Oldies, But Goodies

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Comment by Rifle Green on July 4, 2012 at 3:29pm

Longtime reader/subscriber to AG; thought I'd take a look here. Started playing in undergrad,1964. Yup, all we had to play with back then was dirt, mud, and flattops:-). A bit later Dylan went electric, never got into that. 

Comment by Mike Bishop on April 11, 2012 at 12:21pm

Hello to all in the Oldies Group. Well I definitely qualify. I will turn the big 60 in Aug this year (2012) and I have been playing since the late '60's. I too had one of those guitars that would make you fingers bleed up until I bought my first nylon string out of desperation. I stepped up to a steel string Ovation soon after and had both until the were stolen in the mid-80's. I didn't play much for a long time until a friend gave me her nylon classical. But I never really did much what with kids, family, job etc. But I never lost the love of it. Two years ago I decided it was my mid-life crisis time to buy something I'd always wanted so I bought a new guitar. The first one was a Zager and there was really nothing wrong with it. But I'd always wanted a Martin and knew I wouldn't be satisfied until I got it. So Zager gave me a full refund without question and I saved up a little longer and got my Martin. I am actually thinking about going back to Zager soon for an acoustic-electric because I did like the setup and ease of play and want another guitar - because I can. I look forward to sharing with the group. Thanks for having me.

Comment by Jud Hair on August 16, 2011 at 5:37am

Hey Mike ... your story sort of parallels mine.  I started at 14, played in bands as a HS and college student, then laid off for a while.  Hurt my hand doing some landscaping work (trigger finger) that further set me back for a number of years, but once I got effective treatment, I went back at playing with a vengeance!  Like you, I'm playing more than ever and getting better and better.  Loving every minute of it!

Comment by Mike Nepper on August 15, 2011 at 9:45pm

I guess I'm an oldie now, (60 last March). I started playing guitar when I was 16 on a cheap steel string that really did make my fingers bleed. Other than some aches and pains from some old injuries and a little arthritis, I still feel good and play guitar every day. My skills have improved greatly over the last 10 years and I'm more creative than ever. There's nothing like the feeling of mastering a new piece after working really hard on it. Also, we have a little fingerstyle group "Peninsula Fingerstyle" on this website that meets every month and we trade songs and stories and some good food and drink. This weekend was the Healdsburg Guitar festival in Santa Rosa, Ca. I went with some friends and we were saying that when you play guitar, or any instrument, your life clock runs backwards! So, play on fellow geezers! 

Comment by Dan Losh on July 26, 2011 at 7:40pm

I started playing as a teenager back in '67. Trying to learn Lovin' Spoonful songs on a nylon-string cheapo with a bowed neck. That guitar is long gone and I'm still playing 40+ years later. Folk, blues, old R&R, gospel, bluegrass and a little country. I've made a few bucks with the guitar but jamming with friends is what I like the best. Guitar heroes include Lightnin' Hopkins, John Hurt, Ry Cooder, Leo Kottke, Neil Young, Jimmy Page. I'm living in Oklahoma now - there's wealth of acoustic music styles here. I've been reading the A.G. magazine for years but just recently joined this internet site. It's nice. Lots of good info and stories. Thanks...

DL

Comment by PaDuff on July 18, 2011 at 5:48pm

Hey All, nice to be here. I'm a Jersey Boy moved to Kentucky 6 years ago now it's home. I've been at the guitar for 44yrs on and off, you know how that is. I'm disable and don't walk much and just came off full time RVing, Have many good times under my belt and love to sing and play when I can. I try to remember all the old stuff and just keep at it. I have owned and sold many guitars, after the RVing sold all to buy my new home. I was taking the wife to work one day and at the end of the road was a acoustic in the garbage can right on top, picked it up and took it home, neck was broke at the heel where someone screwed in a strap button(right where it split) so opoxy a clamp and 24hrs later, adjusted the neck and off we go. new saddle, strings and 2 pegs  $5.00. Gibson Talent, made in China. LOL I'm holding it and I setit  up right, she plays. I will one day own the Martin D-28 and play, play,play. Working on my alternate picking needs work, I play a little and tense my wrist,dag nab it. could use some pointers.  I have read all the Oldies post and glad to be a part of it.

 I have a Boss 532 Digital Recorder and a Fender G-Dec just for practice and an  Austin Tele, I'm not into electric music but Blues is fun with the G-dec.

To all I look forward to learning alot here, Strum on, PaDuff 

Comment by Jay P. on July 7, 2011 at 6:49pm

Been lurking on this thread and thought I'd join up and say hi. Been playing a while.....when the oldies were the top ten. Like Michael, I've been posting on other groups. Thought I'd sit in here a spell and enjoy the oldies.

 

Be well all.

 

Jay P.

Comment by Michael T. Swisher on July 5, 2011 at 7:19am

I learned 'Good Morning Blues' by Leadbelly early on. It was the first guitar playing that made me want to play. It was years before I figured out how to do the bass run correctly, but I still have it in my gig set forty-eight years later.

Comment by Jud Hair on July 4, 2011 at 7:27pm

"House of the Rising Sun" (Animals version) is still one of my favorite songs to play. 

Comment by Michael S. Jackson on July 4, 2011 at 12:55pm

Thanks much! I'll look it up. Yup... Shadows of Knight. I never danced at any of the school dances. I was always right up front, stealing licks and learning chords! I think Gloria was the second one I learned, right after "For Your Love" which I learned completely by ear (without watching anyone) and I used the E chord all the way up the neck without barring. I have no idea if that is how it's really done but it worked for me.

But "Gloria" was the first one I really learned all the way through, even though I left the A note off the D chord. I think I then learned "Little Black Egg" by the bass player for the Nightcrawlers (did I read recently where Jeff Beck was a member?). Then "I'm Not Your Stepping Stone" then "Little Red Riding Hood." Somewhere in there came "Satisfaction" and "Paint it Black" but I thought the lyrics were "I have to turn my head so I won't see what shows...".

Bring back memories? I sure have a hard time finding folks who want to play these old gems...

I play "Norwegian Wood in D also." I first learned it by ear in E but it never sounded quite the same until I messed with other chords and settled on D (C, and onward).

Thanks, again, for the info!

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