Tom Hascall Cole

Gayle Johnson-BeckerHey! When was this? Now? Then?

Gayle Johnson-BeckerWho is that young guy in the middle? You?

Tom Hascall ColeWell, it was 15 years ago.

Tom Hascall ColeBesides, don't I look the same now?

Gayle Johnson-BeckerUmmmmmm.......no. :>)

Tom Hascall ColeThe more think about it, this is the guitar I should always play. It's actually the best instrument I have ever had. Nice.

Tom Hascall ColeActually I am now fond of my brand-new, super smokin' Grand Symphony MINI Taylor.

Tom Hascall ColeHere's the guitar again holding its own against a Collings OM that costs a small fortune.

Caji Carlos E. Andrade SantosNice Pic, good memories : )

Gayle Johnson-BeckerI don't remember the year either, but it was "If I Fell In Love With You," wasn't it?

Janet PooleI remember sitting in on the class you did that year.

Scott Wagygood times, indeed. look at that face of yours...so proud of getting through yet another another tune.

Tom Hascall ColeScott. See the Casino in the background? What crummy pickups. I'm sour on Epiphones forever. Do you remember how I got that pickup guru in Canada to put in new P-90s? I wonder if Dean is still playing. Do you think he could slap that bass for me? I wonder.

Scott WagyThat Casino looked cool, but what a piece of junk. Dean is probably a daddy 3 or 4 times over by now. He is LDS and all. Still don't think that would stop him from playing that bass.

Gayle Johnson-BeckerOr maybe this time it was "If I Fell In Love With You." ???

Tom Hascall ColeThis one was "Roll over Beethoven" and others. "If I fell" was another night.

Scott WagyThat was a bongo tune, so it was "and I love her". Nice rendition too!

Tom Hascall ColeLook at where the capo is on my guitar. What the heck was I playing?

Scott Wagywhat a stud!

Gayle Johnson-BeckerThis is you???

Tom Hascall Cole1967 Business card.

Tom Hascall ColeActually, the correct order is John, Paul, George, and Ringo.

Gayle Johnson-BeckerVery cool

Davy MooneyThat was a crazy experience. Ravi Shankar is over 90 years old!

Tom Hascall ColeThat IS Herbie Hancock, isn't it? Can Mr. Shankar sing? I had a grad student named Ravi Shankar. What IS he singing? How did the sitar fit in with the band?

Angela Rodriguez Mooneyyou are the best.

Davy MooneyThat's them, indeed. Herbie got me through the New Delhi airport. A guard with a machine gun tried to stop me getting through the checkpoint but Saint Herbie intervened. God bless the Monk Institute--they have hooked me up in a ginormous way! p.s. Hey uncle Tom, what's up with the 'e' in my first name? You must be thinking about Lac'e'y...

Tom Hascall ColeI keep putting the E in and I changed it in the tag, and thus you were tagged officially. It's a poor mind that can't think of more than one way to spell a name.

Sally Cole MooneyAs the one who named this boy, I'll explain. Davey is the British spelling. Davy Crockett, an American, spelled his name with no "e," thus Davy Mooney has no "e" either.

Tom Hascall ColeDavy Maine. Davy Crockett would have been so much better. And the GIGS. Think of the gigs.

Marcy A. MarxerIt's a great little guitar that won't break the bank. Lots of bang for the buck!

Peter SheltonHey, Lady, how 'bout a piano solo?

Tom Hascall ColeCurvaceous, surfalicious!

Tom Hascall ColeThis is the best band. Too bad I'm the only one in it!

Tracy ClarkeTom do you have the ability to e-mail me this? What a great memory and then to find it!

Tom Hascall ColeTracy Sure. Here it is. Cousin Tom

Tracy ClarkeThank you so much. i just adored your father, as you know, and want to send this to my parents...

Sally Cole MooneyHey, Tom, can you mail it to me too? I can't read it on foolbook. (Hi, Tracy!).

Tracy ClarkeSally it's so sweet, so reminds me of your dad, you'll love it!!! Hi to you, too!

Sally Cole MooneyIf you buy cheap wine, of course it will taste bad. Buy a Malbec!

Tom Hascall ColeThe guitar on the bottle is really a fanciful depiction of MY guitar with the white pick guard.

Tom Hascall ColeCindy Walker. One of my favorite composers!

Tom Hascall ColeFun guessing game quiz. Who is this?

Tom Hascall ColeYOU'RE RIGHT! IT'S CINDY WALKER, the songwriter who wrote Bob Wills' tunes. Willie Nelson did a whole album of her songs. Here's a list of some of the songs. You'll recognize all of your favorites: You Don't Know Me Warm Red Wine Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream?) Bubbles in My Beer Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age Miss Molly Take Me in Your Arms It's All Your Fault Distant Drums Sugar Moon Night Watch You're from Texas I Want Somebody Travelin' in My Shoes You've Got My Heart Doing a Tap Dance Not That I Care Cherokee Maiden I Don't Care Dusty Skies In the Misty Moonlight

Tom Hascall ColeIt was September 5, 2003.

Tom Hascall ColeThat first chord should be an E FLAT major seventh at the top!

Tom Hascall ColeFor some reason all the little barre chords in this hurt my hand. I never had any pain with such chords ever before.

Tom Hascall ColeThis guitar is really quite amazing and I have a tin ear!

Sally Cole MooneySo, that makes fourteen guitars?

Tom Hascall ColeBut I only have three or four that are even decent.

Richard Carbajalonly fourteen!!

Stephen ColeI also have a guitar.

Tom Hascall ColeHowever, your guitar needs a NECK adjustment as the action is far too high and is a hand buster. I have always liked the sound of that guitar just the same.

Tom Hascall ColeNow they have a mahogany one. It looks far cooler. I don't like light colored tops on guitars. BORING and Average looking.

Gayle Johnson-BeckerPiece of cake

Tom Hascall ColeI had my nephew write out the music many years ago and I told him to make it as hard as he could. He did. I couldn't play it. I shelved it. Thus, this amazing song was lost from my repertoire. Today, I looked at Youtube jazz guys playing it and wrote down what I saw. It's perfect now. Simple and still complete. And God what a bridge. I found that Ranger Doug does it like this. (The E9th on the bottom left is his.) I'll be singing it on the 18th at Whole Foods Supermarket along with some other amazing songs the newest of which is a fabulous old composition, your favorite and mine: Pennies from Heaven.

Gayle Johnson-BeckerGoing to miss yet another of your gigs. We are in San Diego with our new grandbaby. Good news: little Quinn has Beatles' lullabies. Also an ABC tee shirt: A is for Apple, B is for Beatles .... Starting him off right.

Tom Hascall ColeB is for Beatles. I like it!

Matthew AldersonTom, I've been playing piano for about 3 years and although your outline does make some sense to me I wouldn't call it simple. I just don't know my chords that well yet. Maybe in another 3 years. I'm familiar with the song however, it was a standard on the C&W stations when we were kids. I've got an mp3 of it somewhere, I think by Bob Wills.

Matthew AldersonNo, I think I am thinking of a different song on second thought.

Tom Hascall ColeKD Lang does Sweet Little Cherokee, which is quite different. Cindy Walker, whose songs I play, wrote "Cherokee Maiden" for Bob Wills. It's one of the few songs by her that I'm not fond of. Willie Nelson recorded it on an album with nothing but Cindy Walker tunes. He sang it horribly! I'm surprised they didn't do a retake or give up recording all together. This music is the old one by Ray Noble. Horn players like it because it's in Bb. Riders in the Sky have a fantastic version that I like. You need the melody if you want to play it on the piano (or anywhere else). I used to play tons of piano. When I retired I tried to redo my whole rusty piano repertoire. But I'm totally rusty again. Here's a noisy video of me doing a Mr. Roger's song. I wrote out the chords like for Cherokee, but they ain't quite right. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=1371098258088&set=t.1850725403&type=3&theater

Tom Hascall ColeI typed the jazz chords in the bass cleft so the piano playing it has the same voicings: Three-note Freddy Green chords, etc. of some with all the six notes in a six-note guitar chord. Gourd.