Ditto on this. I find myself playing the first passage twice, and skipping the change before the high part. I know I have the other parts down....it's that second bit I'm faking. :)
So, if you feel like emailing.... ________________________________ From: Terry Bullin <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, December 7, 2009 9:57:20 PM Subject: Re: Curmudgeon's Muse Tater, Yes, please continue to notate Rawhide..........don't forget the high part. I do accept email attachments.............lol bullmiester --- On Mon, 12/7/09, mistertaterbug <[email protected]> wrote: >From: mistertaterbug <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: Curmudgeon's Muse >To: "Taterbugmando" <[email protected]> >Date: Monday, December 7, 2009, 4:28 PM > > >Clyde, >I've seen/heard/played with Jake too. It's been a few years, but he >was a monster then even. I can't imagine what he must know at this >point. I am curious how he's applying what he's learning at Berklee. >There's a whole group of young guys and gals who have > exceptional >talent and drive, focus. I can't remember having that much focus when >I was a kid, a teenager, even adult. It's as if there has been an >explosion of talent in the last 20 years. Kids like Jake, Dominick >Leslie, Sarah Jarosz(who is currently nominated for a Grammy, for >pete's sake), Sam Grisman, Rebecca Lovell, Alex Hargreaves, Sierra >Hull, Scott Gates, etc...these kids are tearing it up and I know >there's a lot more youngsters playing other styles that I don't listen >to. Thile was the hot young guy for many of us, but now he's not even >that. These younger players are the trend. Shoot, Nora Jones is >another example. Where in the world are they coming from? What's in >the air? What kind of shift has taken place? I reckon it might be that >there's so much more access to the music now. > >Seems like people are a lot more on the ball in some ways than they >were when I was a kid. Granted, it may have > just been that I wasn't on >top of it, but it seems like something's afoot. And, it appears that >it's not just in music where there are exceptional youth. I can't >pretend to even know what these kids think about, much less play what >they play. I have decided to acknowledge being completely out of >touch. I need to shut up anyway and finish notating "Rawhide". > >Taterbug > >On Dec 7, 9:25 am, Dawn Bradbury <[email protected]> wrote: >> AMEN. I concur. I listen to Mike because HE is my favorite. Although I'm >> open to hearing new talent. >> >> On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 8:09 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > I guess I'm on the older end of the curmudgeon list, and have been > accused >> > of being opinionated. >> > I've had the pleasure of watching Jake Jolliff grow up. Jake plays all the >> > notes and sometimes in >> > the same tune, but he is capable of playing music that I like and even >> > understand. Jake is in Boston >> > now attending Berklee and playing in a band called Joy Kills Sorrow, Young >> > kids, all killer pickers >> > and nice kids too. BUT I'm thinking that they are playing in a language >> > that I don't know, and I've really tried >> > as I think pretty highly of Jake. I know, it's that "muse" thing. Anyway, I >> > told you all that to tell you this: >> >> > Last night I went see Jake's Dad, Bill, in concert. Now Bill is a banjo >> > player of the old school both bluegrass and old >> > time, a fine flatpicker, a good old time fiddler, and he taught Jake to >> > play the mandolin. > ('til Jake was about 9) >> > Bill is also a very good song writer and one of my favorite singers. It was >> > one of the best shows I've ever been to, >> > period. I understood every note, could relate to all the songs and I could >> > listen to Bill talk all night. Just a wonderful >> > show and only 60 folks came out to see it. Sad to think that if "Festering >> > Blackhead and the Zits" were playing in town >> > thousands would have turned out. >> >> > But what do I know? Tater is my favorite mandolin player and I've actually >> > seen him live more than once. >> >> > Clyde Clevenger >> > Just My Opinion, But It's Right >> > Salem, Oregon >> > Old Circle <http://www.myspace.com/oldcircle> >> >> > -- >> > You received this message because > you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> > "Taterbugmando" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > [email protected]<taterbugmando%[email protected]> >> > . >> > For more options, visit this group at >> >http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en. > >-- > >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >"Taterbugmando" > group. >To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >[email protected]. >For more options, visit this group at >http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. 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