Steve Kaplan wrote in a message to Bill Riley:

"I can't even imagine how bad his guitar playing was" ROFLAO.......probably has a hondo Les Paul, with nylon strings, and
he spends 2/3 of a jam looking for his finger picks.. the neck of
the guitar has masking tape on every fret....with the corresponding
keys markered in

Lord knows I'm not much of a musician, but if I was that bad I would be flat ashamed to audition for someone.

Bill

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* Origin: Bill's Point, Beaverton OR (1:218/704.6)

Bill Riley wrote in a message to Steve Kaplan:

Lord knows I'm not much of a musician, but if I was that bad I
would be flat ashamed to audition for someone.

Would you be ashamed to play Stormy Monday for 3 hours?


C-ya! Rich

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* Origin: Colossus Galactica, Chino CA (1:218/704)

Bill Riley wrote in a message to Paul Lawson:

Paul Lawson wrote in a message to Bill Riley:

Ain't that the truth. But it's one thing to audition people that
just don't fit in or have some problems with their playing. This
is the first time I've ever seen anybody with zero talent or skill
show up to one.

You've not auditioned many singers then I assume. :) Saw that a lot auditioning singers for a funk band in the early '80s. Actually had one chick saay "but I sound good in the shower". I used to joke that not auditioning singers was one of the perks to playing jazz.


Paul

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Rich Lockyer wrote in a message to Bill Riley:

Would you be ashamed to play Stormy Monday for 3 hours?

Ouch...right away you go for the jugular.....LOL

Tom

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Rich Lockyer wrote in a message to Bill Riley:

Lord knows I'm not much of a musician, but if I was that bad I
would be flat ashamed to audition for someone.

Would you be ashamed to play Stormy Monday for 3 hours?

Ever since that day I've been ashamed to listen to it...

Bill

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* Origin: Bill's Point, Beaverton OR (1:218/704.6)

Paul Lawson wrote in a message to Bill Riley:

You've not auditioned many singers then I assume. :) Saw that
a lot auditioning singers for a funk band in the early '80s.

Were going to be doing that soon too...sigh.

Actually had one chick saay "but I sound good in the shower". I

Then you should have told her to take her clothes off and try again! <BEG>

But speaking of chick singers, saw one on Leno, little 14 year old named Shannon something or the other. Played blues-rock. Damn, what a voice. Not a
bad guitar player either. Sings better than she plays though. I'd pick up a CD if I knew her last name. Sounds like she's 30 and seen a lot of travling in
that time. She's gonna by a gas by the time she is 30.


Bill

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Bill Riley wrote in a message to Rich Lockyer:

Would you be ashamed to play Stormy Monday for 3 hours?

Ever since that day I've been ashamed to listen to it...

It even hurt when I listened to BB play it.


C-ya! Rich

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* Origin: Colossus Galactica, Chino CA (1:218/704)

Rich Lockyer wrote in a message to Bill Riley:

Would you be ashamed to play Stormy Monday for 3 hours?

Ever since that day I've been ashamed to listen to it...

It even hurt when I listened to BB play it.

Well Bobby Bland used to be my favotite, but still...

Bill

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* Origin: Bill's Point, Beaverton OR (1:218/704.6)

Tom Engle wrote in a message to Rich Lockyer:

Rich Lockyer wrote in a message to Bill Riley:

Would you be ashamed to play Stormy Monday for 3 hours?

Ouch...right away you go for the jugular.....LOL

"second hours even worse, the third ones awfull sad"

Paul

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* Origin: Paul's point, Salt Lake City, Utah. (1:218/704.16)

Bill Riley wrote in a message to Paul Lawson:

Paul Lawson wrote in a message to Bill Riley:

Were going to be doing that soon too...sigh.

You have my condolances...

Actually had one chick saay "but I sound good in the shower". I

Then you should have told her to take her clothes off and try
again! <BEG>

I was too concerned with my recovery from the acoustic onslaught to think straight I suppose. :)

But speaking of chick singers, saw one on Leno, little 14 year old
named Shannon something or the other. Played blues-rock. Damn,
what a voice. Not a bad guitar player either. Sings better than
she plays though. I'd pick up a CD if I knew her last name.
Sounds like she's 30 and seen a lot of travling in that time.
She's gonna by a gas by the time she is 30.

Makes you wonder where these kids are coming from doesn't it. Of course for every Kenny Wayne Sheppard or Johnny Lang, there's a Brittany Spears... I suppose it balances out.

Paul

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* Origin: Paul's point, Salt Lake City, Utah. (1:218/704.16)

Rich Lockyer wrote in a message to Bill Riley:

Bill Riley wrote in a message to Rich Lockyer:

Ever since that day I've been ashamed to listen to it...

It even hurt when I listened to BB play it.

I think the best version I've heard is the Alman Bro's from the Filmore concerts. Very cool!

Paul

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* Origin: Paul's point, Salt Lake City, Utah. (1:218/704.16)

Paul Lawson wrote in a message to Bill Riley:

Makes you wonder where these kids are coming from doesn't it.
Of course for every Kenny Wayne Sheppard or Johnny Lang, there's a Brittany Spears... I suppose it balances out.

Oh well, we had our share of those too. Anybody remember the Cowsills or the 1910 Fruitgum Company?



Bill

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* Origin: Bill's Point, Beaverton OR (1:218/704.6)

Paul Lawson wrote in a message to Rich Lockyer:

Ever since that day I've been ashamed to listen to it...

It even hurt when I listened to BB play it.

I think the best version I've heard is the Alman Bro's from
the Filmore concerts. Very cool!

Yeah, I loved that version too. But then I loved everything about that album.


Bill

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* Origin: Bill's Point, Beaverton OR (1:218/704.6)

Bill Riley wrote in a message to Paul Lawson:

Paul Lawson wrote in a message to Bill Riley:

Oh well, we had our share of those too. Anybody remember the
Cowsills or the 1910 Fruitgum Company?

1910 fruitgum I remember. Not that it's a good thing...


Paul

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* Origin: Paul's point, Salt Lake City, Utah. (1:218/704.16)

Bill Riley wrote in a message to Paul Lawson:

Paul Lawson wrote in a message to Rich Lockyer:

I think the best version I've heard is the Alman Bro's from
the Filmore concerts. Very cool!

Yeah, I loved that version too. But then I loved everything about
that album.

It's the only Allman Bro CD I have. It's managed to stay at the top of the play stack for about 8 years now. Fantastic CD.

Paul

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* Origin: Paul's point, Salt Lake City, Utah. (1:218/704.16)

Paul Lawson wrote in a message to Bill Riley:

Oh well, we had our share of those too. Anybody remember the
Cowsills or the 1910 Fruitgum Company?

1910 fruitgum I remember. Not that it's a good thing...

So see, we had our share of Brittany Boobs and Backdoor Boys too.

Bill

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* Origin: Bill's Point, Beaverton OR (1:218/704.6)

Paul Lawson wrote in a message to Bill Riley:

It's the only Allman Bro CD I have. It's managed to stay at
the top of the play stack for about 8 years now. Fantastic CD.

They had some great studio albums too, Allman Brothers Band, Idewild South, and
Eat A Peach. After that is was dregs until Warren Haynes joined them. Now they're back to being dregs again.

Bill

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* Origin: Bill's Point, Beaverton OR (1:218/704.6)

Bill Riley wrote in a message to Paul Lawson:

Paul Lawson wrote in a message to Bill Riley:

So see, we had our share of Brittany Boobs and Backdoor Boys too.
Bill

The only saving grace is that they're oh so forgettable...

Paul

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* Origin: Paul's point, Salt Lake City, Utah. (1:218/704.16)

Bill Riley wrote in a message to Paul Lawson:

Paul Lawson wrote in a message to Bill Riley:

They had some great studio albums too, Allman Brothers Band,
Idewild South, and Eat A Peach. After that is was dregs until
Warren Haynes joined them. Now they're back to being dregs again.

Yep, I've heard most of them, I just never got around to picking them up...

Paul

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* Origin: Paul's point, Salt Lake City, Utah. (1:218/704.16)