?

Building off the thread about what you can use for a tip jar... We almost always tip bands, solo acts, etc... unless they suck. Usually $5 or maybe $10. If it's just a short stop like for a coffee or at a farmers market, etc. we'll toss in a buck or 2. Recently I tipped an acoustic guitar...

On my G37. My left hand gets tired from playing it, especially since I've been using a capo a lot lately or maybe because I'm 66. IDK. I hate the lighter strings for flatpicking. Doesn't have nearly the punch of 12's. Oddly though, at least I think it's odd, It sounds a bunch better and is...

I've been working on singing and thinking about booking some solo gigs and I am going to a voice coach to get some help and advice. I am interested if anyone has done this and did it work out for you or not. Did it improve your singing and how?

I heard , somewhere, a snippet of the old song, Don't Fence Me In and last night I decided to learn it. Man there are a lot of different versions. I spend a couple of hours last night watching/listening to many, many people playing this tune. Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters had a #1 hit...

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I feel like playing a bunch of cowboy Dead along with a good dose of outlaw country and country rock. Cumberland Blues Lonesome Fugitive Dust In A Baggie Me and My Uncle Jack Straw Loser Truck Driving Man Down To Seeds and Stems Midnight Moonlight Powder Finger Fire On the Mountain (Marshall...