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Originally posted by victor eaton
HELLO VETS
Well I think they are very brave to even have a go at something like that all credit to them i have a grown up daughter she studied classical guitar but gave up when she got married i keep trying to persuade her to get going again to no avail i play five string banjo and am now having a go at pedal steel guitarit looks as though its a mountain to climb so im scrabbling around in the foothills at the moment with this one tell your girls to join or form a band they will get to sing and enjoy them selfs at the same time its difficult to tell whats going on with records its all done too good for my liking i enjoyed the times when people made thier own music no electronics covering things up.
regards vic uk.
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Vic..
As a Canadian maritimer,we are required by law to sing,dance and/or play a musical instrument...all of which I do with some exuberance...
Most of my musical repetoire of song is the filthy but funny barrack room varity that my dear ,sweet mother would roll over in her grave if she heard her sweet little lad mouthing such perverted,disgusting tunes....
Having started music lessons at 6 years old on the 88 ,I laboured and languished on the road to musical noteriety untill mother giving up trying to find a music teacher for me when my father was transfered ,through the bank,to the outports of Newfoundland in '53...
I escaped the dreaded 88 until my father was once again transfered back to the mainland and I like every other teen in the civilized world was infected by the rock and roll disease..in '56...
At which time my mother bought me a 6 string Framus guitar and a music book and all ready having a piano in the house attacked music with a vengence..( Dennis Douroty,of the Mama's and The Papa's ,recently deceased ,lived across the street from me)
When I heard Luther Perkins run that base line for Johnny Cash I was hooked...
I drove every one in the block absouloutly stark raving mad...by the time I was 16 I was in a rock and roll pick up group,advanced to an electric and a bunch of other instruments,and my mother still wanted me to learn music and threatened my very existance if I didn't take music lessons..I didn't read music but have excellent pitch and play by ear..
Anyway she hired a military band leader that taught music on the side and I was being tortured again with clarinet lessons..
That lasted about a year until I finaly rebelled and wouldn't take any more stupid clarinet lessons..
But I did learn to play it..
And all through high school and the first 7 years of military service was never too far from my trusty flat top guitar..
Then in a drunken stupor in a dirty bar in Northern Quebec,in September of '70 I bought a 1961 Gibson Melody Maker solid body electric and a Silvertone Amp...for $100.00 from an equally drunk drinking buddy of mine..
I still have it and pick it up every now and then and am waiting for my agent to book me in Vegas at any minute now..I also have a hand built NOrman B 55 that I installed two Hot DOt pick ups in the bridge and play it also..
Both my girls have Royal Conservatory Grade 8 piano and can read music and play about 8 10 instruments between them..
Any way,I found it interesting that you would like to learn the pedal steel..
I tryed it,but think I would like to master(?) the Dobro next..I love that sound..
Anyway,the next time you are in Ottawa,stop by..We'll jam..
As for my dancing,at the next CC gather up..CC6 ,Mike MacKinnley and I will demonstrate the Lobster Stomper's Jig .....
