Scott Wagy
Yep. That was sue’s husband. We were quite close. It was a shock.
Apr 27, 2019 8:37:11pm
Tom Cole
OMG Is that Sue Harris's husband? I talk to her on FB quite often. I've met her too.
Apr 27, 2019 7:31:47pm
Scott Wagy
Harris. He got sick and went on over medication. Sucked.
Apr 27, 2019 5:20:48pm
Tom Cole
What was his last name? What happened to him?
Apr 27, 2019 4:05:35pm
Scott Wagy
He recorded Carlos’ albums. Such a cool guy. I miss him.
Apr 27, 2019 4:04:15pm
Tom Cole
Funny; I thought it was at a high school.
Apr 27, 2019 2:54:22pm
Tom Cole
Oh, I remember him. He didn't like switches on microphones because the singer would start singing and there'd be no sound. I don't know his last name or really who he was, did I?
Apr 27, 2019 2:53:40pm
Scott Wagy
That was a while ago. I still can’t believe that Kyle is dead. It just seems unreal to me. He ran the sound at that show.
Apr 27, 2019 2:48:31pm
Tom Cole
Apr 26, 2019 2:59:56pm
Tom Cole
Well, I opened for Pat Kirkley that night. The website is mostly pictures and videos.
Jul 06, 2018 3:27:06pm
Scott Wagy
Looking forward to reading that. I'll ck that out too.
My kids love it when I tell them that taylor swift opened for us. Hard to believe.
Jul 06, 2018 2:55:49pm
Tom Cole
I looked it up. Taylor Swift would have been 16 or so then. I just got back from Europe and also the other day I rented a U-haul and got all the stuff from the family hacienda up north and I returned the U-haul today and now I can get back to my projects. Here's my summer trip if you're interested and have internet: http://www.tomhascallcole.com/Canada%20London%20Madrid%20Barcelona%20Tarragona%20Trip%202018.html
Jul 06, 2018 1:46:49pm
Scott Wagy
I'll ck it out. We are in idaho and my internet is pathetic. I can't stream anything.
Jul 06, 2018 1:42:00pm
Tom Cole
I'll send Evan and Carlos a copy. You may be interested in my latest Album of all originals that I've self published on CreateSpace, but I've got a free version: http://www.tomhascallcole.com/Leitmotif.html
Jul 06, 2018 1:40:07pm
Scott Wagy
Wow, now that is a blast from the past.
Taylor swift played before us at NAMM when that pic was taken. She was just a kid.
Jul 06, 2018 1:34:55pm
Tom Cole
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Jul 06, 2018 1:28:32pm
Tom Cole
Found this the other day. I have the whole concert as a movie.
Jul 06, 2018 1:28:11pm
Tom Cole
Ah
Jan 23, 2018 7:37:14pm
Scott Wagy
I didn't. I've seen him a bunch. He's amazing, and super fun to hang with, but there are a lot of other players I'd rather listen to.
Jan 23, 2018 7:35:44pm
Tom Cole
I tried to order a ticket for the Tommy Emmanuel concert but they'd been sold out for weeks. I'll bet you went. Did you?
Jan 23, 2018 3:09:22pm
Tom Cole
What took you there?
Jul 14, 2017 11:58:02am
Scott Wagy
Umbria is landlocked, but not over run. It's quite beautiful and the wine is excellent. The Dolomites are simply stunning. They don't look real. We'll go back in a couple years.
Jul 14, 2017 11:04:57am
Tom Cole
I looked up Umbria. Landlocked. I've always been interested in dolomite as for some reason none is being created on earth now. Ah, you mean the mountains.
Jul 14, 2017 8:07:58am
Scott Wagy
Yep, getting on the road now. We are in Salt Lake.
We were in Umbria and the Dolomites...which were simply amazing. We fished a ton.
Patagonia is nice. There is some decent wine there too.
Jul 14, 2017 8:03:13am
Tom Cole
Great. What were you doing in Italy? I've been to Mexico twice recently. I just got back from Patagonia, Arizona. Nice place. I hope you like the picture of you and the bass. I'm sick of fishing. I can go any time and I'm bored with it now. It's a hassle to haul them in and get them off the hook! I hope you like my western tune and the Django tune. So you're driving up to your compound in Idaho..😁
Jul 14, 2017 8:01:31am
Scott Wagy
Not bad. Just got back from Italy, and now we are driving up to idaho. Hard to drive jet lagged. How are you doing?
Jul 14, 2017 7:57:05am
Tom Cole
How are things going?
Jun 25, 2017 1:57:17pm
Tom Cole
Also a video of a western tune for my next album. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=47&v=IjDmTkMk8Is
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Jun 25, 2017 1:56:57pm
Tom Cole
I googled you and found you with two Micropterus salmoides. I forgot that I had told you about the jazz class. It doesn't appear that I have sent you a video of my brother and me playing that Swing 39. I got home from that class and put the music on the piano. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqWzR-d9fh4
Came home with the sheet music for Django Reinhardt's "Swing 39" and Jeff was there.
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Jun 25, 2017 1:55:16pm
Tom Cole
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Jun 25, 2017 1:50:39pm
Scott Wagy
You are a busy man in retirement. Keeps you young...and prolific.
Mar 30, 2017 3:52:47pm
Tom Cole
I sent her links to my YouTube of that and some writing I did about that night. It was in response to an email she sent asking people for that kind of thing I think. She didn't respond, however.

I chat with Sandra from time to time on Messenger.

I keep writing books as a hobby. Finished my tenth last month. I've had only three gigs since my surgery. I'd like to have a good place to play. The Merle Travis style is improving and one day I will put it in my gig repertoire.

I'm making another album for fun. It will be all originals. I have three songs in the process of being Garage Banded. One was inspired by a D minor song that Pete Huttlinger played. It had the most WICKED chord at the end that I knew I had to write a tune to end with it.

I have SOUND EFFECTS in the album. Footsteps, a horse and carriage, crows squawking lots of fun. There will be more

I have three I'm working on recording now.

http://www.tomhascallcole.com/All%20Mine.html
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Mar 25, 2017 4:54:31pm
Scott Wagy
I was looking something up for my kid, when I saw your car. Nice. Great that you are playing with the school like that. You are putting your considerable talents to use. It's gotta be fun. I'm still struggling with guitar. The more I learn, the less I know. I have a great teacher, it's just that I seem to have less brain cells. Kids... they've robbed me of my noggin. I would go to pete's camp if he were still with us. I'd go mainly to fish with him. Their playing is light years beyond me. With mr bennett it would be worse. I need more time. And more brain. Pete's wife Erin wrote me a week ago out of the blue. She said that she was watching the little cd of our show with him. She said that he talked a lot about that night. It was really memorable for him. Super fun. It was the best thing I ever put together at aecp. Mark said it was his favorite too. We had some fine times indeed.
Mar 25, 2017 3:45:09pm
Tom Cole
Here's the kind of thing I get. Not too fancy but I don't know the tune until the horns play it. (trumpet, clarinet, trombone, drums, piano, bass). Or when I get it from Itunes.
Mar 25, 2017 3:37:53pm
Tom Cole
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Mar 25, 2017 3:37:49pm
Tom Cole
I just got this in my email. I'll bet you're going: http://www.petehuttlinger.com/2017GuitarCamp.cfm You saw my September Post Toasty in February. I guess you're not too active on Foolbook. I see I was down 15 pounds back then. Well, I'm still twenty pounds down. What are you up to? I'm in a jazz ensemble class at Scottdale Community. An old professor invited me to join his band in the class to practice. They needed a guitar. It's a stretch for me because they don't give you the music before the class. They just put the lead sheets on your music stand and say let's play and even familiar tunes look odd and are hard to do right away. But I'm holding my own. Again, what's up?
In Pete Huttlinger's hands, a fingerpicked flat-top becomes a mini-orchestra. He juggles it all: a tune's melody, harmony, and bass lines-even percussion. His playing is fun, scary, and always inspiring.
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Mar 25, 2017 3:34:52pm
Tom Cole
I doubt I will do the soloing bit. Ranger Doug said, "So what if I never learned to solo?" Which isn't great advice to take. I don't know about electric guitars either. Remember when I got that Casino? Are you singing? One must sing. Look at Lee Marvin. Try to sing along. Too low. Weighed myself. A relief. Today 15 pounds down.
Sep 14, 2016 9:35:07am
Tom Cole
Here it is. I thought I sent it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=El9eCRisbDo
Digital ReMastered Soundtrack...He may not have had the best singing voice in the world but no one can better Lee Marvin singing "Wand'rin Star" from the hit...
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Sep 14, 2016 6:44:10am
Tom Cole
My new western is inspired by Lee Marvin's "I Was Born under a Wandering Star." I want to have the recording sound like this with the male voices and the singer coming in later.
Sep 13, 2016 7:37:50pm
Tom Cole
Oh, I hit return and it got sent. Here's my favorite near beer. 75 calories and you could float a horseshoe in it. It's dry hopped pale ale. http://www.tomhascallcole.com/claushaler%20non-alcoholic%20beer%20.jpg I'm trying to record another album. I have a whole boatload of originals. Today I'm doing a western. I want the album to have songs that blend into one another and with repeated themes and melodies. I am lacking energy, however.
IP Address: 2600:8800:1881:fd00:78ba:bd8c:c679:83d4
Sep 13, 2016 7:07:58pm
Tom Cole
I count calories and drink near beer. I lost 31 drinking beer, but beer sabotages your will power, makes you hungry, and adds five zillion calories. I use my Fitbit tracker. It has a calorie and food set-up when you synch it to the web. I drank beer several times and I hope I haven't gained. I will weigh myself tomorrow for the first time in a while. Also if you eat that vegetarian meat, it won't wake up the meat monster. I had some Special K and then you start craving it and I have to throw it out. That kind of thing awakens the cookie monster.
Sep 13, 2016 7:05:57pm
Scott Wagy
Hey Tom, I've been doing the kid thing. It seems to get be getting busier. They have so many activities, and now I'm a big old soccer mom. It's fun, but it takes all my time. And then there is homework. Yikes.

I hope you can get gigs. You need to play out. Every time I here Cindy, or any swing tune, I think of you. When Smoke that Cigarette comes on, we laugh, sing, and talk about you. I love that stuff.

I've been taking lessons, and they are going well. I'm learning to solo, and I'm trying to use a pick and learn to strum as well. We are also going to work on electric guitar. That thing is still foreign to me.

14 pounds! Wow, that's what I need to do. What's your secret?
Sep 12, 2016 8:42:45am
Tom Cole
I haven't had any gigs and I want a regular one to keep me busy and give me a place to sell my CDs. I'd like to play at the Perch but they said they didn't have music in the summer but then I saw that they did. Villains! I will ask them again. I'll pack 'em in.

Lost 14 pounds and am working on losing more.

I have some new material for gigs. Cindy Walker tunes and some country and more old standards. "Put on a Happy Face" I have worked out, but it's a stretch to remember the chords and so it isn't worth it. I just keep forgetting. I feel the same way about "Slow Boat to China." Great songs but I can't seem to keep the arrangement straight in my head.

So what are you up to?
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Sep 09, 2016 12:31:51pm
Tom Cole
I saw this and thought you might be going. https://wvfest.com/
The Walnut Valley Festival and National Flat-Picking Championships are held annually on the third weekend in September, in Winfield, Kansas, at the Winfield Fairgrounds.
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Sep 09, 2016 12:23:08pm
Tom Cole
May 03, 2016 6:50:07am
Tom Cole
I didn't see that either of them had babies. I'm working on polkas and one day they will be ready for prime time. I'm not sure I like my new guitar much. It's a Variax Standard and it has a much cheaper feeling than I thought it would have. Nice features. I took it in to be set up and I think it still buzzes like the Dickens. I'll have to try it out in a gig. I have some new material, but I keep working on polkas Merle Travis style. One day. Maybe I'll trade that guitar in for the high level one. It didn't cost that much more anyhow. I don't improvise much. My index finger to my surprise was injured more than I thought, but I can manage. My arm is a little iffy and I can't do Merle Travis standing up with the guitar because they way my arm is placed starts yanking the metal ball out of my shoulder. I have to learn a way to do it because I hate sitting and playing guitar in front of people. It's similar to using lyric/lead sheets when you play. People around here sit there with music stands. Not for me. Learn the words and the chords. No drum machine or any of that either--it makes it sound like Karaoke. Here's my song list: http://tomhascallcole.com/SongList.html
IP Address: 68.2.28.81
Apr 08, 2016 8:06:17am
Scott Wagy
You are a good citizen. Still, a small reward would be nice. YouTube is just too vast to monitor. I sure do love it though.
I'm taking lessons. We are going through scales and modes and I'm learning to improvise. It's really fun. The fretboard is slowly unlocking.
Did you see the Carlos had a baby. So does my nephew Evan. Hard to believe.
Apr 08, 2016 6:33:28am
Tom Cole
Once again I brace myself for the big congratulations and happy backslapping. I have thwarted the attempt to give away the late great Pete Huttlinger's instructional video for free.

As a reward, I was kind of hoping Happy Traum would give me a credit for the instructional download of my choice. But that would take the charity out of it.

Then again, I'd trade the charity for the free download any day.


http://tomhascallcole.com/Happy%20Traum%20Email.png
IP Address: 68.2.28.81
Apr 04, 2016 1:38:05pm
Scott Wagy
She might enjoy it. It's hard to see because of the format, but he was on his game. That was a great night.
Gotta be tough being gimped up. I tore my hamstring to the core. I'm walking, but it's still a purple, painful mess. And it's been 3 weeks. No fun.
Picked up a telecaster. Cool guitar. Wish I could play. I started taking lessons and I'm working on scales and soloing. It's fun, but I've got a long way to go. Shoulda started a long time ago.
Glad you are happy out there. Sounds like you found the right place.
I watched American masters on carol king and Loretta Lynn. Great stuff. I've been junking out on docs on George, the stones, muscle shoals, and the wrecking crew. I missed my calling.
Mar 08, 2016 4:37:06pm
Tom Cole
Anyway, tell me if you think Pete's wife would like to see the concert. My metal arm and shoulder are all right. I'm not thrilled (I liked my gimpy arm the way it was before when it was just gimpy.) but I'm happy to have this second (or third) chance with it. If I have a gig in Sun Lakes, I'll give you a heads up in case you want to hear my new material.

Anyway, I love living here and I hope everything is going as well for you as it has been for me.
Mar 02, 2016 7:01:54pm
Tom Cole
I bought a NEW Variax. My others are a little old (although the black one with that tortoise shell pickguard you helped me put on is really Highway Strat quality compared to the new one.) But it has new features, a BATTERY that charges and alternate tunings of all kinds. It's pretty too. Look here: http://www.tomhascallcole.com/My%20New%20Variax%20Guitar%20February%202016.html
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Mar 02, 2016 6:57:22pm
Tom Cole
I got a graphics program and did the art for my three albums, "Sixteen First Takes," "Singing with the Birds," and "Thank You, Friends!" and have had them made into professionally done CDs. Not too expensive. Wonderful art if I do say so myself. They will arrive here in a few days.
Mar 02, 2016 6:54:53pm
Tom Cole
Hi, Scott. I found out where all my video files for Pete Huttlinger's concert were--in the crashed and destroyed and ancient zillion gigabyte but ancient external hard drive behind my other computer. I had to get a data retrieval guy to get it back for 300 bucks but there was a bunch of stuff on it that I really wanted. Your CD version is probably the same in quality. I have two versions that are different in quality, but the camera began with dark lighting and so we can't get any better than what we recorded. I made a web page with the concert on it. Pete Huttlinger KILLS in it. I'm sure that his wife might like to see it as it shows him in his prime so to speak. I don't know if you have shared it with her. My cousin died and since I've been archiving the millions of hours of family home video I happily ran into a great movie of her. She was so young and beautiful when she visited in 1965. She's the one that was a singer and hung out with Jerry Garcia and Joan Baez. Anyway I was able to send the video to her sisters and they were very happy. My friend, who disappeared without a trace in 1969, was also in some of the videos and I sent them to his sisters who must have gasped to see him in 1965 and 1966, but they were very happy. He's the guy who was the inspiration for "Down by the Riverside."
Mar 02, 2016 6:53:12pm
Tom Cole
Okay. I'm going on a cruise on January 31st to the 7th of Feb but otherwise I'm wide open. I will be great to see you.
Jan 19, 2016 6:42:43pm
Scott Wagy
I'll come visit you in a week or so.
Jan 19, 2016 6:20:46pm
Tom Cole
I could put it on YouTube and maybe keep Pete's name off it, but then friends could go loo
Jan 19, 2016 4:57:52pm
Tom Cole
Ah, better than nothing. I must have had the camera attached and the movies loaded through firewire and I burned the DVD and nothing was ever saved to my computer. Or else I goofed up somehow. How do you reckon you might get the CD to me?
Jan 19, 2016 3:41:20pm
Scott Wagy
I have it on cd. It's low quality, but you can rip it for prosperity.
Jan 19, 2016 3:39:14pm
Tom Cole
PS: I looked back and I've sent you that poster a zillion times before.
Jan 19, 2016 1:13:17pm
Tom Cole
Scott, do you have that DVD of the concern in 2004?
I have the files, but the movie clips that go with the project aren't on my computer. I think they are on a digital tape somewhere that I used with the now defunct firewire port to import the video. Driving me crazy.
Jan 19, 2016 11:25:24am
Tom Cole
I never thought much of that song until Pete played it.
Jan 17, 2016 11:06:14am
Tom Cole
And here is my all-time favorite of his Tune Tuesday songs. Takes your breath away and teaches you also what a composing genius Lennon was. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czmJ6nlEpSM&feature=share
Check this out and more at www.petehuttlinger.com This will be fun to do with a friend. Let me hear from you.
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Jan 17, 2016 10:59:19am
Tom Cole
Here's my last communication (of a sort) with Pete Huttlinger.
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Jan 17, 2016 10:55:10am
Tom Cole
Here's your poster. I think I may have sent it to you before.
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Jan 17, 2016 10:54:12am
Tom Cole
Yes, I saw that camp advertised and thought it might be fun.

Well, I knew that pumps like that don't typically last more than two years and when he got four out of his I figured he was going to go on a lot longer, so this was still a shock.

I still have the poster you made of him. I don't know where the DVD of that evening is. I think I have the project on my computer but it won't operate on the new system. Remember that Korean guy named Ping Pong (I think.) who sang just like John Denver while he was playing my Appleseed? Did he get a copy? That was really a great evening with the Korean John Denver fans singing on stage.
Jan 17, 2016 10:52:26am
Scott Wagy
OMG! That is awful. I'll write Erin. So sad to hear this. I was planning to hit his trout and guitar camp. Damn.
Jan 17, 2016 9:41:31am
Tom Cole
Jan 17, 2016 7:54:36am
Tom Cole
Far out.
Oct 28, 2015 11:43:08am
Scott Wagy
No trout camp yet. My summers are too busy. Time off for me is an act from congress. Maybe in a year or two.
Pete seems to be doing pretty well, all things considered. I'm happy for him. It'd be great to fish with him sometime. We'll see.
Good to hear that you are on the mend. You need to get out there giging again. The world needs your music. You have to shake up old fun lakes, and get those people swinging. We could all use more of that.
I've got a sick kid this week, so I'm on double duty. Not fun. I'll have to come down for a visit soon. It would be great to see you.
Oct 28, 2015 8:44:11am
Tom Cole
I just got an email from you but it was from one adriana@migadepan.com.ar and my reply was bounced back to me. Then I looked at the address. It was sent to a group of people among whom were Mary Chang and Evan. All it said was "Hi."

In my reply, I asked if you went to that trout camp. I'm scrolling through these Facebook messages here to see if you said you had. Anything up of interest?

As for me, my left hand is still a claw every morning, but I smash it back into position and it works great. My index finger is so crooked that when I play a barre chord G I have to work to keep it from being an Ab. It's also still swollen and sore, but I have rehearsed my entire 'toire and have added some cool stuff to it--Cole Porter and the like. The song list is everything.

I'm almost ready to apply for gigs here at Fun Lakes. My nursing home kennel cough is also almost gone, so I can sing like Caruso again!

All's going well even though my artificial shoulder and arm bone feel like a length of iron knockwurst hanging from a hook. Creepy feeling. I can play guitar hard, but other simple things like using a spoon exhaust me within a minute. I'm going to do strength exercises. As Pete Huttlinger would say, "Things are looking up."

I read Pete's book and I thought it was quite good indeed. Excellent job and a great read. His travails make mine look like kisses from a broad. RE: His politics that we mentioned in previous messages: He expresses anti gun sediments strongly in one part of the book.

Well, I hope everything is going well for you.
Oct 26, 2015 1:24:33pm
Tom Cole
Got my copy of Pete Huttlinger's book today. I'm way into it already. http://petehuttlinger.com/store.cfm#!/Joined-At-The-Heart-Book/p/54146149/category=11003218
In Pete Huttlinger's hands, a fingerpicked flat-top becomes a mini-orchestra. He juggles it all: a tune's melody, harmony, and bass lines-even percussion. His playing is fun, scary, and always inspiring.
IP Address: 68.2.28.81
Sep 24, 2015 6:27:24pm
Tom Cole
My arm is working. I think it's going to be strong enough to drive again this week. I can use a fork. I can lift the coffee pot if it isn't too full. What have you been doing with yourself lately--are you still planning on going on that Mike Dowling-style Huttlinger trout guitar camp?
Sep 08, 2015 8:56:29am
Tom Cole
It's been four years since his stroke. He says so on the latest post toasty.
Sep 08, 2015 8:49:44am
Scott Wagy
I don't follow anything on fb. Pete is a different kind of guy. He was very right wing before. Don't know if the stroke rewired him to think differently.
Sep 08, 2015 6:12:24am
Tom Cole
Have you noticed that Pete Huttlinger after warning people they'd be defriended if they posted political stuff on FB (if I recall correctly) is posting some of it himself. It's rather progressive in tone.
Sep 06, 2015 8:16:52am
Tom Cole
Four months is longer than my two-month saga. Tendinitis hurts I hear. My shoulder hasn't been hurting. For those ten days it did before the operation and then when I woke up it started throbbing something fierce but then the pain went away. But then I couldn't count to ten for at least a week. Too much gas from that idiot anesthesiologist.

Hey, you know, Sandra suddenly comes on and chats with me from time to time.
Sep 05, 2015 9:43:11pm
Tom Cole
I have just purchased an extended warranty in the form of a metal shoulder. I hope you liked the x-rays. Lots of metal and that giant post they have driven into my humerus practically down to my elbow... well it's awful creepy. You know, they use a ball-peen hammer to get it in. I saw it on YouTube. I watched the cartoon version. Can't watch the bloody operation for real.
Sep 05, 2015 9:36:49pm
Scott Wagy
That's a bummer. Gotta be killing you to not be playing guitar. I've had terrible tendinitis for 4 months, but that's nothing compared to your saga. Sorry to hear it.
Running out of warranty=getting old. Mine is getting there too.
Sep 05, 2015 6:25:00pm
Tom Cole
I can use my right arm now a little. Mouse use, coffee cup half full, use fork,
Sep 05, 2015 5:32:00pm
Tom Cole
I can play all right but not for too long. It's getting better and my artificial shoulder is beginning to work. I don't know what you mean by warranty. I fell over my sound system.
Sep 03, 2015 8:01:26am
Scott Wagy
That ain't no good. Man, did your warranty just run out? That's what happens when you move into a retirement community. It's got to be hard not playing guitar.
Sep 03, 2015 7:58:54am
Tom Cole
Perhaps you read all of this before in my post toasties.
Sep 02, 2015 5:56:19am
Tom Cole
Had a bad household fall. Perhaps you saw my post toasties about it. Hurt my left hand and the hand specialist was gloomy about guitar playing again but I'm playing now although after sixty days my broken fingers are still swollen and ouchy. But I will get it all back. On the other side of my poor carcass they had to operate and put in a complete reverse shoulder replacement. I didn't get back home for almost two weeks. Still not allowed to drive, but my right arm is improving although I'm not yet allowed to really use it. I can only bend my elbow. Soon,however, it will be better. My arm was pretty gimpy before I fell. What are you doing? I'm writing a guitar book still and a new one on Beatle Bridges to help people write their bridge. Here's my shoulder information. http://www.tomhascallcole.com/SHOULDER.html
Aug 31, 2015 5:38:57pm
Scott Wagy
I may go to that camp next year. I'll probably be the strongest fly fisherman, and the weakest guitar player.
How you doing?
Aug 31, 2015 4:36:44pm
Tom Cole
You no see my message?
Aug 31, 2015 9:03:53am
Tom Cole
Are you there?
Aug 31, 2015 9:01:26am
Tom Cole
Mar 23, 2015 2:28:49pm
Tom Cole
1:00 to 2:30
Mar 05, 2015 11:09:26am
Tom Cole
1:00-2:30
Mar 05, 2015 7:52:18am
Scott Wagy
What time is it tomorrow? I thought I put it in my phone but it didn't stick. It's Charlie's birthday and I have my archery club. I'll only be able to stop by for a short time.
Mar 04, 2015 10:17:53pm
Tom Cole
Well, I can't think of many stories. Are they going to invite people to go up and say something I wonder? I could play thirty seconds of "Arms of My Love" as it's Mark's favorite. Erica says to definitely bring my guitar, but she don't got to play it. Here's that funny song.

https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=oFmVeD8eoU4
IP Address: 24.56.50.149
Mar 04, 2015 8:44:15am
Scott Wagy
Only do it if you want. She asked me too, but I'm not going to. You, however, have the chops. She also asked for pictures and stories. I can't find my pictures. We moved twice since then. As for stories, I don't really have any. Mark is a good guy and a soild leader for aecp, but it isn't like he is funny or does things that are outrageous or memorable. I could go on for an hour about my old boss. Now she was a character. Mark just did his job and really put his heart into it. I give him a lot of credit.

I couldn't open the file.
Mar 04, 2015 6:57:49am
Tom Cole
Ah, the polka. It's just a frolic, of course, but the applause and cheer tracks make me laugh. I'm working on a long Polka as we speak. It's about ten minutes long and I'm not sure the guitar is in tune now. Too late. My ears, you know.

I'm adding toe tappers like "Davy Crockett" and pretty ones like "Ferry 'Cross the Mersey," "Strangler on the Shore," "They Call the Wind Mariah," etc. Only they are all hard to play as simple as they are. "Sukiaki" is good if you're Tommy Emmanuel. I like his version. It's so Merle Travis.

Mary Chang wanted me to bring my guitar to that lunch. I think I'll make a chump of myself, but maybe I can think of something short and sweet. Do you think we will be called upon to go up and tell a tale or two about Mark? Should I bring my guitar? She suggested it. What do you think?

Erica S and L will both be there.

Have a laugh here. This was the song that starts Lennon drinking in my almost forgotten alternate history musical. It has no bridge, just a chorus.

http://www.tomhascallcole.com/You%27re%20Just%20Trying%20to%20Start%20Me%20Drinking%20Screen%20Play.html
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Mar 02, 2015 3:15:26pm
Scott Wagy
Ck out that polka, and a new book too. Wow, you've been busy in retirement. We'll catch up on everything Thursday. I'll be there.
I'm alone with Charlie this week, and I'm trying to get our kitchen remodel done. Evan comes in tomorrow for a few days. Busy. Here.
See you Thursday.
Mar 02, 2015 2:45:02pm
Tom Cole
Ah, I redone the entire polka part with rock a billy setting. Much cleaner. I had to play it twice and panned both tracks dead opposite. Not perfect but I'm only an amateur. Hey, I bought a little toe tap drum that has a mike inside it so when you tap your toe there's a beat. That was my plan for my polka idea. I thought I'd get the gray and blue-haired folks at the saloon here dancing. I think you like cleaner, so here is today's version. The Green Grass part is the same. So are the pictures. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLjwNCa0h8M&feature=youtu.be
This fine polka I wrote and also borrowed heavily. There are two versions of this. The first one was kind of noisy so I did this one in which the polka part ...
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Feb 25, 2015 2:21:16pm
Tom Cole
There's an archery range up on a mesa near here. Paseo Park I think it's called.

Well, I don't suppose Pete really remembers me. I only saw him that one time and then ran into him twice afterwards. But it’s always unfortunate when you think the cool famous guy might think you’re a weirdo or something. Bueno, así se va.

I just keep writing books and playing polkas. My latest book is about the extent of the width of gnat’s whisker from being done. LOGBOOK FROM THE SEA OF CORTEZ. It’s about the 40-year-old, 470-page logbook at our Mexican beach house. Included are about ten essays by my dad five or six by me, one by my sister, and one by my brother. It is SO cool. And there are some laughs in there.

I recorded a polka the other day. For the last three days I’ve been promising to redo it as it’s recorded a little too hot and I can do a much cleaner performance with a single guitar. Or I could keep laying in tracks playing the same thing to get a wild and crazy Polish carnival sound.

The folks at Fender sent me a whole BOX of their cool picks because they sent me a weird kind. I made a webpage for them showing what was up. They were surprised and confused.

However, I finally after years and years can use a thumb pick.

I plug the Variax into my H4n recorder directly and you can hear on the first part with the resonator playing “Green Green Grass of Home” how there is zero background/room noise. Zero, and I have good cables so there’s no hiss either.

I hope you don't think it sounds too awful. I ain't especially particular. While the bumpy parts aren't as clean as they ought to be, the good parts aren’t bad, and I’m going to redo it. The whole thing makes me laugh somehow. For now, I’m happy just to have something to listen to. I’m looking forward to finishing my new album THE HOT CLUB OF POLKA

Here’s the side show I made. http://www.tomhascallcole.com/Polka%20Garage%20Band%20first.html
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Feb 25, 2015 7:26:30am
Scott Wagy
Hey tom,
I spoke with Mary today, and I'll plan on attending next week. I have a guitar class that I need to change, and I'll have to leave early. I have an archery club on Thursdays at a school near south mountain. It's fun.
I thought you were going solo to Spain. Those trips are terrible. Unless you get lucky with a decent group. Spain is so easy, that there is no need.
Polkas....love it. Can't wait to hear some. I've always liked them. Guess it's the welsh in me. I grew up watching Larwence welk with my welsh grandmother. I'm in.
I don't know what is up with Pete. I've sent him several messages and an email, and he has never responded. He's supposed to be a fly fisherman, and that's what I was getting in touch with him about. He can be really weird, and remember, we are just little people. Then again, he can be a blast. So his comment doesn't surprise me. You just never know.
See you next week.
Feb 24, 2015 9:03:25pm
Tom Cole
Hi, Scott

Mary Chang (long-time associate director) just called me from AECP and says that there will be a lunch event to celebrate Mark Rentz’s 30 years at AECP. He’s taking a position in another department on campus.

The lunch will be held at the Karsten Golf Course next week, Thursday March 5th from 1:00-2:30.

She would like people to RSVP and if they can’t attend to kindly send a “Mark moment” anecdote to her at Mary.Chang@asu.edu These anecdotes may be printed in the lunch “program” that will be handed out. She needs those anecdotes right away this week. I’ll check with her again to see what the exact deadline is.

Anyway, I’m going.

By the way, as that trip to Spain approached, I decided to cancel it while I could. I couldn't stand the thought of being cooped up in a bus for ten days with a bunch of rednecks from Iowa (I prejudge them.) My heart wasn't really in it. I'm going to go other places one of these days but mostly I'm working on Polkas.

You know, a funny thing happened. Pete Huttlinger posted a video of himself playing a Stevie Wonder song. I always only paid attention to the first part of that song but as he began to play, it took on a Latin rhythm and sound. It was a lot like The Girl from Ipanema. I commented. Gosh, I didn't know he was Brazilian! I knew that Pete liked Brazilian music. Suddenly I got a personal message from Pete. He had pasted my comment in along with "What are you talking about?" I replied and explained that it had surprised me that the song turned so Latin in flavor and thus my playful comment. He never replied, so perhaps he thinks I'm some sort of weirdo making some kind of racial crack or something. So it goes.

Tom
Feb 24, 2015 1:06:44pm
Scott Wagy
Your Spanish will be great. I have fond memories of Seville. Enjoy some canas, jamon y tapas for me. Love that country.
Will get together when you get back. You just need to focus and tighten up that show. You've got the goods.
Yeah, a big old archtop would be fun. Especially with a bigsby.
Nov 24, 2014 8:14:25pm
Tom Cole
I've been chatting for over a year with a Spaniard in Seville whom I'm going to hook up with for a café and he says my Spanish is so "neutral" that no one will notice. He has begun to sound Mexican or Nicaraguan to me, but I still think I sound Mexican. I kind of try to actually. Better than sounding Gringo, which is the worst. I hope your friend can help me. I need: practice instruction as Pete Huttlinger advised when he wrote "TRAILBOSS: Time to hit the PRACTICE trail" on the DVD that I bought from him all those years ago. (What a night!) I need advice on playing so I don't have to be Hercules. I've already developed strength but I don't think I can get much more. I need Metronome advice. Timing! Do I need a Brian Setzer guitar? Should I give up? I'm open to all suggestions.
Nov 24, 2014 7:27:16pm
Scott Wagy
Spain? Nice, although they will never understand your nicagraized Spanish. Should be a blast. Let me know when you get back. Until then, contact Doug. He really knows his stuff.
Have fun.
Nov 24, 2014 6:56:12pm
Tom Cole
Well, I'll be in Spain next week. I'll be back the week after. I'll send up a smoke signal then. In the meantime, I'll contact that cat. I want to get my material ready for prime time. It would be so cool if I could make it sound just a little better. Did I mention I'm writing a guitar book showing everything no one told me and that takes one from basic to swing? I think it's important to write down what little I know. I can't get rid of that smiley face. Catch you later.
Nov 24, 2014 5:17:26pm
Tom Cole
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Nov 24, 2014 5:10:57pm
Scott Wagy
If you are looking for a teacher, go to Doug Mann. He has a website. The guy is excellent. I need to start back with him. He can help you, no problem.
May be able to come next week. Let's talk and see what we can work out.
Nov 24, 2014 3:04:22pm
Tom Cole
Still working on Merle Travis and half the time wondering if it's worth the effort. I really need someone like Chris Champion to show me how to practice without wearing myself out and how to develop precision and use equipment. I'm adding melodies to the Merle Travis stuff, but if you look online there's precious little anyone does with that style. Merle on YouTube plays a few songs that way and that's about it. Chet does Mr. Sandman. I'm going to Spain on Sunday for ten days. I haven't been anywhere for a while. Tell me when you can show me those guitars.
Nov 24, 2014 2:18:43pm
Tom Cole
I never know if it's the zillion effects boxes he's got or the acoustic amp or what it is that accounts for any sound in such demos. I personally only play a couple of three styles so I use just two or three settings ever on the Variax.
Oct 25, 2014 2:16:59pm
Scott Wagy
Watch this. It's not a metal guitar.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9W1qsw9cowE
We'll hook up soon. Looking forward to hearing your Travis picking.
Oct 25, 2014 1:20:12pm
Tom Cole
I have always seen those Taylor tx5s or whatever they are. One of the videos has a guy playing metal on it. I had to stop the tape. The other video has shimming effects so I don't know if he's got some box. I don't know diddle. I need to show you my fledgling attempts at Merle Travis. I keep trying but it's never ready for prime time except in my living room. I will have to find a good lunch spot and will report back.
Oct 25, 2014 12:29:51pm
Scott Wagy
Not a c10. Although I was looking. It's a one of a kind custom om. Somebody special ordered it, played it for a few years, and traded it. It had to cost close to 5k new. I got a smoking deal. You'll like it.
I do love the C10, but this is really out of the ordinary. I've had it over a year, and it is finally starting to open up.
Oct 24, 2014 8:23:15pm
Tom Cole
Not OM1 that's the PH signature one. I meant the C10. 4400 USED.
Oct 24, 2014 3:17:19pm
Tom Cole
That other broad, Devon Dawson's voice is worse for it and she's really kind of obnoxious AND the young one's guitar is better. Oh, my god I hope the Collins is that OM1 that they made the dumb cowboy model from. They have a black one now a "dog hair" one. Pete H. told me it was a GREAT guitar, but that was in 2005 or so.
Oct 24, 2014 3:15:36pm
Tom Cole
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Oct 24, 2014 3:14:57pm
Scott Wagy
That girl can chunk. Her voice isn't right for the style, though. Like that guitar too.
Oct 24, 2014 3:04:54pm
Scott Wagy
So even though I don't like Taylor's. I like these. http://www.guitarmania.co.uk/taylor-t5-x-classic-hollowbody-electro-acoustic-guitar-ovangkol-1195-p.asp
Got a great deal on a used one. They don't make this model anymore. Love it.
Have a collings you need to play too. Any place to eat lunch out there?
Oct 24, 2014 3:01:45pm
Tom Cole
What kind is it? I put new elixirs on my Yairi and found that I still liked the little Taylor GS mini because it's so easy to play. You may have seen the link I post toastied of this now 20-year-old girl who can really chunk. She has a slotted Martin of some kind and in this link is playing with someone she ought to team up with like permanent. I'm free any time except I might go to Spain in a while. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCqMlYDBqI8
Hot fiddlin' and jazz singin' Brook Wallace joins the cowgirl swing rhythm and voice of Kristyn Harris for a truly can't-stop-grinnin' western swing concert,...
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Oct 24, 2014 2:08:23pm
Scott Wagy
Wow, that is a walk through the attic. Let's get together. I have a guitar you need to play.
Oct 24, 2014 12:20:06pm
Tom Cole
Thought you might like to see these.
Oct 18, 2014 10:35:55am
Tom Cole
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Oct 18, 2014 10:35:24am
Tom Cole
Here's the updated Live Album. Lots of birds and noise, but it sure is easy to do an album this way. I've got 21 songs on it and all I did was what I do every Wednesday. I've recorded four times now and these are the ones that are halfway decent. When I get better performances and better recordings I'll just replace the mp3 file online. http://www.tomhascallcole.com/Rambling%20Rose2.html
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Aug 08, 2014 8:49:28pm
Tom Cole
Scott: I've been playing every Wednesday at the Perch Nanobrewery and I bought a recording device. I stuck it on a mike stand two nights ago and recorded a few songs. The birds in the cages were really screeching, but I kind of like the recordings. One of them is Idaho, Henry's favorite. I put them on line. I'm going to make an album called SINGING WITH THE BIRDS. When my next version sounds better, I'll replace the one on line with it. Anyway have a listen: http://www.tomhascallcole.com/Without%20a%20Song.html It's a lot of fun. And I think this live stuff is SO much easier. I'm already playing two hours straight and trying my best to make it sound good. Why do it again in my living room? I always liked Ranger Doug's live recordings so much better although he didn't have SCREECHING birds.
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Jul 11, 2014 9:40:53pm
Tom Cole
If you're coming on I-10 it's really easy; just take the Riggs Road exit and head east for about two miles and turn right at the light at Sun Lakes Blvd. Drive to the stop sign and clubhouse and turn right straight up to my new pad.
Apr 19, 2014 11:00:24am
Tom Cole
8922 E. Sun Lakes Blvd N.
Apr 19, 2014 10:58:58am
Scott Wagy
Map won't come through.what is your address? See you.
Apr 19, 2014 10:36:58am
Tom Cole
Of course she's invited. You don't really need to bring anything.
Apr 09, 2014 7:58:11am
Tom Cole
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Apr 09, 2014 7:58:00am
Scott Wagy
Sounds fun. I think Lisa can come too. What can we bring?
Apr 09, 2014 6:11:14am
Tom Cole
Scott, I'm having a little soirée over at my house at 3:00 in the afternoon over at my house on Saturday the 19th. I was hoping you might be able to make it. Charlie and Marie will be there and I've invited Erica S, but don't know if she can come yet. Yours, Tom
Apr 08, 2014 2:56:55pm
Tom Cole
Man, I keep forgetting to hook up. I play every Wednesday at the Perch. I'm free all the time. You have to see this joint and we need to exchange musical junk.
Mar 28, 2014 8:09:26pm
Scott Wagy
It was for last week. This week is booked. We can hook up week after. Thurs or fri.
Mar 08, 2014 7:44:29pm
Tom Cole
I don't know what Saturday you sent this. Maybe the 8th of March? Yeah, easy to set up a time. I'm only booked Wednesdays at the saloon.
Mar 08, 2014 5:41:13pm
Scott Wagy
Got some time next week to show me the new digs? Maybe Friday? Let me know. I'll bring my fly rod and accidentally poach a few carpon.
Mar 01, 2014 8:35:43pm
Tom Cole
Nice Stock Tank Tuna, Corn Sharks, Bugle-mouthed Bass, Bronzed Bonita, Slow-water Salmon, Armored Albacore...
Feb 20, 2014 7:43:51pm
Scott Wagy
Feb 20, 2014 7:40:50pm
Scott Wagy
So no carp uh...
We bang the big ones. This was yesterday.
Feb 20, 2014 7:40:26pm
Scott Wagy
Fun lakes is a must, as is hanging out. Singing I'm not so sure about. I can come and do a proper stay week after next. Lisa and Henry are blowing town, so I'll have some time. Can't wait to see the new digs.
Thought you'd like to know that the boys love the smoke smoke that cigarette song. I told them that you do a mean version. They want to hear it. Me too.
Feb 20, 2014 7:39:24pm
Tom Cole
It seems I have a regular gig at The Perch, the new Nanobrewery on Arizona Avenue in Chandler. Rusty as heck last night because they engaged me two hours before I had to play and I need to rehearse more, but I did a lot of good tunes, too. You must come by one of those Wednesdays and see what tweaking I need to do on my sound system. I'm still clueless. And you must come by to my new hacienda in Fun Lakes. I miss making you sing.
Feb 20, 2014 6:00:39pm
Tom Cole
I went to the Sun Lakes bar last night and it felt like a rest home. Ancient (more ancient than even I) midwesterners slow dancing and singing karaoke with very little volume.
Dec 29, 2013 10:11:27am
Tom Cole
It is strictly against rules to fish for carp here. I don't know why. Bass and catfish are OK. I went fishing and in ten minutes I caught two BIG catfish (1.5 to 2 feet long both of them). I fished a couple of other times and wasn't as lucky. See you when you get back.
Dec 29, 2013 10:09:17am
Scott Wagy
Wow, lots doing since I've seen you last. It will be good to catch up and hang out. I'm packing today for Idaho. We leave at 4:30am. It's a long, ugly, day. I'll shoot you an email when I get back and come and see you.
So are there actually lakes out there? Henry and I are urban carp ranglers. We are always looking for new water.
See you soon
Dec 29, 2013 9:15:49am
Tom Cole
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Dec 28, 2013 5:28:02pm
Tom Cole
Yes, too long -- more than a year and a half. What have you been doing? How are the boys? I have missed our singing sessions. I moved to Sun Lakes. http://tomhascallcole.com/My%20New%20House.html I stole this web page and put it on my own but I will soon have another page on my personal web site with lots of pictures of the new house. I’m decorating.

I will be playing Wednesday nights at the Perch, a new Nano brewery in Chandler called "The Perch" on Arizona Avenue when it opens. I am finally getting somewhere with Merle Travis picking. I wrote a polka to celebrate it. It’s called “the Park and Swap Polka.” I wrote some other stuff that I think you might like.

I crashed my bike and tore the tenderloins off of my shoulder and it’s not repairable so I am slightly gimpy with my arm and I’ve got arthritis as well so I can’t reach up and get stuff off of shelves and stuff, but when my arms are low I have the same strength as ever and the doctor says the injury won’t get any worse or migrate down, so I remain a happy guitar player and an overall powerhouse. I lost 31 pounds so I’m thinner. Go get six five-pound packs of chicken thighs, stack ‘em up and heft them to get the idea of what 31 lb. means in terms of sheer blubber.

I wrote another book in Spanish which my brother edited so I could spell “gato” and stuff like that.

AND I’m way into writing a guitar book that takes one properly from beginning to swing guitar fast. I have a pdf of it in its beginning stages: http://tomhascallcole.com/Guitar%206X9.pdf

Other junk at http://tomhascallcole.com/ where I am archiving everything I have on the family and old letters and photos and junk.

Tell me when you’re free to meet up and play guitar or hike south mountain or whatever!

Tom
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Dec 26, 2013 12:14:47pm
Tom Cole
Oh, there was a power failure in Tucson and we all went to my nephew's show for which the Tucson people had rehearsed with him and they couldn't play and the restaurant couldn't be open and it was an utter bust.
Jun 18, 2012 1:58:38pm
Tom Cole
My nephew is going to the first hour of my Wednesday gig at Whole Foods. Kind of like having Chet Atkins in the crowd. In fact, I showed him some Merle Travis I was diddling with and he said he liked Chet better and started playing and it sounded exactly like Chet only more advanced.
Jun 18, 2012 1:57:15pm
Tom Cole
I think I'll be back sometime Monday from Tucson, where my nephew is having a gig on Sunday. Tuesday, Wednesday and on seem good. Ranger Doug (your favorite) will be in Tucson too, but not at the same gig.
Jun 15, 2012 8:12:36am
Scott Wagy
Sounds like it went well. You have to watch that reverb, it can get the best of you.
Been busier now that's it is summer and I have the boys to manage. My daily load increased by a ton. We are heading to idaho for 4 weeks next Friday. I should be able to peel out for a visit before. What does next week look like for you?
One of the top dogs from Martin guitars is giving a talk at the vibe next Thursday night. Might worth going to.
Jun 14, 2012 4:41:59pm
Tom Cole
oops I composed essentially the same message and lost it in a different window, found it again a remailed it.
Jun 07, 2012 2:48:25pm
Tom Cole
Played at Whole Foods. Lots of people about thirty from my crowd and Jan Kegelman even came. Three forty-minute sets. I wasn't too good at the sound system. It was muddy at first. Probably too much reverb in an echoy place. Let's get together soon. We could sing Idaho-- to which I added Along the Santa Fe Trail, which people commented on last night. They liked that Woody Paul Song "As Soon as the Round-up's Through." You know it: "I kinda goes against my grain, but I love you Liza Jane."
Jun 07, 2012 2:47:22pm
Tom Cole
Played at my favorite salt lick, Whole Foods for the second time. Big crowd. Sound was muddy at first. Too much reverb or something. I don't know how to do it. Later it sounded better. Three forty-minute sets. 26 people I invited from meet-up and Foolbook came. Jan Kegelman was there. They liked "As Soon as the Round-up's Through." Thought it was Chris Kristopherson. It's Woody Paul, of course. You know it: "It kind of goes against my grain, but I love you Liza Jane." One day I will write a good one like that. Every day I try a little. Let's meet up.
Jun 07, 2012 12:21:42pm
Tom Cole
I've been getting up and practicing and I'm done. I have some new material. I'm going over to Whole Fools tonight and see when I'm playing. I've got to get some gigs. I walked in Whole Fools the other day and there was a fiftyish guy playing BEGINNER guitar and occasionally croaking into a mike. I'm not exaggerating; he was basic and mumbled a bit into the mike. Why am I not storming stages worldwide if that's all it takes.

So would you like to hear my guitar with its built-in pick-up on my sound system so you could tell me if it sounds any good?

I could happily drag my junk over to your place if you like. I'm back from IRELAND.
May 19, 2012 5:55:41pm
Tom Cole
I went over to my favorite salt lick, Whole Foods, last night to drink my one beer and diddle with my laptop, and I was playing that video that Sandra put on Facebook of me at the Paisley Violin and the chief cook and bottle washer said, "Tom you MUST come and play for us here." I thought he didn't want me to while the other guy, his subordinate, did. He does. So tonight I will talk to him about details. Anyway, if this goes and you'd like to sit in with the cajón like we done before, it would be great as rhythmic and moral support. I've got some new material that I think you'll like.
Apr 28, 2012 10:00:55am
Tom Cole
When I get back, I'm going to try to get a gig or find someone to play with. I need a violin and a bass. I'll never get a gig before I die of old age at this rate. You need to see what you think of the GS Mini pickup. I just read Carole King's autobiography. Very interesting. Read Carol Burnett's too. Any advice you have on traveling to Ireland would be welcome. I don't even know if I should check a bag--would I have enough socks and shirts? Will my plug on my laptop work in an Irish plug? Etc. etc.
Apr 27, 2012 3:43:49pm
Scott Wagy
Sounds fun. Have a great time and enjoy the food and beer. Too bad you won't be hitting northern Ireland. We loved it. No turists and the people weren't burned out on the hordes that Ireland proper receives. I hope it's a good tour. When do you go? Let's get together when you get back. Things are settling down some.
Apr 27, 2012 9:18:24am
Tom Cole
Well, I'm just taking one of those package tours for eleven days or so. They feed you and drive the bus from castle to castle and pub to pub. I just finished Joyce's Dublinders, so I'm ready for anything. Kiss the Blarney stone, visit Yeat's grave.
Apr 26, 2012 9:09:41pm
Scott Wagy
Ireland? Send details.
Apr 26, 2012 9:25:16am
Scott Wagy
Too bad about Eric's dad, and too bad Christian isn't playing these days. Maybe he'll come back. He's a teenager, so you can only expect so much. Kind of like with me.
We are moving Sunday to another house. Loads of birds. You'll have to come up and play guitar and have a look around. We also need to go for a hike. Henry talks about it a lot. He has really gotten into birds. And he wants that damn rock.
Mar 28, 2012 9:00:18pm
Tom Cole
Hey, you still no see my new guitar. Erica called and told me her dad passed away. Christian is kind of done with guitar lessons. She told me he doesn't practice anymore even though he has four guitars so I won't be giving him any more lessons. He needs another viewpoint anyway. All things must pass. I have to give a talk to the Maricopa Audubon Society, so I'm trying to prepare. I'm beginning not to suck as much at it. Let's get together sometime and strum or go up Pima Canyon again.
Mar 26, 2012 4:58:15pm
Scott Wagy
Hard to read about Pete. Not a good break for him. I need to send him an email.
We are starting a new preschool, so we need to ease our way out of the nanny and into school. It's going to be a couple of interesting weeks. I'll let you know when things settle. It will be great to get together. Maybe someday I'll be able to play guitar regularly again.
Jan 29, 2012 6:59:47pm
Tom Cole
I don't know if you signed up for that caring bridge site that gives messages, but here's what Pete wrote. Hey, when are we getting together?

THIS IS A MESSAGE FROM PETE HUTTLINGER:
Well another year has passed. This one was a little rougher for me than most because of recovering from a stroke and then suffering from severe heart failure and having a pump installed in my heart and spending over four months in the hospital. But when I think about it, there were several years that were tough for different reasons. When I first moved to Nashville it was hard for me to make a living. There are so many good guitar players here in town and I was too dumb or too stubborn to leave until I could make a decent living with a guitar in my hands. But then I couldn't leave because I was finally making a decent living. It's kind of like fishing. You tell your wife you're going fishing. She asks when you will be home. You reply that you aren't sure because when the fishing is bad you're determined to stay until the fishing gets good. And when the fishing is good... well, who the heck is gonna leave when the fish are biting? You know what I'm talking about I'm sure.

Then there was the year that JD died. I remember coming home from his memorial service and it was time to turn the heat on in our home for the first time that year. I turned it on and it blew up. There went several thousand dollars. Then the next spring came along and my wife's car died. Dead. So we had to buy a new one. There went several more thousand dollars and my savings was shot. So with my head to the grindstone, I got back to working hard and some how things turned out okay. Things always seem to turn out okay for me. Just have faith and things will be fine.

There have been several developments in my life lately. My playing is improving quite a bit. I'm seeing improvement in leaps and bounds. Things that I couldn't do a week ago are now easy. Things that I all but gave up on are now showing promise. The bottom line is still true - Time on the instrument makes all the difference. So I'm not where I was before 3 November, 2010 but I'm getting close. Look out all you young hot shots.

Another big thing is that Vanderbilt Hospital has informed me that I am not a candidate for heart transplant. Texas Heart Institute said the same thing. So I guess I'm not getting a heart transplant. At least not any time soon. Maybe one day they'll figure out how to transplant someone with plumbing such as mine, but until then I'm so thankful for the heart pump that Dr. Frazier installed in me in Houston. I'm able to exercise more now than I have in about 3 years. I'm training for the Music City 1/2 Marathon. I'm going to walk it and the date is April 28, 2012. So if any of you want to join me, you are more than welcome. I'll even send you a program to follow to build up to a 13 mile walk.
Today I walked four miles! Unbelievable. When I started rehab at the Dyani Cardiac Rehab Center at Vanderbilt I could barely walk anywhere. I had no strength to speak of because I left Houston with no muscle mass. I could not curl 15 pounds! Now, after months of hard (I yes I do mean HARD) work, I'm able to do about 50 minutes of strenuous cardio work and then I lift for 30 minutes or so. On the days when I'm not there I walk in our hilly neighborhood or in one of the local parks. My, what a difference a little time makes.

So I say good riddance to 2011. I was happy to see you come but I'm a lot more happy to say that I made it through all you had in store for me. And I am so thankful that there will only be one of you! :-) And I'm so thankful that things are turning out okay for me.
Pete
Jan 26, 2012 3:02:34pm
Tom Cole
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Jan 02, 2012 9:05:52am
Tom Cole
I still like the guitar. It's so fun to play and the sound is huge. The pick-up works great with only a tiny bit of hum. You have the ear and can tell me if it is doing what it is supposed to. I might get that string grounding device, though in case I plug everything in in some wine bar and it hums badly.

I think I will try to play those tunes slow. I blaze through them so fast that I'm out of material in no time. On the other hand, I looked up swing bands in Phoenix and some of them had audio and they DRAGGED. No life in the singer either.

I wonder if I could do square dances or something. There are clubs that meet at least once a week. They have their own DJs though.

Erica still wants you and me to play music with Christian. She thought you could also bring your cajón.
Dec 23, 2011 9:16:26am
Scott Wagy
Hey Tom, We are up in Idaho for Christmas. We were crazy busy trying to get ready, so I've been remiss. Like usual. We'll get together when I get back. I want to hear your new axe. Hope you still like it.
A wine bar would be interesting for you. You would really have to slow that set down, though. People aren't swilling, but sipping, you know. Could be fun. Let's see if those videos win them over. Those were good times indeed.
Dec 22, 2011 10:08:48pm
Tom Cole
I mean Stephen Bennett and ME not I.
Dec 18, 2011 3:42:46pm
Tom Cole
I went into a wine bar and looked at the wall. "Live music?" I said with feigned surprise. "Who'd have guessed? Shoot, I'm a musician myself!" They told me that you had to have a YouTube video, so I put up Pete Huttlinger and me doing Miss Molly, me opening that show, the video of Stephen Bennett and I doing "Wahoo!" where he rolls his eyes at me (but the video quality is such that you can't see it), and even me doing that crazy beer song. The guy just emailed back saying he liked it. He hasn't hired me yet, though.
Dec 18, 2011 3:42:06pm
Scott Wagy
We'll try it. I may have Thursday. I'll let you know. We are heading to Idaho next week, so we are super busy. You are right about singing. I haven't even been playing!
Dec 12, 2011 12:39:04pm
Tom Cole
I still don't know exactly what to think of this new pick-up. If you come by we can play through my gigrac and practice Idaho and stuff. You haven't been singing enough lately.
Dec 12, 2011 11:38:28am
Tom Cole
One guy got a string grounding kit and it was perfect, but I don't think that's a big deal for ME—because I used another cable and the pick-up is virtually silent now! Zounds! AND it sounds like that J-200 setting on the Variax that was my dream sound, AND suddenly my Merle Travis picking works and I can do Hobo's Lullaby like a champ and I don't have to change the amp or anything. Just switch to picking from swing and I sound like Chet. Almost.

By the way Erica said it would be cool if you and I got together with Christian and jammed—you know, like we used to do with Idaho and those tunes. He can do them fine and it would be a lot of fun singing them. What do you think? He has a lesson on Monday with me at 3:30, but some other time would be cool.
Dec 03, 2011 1:09:38pm
Scott Wagy
I can swing by next week to check it out. If it really has a bad buzz or humm, you'll need to contact Taylor tech support. They are good. I'll let you know how my week is shaping up.
Dec 02, 2011 8:45:06pm
Tom Cole
IT came in I mean
Dec 02, 2011 6:42:01pm
Tom Cole
I came in. I like the sound so far, except the HUM or BUZZ seems unacceptable as some of the people on line said it was for them. What do you think? You said it would be interesting to check out the pick-up. Maybe you could tell me what you think. It doesn't have that awful percussive smacking quack, but the buzz is bad as far as I can tell. Maybe I can humbuck it somehow.
Dec 02, 2011 6:41:43pm
Tom Cole
The pick-up's coming in tomorrow, I think. I got the tracking number and it says it's still in NY, but that's because they haven't been scanning it. What good is the tracking number then? I called. It should be here. You'll want to hear it. I have added a song or two to my toire.
Dec 01, 2011 2:47:27pm
Tom Cole
I have to get a gig. I lack the killer instinct. They keep saying they'll let me play at the Whole Foods bar but I don't press and pin them down.
Nov 30, 2011 5:46:12pm
Scott Wagy
I knew a long time ago that you were going to buy it. You seemed set on it. Good to hear that you like it. I'm just not a Taylor fan. It will be interesting to check it out, though, and I'm curious to hear the pick up. Have fun chunking!
Nov 30, 2011 4:42:43pm
Tom Cole
Update: I internet shopped again and got the volume cable at a cut-rate price.
Nov 30, 2011 3:29:39pm
Tom Cole
Well, I done it and I don't apologize. I bought the MINI. It's fantastic. I like it not because it's nearly as loud as my giant Yairi, but because it's LOUDER. I swear. Huge ringing tone and with the swing it has a powerful CRUNCHING CHUNK. Nice.

The action is slightly harder than I remember, but this will disappear when I put on some light strings; it's got medium elixirs now. Its smaller fretboard makes you scrunch a little when you get past the twelfth fret, but it's okay. I got fifteen percent off.

It has a special pick-up that fits in the guitar. It has mixed reviews, but I have to try it because the guitar has a slot inside where it fits. I hope it's good. I got a break on the price for it too. It's got no volume control, but you can buy a cord with the control on it. It you want, I can play it for you.
Nov 30, 2011 12:38:01pm
Tom Cole
I got one too and printed it out. Thanks. I may sell that Variax 600 that I just had fixed. The buy it now price on ebay is 595 for the same black one. I'm going to try to get a gig at Whole Foods. The guy invited me over today for a Thanksgiving 11:00 beer and I will remind him.
Nov 24, 2011 11:06:49am
Scott Wagy
I just got a black friday 15% off coupon at guitar center. send me your current email, and I'll forward it.
Nov 24, 2011 10:47:19am
Tom Cole
Tell him I will do my best. It wasn't that good a rock actually.

Ah, but the cs mini is tiny. I wanted to get a tiny one like my Senorita and Wild West Sweethearts guitars that actually is halfway quality and has big sound and only costs $499. I could play like crazy with that thing and never get tired out. It plays like an electric and that's not just my take on it; the folks reviewing it online say so too. I should get a gig first. I have some repertoire; it's just that as an amateur I play too fast and finish fifty songs in 90 minutes. No instrumentals. When I saw that violinist play, I noted how daggunned long the songs were. Too long, I thought. You get bored waiting for the song to end. I've added Underneath the Bamboo Tree, and Zoot Suit to my toire. Also maybe Sleepytime down South, All of Me, and others.

My brother knows all the trails at Pima Canyon. Lisa will love it. It's a great place as you read in my essay about it which now is the title to the collection of memoirs. You ought also come with us on one of our robust Superstition overnighters. We might do one soon before it's just too doggoned cold. Oh, we have a big time in the Superstitions.
Nov 23, 2011 8:55:40pm
Scott Wagy
It was a fun hike, even with Henry melting down. Thanks for taking us. Lisa wants to go on one with you. She loves the birds.
You know that I am not a Taylor fan. I played the GS mini and thought it was not bad, but it still had that "Taylor sound". Jeff has a couple of beautiful used Taylors in (one is a mint 714ce-one of their best), and I thought about getting it, but I just can't bring myself to play one. Before you buy, go by Acoustic Vibes and play the Eastmans and Recording Kings. You get a whole lot more guitar and sound for money. Plus they are made by hand, and not robots. He has that nice OM slot head. Solid spruce and rosewood for 795. You might be able to bargain with him if you like it.
Henry just yelled out from his bed that he wants you to go back and find his rock. Good luck...and I mean that for me.
Nov 23, 2011 8:31:31pm
Tom Cole
Here's the data for the hike. I know you'll want to get to crunching these numbers as soon as possible.

I'm still interested in buying that Taylor gs mini. I got my variax fixed the other day (the black one--bad piezo) and I went home and the red one has a weak piezo. I can't keep diddling with them.
You don't think that snap-on, no volume control Taylor pick-up will make that snap, do you? It's at the neck. Might get a break on the price on black Friday.

Here's that data:

Cactus Wren,11/23/2011,Pima Canyon
Gambel's Quail,11/23/2011,Pima Canyon
Yellow-rumped Warbler,11/23/2011,Pima Canyon
White-crowned Sparrow,11/23/2011,Pima Canyon
Ash-throated Flycatcher,11/23/2011,Pima Canyon
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher,11/23/2011,Pima Canyon
Verdin,11/23/2011,Pima Canyon
Phainopepla,11/23/2011,Pima Canyon
Curve-billed Thrasher,11/23/2011,Pima Canyon
Northern Mockingbird,11/23/2011,Pima Canyon

FIFTEEN PEPPIES OUT OF 146 TRIPS TO PIMA CANYON AND 1254 BIRDS THERE.
Phainopepla,11/23/2011,Pima Canyon
Phainopepla,4/24/2011,Pima Canyon
Phainopepla,04/02/2005,Pima Canyon
Phainopepla,12/07/2003,Pima Canyon,A male in a tree and it was quite tame for a peppie. I took its picture.
Phainopepla,11/23/2003,Pima Canyon
Phainopepla,11/16/2003,Pima Canyon
Phainopepla,08/24/2003,Pima Canyon,female flying over
Phainopepla,09/15/2002,Pima Canyon
Phainopepla,03/01/2002,Pima Canyon
Phainopepla,02/24/2002,Pima Canyon
Phainopepla,11/21/1999,Pima Canyon
Phainopepla,11/15/1998,Pima Canyon
Phainopepla,5/17/1998,Pima Canyon
Phainopepla,1/11/1998,Pima Canyon
Phainopepla,1/8/1998,Pima Canyon
Nov 23, 2011 7:25:22pm
Scott Wagy
nice review! You are a hit. How are your nephew's reviews going?
We need to pick up some chairs after ASU. It won't take long. See you this afternoon.
Nov 23, 2011 9:01:24am
Tom Cole
By the way, did you see my post on Facebook? The Science for Citizens reviewed my book. http://scistarter.com/blog/2011/11/book-review-the-intersection-by-tom-cole/
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Nov 22, 2011 6:26:15pm
Tom Cole
We can go to Pima Canyon and walk up to the stone houses. We can turn around and go back if it's too long or something. There are several ways to go. Use my cell: 602-369-0496.
Nov 22, 2011 6:05:09pm
Scott Wagy
you pick. I'll call you when we are done at ASU. It should be right after lunch. Let's do something pretty easy.
Nov 22, 2011 5:37:07pm
Tom Cole
Sounds all right to me. What part of the park are you interested in?
Nov 21, 2011 11:41:46pm
Scott Wagy
Wednesday looks like it will work. We are meeting someone at ASU from 10 to 12ish, so it will have to be early afternoon. How does that sound?
Nov 21, 2011 8:13:43pm
Scott Wagy
He has never been there. We'll have to do something pretty easy. He is 5, and I don't want to end up carrying him. The only snafu I may have is with my car. It is behind in service. I'll call them today and get back to you, but Wednesday should be great.
Nov 21, 2011 6:36:03am
Tom Cole
Sure. I think Wednesday is good. Pima Canyon is my favorite, but I don't know what Henry's is. I'm open to anywhere.
Nov 20, 2011 2:13:36pm
Scott Wagy
Hey Tom, are you around this week? Henry and I were wondering if you wanted to do a little south mountain hike with us. Maybe weds or fri?
Nov 20, 2011 12:17:27pm
Tom Cole
Hey Scott: Well, I went up to Flag. FIFTY elk in the front yard. I'm back. Did you know that Charlie and Marie are having another get together? I'm not sure if I saw your name on the distribution list, but you may want to come.

From: Marie Mitchell [mitchell_marie@yahoo.com]

Greetings everyone,
It's been too long since our last party. Come and enjoy Scott Jeffers, "Traveler", play world music on the guitar, violin, lute, bouzouki...

Plan to join us on Saturday, November 5th from 8pm to 11pm. As usual, feel free to bring an hors d'oeuvres or something to drink. Looking forward to seeing you!

the Mitchells
2321 E Loyola
Tempe
480.838.2863
Nov 02, 2011 12:55:42pm
Scott Wagy
Glad you made it back without any elk attacks. They can be aggressive, but not like the moose.
The song writer thing sounds a little scammy to me. You need to find the right spot for you.
Let's see how the week plays out. I've got two doctor appointments, so it might be a wash out (the other days I have class). We are heading to Idaho on Saturday for a week, so we may have to get together when we get back.
Oct 02, 2011 10:57:30am
Tom Cole
I went to the Arizona Song Writer's Circle last night. It's just somebody's house with a recording studio and no one living there. It's a business. I guess they want clients to record. They just had a guitar to play with no sound system. Bad idea. You couldn't hear and you had to beat the sound out of the guitar and croak with it.
Oct 02, 2011 7:34:22am
Tom Cole
I'm back. Elk. Scary, big elk. The wanted to toss me on their antlers and make me into a Kaibab salad. If you want to get together and sing Idaho, I'm back.
Oct 02, 2011 7:30:31am
Tom Cole
Still up in Flag. I bought a cheap laptop and I'm at the ski Lift lodge typing. Got one of those Caring Bridge messages about Pete Huttlinger. He's gaining lots of weight but one doctor told him he would be the first person in history to get a heart transplant with his defect and a heart pump. That didn't sound like good news for him but they said that they were getting mixed messages. Added "Underneath the Bamboo Tree" to my toire. HORRIBLE music playing though the speakers here. Bad rock and yacky yack blues. It's the stuff the people at festivals come awake to and start to boogie. Erica's house is really nice and has a great location. I'm typing like mad to finish my Spanish Memoir book in my marginal Spanish. I learned how to type accents and ü and stuff on this new PC, but it only works in Word. I pasted the ü in to make it visible here.

I'll tell you when I'm back.

Tom
Sep 25, 2011 4:47:19pm
Tom Cole
I'm going to Flagstaff today. I'll tell you when I get back so we can do some singing.
Sep 19, 2011 11:29:55am
Tom Cole
What time?
Sep 15, 2011 4:28:54pm
Scott Wagy
Ok. I'll plan to come. I'll let you know if anything goes south.
Sep 15, 2011 11:02:52am
Tom Cole
Yes, I'm available after about 8:00 or 8:30 in the morning.
Sep 15, 2011 10:27:33am
Scott Wagy
Are you around tomorrow? That might work. Let me know.
Sep 15, 2011 10:05:47am
Tom Cole
I Friday any good for you? I've been talking to the guy at Whole Foods where they have a bar and he wants me to play. No date yet, but I have some new material. Not much but some.
Sep 08, 2011 12:53:59pm
Tom Cole
Okay. I'll let you know my schedule. I was thinking of going up north for a bit, but I don't know.
Sep 01, 2011 3:53:32pm
Scott Wagy
Hey Tom, maybe we should wait for next week. I'd like to actually hang out and not just do a drive by. It's been ages since I've played any of my guitars. Tomorrow is going to be super rushed.
Sep 01, 2011 3:01:25pm
Tom Cole
Oh, there were some tattooed beauties there. It was much more of a dive than I'd imagined. Excellent sound system. Two-dollar beers. Very few people there. The Yairi sounded fantastic. I played a whole bunch of songs in 20 minutes. I wonder about my nephew and other professional musicians. They must feel the way Bad Blake in Crazy Heart did when he saw where he was going to play, "Jack, you bastard. A f... bowling alley." The place I played is a venue for acts to come and play at. Icky work environment. I'm going down the street tonight to play at this coffee house. They have a zillion people waiting in line. Tell me if you're coming by.
Sep 01, 2011 11:26:38am
Scott Wagy
How did it go? Those open mics are tough. It will thicken up your skin for sure. I might be able to stop by in the morning tomorrow. I have a lunch meeting about the drum, so I can't stay long. Next week I'll have more time. Both Henry and I have been sick this week, so I've had to postpone a bunch of stuff. No fun. See you. S
Sep 01, 2011 7:58:13am
Tom Cole
I'm going to an open mic on University and the 101 tonight. You get 20 minutes. It's called Club Red or Red Owl. Lots of booking agent types there, not that they'll book me.

20 minutes worth of shorts:
Wahoo!
I Can't Believe You're in Love with Me
It Don't Mean a Thing if It Ain't Got That Swing
You Darlin'
Happy Cowboy
I Want Somebody/It's a Sin to Tell a Lie
Texas to a T
Down the Trail to San Antone
Arms of My Love

Two-minute versions and some less. I play them in under twenty minutes if I go like heck, but I think that'll be rushing it. I'll see. No one talks trash about the guy who leaves the stage early.

Here's an old ad of yours I think. I've been rooting around in old papers. It's the wrong size to scan for my machine and I can't get all of it in, but here it is. Enjoy.
Aug 31, 2011 3:47:17pm
Scott Wagy
I hear you about playing freebies if you can do your thing and not have hook dangling over your shoulder. That would not be fun.

If you put lighter strings on the Yairi, you'll have to adjust the neck, and maybe the action a bit. The mini-Taylor is okay. I played one and and it wasn't too bad. My Eastman absolutely blows it away. If you wrote Martin, or Goodall, on the headstock of my guitar, it would sell for 4k plus. Since it is Chinese made, it's cheap. Just the woods would cost over a grand on it here. I love it. I haven't played the OM yet, so I can't say what it is like. I imagine that is good. The other 12 fret is great too. So is the Recording King. It was a hard choice to make. He also just got a used Carbon Fiber guitar in with a pick up. It is 1200, but, man what a guitar. You can play it anywhere, through anything, and they sound amazing. Easy to play too. You can even row a boat with it if you had too. I'll stop by this week.
Aug 29, 2011 4:13:49pm
Scott Wagy
The 710 is a 14 fret om. I still like 12 frets best. Don't laugh at recording king. They are a different animal all together. The eastmans are a bit nicer. I'll bring mine by. Let me see how the week plays out.
Aug 29, 2011 2:50:23pm
Tom Cole
I must say that the 4000-dollar Goodall was my favorite, but it's out of my price range. The 500-buck Taylor Mini was more affordable and was pretty cool. Then again, that Yairi is already paid for and it's a great guitar, but lately at open mike night it hasn't sounded so hot plugged in. I need gigs. I'm going over to Whole Foods. They say they want me to come and play at their wine bar/beer/IPA bar. This kind of thing would be good for me. I'd do freebies every night if I could own the stage and get experience. I have a little more material: "Zoot Suit," "Don't Fence Me In," and "Bye-bye Blackbird/Sheik of Araby/Deep Water/Roly Poly medley. Still working on Merle Travis. One day...
Are you still interested in coming by to show me that guitar of yours?
Tom
Aug 29, 2011 2:18:09pm
Tom Cole
Recording King is the same company that made my 70-buck Señorita Guitar.
Aug 26, 2011 11:31:14am
Tom Cole
I think you're right about putting the good pick-up in the good guitar. The Eastman parlor on line has 12 frets. The 710 seems to have fourteen. I need a guitar with at least fourteen frets. I'm going to put lighter strings on the Yairi and see if I like the action even more.
Aug 26, 2011 11:29:17am
Scott Wagy
It will solve the quack, but not your big guitar issue. Both guitars are dreads, so you might as well play the better one. Let's see if there is a plug in on your existing pick up. Newer systems have this (it is a blend option), but that one might not. If it doesn't, it means by passing it. I still think you should get a more comfortable guitar. I'll bring mine over next week, and we can also try the new pick up in the Yarii.
Did you look at the OM I sent you with a pick up for 750? These are really nice guitars.
Aug 26, 2011 10:52:01am
Tom Cole
I'm wondering now if I ought to put that expensive pick-up in the Yairi. Did you think it stopped quacking when we put that pick-up in there? I could get another pick-up for the maple marauder. Putting that pick-up in the Yairi, however, means forever bypassing the built-in system, doesn't it? What do you think?
Aug 26, 2011 10:12:11am
Tom Cole
I bought one of those BAGGS pick-ups and stuck it in my maple marauder. I put on light strings so the action will be easier. They I played it at an open mic a couple of miles from here. Sounds good to me, and that guitar is smaller and lighter than the Yairi.

I went to Scottsdale and played at an open mic. The hostess let the three guitar players go up and play for fifteen minutes each. Then a guy came up with an aggressive, brassy show with ghastly pop songs from the 60s: I Think We're Alone Now, You're My Venus, Crimson and Clover, My Baby Does the Hanky Panky, So Happy Together, Sweet Caroline, I'm a Believer, Hey, Hey We're the Monkeys.

"How about those hot babes at the bar!" Blah. Blah.

He had no time limit. I wanted to play. I wanted to hear this other old guy who did jazz, but this so-called open mic was hijacked by this guy. The three people who had come for open mic left.

Turns out it was the hostess's bandmate. I'm thinking of sending her a polite note. Or maybe not so polite.

I went to another open mic that I'll never go back to. The same thing. The coffee house owner starts the open mic at seven. Only he plays for an hour. Then he gives you a turn and shouts, "Two more songs!" when you're five minutes into playing. They he takes the stage again. He's just awful too. Then another guy comes in and the owner plays with him for forty-five minutes. I packed up and left and the guy had a puzzled look on his face, "Tom, you're going?"

I honestly think there is just something wrong with people today; have you seen the absolute LOONY TUNES that the Republicans are running for office?
Aug 19, 2011 9:30:16am
Scott Wagy
Aug 16, 2011 8:13:27pm
Scott Wagy
He has two more OM's with pick ups installed. You need to test drive them. They are amazing.
Aug 16, 2011 8:12:25pm
Scott Wagy
Aug 16, 2011 8:11:36pm
Scott Wagy
I've played those and they are okay. Before you buy one, you need to play the Eastman Parlor I bought. It is amazing. It was just under a grand and totally hand made. The sound and playability are incredible and the woods and craftsmanship are top notch. If it were made in the States, it would cost 4K. I'm going to send you a link to a 000 I played that was amazing too. He also has a nice OM for under 1k. The Baggs pick up is nice. I have one, if you want to try it. I'll be home next week. Links coming....
Aug 16, 2011 8:08:35pm
Tom Cole
I went to guitar center interested in seeing small guitars. I found the Taylor CS Mini. It has huge sound and it is really small. 500 bucks. Maybe I'll get one for my birthday. I'm sick of playing that Yairi. It's a huge BOX. I was also thinking of putting one of those Biggs pick-ups in my Maple Marauder (the Ibañez) I put utra light electric guitar strings on it and the action is much easier. No big sound but easy to play. I thought instead of spending five-hundred bucks, I could put ultra light elixirs on the Maple Ibañez and use a Biggs. I may have a no-pay gig at a coffee house on Friday night. I'll see tonight. Don't even know what guitar to play if it's on.
Aug 16, 2011 4:24:25pm
Tom Cole
http://www.collingsguitars.com/Instruments/?ID=72

I went to the Collings guitar site for fun and found this.
The official source of information for Collings custom handmade acoustic guitars, electric guitars, mandolins, ukuleles and archtop guitars. Setting the standard for quality and tone since 1973.
Aug 10, 2011 10:53:36pm
Tom Cole
They seem quite pleased with his progress and even with the stroke he can still play the guitar. Any worse luck would have put one or more arms completely out of commission.
Aug 04, 2011 8:35:36pm
Tom Cole
Well, he only weighs about 122 pounds. From reading the messages, I was expecting worse. At least he's making progress.
Aug 04, 2011 8:11:41pm
Scott Wagy
Wow, heartbreaking to see Pete like that. He has aged so much. Still, good to see him playing. What a shame.

We've been busy with the boys and with traveling. We just got back from Northern Ireland, and are on our way to Idaho next week. Once Henry is settled into school, he starts on the 24th of August, I'll pick up the guitar again. We'll start getting together again too. I really miss that.

Hope you are well. I'll be seeing you...soon. S
Aug 04, 2011 4:08:34pm
Tom Cole
You've haven't sent up a smoke signal for a while. I played with Sandra a few times. She's in Portugal now. I don't know if you have been following that Caring Bridge site for news of Pete Huttlinger, but they posted this video today. He has to go back to Texas for further treatment, but there was a benefit concert for him and it looks as though he played a little at it himself: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7owrYkps2z4&feature=player_embedded
Recorded July 26 2011 at the Mercy Lounge in Nashville. This was a fund raiser for Pete. FOR PETE'S SAKE: YOU'VE GOTTA HAVE HEART - A Benefit For Pete Huttli...
Aug 03, 2011 10:26:11pm
Scott Wagy
Hmm. don't know about that. I'll have to ask Lisa. We are going to a conference on Saturday, so I've go to get all the stuff ready today. Tomorrow I have class and I have to get the car worked on. Yesterday I had Charlie. It's busy around here. We will be back in a week.
May 19, 2011 11:35:20am
Tom Cole
That Caring Bridge site on Pete Huttlinger was updated by his wife today. Apparently he is improving though she doesn't see it. She said he had a bout with ICU psychosis, which I had never heard of but which appears to be quite common. I just thought I tell you that that site has been updated. It's on my wall and Happy Traum's as well I believe. By the way, I played guitar over at the Paisley Violin in a rough part of town. Sandra invited me. She was there with that bass player Glenn and another ukulele player. Tell me if you're interested in coming by still.
May 18, 2011 12:17:12pm
Scott Wagy
Hey Tom
I ate something and it has me laid up. I've taken some stuff, but I still feel pretty bad. Let's do next week.
May 13, 2011 9:11:30am
Tom Cole
So are we on for tomorrow?
May 12, 2011 8:01:24pm
Tom Cole
Let's hope he gets a new ticker so the old one won't be churning up clots to bother him anymore.
May 11, 2011 12:46:18pm
Tom Cole
Happy Traum posted on this.
May 11, 2011 12:03:53pm
Scott Wagy
No, I didn't know this. I'm writing him an email now. Wow.
May 11, 2011 10:11:06am
Tom Cole
Yeah. You know Pete Huttlinger isn't doing very well. He's hoping to get a heart transplant and had a VAD - Ventricular Assist Device put in to keep him alive.
May 11, 2011 7:24:54am
Scott Wagy
I've got the baby tomorrow, so Friday would be better. Are you available then?
May 10, 2011 7:44:08pm
Tom Cole
I left a message on your phone. Are ya'll planning on coming tomorrow?
May 10, 2011 6:18:21pm
Tom Cole
But everyone else costs twice as much and the Spanish is the same.
May 04, 2011 9:45:55am
Scott Wagy
Love it. And as for your Nica lady, that says volumes about her. I think I would start looking for another conversation partner.
May 04, 2011 9:42:54am
Tom Cole
Doggone it! I hit return as a touch typist and both of those messages went out without my consent. Well keep them. The poem I wrote yesterday. Maybe I'll post a cleaner version on my wall.
May 04, 2011 8:16:36am
Tom Cole
Poor old Bin Laden
Obama got him
Shot him in the eye!
They brought him back in a gunny sack
Closed fast with a pink twist tie.
They let Bin Laden
Sink to the bottom
Of the deep Arabian Sea
Tying weights to his toes
Crying, "Thar she blows!
"Farewell, thou asshole to thee!"
May 04, 2011 8:14:09am
Tom Cole
Okay. I just got done talking to the lady in Nicaragua. She showed me how Bin Laden's death was faked. Had photos to prove it. Why do people find that interesting? I finally had to tell her I'd had enough of that nonsense. You can imagine how uncomfortable it is to have to sit and listen to such rubbish. It was quite painful and I had to be quite firm and rude to put an end to it. Torture.
May 04, 2011 8:13:33am
Scott Wagy
sandra can't make it. Let's do it next week.
May 04, 2011 7:58:51am
Scott Wagy
Tomorrow might could work (that is Virginia mountain speak for you). I'll text Sandra and get back to you.
May 03, 2011 5:03:05pm
Tom Cole
I heard on Foolbook that it's your birthday. Happy birthday. Were ya'll thinking of coming by?
May 03, 2011 8:53:06am
Tom Cole
Oak Doke.
Apr 26, 2011 8:51:32pm
Scott Wagy
It is henry's birthday and my mother in law just arrived, so we'd better wait for next week.
Apr 26, 2011 8:32:08pm
Tom Cole
Hey, man. Did you guys say you were coming over again this week?
Apr 26, 2011 8:26:06pm
Scott Wagy
sounds good.
Apr 19, 2011 2:30:48pm
Tom Cole
Sure. See you at ten?
Apr 19, 2011 1:59:24pm
Scott Wagy
we on for tomorrow? Sandra and I are.
Apr 19, 2011 10:01:15am
Scott Wagy
should be. I have to go pick her up in Scottsdale, and then I'll head on down.
Apr 11, 2011 11:31:32am
Tom Cole
I'm practically healed now to my surprise. Is Sandra coming?
Apr 11, 2011 10:38:05am
Scott Wagy
The only time I have is the usual 10-2:30. It is on if you are feeling well.
Apr 11, 2011 10:19:23am
Tom Cole
So is it on? Sandra emailed me thinking so. On Wednesday I usually go over to the Tempe Center for the Arts to play in their open mic at 4:30. So what time are ya'll thinking of? What guitar tunes do you want to play? ¡Dime!
Apr 08, 2011 10:11:37pm
Tom Cole
Sounds good to me. Sandra emailed me but I didn't see it until I got back from camping, so I haven't answered yet. I have a cold now and cancelled Christian's guitar lesson and won't even go to Walk-In Wednesday open mic night at the Tempe Center for the arts tonight. I don't think so anyway. My symptoms usually last a long time, but I am hopeful. At least by Wednesday I will have mutated into a non-infectious entity.
Apr 06, 2011 8:10:42am
Scott Wagy
Hey Tom, let's get together next Wednesday or Friday to play. Sandra is here and wants to come too. Let me know if either day works for you.
Apr 05, 2011 11:44:52am
Tom Cole
Thanks very much for popping the other night. Pierre was very interesting and I had never seen anyone play straight DADGAD. My only experience with it is Happy's beginner DADGAD lesson. I drove up the canyon and made it home. In the morning it was snowing and I made it out of the woods and went to the Library. When I got back, I was completely snowed out and parked on the road a half mile down and walked up to the house. Penny the Dog (a giant local bow wow) ran by my window that night when I was reading in bed. I let her in and then her master was knocking at the door saying that the Sheriff was going to tow my car cause it was blocking the snow plow. I had to park at the Ski Lift Lodge. It snowed at least a foot. It's rough up there in Flag.
Mar 24, 2011 12:22:50pm
Scott Wagy
Mar 18, 2011 8:06:00am
Scott Wagy
I'll get the tickets.
Mar 18, 2011 6:50:35am
Tom Cole
Let's do it.
Mar 17, 2011 11:01:15pm
Scott Wagy
Nix that, it will have to be the 9:00 show. Is that too late for you? We need to buy tickets ASAP!
Mar 17, 2011 9:32:14pm
Scott Wagy
I'm thinking about the master class option. A friend of mine studied with him in France, and he really recommends it. It would be way over my head, but it would be cool to get some stuff off him. If not, I will hit the 9:00 show and make it a late night. I'll let you know in the morning. He doesn't do too many master classes, so it would be something to take advantage of.
Mar 17, 2011 8:43:50pm
Scott Wagy
We waited too long for the 7:00 show. There are still tickets for the 9:00 showing, but that may be too late for me. Let me think about it tonight. He is doing a masterclass on sunday from 1-4 which is also an option. It's $50.
Mar 17, 2011 8:01:51pm
Tom Cole
That sounds good. We just need to know where and when to meet.
Mar 17, 2011 5:10:16pm
Scott Wagy
I'd love to come up to Flag, but lisa is working all night, and I will have to hire 2 babysitters just to go to the concert. I can certainly meet you there, though. We could meet for dinner and then go. If that sounds good, let me know and I will get tickets.
Mar 17, 2011 3:46:05pm
Tom Cole
I think the Sedona and back and then back to Chandler in one shot is too much for me, but I have an idea. I need to get out of town anyway, so I could drive up and then go the 29 miles to Flagstaff and stay at my house there. It takes a a lot longer than 29 minutes to get up to the house, but I could have a vacation if I met you in Sedona instead. If you wanted, you could go to the house with me and then drive back fresh in the morning. I can pop for the ticket, of course; with my plan, I wouldn't even be providing traveling company whatever that's worth.
Mar 17, 2011 9:07:34am
Scott Wagy
Tom, let me know soon if you want to go. I think that 7 is the show to hit. I can cover the tickets no problem. You will just need to drive to my house and we can leave from here.
Mar 16, 2011 8:03:26pm
Scott Wagy
There is a 7 and a 9 show. We could do either. The tickets are 20 bucks. If it's too steep for retirement, I'll help you out. Do you want to go? and which time do you prefer? I'm thinking we should probably hit the earlier show since Lisa is on call and I will have 2 sitters here.
Mar 16, 2011 2:35:24pm
Tom Cole
I just got back from sleeping in the Superstitions. What would be the timeframe to go to Sedona? How much are the tickets?
Mar 16, 2011 11:16:18am
Scott Wagy
Yep. If you want to go, let me know and I will get tickets. We can drive up together and just come back.
Mar 12, 2011 10:29:11am
Tom Cole
Is that going to be the 19th?
Mar 11, 2011 10:06:05pm
Scott Wagy
Sounds fun. I'm with you about 4 chords and the strum strum...talk about the blues. I have it every time I have to listen that stuff. You are right, though, if it is a good song, it just doesn't matter. I'm glad you are going.

I start guitar class again tomorrow. I've got to learn to read music and figure out this fingerboard. It's driving me crazy and holding me down. The class is every other week, so we can meet during the week I don't have it. Henry is out of school next week, but I may be able to get away for a day. I'll get back to you.

I'm thinking about running up to Sedona next Saturday night to see Pierre Bensusan. He is the DADGAD monster and great player. A friend of mine studied with him and says he is really something. Interested?
Mar 10, 2011 9:56:05am
Tom Cole
I've played five times in a row at the Center for the Arts. What a building. The people who play are really quite good.

Last night I played "Happy Cowboy" and "Tree in the Meadow." No one was a flop last night, but sometimes they'll have a guy in who took time from his big ole gigs to play and he can't play at all. One guy plays left-handed guitar upside down. It's amazing. Ukulele people play too.

People come up and play very clean versions of some song but they're just playing G, C, and D in the same old basic form. It has to be a really good song or the voice of those chords grates on me and if I never hear another suspended fourth I'll die happy. But the talent is really quite high just the same. I guess I'm just not so in love with it that I can bang away at Eagles songs and get any joy at all from it. It has to be funny or kooky or different to interest me. One older lady went up and sang a song about letting her body hair grow. It got rather risque. Very funny. She wasn't there last night or I would have asked her where she got it. Can't find it on the web.

Well, send up a smoke signal.
Mar 10, 2011 8:45:28am
Scott Wagy
still feeling rough. Let's get together when I get back. I'll shoot you a message on Monday. See you.
Feb 25, 2011 9:33:01am
Tom Cole
Okay, give me a call if you're better. I'll be up early.
Feb 24, 2011 7:09:06pm
Scott Wagy
I got the crud from my kids. I thought I would be better by tomorrow, but it feels like I am getting worse. I don't want you to get it too, so we'd better wait. We are going to Montana next week, so let's meet the week after. Sorry, I was really looking forward to it. If I feel better in the morning, I'll give you a call.
Feb 24, 2011 5:05:59pm
Scott Wagy
9:00-9:30
Feb 23, 2011 7:47:23am
Tom Cole
Okay. When do you drop him off?
Feb 22, 2011 10:40:44pm
Scott Wagy
Let's do Friday. I've got some stuff to do already tomorrow. I'll come over after I drop off Henry.
Feb 22, 2011 10:23:42pm
Tom Cole
I just got back from Tucson actually. What a mess.
Feb 22, 2011 6:46:32pm
Tom Cole
I'm back already. They caught the culprits and I can't help her with anything down there. I'm free tomorrow or Friday. Send up a smoke signal.
Feb 22, 2011 6:46:07pm
Scott Wagy
Wow, that is horrible. I hope that no one is after her, and that she just has bad luck. What is she going to do? How long are you going to be down there? If you are back by Friday, let me know. That day will work for me too. Good luck!
Feb 21, 2011 1:46:40pm
Tom Cole
Wednesday may not be good after all. Someone burglarized my sister's house in Tucson last week and last night apparently came back and torched the place while she was driving to New Orleans. By the time the firefighters got there, the house was totally engulfed in flames and they had to fight the fire from outside. It took 21 firemen 18 minutes to put out the fire. It was a tiny house. So now, she's lost her house again and just like after Katrina, she's homeless with a laptop, a phone, her car, and the clothes on her back. Plus some lunatic who seems to have it out for her. Tucson is rustic, but those neighborhoods are full of scary people constantly wandering around. I wouldn't live in one of those places for a million dollars. If my sister didn't have bad luck, she'd have no luck at all. I'm going down there in a bit.
Feb 21, 2011 10:07:47am
Tom Cole
Wednesday may not be good after all. Someone burglarized my sister's house in Tucson last week and last night apparently came back and torched the place while she was driving to New Orleans. By the time the firefighters got there, the house was totally engulfed in flames and they had to fight the fire from outside. It took 21 firemen 18 minutes to put out the fire. It was a tiny house. So now, she's lost her house again and just like after Katrina, she's homeless with a laptop, a phone, her car, and the clothes on her back. Plus some lunatic who seems to have it out for her. Tucson is rustic, but those neighborhoods are full of scary people constantly wandering around. I wouldn't live in one of those places for a million dollars. If my sister didn't have bad luck, she'd have no luck at all. I'm going down there in a bit.
Feb 21, 2011 10:07:47am
Tom Cole
Well, Wednesday is good. I can get warmed up for the mic night in Tempe.
Feb 20, 2011 6:45:09pm
Tom Cole
Well, Wednesday is good. I can get warmed up for the mic night in Tempe.
Feb 20, 2011 6:45:09pm
Scott Wagy
Good to see that you are getting out there. Let's get together next week to strum and catch up. Wednesday or Friday should work for me.
Feb 17, 2011 11:21:54am
Tom Cole
Went to two open mics. The cafe one was better and the Tempe Center for the Arts one was much better. Everyone was really good except maybe one. They could sing and everything.
Feb 16, 2011 11:04:43pm
Tom Cole
I taught the guitar lesson on Sunday so whenever you're free to get together just say. There is an open mic night every Wednesday night at the Tempe Center for the Arts. It's about the coolest building I ever saw. Really nice. The people with the best original material get chosen for a showcase concert and TV show like thing.

I think I'll just go every Wednesday even though parts of the thing irritate me: 1.) The MC talks with friends over people's performance. 2.) They have a two-song limit when they desperately need a set time limit as people walk up and do two ten-minute songs. Then they wonder why some people don't get to play at all. 3.) The MC plays a 15-minute song to start things off, and that doesn't help. Lots of your favorite kind of strumming, although he was pretty good. 4.) The MC let some older feller (not as old as I) come up and read a long, political poem. Where's your GUItar? I don't mind a protest song as long as it's not too religious, but... wrong forum. Unfair to those who wanted to play and couldn't on account of he took up all the time. 5.) Open mic night is often like American Idol auditions: my sister says in her very extensive experience with open mic nights, that she's found that there are always tons of people who have no musical aptitude and who are tone deaf yet have chosen this as something to do. This is what happened at the coffee shop. People got up and just croaked out of key. I'm not being judgmental; it would scare off a wolverine. Not at the Center so much; they were a lot better although you know how you go to a bar and listen and say damn she can sing! No one like that at open mic. All of the singing, even mine, EVEN mine could have been better. One guy had a nice jazz guitar. He was good, but couldn't sing well. I said damn maybe he could help me out, but then I heard his voice. You also have to listen to guys go up and play Tequila Sunrise. Luckily no one played Hotel California, my least favorite song of all. (Erica wants me to teach it to Christian.)

Should these little items be fixed, it would be perfect. What a fancy place. You can have a beer. Whatever you want. It's really amazing that the public is invited into such a fancy place to do this. http://www.tempe.gov/tca/wiw.htm
Feb 14, 2011 5:21:39am
Scott Wagy
I'm back. Let's get together next week. I've got a lot of dust to blow off.
I hear you about crowds. They can be very cruel...especially when they did not come to hear you, and you are just background.
Feb 10, 2011 11:06:56pm
Tom Cole
Are you back? I was going to teach Christian guitar today, but Erica flaked, clean forgot. I played a couple of open mic nights. God, they have people off the street who get up and croak! I'm not being judgmental. It's beyond belief.
Feb 10, 2011 6:45:21pm
Scott Wagy
Hey Tom, I've been thinking about you a lot lately. We do need to get together. I am in Idaho playing in the snow until next week. I'll shoot you a message when I get back and we can chunk. I'm working on something rather interesting too. Looking forward to catching up!
Jan 31, 2011 9:19:02pm
Tom Cole
Hey, man. We never got together. What say we get together and chunk a little. I've got some cool projects you might be interested in hearing about.
Yours,
Tom
Jan 31, 2011 7:04:47pm
Tom Cole
Also, I want to get a monitor for my mike stand. They're at least 300 bucks. I didn't realize that the Gigrac monitor output requires a powered monitor, so it costs more. Maybe Black Friday. I'll be in Tucson and maybe I could go to some cool store there and get one. I really need one I think. My worry is that I'll play at the wine bar and they'll pass on me.
Nov 24, 2010 9:11:26pm
Tom Cole
Scott. I got a gig over at the Downunder Wine Bar down the street. I'll play for beer the first time in order for them to see if they like me. Kind of an audition. It's November 30, 6:30. I went and played at a party the other day and set up my gigrac all right, but if you're not busy, I'd welcome your help with the sound. I have to sound good and maybe I can get a regular deal there. It's just down the street.
Nov 24, 2010 9:04:21pm
Tom Cole
I just got back from Utah on the 3rd and then just now from Flagstaff today. I teach Rica's boy tomorrow and speak Spanish to the teacher in Nicaragua as usual. You know they keep wanting me to launder money for them. Oh, Tomás we'll send you $300 to your Paypal and you can send it back to us Western Union. The name's Tom Cole, not Oliver North. It's weird. No way I would do that. I just tell 'em I'd prefer not to. God knows what they're up to. Tax evasion. I don't know, but count me out. Still I enjoy the low priced sessions every morning, so what the heck. I think they have given up on me as a laundryman.
Nov 14, 2010 5:14:17pm
Scott Wagy
Hi Tom, I haven't forgotten about you. Charlie developed an ear infection right after Henry started feeling better. I guess it always works out this way. We are heading to Florida next week, so let's plan on the week after. I'll be good and rusty by then. See you.
Nov 10, 2010 10:03:08am
Scott Wagy
just picked up Henry from school. He is 101 and climbing. Every kid in his school got it. See you next week...
Oct 27, 2010 4:32:44pm
Scott Wagy
Friday should work. Henry is starting to show signs of a cold or worse. The flu is ripping through his school right now, so I hope it isn't that. If he holds out I'll be there. I'll keep you posted.
Oct 27, 2010 1:18:42pm
Tom Cole
Oh, Friday would be good. I ignored your question. Discúlpame.
Oct 27, 2010 8:23:45am
Tom Cole
Oak Doke. You know I taught Erica's boy Christian guitar yesterday. He seems to be a natural. Learned G, G7, C, D, D7, and EM pretty fast, and we played "Blood on the Saddle," and "You Are My Sunshine," and "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry," and junk to practice. But now I'm a teacher again and am sitting here worrying whether he'll get bored and give me a bad evaluation. The good thing is, he didn't come with any special goals like learning Guns and Roses songs or something that I couldn't help very much with. At about 40 minutes I saw him fidget, and said, "Ah, that's the length of his attention span. Need to change activity. He has four basic chord progressions to practice for next time.
Oct 26, 2010 8:12:47am
Scott Wagy
It will have to be later this week. Charlie got his shots yesterday, and he is sick today. I need to stay close to home. Tomorrow I have another school visit. Is Thursday or Friday better for you?
Oct 26, 2010 8:04:15am
Tom Cole
Hey, Scott
Are we on for today? Should I hang around?
Oct 26, 2010 7:04:57am
Tom Cole
Sounds all right to me.
Oct 20, 2010 1:44:13pm
Scott Wagy
I've got a school visit today, and I'm off to Idaho tomorrow. Next Tuesday?
Oct 20, 2010 6:50:06am
Tom Cole
Hey, I'm good tomorrow and Thursday and maybe Friday if you want to chunk.
Oct 19, 2010 3:29:24pm
Scott Wagy
Sorry about that. I'll be there Tuesday. I need to play some too!
Oct 08, 2010 7:34:49am
Tom Cole
Sure. I'm writing some songs. And I have to rehearse for Saturday.
Oct 07, 2010 9:29:46pm
Scott Wagy
Hey Tom, my mother in law's last day is tomorrow, so we'd better meet next week. Is Tuesday okay?
Oct 07, 2010 8:33:59pm
Tom Cole
So ten o'clock like?
Oct 07, 2010 8:04:35pm
Scott Wagy
Should be able to. I haven't played at all since I saw you last. This will change!
Oct 07, 2010 11:38:21am
Tom Cole
My sister has done gone back to Tucson. Were you still interested in coming by tomorrow?
Oct 07, 2010 11:25:41am
Scott Wagy
Hey Tom, no problem about helping you on the sound. Are you going to be doing background, or it is a concert? Maybe I'll bring some percussion and sit in on a few tunes.
Let's get together next week. I've got too many things going on this week. I'll be back Tuesday, so we should look at Thursday or Friday.
Sep 29, 2010 7:04:31am
Tom Cole
Charlie and Marie wanted me to invite you to their big AECP bash at their house on the 16th of October. Everybody who has ever been associated with AECP will be invited, so it will have some old-timers from 30 years ago as far as I know. I will be providing the entertainment. I played there before, but this time I'll be outside. I'll just sing everything I know. I'll end with a bunch of lullabies like Prairie Lullaby. I hope you can come and help me with the sound. I have no idea how to work it. Especially outside. So when are you coming over this week?
Sep 28, 2010 12:47:17pm
Scott Wagy
Thanks for all of this! See you next week. Chunk chunk!
Sep 24, 2010 8:49:31pm
Tom Cole
It was written in 1951 and became his most anthologized story.
Sep 24, 2010 5:25:17pm
Tom Cole
Sep 24, 2010 5:24:22pm
Tom Cole
Oh, here's Heather's Facebook address if you want to add her as a friend: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1245827845
Sep 24, 2010 5:17:23pm
Tom Cole
We forgot to write down that version of the basic swing progression, so here it is. Print. Enjoy.
Sep 24, 2010 3:56:24pm
Tom Cole
We forgot to write down that version of the basic swing progression, so here it is. Print. Enjoy.
Sep 24, 2010 3:53:52pm
Scott Wagy
see you then.
Sep 22, 2010 7:49:06pm
Tom Cole
Friday would be good.
Sep 22, 2010 5:50:57pm
Scott Wagy
friday? Guitar? Chunk chunk?
Sep 22, 2010 2:34:11pm
Scott Wagy
I'm back. Want to play soon?
Sep 21, 2010 7:59:08pm
Scott Wagy
he strums and picks well. he also sings well. he can't chunk yet, but he sure wants to learn. he has the sweetest little Collings you've ever seen. we'll all get together when I get back from Ibaho.
Sep 06, 2010 8:00:16am
Tom Cole
I see his picture on Facebook. It's Stenerson. He's playing the guitar. Can he chunk well?
Sep 06, 2010 6:14:44am
Scott Wagy
Great stuff. I enjoyed both of them.

Do you remember Tom Stinerson? He hosted some of the house concerts and was a great friend of Carlos. He wants to hook up with us and play too. He loves the cowboy swing stuff and he also loves to sing. We need to plan some stuff together.
Sep 05, 2010 7:54:10pm
Tom Cole
Here's a fine tenor, Dennis Morgan singing the song we were practicing. Don't tell me that they didn't know what they were doing when they made movies ages ago. It pays to learn to play piano as you can see in this vid.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZPjprxzAxA&feature=player_embedded

Steve posted this. I don't know where he got the audio, but it's me playing the same style probably my first time as I didn't even know the lyrics. It's good, however, because it has all the parts that are on the paper I gave you.

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=141304822554808

Enjoy,

Tomás
Sep 04, 2010 9:19:25pm
Tom Cole
Frank Vignola is a marvel. Tommy the new Chet? He's better than Chet. What is that wonderful little guitar he's playing?
Tommy Emmanuel & Frank Vignola perform "Swing #42" on Backstage: Tennessee Shines.For concert information and more visit:http://www.TennesseeShines.comJoin u...
Sep 04, 2010 5:56:21pm
Tom Cole
Also, this cowboy stuff is really boring. I'm quits. I'm getting a Humphrey Bogart type hat or better my own hat to create my own iconology. Cowboys. Vapid. Boring. The wild west. Bob Boze Bell, Ranger Doug -- this western junk has been holding you back.
Sep 03, 2010 5:14:16pm
Tom Cole
Tomorrow's good. Yeah, her singing is usually worse and so when she teams up with another singer who can't even sing as well, it's the dumbest idea ever. They're the western harmony group of the year and they cannot do any harmony. None. Don't know how. They're awful together. I don't think this guy stay at that weight for long. Guys like Jackie Gleason weren't so tubby.
Sep 02, 2010 3:30:09pm
Scott Wagy
She can chunk, that's for sure. I'm not a huge fan of her singing, but she's got it down.

Tomorrow okay?
Sep 02, 2010 9:43:14am
Tom Cole
She also likes to play the dominant chord (number 5 in our code) without the tonic. That is, number 5 in the key of Bb is F, but she plays F7 with no F in the chord at all. The chord missing the tonic itself is a cool jazz substitution that Mike Dowling taught me via his instructional video. I'll show you when you come over. I'm surprised more people don't pick up the swingin' system she has (which is really the same as mine) because you can play all the cool stuff with it. Look at her hands. There are only a few shapes you need.
Aug 31, 2010 2:03:35pm
Tom Cole
Get a load of this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3Cd9XgTCl0

I thought she was an unrecognized genius until I found that this is not entirely an original; it's "Zoot Suit" a smash hit in 1942, but she has written her own words, which are quite good actually. Her swing guitar is really very very nice and she NEVER misses. I've watched her other videos. She's played with Ranger Doug. Too bad she does really obnoxious religious stuff and plays with an exceedingly fat and talentless drugstore cowboy who stuffs 500 pounds of whale blubber under his sweaty vest and cannot sing a note. She's thin and beautiful, and he is hideous to behold. It takes away the fun of watching. Her singing is just okay, but Fatso can do nothing but hold her back. She needs someone with a special talent to play with. Still, I'm adding this song to my repertoire. It's in Bb and is easy to play actually. The song kills.
One of Devon's most clever tunes. Her time spent working (and shopping) in a famous Western clothing store must have provided some inspiration.
Aug 31, 2010 1:44:20pm
Tom Cole
Sorry; I read an old message about Wednesday and replied to that. Tell me when you want to practice.
Aug 31, 2010 1:27:59pm
Scott Wagy
Henry is out of school this week, but I may be able to line up a sitter for Thursday or Friday. I'll let you know. I'll need the break.
Aug 30, 2010 7:39:42pm
Tom Cole
Hey, let's team up and chunk.
Aug 30, 2010 3:52:40pm
Scott Wagy
Good. I liked that guitar a lot. It is similar to Carlos' old one...maybe even a little better. Did they get it at GC? If so, which? I played the one at Indian Bend, and it was nice. He can grow with that one. I stopped by a guitar store near here and low and behold they had the good Alvarez hanging on the wall. It has been there for 5 years (they don't make it any more), so they are wheeling on it. I may buy it for Idaho. It is really nice, and it is the one that Carlos ended up using all the time. All solid woods, and it's built quite well. It's purty too.

See you on Wednesday.
Aug 16, 2010 11:00:40pm
Tom Cole
By the way, Sonny got the Córdova.It sounded much better than the one we tried at the other store. Much better. I couldn't get any sound from the other one plugged in or not.
Aug 16, 2010 9:38:45pm
Tom Cole
Sure. Let's try Wednesday.
Aug 16, 2010 9:37:32pm
Scott Wagy
My boy is still ill-ing a bit. Can we do Wednesday or Thursday? Either will be good.
Aug 16, 2010 7:51:33pm
Tom Cole
I hope we're still on.
Aug 16, 2010 7:20:47pm
Tom Cole
Oak Doke.
Aug 13, 2010 8:26:03am
Scott Wagy
I've got a sick kid, so we'd better make it next week. Tuesday?
Aug 13, 2010 8:11:14am
Tom Cole
I mean the link.
Aug 12, 2010 3:59:28pm
Tom Cole
I don't speak Spanish tomorrow, so you could come over then. Or any time. I sent Steve the file.
Aug 12, 2010 3:59:19pm
Scott Wagy
hey Tom, Here is a nice classical with a cutaway and wires that I just played at GC. I liked it. Send it to your brother.

http://www.guitarcenter.com/Cordoba-C5-CE-Classical-Acoustic-Electric-Cutaway-Guitar-103542585-i1148795.gc

let me know when you want to play.
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Aug 12, 2010 1:13:10pm
Tom Cole
Steve came in a couple of months ago and got the Señorita Guitar. I thought you would like this lively, fun tune by the Marx Brothers.
Aug 04, 2010 4:10:44pm
Scott Wagy
My buddy Marcos bought that real Alvarez. What a steal! They are a grand new, if you can find one. They are always back ordered. I called him and he contacted the guy, then called Carlos, who could not believe the price, and then he bought it. That was one of the best deals I have seen in a long time.
Jul 31, 2010 2:14:48pm
Scott Wagy
Hey! Here is the real one that Carlos plays for 450! I might buy it. It's in Canada, but what a great guitar.http://cgi.ebay.com/Alvarez-MC761C-Classical-Nylon-Acoustic-Electric-Guitar-/300451029722?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Guitar&hash=item45f446e2da#ht_1062wt_1139
eBay: Find Alvarez MC761C Classical Nylon Acoustic Electric Guitar in the Musical Instruments , Guitar , Acoustic category on eBay.
Jul 31, 2010 10:58:51am
Scott Wagy
A friend of mine bought that guitar for his kid (I was against it, it was a Carlos recommendation), and it is a total piece of junk. It was okay when he was 4 and 5 years old, but once he turned 6, even he new it was crap. Sonny, I mean Steve, is either going to have to fork out some bucks, or live with a crummy guitar. The other option is to get a decent full size and put a pick up in it. The Baggs that Carlos uses goes for $105, and is great. That is the way to go, or get the model up from this with the cutaway and electronics for $450. Both of these guitars are great. The play and sound like real guitars. They are well made too. We can still go to Guitar Center when I get back to see what's there. You never know.
Jul 31, 2010 10:54:58am
Tom Cole
Regent Series cutaway classical guitar with mahogany back and sides, solid cedar top and Fisham AERO electronics
Jul 31, 2010 10:17:41am
Tom Cole
I show them this. How about this cheap Alvarez with cutaway and "wires in the box." What do you think?
Jul 31, 2010 10:17:05am
Scott Wagy
Hey Tom, here is the full bodied Alvarez I was talking about. It's the best one out there for under $500.
http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-Alvarez-AC60S-Classical-Guitar-w-Solid-Cedar-Top-/360202205932?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Guitar&hash=item53ddb97aec#ht_4788wt_1139
eBay: Find NEW Alvarez AC60S Classical Guitar w/ Solid Cedar Top in the Musical Instruments , Guitar , Acoustic category on eBay.
Jul 31, 2010 9:29:15am
Tom Cole
Gibson just created a Ranger Doug L5 guitar, which pretty much puts RD into the pages of history. Here's the dope though I wish he'd get it's VS. its correct for once since he's got a master's in English Lit.

http://ridersinthesky.com/index.htm?inc=5&news_id=18651
The official Riders in the Sky website
Jul 30, 2010 5:25:16pm
Scott Wagy
If you want wires in the box for that price, you are looking at plywood and a two by four. I'd try to find a nice solid top guitar that plays well, and, most importantly, sounds decent. You can always add a pick-up later. Carlos used a Baggs that he loved for about $125 plus install. I've always liked Alvarez, but since that demon Fender bought them out, all the prices went up. There are some very decent Yamaha's out there in that price range, and they are quite well made. Is there something he is looking at in particular? If he wants lots of frets, he needs to go steel. To make a decent 14 fret nylon, you've gotta go more bucks. The inexpensive ones are pure junk. If you add a cutaway into the mix at that price, you are looking at an even bigger piece of malarkey. It costs more money to bend the wood, so they take it out of the rest of the guitar. Some of the acoustic electric nylon cutaways may look good, but take my word for it, they are pure crap. The best ones are the Alvarez models for $500 and $900. Carlos plays the 900 model. It is excellent. He played the 500 one before that (he recorded his first album with it), back when it cost 350-with fantastic electronics, and it was excellent too. Maybe we can find a used one. It's by far the best one out there, and believe me, we looked at everything.

We need to scribble again...
Jul 29, 2010 7:48:45pm
Tom Cole
Well, I don't care if he plays drums come to think of it. I just don't want canned music blaring, cigarette butts in my yard, public fornication and urination, people on the roof (doing both), cars parked all over, and drunk punks wandering around out in front into the wee hours doing wee and what not. HEY, my brother wants to spend $250 to $300 for Sonny's classical acoustic-electric cutaway. Not much to spend for all that, but Sonny doesn't care whether the fretboard is wide or not; he just wants plenty of frets.
Did you find the printouts? If not, we'll just scribble again.
Jul 29, 2010 5:30:14pm
Scott Wagy
I do. What is his price range and what does he plan to do with it? Style wise. I should be able to come tomorrow. I need to run to the Subaru dealer then to you.

Too bad about the drums.
Jul 29, 2010 4:26:02pm
Tom Cole
Actually, Sonny asked me today whether you had any advice on a classical guitar. New neighbor has a drum set.
Jul 29, 2010 3:57:23pm
Scott Wagy
Hey Tom, I've two sick kids, but they appear to be on the mend. Tomorrow or Friday may work, I'll let you know in the morning. The bad news is that I can't find the tunes from last week! I've tried to remember them, but my brain is too marinated from years past. I'm test driving a little beauty of a Irish guitar that you won't believe. I may even trade the Collings in on it...if you can believe that. I love the sound of the Collings (it is one of the best sounding guitars I have ever heard), but this guitar fits me perfectly and sounds amazing. I'll bring it along. Maybe you should buy the Collings. It is perfect for your voice. I got if for $2500. It's over 4K new, and they aren't built as well and don't sound anything like this one. You'd just have to cut back a bit on your extravagant lifestyle. Lyle Lovett tonight!
Jul 28, 2010 2:59:59pm
Tom Cole
Scott, if you've got time why don't we review those three-chord beauties with the couple extra chords that turn them into ambrosia? I chatted two hours with the Nicaraguan teacher today. Sonny's getting a classical guitar, but it may be too late to ask for your advice; my brother is on the verge of buying one that Sonny likes.
Jul 28, 2010 1:12:37pm
Tom Cole
Here's one that's rightside up. There are only two chords that ain't either 1, 4, or 5. They're the 2 and the diminished, whose name can be any note in it.
Jul 22, 2010 2:08:11pm
Tom Cole
You forgot to take Red River Valley. It gives you the #2 going to #5 and the diminished that goes to #5 instead of #1. Try this simple thing in G. 1. G 4. C 5. D of course and # 2 = A natch. The music is attached.
Jul 22, 2010 1:57:39pm
Tom Cole
I didn't get sick, but it may have been a close call. I think the beef might be better next time. TWO FOOD JOKES: "The food was putrid -- but so reasonably priced!" OR "The food was putrid -- and such small portions!" I'll start filling out those lyric sheets with the chords and junk.
Jul 21, 2010 11:47:18am
Scott Wagy
Tomorrow should work. I can't believe you are making me sing...
Did you get sick? I was fine. That place may deserve a second chance. No pork next time.
Jul 21, 2010 7:40:56am
Tom Cole
Scott, let's schedule another jam session. I'm chatting in Spanish live to Nicaragua for an hour five days a week now starting at 7:00 AM, so the 10-ish time is still good. I noodled around with Old Kentucky Home trying to turn it into a jazzy version that might interest you, and it seemed as though there might be an original tune in there. As Lennon said of song writing, "It's all a rip-off!" I'll print out the lyrics and stuff and write in the chords on a half dozen tunes in a couple of three keys. Remember, the song is everything. Come prepared to sing along.
Jul 21, 2010 5:37:51am
Scott Wagy
10:30ish?
Jul 18, 2010 8:20:57am
Tom Cole
Okay. My sister's gone to Brooklynn. Remember how Dean's band did Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood? I'm doing a Fred Rogers song now on the piano. "It's You I Like."
Jul 17, 2010 9:24:46am
Scott Wagy
I can do tomorrow for sure. my car is finally done!
Jul 17, 2010 7:23:06am
Scott Wagy
Sunday?
Jul 16, 2010 5:23:32pm
Scott Wagy
timing chain or belt? If it is a belt, you made it far longer than you should have. Either way, it's not that tough of a job. I'll let you know what happens with my car. What a pain. It has thrown off my entire week. Sorry about that.
Jul 15, 2010 7:53:08am
Tom Cole
Well, keep me posted. I have to have my timing chain replaced or it will break at 105000 miles and destroy the engine. The dealer wanted $950. Another guy wanted $900. I got another quote for $635. I think I'll take the $635 price.
Jul 15, 2010 6:04:03am
Scott Wagy
Tom, my car still isn't done! They are hoping for tomorrow. On Friday I have a doctor's appointment. Bummer. I may have some free time to play this weekend, because Lisa is on call. Usually my weeks aren't this screwed up. I'll let you know how it goes.
Jul 14, 2010 8:09:22pm
Scott Wagy
might could even be better....
Jul 13, 2010 7:18:09pm
Tom Cole
Ok. Amazing? It must be one of those Collings cowboy guitars.
Jul 13, 2010 7:10:21pm
Scott Wagy
Tom, can we do Thursday? My car won't be done until tomorrow, and I'll have to go all the way out to Peoria to pick it up. I've got something amazing to show you when I come.
Jul 13, 2010 1:43:58pm
Tom Cole
Sure. I've been playing some piano and getting my tunes down. I'm lining up some cool junk to diddle with. You know, there isn't any meet-up guitar group on line. You've got liberally drinking, Phoenix atheists, Skeptics at the pub, but only one decent Spanish group, and no rock hounds. I don't get it.
Jul 11, 2010 10:45:30am
Scott Wagy
Hey Tom, can we switch to Wednesday? I've got to take my car in for service, and it is all the way in Peoria. It would cut our time down too much. On Wed, I'd have from 10 to 2:30.
Jul 11, 2010 10:16:59am
Tom Cole
Okay, I'll get some junk ready so we can blaze away.
Jul 07, 2010 2:00:19pm
Scott Wagy
Sounds good, but it will have to be next week. I have a doc appointment tomorrow, and Charlie has one on Friday. How about Tuesday?
Jul 07, 2010 1:40:35pm
Tom Cole
Hey, let's get back to strumming. I want to strum a series of good campfire and classics and look at numbers instead of chords. Then I'll get to have a number to go with the change that's in my ear. Good for song writing and getting around a tune. Did you chunk, chunk away at those swing chords? There are a zillion tunes we could just chunk away to. I'm thinking of putting in a regular guitar song like "Arms of My Love," "Devil Woman," "As Soon as the Round-up's Through," and other crowd-pleasers after each swing tune on my list. Marie and Charlie are having an AECP party for all related to AECP in October and I'm the entertainment. I'll bet you're invited.
Jul 07, 2010 10:58:24am
Tom Cole
Excellent
Jun 21, 2010 6:22:03pm
Scott Wagy
indeed. I'll be over after I drop H off at pre-school. Should be around the 9:30-10 range.
Jun 21, 2010 4:05:10pm
Tom Cole
So is Tuesday a go?
Jun 21, 2010 3:51:09pm
Tom Cole
Tuesday's good. My sister comes Wednesday.
Jun 19, 2010 3:55:19pm
Scott Wagy
Hey Tom, sorry, my sister and niece have been in town all week. Next week will be back to normal. Tuesday might work for me. Will it work for you?
Jun 18, 2010 9:57:25pm
Tom Cole
Hey, Scott. Remember, I'm retired and free. I hope you can come by and help me with that pick guard. Oh, God it's going to look awesome. We could diddle with some songs and my system for making a zillion chords out of three vanilla shapes. No not vanilla shakes. I'm going to work on some Ray Benson swing, and I'm putting my long-neglected piano repertoire back into shape. You, know I had 45 songs on that list.
Jun 17, 2010 12:54:47pm
Scott Wagy
Sorry about that. I'm working on 3 hours sleep...again. That it the Dan Folgelburg tune. He one of the kings of cheeze to be sure. I saw a PBS concert with him not too long ago, and I couldn't get through it. That stuff is better left in the 70s.
Jun 09, 2010 9:39:52am
Tom Cole
No, Water is Wide is great. It's in drop D. I used to try to play it like Pete, but never got too good. "Longer" is as follows:

Longer than there've been fishes in the ocean
Higher than any bird ever flew
Longer than there've been stars up in the heavens
I've been in love with you

Stronger than any mountain cathedral
Truer than any tree ever grew
Deeper than any forest primeval
I am in love with you

I'll bring fires in the winters
You'll send showers in the springs
We'll fly through the falls and summers
With love on our wings

Through the years as the fire starts to mellow
Burning lines in the book of our lives
Though the binding cracks
And the pages start to yellow
I'll be in love with you
I'll be in love with you
Jun 09, 2010 7:55:12am
Scott Wagy
I think you are talking about the Water Is Wide. He closed with it. It is an old standard. One we should learn!
Jun 09, 2010 7:43:51am
Tom Cole
Yeah, that was a good night back in 2004. He was in very good form too. The song is "longer" you know: longer than there've been fishes in the ocean... with love on our wings... etc. The lyrics make me hurl, but the tune is good.
Jun 09, 2010 7:37:43am
Scott Wagy
Hey Tom, I forgot that we have to go to Sedona for a conference on Thursday to Sunday. That means I have to pack and get everything ready tomorrow. Sorry about that. I can come over next week and help you get that pick guard on your axe (if you can wait that long). And you can help me with some new swing tricks.

I don't remember that song that Pete did. It was a fun night. I liked all the talk mixed in with the tunes. Usually it is just tune after tune. I got something out of it. I hope you did too. Doesn't surprise me that he remembers you. We talked at length after the show, and he told me how much he loved that night. He has very fond memories of it. I thought it was one of the best.

Be careful on those heat hikes. We don't want to be scraping you off a rock someplace on South Mt. You'd better be drinking a lot of "real" water.
Jun 08, 2010 11:27:09pm
Tom Cole
Well, I got that PICK GUARD. I think it will look colossal. Way better. It's brown tortoise shell. No, not REAL tortoise shell, which Pete didn't like.

Pete came up having heard my name and said, "Tom. Remind me of where I met you." or something to that effect. I told him about that night in 2004. I was surprised he still remembered my face.

Anyway, maybe you could show me how to pull the knobs off my guitar so I can screw the pick guard on. It will look fantastic. The white pick guard is perfect with the red Variax and the sunburst guitars, but the black looks just too saddle shoe. The brown tortoise shell will give it a dark, bad, jazzmaster, club look. So much nicer.

Remember that song Pete played, "Longer Than" I guess it's called? The melody is great but thank God Pete doesn't sing much because the lyrics would put you off of your food.

I have some cool tricks with chords and junk that I think you'll love to diddle with. I'm diddling with them myself.

Did my 100° hot hike today at 3:30 in Pima Canyon. Excellent for the health.
Jun 07, 2010 8:45:27pm
Scott Wagy
here is a map with detailed instructionshttp://www.acousticvibesmusic.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=contact_us
you'll drive by several times, so don't worry. give yourself a little time to get there. You won't believe your eyes when you walk in the door. you think you will have died and gone to heaven. see you there.
Jun 06, 2010 1:54:09am
Tom Cole
I am terrible with directions, so if you've got some good ones, they'd help.
Jun 05, 2010 6:19:53pm
Scott Wagy
do you need directions for tomorrow night?

I'd just send an email to the Ya Man Syndicate and say you are looking for Dean. He shouldn't be too hard to track down. He may have a boatload of kids by now, he's Morman, you know.
Jun 05, 2010 4:20:08pm
Tom Cole
I can't really find his name many places, but it is Rodemack. His picture looks like it's many years old as he is quite thin and young-looking. Shoot, I was thinking he had gone into the health care field and just was a hobbyist with the bass. He's in a red-hot working band with a ton of gigs where they dress in tuxedos. He ain't gonna be interested in goofing off with me. It was just an idea.
Jun 03, 2010 8:36:18am
Scott Wagy
here is his band's website. I am sure that you can contact him through the site http://www.yamanjazz.com/home.php
Jun 02, 2010 8:56:52am
Scott Wagy
it is Roadmac, but I'm not sure of the spelling. Let me do some investigation.
Jun 02, 2010 8:53:17am
Tom Cole
Okay. Hey, do you know whether Dean's last name is really Roadmac or not? I'd like to see what wonders a bass could do with my material.
Jun 02, 2010 7:06:51am
Scott Wagy
hey Tom, I forgot that Henry is out of school all this week. That means I have my hands full. Next week is back to normal, so we will have to do it then. Any day is fine with me.
Don't forget about Pete on Sunday night at 7. The place is Acoustic Vibes on Southern. Look it up on the net for the address. You'll drive by a few times before you find it.
Jun 02, 2010 6:27:30am
Tom Cole
Hey,man. A guy wants to go bird watching with me on Friday over at Mesquite wash. Maybe we could play guitar on Wednesday or Thursday. What do you think?
Jun 01, 2010 7:44:59pm
Scott Wagy
Perfect. Be there around 10. I have some new axes in my stable. Hold on to your britches!
May 17, 2010 11:39:19am
Tom Cole
How about Wednesday?
May 17, 2010 9:34:31am
Scott Wagy
anytime between 10-2. Let me know which day works for you. See you!
May 15, 2010 10:48:27pm
Tom Cole
I didn't congratulate you on the new bambino. Congratulations. Yes, I would like to play guitar next week. When are you free?
Tom


May 15, 2010 6:21:48pm