Yeah, my wife tried banjo and it was a flop. She couldn't get past quarter notes with it. We discarded that notion and picked up a bass fiddle which she has really taken to.
On Jun 15, 10:06 am, Mark Halpin <[email protected]> wrote: > My girlfriend got herself a piano during the year, she had not played > in years, and has taken a definite shine to playing some blues, Bessie > Smith was first order of the day. > > I did get a bit of a chuckle recently when she went to learn 'Weary > Blues' from a Madeleine Peyroux album, little realising that it was > originally a Hank Williams song. > > Lets just say she tolerates my old time/country/bluegrass interest but > she don't endorse it and the horrified look on her face when i played > her the original William's version was beyond price... still she is > continuing to learn it so i am looking forward to having some nice > little jams when we get some common material. > > In the meantime i'm gonna continue the bluegrass indoctrination by > slipping some small speakers in her pillows for when she sleeps, > she'll be rattling off Bluegrass Breakdown before the months out i > tells ya :D > > On Jun 14, 1:24 am, Steve Cantrell <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Also, my wife has recently taken up guitar. I don't know if anyone on the > > list has a significant other that is also a musician, but I would recommend > > this a 100 times over. She and I have had a fine time playing every > > afternoon, and it surely beats the hell out of couch or internet surfing. > > It seemed like it was just a matter of her learning the chords to one song > > and then her lightbulb came on. Here's she and I working on Big > > Mon...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFFNUxrVOgE > > > Anway, just killing some time on a Sunday. Have fun, ya'll.- Hide quoted > > text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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.
