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Ok everybody , I feel I have fell off my barstool. The last time I talked we were getting ready for a gig at the Safari Club. The club cancelled the gig at the last moment and everyone knows what that does to a band. I have been feeling somewhat sore in the back and going to the doctor since...

What Ice House We will be playing the Safari Club on West Little York and the HardyToll Road. Anyone who knows Houston understands this is a neighborhood you don't want to get lost in. I have never been to this Ice House so I can't personally say anything about it. This gig will be one step...

As I told you around Christmas as I joined the forum and decided to give the band gig another whirl. Well next Saturday is our first gig , at a small Ice House here in Houston on the east side. Houston is a musicians paradise not bragging as great musicians but just so many .When you play in...

First guitar was a Teisco a Blue 4 pickup , quite a beauty . My mother and father purchased it from the Aldens catalog with a cool tube amplifier . man I wish I still had that gear . The guitar was hard to play and never could get the neck right but the amplifier smoked.

Douglas LP Copy I just got one of these from Rondo , what a cool guitar for the money. I took it down to my friends music shop and all he did was stare with his mouth open. We compare it better than the Epi. If you want a Gibson LP buy one nothing will satisfy you if that is what you want. This...

Battle of the Bands You have learned a good lesson !!! Next time bring a bunch of you friends and make lots of noise . No , when you play for other people there is always a problem are you playing for the crowd or are you playing for the club owner or the folks controlling the gig. This...

Gig No way Gene is just like a local Icon with that damn panty song . It has made him lots of money.

Two of the greatest of our time , Blues http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqU9RZqvFKY

Texas music http://mp3-postcards.com/listen/?1930

Ok everyone I found this forum right before Christmas . I followed the forum on the import guitars ( haven't had an electric import guitar since an Electra in the 70's ) So I bought a Douglas LP copy from Rondo , haven't got it yet but I will have it Tuesday. Not the end of the story I dug the...

Fender Twins Don't those babies weigh like 90lbs , Great amps but way too much weight for me.

How many pedals Delay and Chorus and either the Tubeworks or the Boogie amp. I want the best tone possible , not noise .............

What AMp Let me tell you about a sleeper amp that they no longer make but you can buy cheap when you find them . Tubeworks , they are now called Genz Benz or something like that . But originally the Tubeowrks by BK Butler are amazing amps I have a 100 watt 1 / 12 Hybrid that is incredible. I...

Yes or in my case it was Big Boss Man the wife LOL . Every year we go to the Navasota Blues festival it is a celebration of Brazos county blues history . Mance Lipscomb was their most famous player. When I first moved to Texas there was this old guy who used to live in a shotgun shack in...

I ran onto this site and really like it , there seems to be something for everyone. I have been playing guitar off and on for 40 years , played in several bands in Ohio before moving to Texas. Quit playing out for a few raised a family and stayed at home. Seen SRV and decided to get into the...