Drive my guitar

2010-02-11T06:28:00.001-08:00

Headgear of our time: Shower Caps

2009-12-07T05:17:00.000-08:00

At this time, in this world, violence was considered bad manners, it was therefore also comedians were so high in price and usually was a common topic of conversation. Yasmine, like all other women, could accept a shower cap in case it made the world a better, less violent. Scientist Alphonse Baldrich was already sitting at the breakfast table, a powerful construction in oak. Large turquoise glass bowls, baskets with all kinds of bread slices rubbed with a few covers and an open morning. His glasses had slipped down slightly, but the arches rested securely on his round nose that protruded above the mouth, also the somewhat conspicuous remarkable.

The thick fleshy lips and gave it a form that could only be likened to that of actor Chazz Palmateri or the grill of an old Aston Martin, especially when he opened it slightly and let the morning warm breath wafted over the porridge. His daughter, Yasmine was silent on bare feet feet down from the bedroom and almost noiselessly sat down at the other end of the table.
- You Yass, (he called his daughter so ),... read that an escaped gorilla at a zoo in Holland and entered the restaurant. First thought it was a new piece by Henry "I will do anything just my vocabulary is enough to" Schyffert.
Yasmine replied to him, took the silver spoon of porridge. She lifted it, already with great skill, she could keep his hand in under a shower cap so that the spoon reached her lips seekers. This technique meant that she almost sucked the porridge from the spoon. Scientist Alphonse Baldrich had been one of those who put forward a shower cap as a visible mandatory way in society.
The proposal was eventually adopted by a sufficient number of politicians, not without skilful lobbyists in the media, in order to obtain regulatory impact. In brief, it provides that the West must obtain an alternative to headgear that has long been emphasized by the fundamentalist parts of the East. The debate brought with it some side effects - and, new questions.

Headgear would only apply to women? Some feminists believed that his turban was prettier than bicycle helmet.But this was not really a helmet issue.Foremost was that women would wear shower cap every tim they went out of their bed. Yasmine stood up at the table so the orangejuice in glasses vibrated to.
- Where are you going Yass?, "Said Alphonse immediately Baldrich and look up from the newspaper's entertainment pages.
- I stick to Mc Brandenburger Kebab, will meet Johnny Fake. We shall go on trotting.The major races are in town, do not you? Alphonse Baldrich screwed something on it, rustling in the newspaper.
- But you know, that last weekend I was in Halmstad. Saw that the one where comedian Beth-more would have been SEK 180 for one would see him perform at the theater? The hip hopping, monotonously chanting, primitive beetle!
- No, I did not know "said Yasmine and advised to shower cap slightly as she turned to leave the dining room. She knew that Alphonse, her father did not want to talk about shower cap and tried to talk about other things. As she did not know that the Bet was far more advanced both for him and Halland. In Halland wanted to be simple stuff, not åsdant as associate to the big city bustle intellectuals.
- I KNOW, I KNOW ! "Cried Alphonse after her when she was already on the way down the stairs to the house's ground floor.
Yes, perhaps he knew.
Stefan o Krister and that sort of thing. When we went out there was a concern simply DRIVELLER as much as possible once you started digging in my purse. Yasmine walked elegantly down the street to their new Hamsterdam shoes.
As carrier of the Swedish shower cap, she was pretty proud after all. She nodded to a few girlfriends on the street, even they in their happy shower caps. Elisa had one blue.
The transparent "look at the surface", as it was called, seemed slightly larger than her own.
Yasmine was thinking that she must remember to ask at one point, her shower cap actually did the measurements. In front of the Brandenburger Kebab sat Johnny Fake already at a small table in a chair, like everyone else, were screwed to the floor, because they could not be used as weapons.
The Society of mandatory shower cap, entered into an agreement, at least the hope, whether that violence, abuse and jealousy would be reduced.
If the women looked about alike, there would be less strife. In addition, they shopped less. Shower cap was like a school uniform for women, with the difference that it was not just in school.
- Are you ready?, "He said simply and patted her on the amen. They went immediately toward the racetrack, a walk of almost 90 minutes. Fake Johnny wanted to save taxi money for something better, namely the existence of a winning chance in race 5, horse, No 11. (O´l Shithouse) (O'l Shit House)
Yasmine knew after half an hour what it steamed by her breath inside the cap, there was fog on the surface look, but with Johnny's help, it was pretty good anyway. Vid en kiosk stannade han till. At a kiosk, he stopped. He looked investigating the woman in there (Ronja), which also, of course, she was standing in his shower cap and smiled.
- Give me some money, or I pull off your hat! Fake Johnny could have intimidating when he wanted it. Yasmine stod en bit ifrån och hörde inte ordväxlingen. Yasmine was standing away from and did not hear the altercation.Ronja in the kiosk knew that if she was visible, and seen without a hat, for example Uncle Brian, could she be humiliated, the rest of his life, not to mention, that she could never be married to the was planned. She would be married soon and was selected in Jokkmokk. Clear that she was both suspicious and discouraged to the whole,but it had been said to her that he lived at least not in a cave.
Yasmine was still some distance from the kiosk, the nearest street. She was of course an elegant eye-catcher, tall and handsome with their high-heeled shoes of Amsterdam, and at the top, his head a Swedish shower cap of the best quality.A slowly passing car by Skoda distracted her. The music from the car was highly screwed. The car almost bounced a bit on his worn tires. Inside sat August and Yemenito, who nonchalantly smoking his Dromedary-cigarettes. Yasmine knew the music, it was a new hit with Cool Shit House, which recently had a major success at the Hultsfred festival. When the car finally passed, she happened to turn around, and saw right now that Johnny had, it seemed aggressive altercation with the woman in the stall door.
Yasmine woke up and walked boldly forward;
- Why should you yell on her?!
The woman inside the booth seemed anxious and Yasmine said immediately;
- You stop that maccaroniboy! Or I take off my my shower cap! Fake startled, dropped her chin, as they say, but continued to keep a stranglehold on the Ronja the kiosk door.
- I just want her money!, "Said Johnny in the direction of Yasmine.
- Then it will be like this!, Said Yasmine and tore off his shower cap and slapped it in the street. Johnny Fake released slowly, shocked, surprised by all means, the grip on the woman in the kiosk, tumbled himself half up over the papers that lay on the outer disk in front of the door, slid nerårt, pulled a few magazines with them in the case. He was simply screaming;
- NOOOOOO! - NOOOOOO! OH NO! OH NO!Why?! How could you do this to me! Yasmine! EEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeK!! Yasmine! EEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeK!
Yasmine put a shoe on his fallen shower cap and stepped into, screwed the plastic heel of his Hamsterdamsko against smågrusiga sidewalk. Johnny was on his knees in his Dressman Truser and writhing in stomach pain; --
- AAAAArrrGNEEEEEEEEJ. - AAAAArrrGNOOOOOOOO!YOU have massacered Our Future! You are fallen to hell woman!!Byäh! Byäh! And I'm a fallen man who has been misled by the biggest villagewhore! You have blasphemed!You have blasphemed!

An ambulance arrived later and took him, Johnny Fake, the man who knew how a grindstone would be deducted. Yasmine Baldrich, who revolted outside the kiosk, the whole world as it seemed, went home. Her father Alphonse was still sitting at the dining table, this time looking in the newspaper. He noticed that Yasmine sat down at the other end of the table, but a shower cap.
He raised his eyes from the newspaper, he would threaten her with an honorary shower, discreetly within a month conducted by his brother, Svante and his twin sons and Örjan beginning. But before he raised his eyes, he read aloud from the newspaper, clearly tired, so late in the day;
- That Robert Gustafsson, what may be popular, all his well-paid joke goes what will soon put on to dig into their own or other people's underpants. He should fucking work at health care.
- It's because he's well-being fascist, Dad, "said Yasmine straight back at the other end of the table.
-Well being fascist?Percy Nileguaard was well a good example.Have you heard the audience? Good laughs and spontaneous with how bullying humor whatsoever!
- So true, Dad.We've earned it.
Now Alphonse looked up over the edge of the newspaper page;
- What...., Yass. What have you done?
-The right thing. I threw his cap outside the kiosk at Battingstigen.
Alphonse Baldrich dropped the newspaper on the table. With a free hand he took a vingum out of the bowl with afternoon snacks. His bushy eyebrows accenture like equality with Chazz Palminteri. His mouth looked like the grill of an old Aston Martin.
- You, Yazz. Yes, you did the right thing. You did what everyman would have done,he said after the brief hearing the whole story, narrated by his delicate daughter.
But he continued his sermon, however;
- Large locust swarms will be visiting your bed. The walls you built up in your world will crumble, your loved ones are doomed to destruction. In hell, you will cry for help, but will only prayers heard by the false prophets.
- You mean just as it is in this world?
- Yes. preciscly, hahaha. exactly, hahaha. But it is fortunate that we have humor. Can´t you see, shower cap is just a joke. You have seen through it.
Those who do not see through, are the ones who suffer most. You opened your conscience on Battingstigen, for daylight healing power. Fake Johnny is still suffering, he has not seen through.

Weather Comfort

2009-09-03T02:48:00.000-07:00

ANATOLIY SHEVCHENKO'S ARTWORKS
www.shevenko.odessa.ua/eng/festival.htm

I´m gonna contact my secret agent in China

2009-07-23T03:20:00.000-07:00

Från: dejay the pancakes
Datum: 22/7/2009 7:32:40 PM

Till: a@thepancakes.com
(sorry i wrote this email in a hurry, there is no english version this time,it's about a short performance in shenzhen city in china this sunday, incase you cannot understand but want to come, you can ask your friends inshenzhen to translate for you, thanks!)(今次趕時間, 所以沒有繁體版, 自己查字典啦)终于有深圳演出的资料了，星期天可能是比较急，希望大家谅解!《麦兜响当当》电影宣传活动“麦兜响当当——暑期夏令营”日期：7月26日星期日(这个星期天!)时间：共有两场- 4:00pm 深圳宝安港隆城广场正广场- 7:30pm 深圳中信城市广场前广场(详细地址我不太清楚)- 不用门票，不用登记，免费入场- 我的演出很短，如果迟到就不要勉强前来- 两个演出一样，大家有空有兴趣的话欢迎前来，太远或要做功课就不要勉强来了，我相信将来还有机会来深圳演出的 :)- 这次我在广州没有公开演出，希望下次吧 :)谢谢支持!dejaythe pancakes网页：www.thepancakes.com邮购：www.thepancakes.com/mailorder/hongkong.htm网志：http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/the-pancakesmp3：http://www.thepancakes.com/MP3/MP3.htm如果大家不希望再收到我的通讯，请电邮告诉我 :)

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Yngwie Malmsteen i Sverige (1998)

2009-07-07T05:21:00.000-07:00

"Dregen är en falskspelare"

"Gitarrkungen Yngwie Malmsteen sågar nio svenska gitarrister. Och sig själv."

Så är rubriken i Aftonbladets ungdomsbilaga Puls 27 februari 1998. Artikeln är signerad Jörgen Holmstedt.

Ur texten:"Yngwie Malmsteen har världen som arbetsfält, har fått nytt storbolagskontrakt med färska skivan Facing the animal, bor i Florida, känner få i Sverige och skiter i vad andra tycker. Vilket blir extra tydligt när Puls spelar upp tio svenska gitarrister för honom att bedöma - utan att i förväg tala tala om vem det är."

Janne Schaffer sträcker ut sig i instrumentala "Blackan Boogie Blues" från cd:n "Tunga Låtar" (1996).

- Hysteriskt dåligt vibrato. Låter som om han har svaga fingrar. Det här suger hästkuk. Stäng av ber Yngwie.

Peps Persson bluessolar på låten "Säg mej, kvinna" från albumet "Rotblos" (1997).

Efter ett tag suckar Yngwie tungt:

- Vissa är så begåvade att de kan säga något med bara de två toner de kan spela. Men den här snubben har inget som är speciellt. Han borde försöka lära av BB King, kungen av den här bluesgrejen.

Dregen fräser på i första solot på "Collapso nervoso" från Hellacopters-albumet "Paying the dues" (1997).

Yngwie sätter händerna krampaktigt för ansiktet och stönar;

- Å gud, å gud! Det här är den vidrigaste falskspelare jag hört! Fy Fan. Ta bort!.

Per Gessle tar klivet till leadgitarrist i "Stupid" på soloplattan "The world according to Gessle (1997).

Nu ser herr Malmsteen helt nollställd ut, men säger till slut uppgivet;

- Jaha. Så jävla banalt. Hur kan man to att man är gitarrist bara för att man äger en gitarr? Ren skit. I övrigt saknar jag ord.

Ulf Lundell spelar akustiskt på låten "Vind" från skivan "12 sånger" (1984).

- Kan han inte stämma guran åtminstone? En pajas. Det här är ju för fan det värsta jag hört!

Henrik Schyffert i sparsmakat solo i slutet på "Pay for me" från Whale ep:n med samma titel (1995).
- En stackars tondöv människa. Skönt att gitarren är så lågt mixad i alla fall.

Alex Hellid, Ulf Cederlund och möjligen även Nicke Andersson vräker på i dödsmetallspåret "Forsaken" från Entombed-samlingen "Entombed (1996).

Yngwie skakar oförstående på huvudet. - Fy fan....Jag beskrivs ibland som någon som bara spelar fort och utan känsla. Vad är i så fall detta? Dravel utan substans.

Sami Sirviö solar "Om du var här", från Kent cd:n "Isola" (1997).

- Så meningslöst. Så totalt meningslöst. Han säger ju för fan ingenting med detta.

Mats Persson blir extra rockig i "Det är över nu" på Gyllene Tider-liven "Återtåget" (1997).

Yngwie ler matt och överseende.: - Det finns folk som frågar sig vad det är för mening med gitarrsolon. Och det undrar jag också när jag hör sådan här ren och skär dynga.

Yngwie Malmsteen, 16 år, i egna demoloåten "Merlin´s castle" (1978). En överraskad gitarrhjälte rycker till i hotellsoffan.:

- Åh fy faaan! Han ruskar på huvudet och och skrattar roat.
- Så jävla mycket Blackmore! det här är ju urdåligt, hahaha! Vilket ruttet lir. Längesedan jag hörde detta. Hör, solot bara fortsätter och fortsätter i evighet..
- Men va fan, jag var bara en snorvalp på 15-16 då, hur erfarna är alla de här svenska människorna jag lyssnat på?

När Yngwie får veta vilka sologitarristerna han just sågat är, konstaterar han lugnt:

- Jaha, Schaffer var minst dålig. Men det mesta var så omusikaliskt att det var svårt att kommentera. Men Yngwie menar att att varken Lundell, Gessle, Peps eller någon av de övriga behöver misströsta, än finns det hopp. Alla kan vara med i Yngwie Malmsteens gitarrskola som startar i dagens Puls och fortsätter i sju delar till.

Som visar sig sedan i fortsättningen visar vara ett litet foto på en hand som trycker ett vanligt ackord.
Den mest komprimerade "gitarrskola" som jag sett på svenska!
Lycka till grappar!

Latest news from THE PANCAKES

2009-06-06T03:41:00.000-07:00

大家好，能夠克服懶惰發出這個第二期通訊，我真的很感動。無論你是否自願加入這個mailing list，歡迎你！（非自願 = 我把你的電郵加到這個mailing list, 是因為你從前曾經寫過電郵給我，但畢竟已經過了那麼多年，所以如果你不想再收到我的消息，請告訴我，我會立即把你的地址拿走，還有那些double收到的, 也請告訴我，我會立即處理，如果煩到大家，請見諒!）這個mailing list在不斷擴大中，我從舊電郵中找到大家的地址（也有新的聽眾看到blog後報名加入），我用了很多時間逐一打開舊電郵和copy and paste那些地址（差不多二千個!），每次一開始做就停不了，由於沒有實行一些對眼睛有益的措施例如每隔幾分鐘看看綠色植物，所以近視也加深了（不要以為只會在發育期間近視才會加深），而且我有時候不小心左右隱形眼鏡掉亂了戴（左右度數差不多，怎戴都好像怪怪地），所以看東西常常都很朦...還有謝謝回應我上一個通訊的聽眾們，由於有太多鼓勵的電郵(差不多有100個!) 所以除了回覆了有問問題的電郵，其他都沒有回覆，在此一次過說聲謝謝，我收到你們的電郵很開心呢。六月份我有以下演出：1. the pancakes in kobe, japan@Miniskirt Pop Party Vol. 3date: 27.6.2009, saturdaytime: open: 6:30pm / start: 7:00pmtickets: adv: 1700yen (+ drink) / door: 1900yen (+ drink)venue: Helluva LoungeLamoule Tor Bldg. B13-1-18, Shimoyamate-dori, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Japanother bands: Eel (from Osaka), Delfloria (from Osaka) , Miniskirt (fromGermany, Japan), Secret band from Spaghetti Vabune! (from Kobe)(thanks to Edgar from Miniskirt!)2. the pancakes x 古箏@仲樂同樂 — 箏音樂系列古箏音樂會(i will play 4 songswith them)date: 30.6.2009, tuesdaytime: 8:00pmvenue: 中環香港大會堂劇院tickets: $180 ; $160details:http://urbtix.cityline.com.hk/internet/action/event.do?actionFwd=eventDetail&event=8716謝謝支持!p.s. 我近來很喜歡看星期日晚無線台做的“狐狸小姐你想點” XDdejaythe pancakes網頁：www.thepancakes.com郵購：www.thepancakes.com/mailorder/hongkong.htm網誌：http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/the-pancakesmp3：http://www.thepancakes.com/MP3/MP3.htm 如果大家不希望再收到我的通訊，請電郵告訴我，我是不會收取消費的 :Dhallo! i feel so great that i could overcome the laziness and sent out thissecond newsletter. whether you chose to join this mailing list or not, welcome!（did not choose = i have added your email addresses to this mailing listbecause you have sent me emails in the past. after all, it's been such along time since you sent me the emails, in case you don't want to receive mynews anymore, please let me know, and i will delete your email address atonce. and for those who received this newsletter twice, please also let meknow and i will amend at once. if i've bothered you this time, pleaseunderstand and forgive me!this mailing list is getting bigger. i found your email addresses in my oldemails（and there are listeners who subscribed after reading my blog）. ispent a lot of time opening the old emails and copied & pasted thoseaddresses（almost two thousand of them!）, every time i started working onit i could not stop. as i didn't take any measures to protect my eyes, e.g.looking at green plants every several minutes, my short-sightedness hasworsened （don't think that short-sightedness only worsens at adolescenceperiod）, and sometimes i mix the left and right contact lens by mistake(the left and right dioptres / degrees are so similar that now no matter howi wear the lens i still feel strange), so i often have blurred sight thesedays...and i would like to thank those who replied to my last newsletter. as i gottoo many encouraging emails (almost 100!), i replied only to those whoraised questions. for those who did not (and also those who did) receive myreply, i would like to say thank you! i feel happy to receive your emails.in june i have the following performances：1. the pancakes in kobe, japan@Miniskirt Pop Party Vol. 3date: 27.6.2009, saturdaytime: open: 6:30pm / start: 7:00pmtickets: adv: 1700yen (+ drink) / door: 1900yen (+ drink)venue: Helluva LoungeLamoule Tor Bldg. B13-1-18, Shimoyamate-dori, Chuo-ku, Kobeother bands: Eel (from Osaka), Delfloria (from Osaka) , Miniskirt (fromGermany, Japan), Secret band from Spaghetti Vabune! (from Kobe)(thanks to Edgar from Miniskirt!)2. the pancakes x the chinese instrument "Zheng"@Zheng Recital II by HongKong Professional Zheng Ensemble (i will play 4 songs with them)date: 30.6.2009, tuesdaytime: 8:00pmvenue: Theatre, Hong Kong City Hall, Central, HONG KONGtickets: $180 ; $160details:http://urbtix.cityline.com.hk/internet/action/event.do?actionFwd=eventDetail&event=8716Thank you for your support!p.s. recently i enjoy very much watching “Ms Fox, what do you want” on TVBjade sunday nights XDdejaythe pancakeswebsite：www.thepancakes.commail order：www.thepancakes.com/mailorder/hongkong.htmblog：http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/the-pancakes (in chinese only)mp3：http://www.thepancakes.com/MP3/MP3.htm if you don't want to receive news from me anymore, please email me. i won'tcharge you any cancellation fee :D

Wonder Kids...

2009-04-24T09:07:00.000-07:00

"Guitar Kids ClassesGreat introduction to the guitar for ages 3yrs-8yrs. Guitar Kids classes will run 10 weeks, each class being 45 minutes long. Classes will be split up into groups of no more than 5 children. Rockin’ Guitar Kids will be children from 3-5yrs or older beginners. Rollin’ Guitar Kids will be 6-8yrs or younger advanced players. Classes will be designed to transition students from the guitar as a toy to a musical instrument, keeping their interest and enthusiasm at the same time. They’ll strum along with their teacher to open and close the class, work on very basic guitar theory and each week will be introduced to a great player (Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and Chet Atkins to name a few). There will be a short performance at the end of each session."

www.wekidsrock.com/lessons.html

....This is the American Dream?

My favorite Artist´s of this particular day

2009-03-27T11:02:00.000-07:00

They have seen them.
www.ratherbepainting.com/

Is it possible to build your own guitar?

2009-03-27T10:57:00.000-07:00

Yes, here we have some genius who did it!
Wonderful model in dark chocolate.
thedailydairy.com/2008/02/lego-guitar/

Records you´ve missed

2009-03-20T12:50:00.000-07:00

As a matter of fact I´ve never heard of them.

Until now.

How could I have missed

PAT CUPP and THE FLYING SAUCERS ?

www.eltororecords.com/english/releases/index.html

LING KAI

2009-03-13T07:37:00.000-07:00

Live on the Esplanade stage, Singapore, Jan 10th 2009
www.lingkaimusic.com/news.php

Personal Question...

2009-03-13T07:29:00.000-07:00

...are you really in the bedroom playing your exercises?
Are ready for BEYOND?
www.beyondbedroomguitar.com/index2.html

Hey! That´s the wrong sitting position!

2009-03-06T09:31:00.000-08:00

Wonderful picture

www.huckmagazine.com/blog/kaki-king/

CHIP´S n´GUITAR

2009-03-06T09:10:00.000-08:00

Sometimes you shall study in smaller groups.

from

www.fawbush.org/guitar_hero.html

Small Wonder

2009-01-30T10:16:00.000-08:00

I´ve only seen these guitars on pictures...
"Jocelyn Nelson soloed on Renaissanceguitar with Bouffons and Conte clare, from Guillaume Morlaye’s Premier Livre."

www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~lsa/old/Cleveland2006/P...

No radio, no TV, no electric light.........no cars, no airplanes, no computers.......
The grass was maybe more green. Go away Beavis&Butthead, go away from my window.

.... BUZZIN PLAYERS

2009-01-23T03:14:00.000-08:00

More (CBS Radio Station)

www.buzz103.com/pages/123260.php

EVERYTHING´S MOVING TOO FAST

2009-01-07T03:45:00.000-08:00

...Is one of the tunes on the double disc, ROOTS OF ROCK AND ROLL(the picture has not directly to do with the discs...), performed by Peggy Lee with band. Like the other recordings here, they are from the late forties, still also the days of radio. Absolutely not video. Happy days o no... MTV.

Mix of styles; always a bit swingy, morely than the most pure vintage blues moaning Some tunes got even larger reputation later fx through Elvis Presley (That´s allright mama - Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, Good Rockin Tonight - Wynonie Harris) ), Gene Vincent (Rocky Road Blues - Bill Monroe), the Rolling Stones (Route 66 - Nat King Cole, Down the road apiece - Amos Milburn), Fats Domino (Blueberry Hill - Gene Autrey).
And of course, Guitar Boogie (1945) by Arthur Smith is probably one of the most imitated popular music plectrum guitar solos ever. I mean the 12 first bars ...
Oh yeah, gosh, twin beepers, holy cow... I forget, that was before the later, poor, Smoke on the Water - riff.
Otherwise, Arthur surely was inspired by all the pianoboogie, well known earlier. Boogie-titles were common these days.

disc one
Caldonia - LOUIS JORDAN 1945
Hillybilly Boogie - DELOMORE BROTHERS 1946
Chicken Sack Boogie - AMOS MILBURN 1947
I want my Fanny Brown - WYNONIE HARRIS 1948
Red Hot blues - T.J.FOWLER 1948
Dog House Boogie - HAWKSHAW HAWKINS 1948
Roy Brown Boogie - ROY BROWN 1947
Rocky Road Blues - BILL MONROE 1946
Milton´s Boogie - 1945
Guitar Boogie - ARTHUR SMITH 1945
Down in the Groovy - LONNIE LYONS 1948
Drinkin wine Spoo-Dee-O-Dee - STICKS MCGHEE 1947
Barnyard Boogie - LOUIS JORDAN 1947
My buckets got a hole in it - TEXAS TYLER 1947
Beef Stew - HAL SINGER 1948
49 Women - PEE WEE KING 1947
The Honeydripper - JOE LIGGINS 1945
Blueberry Hill - GENE AUTREY 1940
Move it on over - HANK WILLIAMS 1947
E Ramble - BIG JIM DE NOONE 1947
Route 66 - NAT KING COLE 1946
47th Jive - JUNE RICHMOND WITH ANDY KIRK 1941
The Washboard special - JIMYY LIGGINS 1947
This Train - SISTER ROSETTA THORPE 1947

disc two
Good Rockin Tonight - WYNONIE HARRIS 1947
Oakie Boogie - JOHNNIE TYLER 1947
Choo Choo Ch´Boogie - LOUIS JORDAN 1946
Smoke!Smoke!Smoke! - TEX WILLIAMS 1947
The Twister - PAUL WILLIAMS 1948
That´s All Right - ARTHUR CRUDUP 1946
Hole in the wall tonight - ALBINIA JONES 1948
Down the road apiece - AMOS MILBURN 1946
Everything´s movin to fast - PEGGY LEE 1946
Bartender Boogie - JACK MCVEA 1945
Your hands ain´t clean - PAUL GAYTEN 1947
Boogie Woogie Baby - DELMORE BROTHERS 1946
Here´s a little girl - BLUE LU BARKER 1948
T-Bone Boogie - T-BONE WALKER 1945
Shoot the Moon - MOON MULLIGAN 1946
Cow Cow Boogie - ELLA MAC MORSE WITH FREDDIE STACK 1942
Boogie Woogie on a Saturday Night - FIVE RED CAPS 1942
Be-Baba-Ueba - HELEN HUMES 1946
Cincinnatti Lou - MERLE TRAVIS 1943
Hamp´s Boogie Woogie - LIONEL HAMPTON 1943
Mama don´t allow - JULIA LEE 1947
Oklahoma Stomp - SPADE COOLEY 1946
Ten Gallon Boogie - PEE WEE KING 1947
Big Fat Mama - ROY MILTON 1947

Some of that mentioned swing was represented on the early (sixties) albums by the Rolling Stones, the takes with guitarist Brian Jones are among them I like the most.
Now we live 2009. It´s fantastic.

Who Had the Map ?

2008-12-05T06:36:00.000-08:00

Is everything in the bag? This pic (and the astonishingly fantastic story) from mid-eighties show how complicated it can be,... me on the left and the multi-man, mr Fiffy Leif Icebring on the right.

Observe three cans of pea-soup in front of the map, an good idea from the military service, their thursday battles. (On the left also the Zoegas-Coffe, loved by swedish southerners.) On this special occasion the coconuts unfortunately were forgotten outside picture.The Ibanez-electric, this was the copy with specially nice soft-jazzy-funky qualities, which was later unfortunately sold to the Colombian, who gave me an offer.

The Roland Cube is still in use, one kick and it work. In the middle there is an arabic lute, owned by my busyness companion, Ud (which mean “out” in danish), I´m not sure of the english spelling. And mine, the Ovation-guitar behind the lute has been more in the pawn shop, than home.One late night in wintertime we had to borrow a car for the exclusive gig next day, in the great town Falkenberg.(It was an arrangement for Kids, sponsored by CitizenSchool).

It was a yellow Vauxhall (it´s true, they were still seen in Halmstad then, like Cuba). We got in the car, after the cleaning off the windscreens, free from ice and snow. The key now did not fit, to start the engine. After checked up the problem with the owner of the car, one of mr Fiffy Leif Icebrings three brothers, Lars, we understood; it was the wrong car! Amazingly there was another yellow Vauxhall on the parking lot!

This time we got away (it is still magic how we got in the first car with the key…, maybe snappy fingers…), but, ….we soon found out, ....there was not enough gasoline,... we hade the stop already merely, just dangerously,... far out ...of hometown. From there no one could hear us scream !It was minus 15 at least and sky was full of stars. We had to pick out so much luggage from the car as possible, and walk through the woods. Lucky for us, it was not too.... many kilometers, just good for the focus for the next day.

This will learn you; before touring in a team; take only the most important with you, Coconuts, the Pea-Soup and maybe pack (500 grams) of Coffe,... it´s about survival, in the desert, you don´t know when you meet civilisation again.Instruments? Too much trouble. The audience won´t hardly see or hear the diffrence, you can whistle and jump around naked for an hour and get paid, and they will bemore happy than ever!Good laughs lenghthens any life, it´s good news, even for your competitors.

Mr Fiffys Touring Equipment of Today: http://www.allistrio.com/

from DMG july 2006

How sensitive are (male) guitar players ?

2008-11-02T05:40:00.000-08:00

Don´t worry. It´s normal.

LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD

2008-09-21T04:50:00.000-07:00

(Previously published on DMG: Sunday, November 20, 2005)

Little Red Riding Hood

"One upon a time there was a little girl who lived in a village. She was only six years of age and such a nice little girl. Her grandmother was very fond of her and made her a little red cloak with a hood. So everybody called her Little Red Riding Hood.
One day when her mother was baking, she said," I hear your poor grandmother is ill in bed. Go across the forest and see how she is, and take her this cake and a pot of butter."
Little Red Riding Hood was pleased to go. So she took the basket with the cake and butter on her arm, and went off. While she was in the forest, a little salesman with a guitarcase came along the road.
"Good morning, Red Riding Hood", said the little salesman, "where are you going?"
Now Red Riding Hood did not know that it is dangerous to stop and speak to small guitar players, specially if they also were salesmen. So she said: "I´m going to see grandmother and I am taking her a cake and a pot of butter".
"Where does your grandmother live?" said the tiny guitarplayersalesman.
"On a cottage at the end of the forest", said Red Riding Hood. "Well, good morning!", said the little man. Red Riding Hood stopped to pick some flowers for her grandmother, and the little salesman with the guitarcase went away. As soon as he was out of her sight, he ran away to the old womans cottage, and knocked at the door. As a matter of fact, it was a little cottage, like a dolls house.
"Who´s there?", said the old woman in a weak voice.
"Little Red Riding Hood," said the little salesman, imitating a little girl´s voice.
"Mother sends you a little cake and a pot of butter."
"Lift up the latch and walk in Robert Bedford, I know you," said the grandmother; "I´m still in bed and can´t come to the door."
So the salesman lifted the latch and ran in with a cheap guitar he maybe would sell to the poor old grandmother in a suitable moment later in the evening. He hanged up his guitar around the neck and began to sing;
"Love me Tender, Love me Sweet".....before he got on his own nightcap, got into the warm bed , and pulled up the bedclothes. They were waiting. It was almost dark when Red Riding Hood came and knocked at the door of the litte cottage.
"Who´s there?", said Robert, imitating the grandmothers voice just for fun.
"Little Red Riding Hood. Mother sends you a cake and a pot of butter".
"Lift up the latch and join in!", said Robert, but Red Riding Hood couldn´t enter, the door was to small. Robert Bedford, the tiny little guitar salesman, had escaped from the guitar toy museum. He was famous and couldn´t understand why the woman outside wouldn´t gaze him. http://www.metalriffs.com/museum/
"How hoarse you are Red Riding Hood!", said Grandmother.
"That´s maybe because I´ve got a cold in the forest Granny" said Red Riding Hood.
"It´s getting late, so you must undress and come to bed."shouted Robert Bedford more reminding.
"I can´t ", said Red Riding Hood. When she looked in through a little window she saw two people under the sheet, with nightcaps."What a friend you´ve got Granny!", she said.
"All the better to play with, my dear!", said Grandmother. Red Riding Hood began to laugh.

"But, Red Hiding Hood, what great teeth you´ve got!", said Grandmother.
"All the better to eat cake with my dear!, said Red Riding Hood and pushed in some cake through the door, enough too feed them for at least two months.

Doing the absolutely right thing

2008-08-29T05:43:00.001-07:00

"I've been learning bass guitar after work so I can jam with the fellas!"

www.sketcherdoodle.com/2008/04/bass-guitar.html

Check up this Noize -it entertainly good

2008-08-29T05:43:00.000-07:00

www.guitarnoize.com/category/cool-guitars/P20/

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HEAVY SITE

2008-08-21T08:17:00.003-07:00

http://www.gibson.com/

Red Smooothie...

2008-08-21T08:17:00.002-07:00

www.premierguitar.com/gear/Amps.aspx
...and a little yellow one is found here:
("guitar in the museo de antropologia, mexico city")
flickr.com/photos/60108268@N00/2098338962

Modern Colombian Guitars ?

2008-08-21T08:17:00.001-07:00

"Parades, a guitar craftsman in Colombia, has turned weapons into guitars."

www.blavish.com/luxury/artsy-fartsy/page/2/

AND THE GIANT SPOILED EVERYTHING

2008-08-09T02:14:00.000-07:00

bullyscomics.blogspot.com/2007_01_01_archive.html

More Bass Talk

2008-08-08T04:13:00.000-07:00

Yeah, Super-bass....mostly boys,
girls a r e welcome too....

forum.muzikant.org/.../index.php/t13355.html

(Russian style)

www.tdpri.com/.../101836-51-ri-p-bass.html

(Telecaster oriented)

By the time....African Guitar

2008-08-07T04:26:00.000-07:00

Now also on paper...

Check up these catalogues...

It´s not an order...

www.guitar-directory.com/english/cadres-centr...

www.timbuktunes.com/cd/cd-list.php?type=artis...

www.jamati.com/.../

Some musical roots are found in Africa..., even for ya cheap england-style whiteman punk furniture band.

BIG NEWs FROM The BIG WORLD for Our Small Local RadioHeads

2008-08-06T04:21:00.000-07:00

Quadruple-Necked Guitar Requires Four Times the Heroism

http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/04/index.html

Eliot Van Buskirk

More crybaby examples from this massive site

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Just recycling ...the world and wordz of...

2008-08-03T04:22:00.000-07:00

...BRAZIL POWER

(september 2006)

http://drivemyguitar.blogspot.com/2006/09/brazilpower.html

...CHINA CALLING

(june 2006)

http://drivemyguitar.blogspot.com/2006/06/china-calling.html

and if this is not enough baybee, try

...GREENLAND

(premiere here on DMG)

http://www.greenland.com/content/english/tourist/culture/greenlandic_music

http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/6759537/a/Inuit:+55+Historical+Recordings:+Traditional+Music+From+Greenland+(1905-1987)..htm

one summer-reprise: SOUND EFFECTS

2008-07-30T04:29:00.000-07:00

It´s hot outdoors, and I really don´t have the time....

http://drivemyguitar.blogspot.com/2006/11/today-sound-effects.html

Here we have somethin´extraspecial

2008-07-21T07:31:00.000-07:00

brazilinfluences on the floor?...

...and

the sonicguitar?....

+ much more on

pulpandcircumstance.blogspot.com/2007_09_01_a...

PULP AND CIRCUMSTANCE, JUICED
WE´LL MOSTLY DISCUSS MUSIC. SOUND

With JENNA WOLF

The Hello Kitty Method

2008-07-14T07:13:00.000-07:00

Some useful information is available on;
www.fenderplayersclub.com/home/hello_kitty.htm
To begin with........why not?

As I said about eighthundredtwentythree times,
good bass players can be the king or queen of any group.

Extra Outfit

2008-07-14T07:07:00.000-07:00

www.coolfer.com/blog/archives/new_york_city/

Down on the corner

2008-07-09T08:10:00.000-07:00

www.biscottiland.com/TO_updates/3_tu.html

This a suitable style if you don´t really like to play on streets.

They even pay you more - happy customers are good customers.

ani di franco

2008-07-09T07:52:00.000-07:00

eye and ear witnezzeez tells you more from space:

http://www.seattlesoundmag.com/2008/05/ani-difranco-takes-over-the-moore/

www.vvillovv.com/blog/

Who can´t resist?

2008-07-08T06:42:00.001-07:00

I like the idea anyway. The chord? Normal tuning?

more on
travisthornton.net/

Who can resist?

2008-07-08T06:32:00.000-07:00

"Teardrops on my guitar"
I want to be the guitar.
But you don´t have to put your fingers around my neck so hard.

video around the corner;

delyrics.net/taylor-swift-teardrops-on-my-guitar/

Time to go to the VINYL-BASAR

2008-07-08T06:27:00.000-07:00

Catalogue of interest for any musicfreak willing to step back a few decades.

www.vinyl-basar.de/catalog/index.php?cPath=64

Time to mention Giuliani

2008-07-08T06:22:00.000-07:00

Mauro Giuliani - One of the great classical guitar pioneers.
Much more on this blog
russellmcneil.blogspot.com/2007_08_01_archive...

Important&Interesting Catalogue

2008-07-02T03:43:00.002-07:00

...of the early Jazz&Blues pioneers in the U.S.A.

Yazoo Records has been founded in New York in 1967 by Nick Perls (†) (Sister label: Blue Goose Records). In 1987 the label has been bought by Shanachie Records, who keep the spirit alive by issueing a great part of the Yazoo catalogue on CD.

www.wirz.de/music/yazoo.htm

Not only guitarist mentioned, A N D, of course there where players before the recording industry.

A N D guitar culture was not basically born in the U.S.A.

- but the hot pot for for Jazz&Blues with strings of steel

A N D....

Flying Guitar ...

2008-07-02T03:43:00.001-07:00

...I like the picture, the colours!

A new website about the song "Moving to Berlin" by the bandHugh Featherstone & a panel of expertsfrom their live CD "Live at the Chapel"

www.movingtoberlin.de/

Think Fast When It´s Comin´

2008-06-27T03:45:00.000-07:00

“The guitarbike has been on the road since 1981. Holds the world record as the fastest guitar on 2 wheels”

www.guitarbike.com/Rays_News.htm

Think big; ... Helium Style

2008-06-23T05:11:00.000-07:00

"Hitting higher notes with my new helium guitar"
www.flickr.com/photos/tnalawton/1570394523/

more styles on
http://hvemsida.blogspot.com

Midsummer´s entertainment of this year

2008-06-19T03:11:00.000-07:00

for live performance, check-up:

http://images.meez.com/user/4/9/8/0/4/6/7/4980467_bodyshot_300x400.gif

iT´S MORE INTERESTING with many STRINGS

2008-06-12T02:44:00.002-07:00

www.croatianhistory.net/etf/austria.html

...or fretboards

2008-06-12T02:44:00.001-07:00

OK, let it Happen

2008-06-07T02:34:00.002-07:00

Air Guitar has almost been forbidden on DMG,
but,... it´s been so hot, too hot, outdoors, I can´t think clearly.
Yesterday Sweden had the highest temperatures in Europe.
Moving the arms may be refreshing, like home made air-condition.

Popular Instrument

2008-06-07T02:34:00.001-07:00

In this case we have a type of Air Guitar Wedding
www.oracleband.net/Site_map.

Modern Times I Think

2008-05-28T07:21:00.001-07:00

Night life....without words.

2008-05-15T04:01:00.000-07:00

http://www.luc.edu/depts/history/dennis/Visual_Arts/page_Post-Imp.htm

Look-a-here ! Digital Karma.

2008-05-12T04:39:00.000-07:00

Alternatives in the media reports...(football),
about an particular situation.

In the 110th minute of the 2006 World Cup final against Italy, Zidane was sent off for headbutting Marco Materazzi in the chest in an off the ball incident. The two players exchanged words before Zidane began to walk away from him. Materazzi then said something to Zidane, who turned around, made a run-up and head-butted Materazzi in the chest, sending him to the ground.
These are some points of view about this subject :

http://www.digital-karma.org/art/photography/funny

Singapore Butterfly

2008-05-10T01:51:00.000-07:00

www.asiahardrock.com/ASingapore.htm

Influence

2008-05-07T01:14:00.000-07:00

Chinese Guitar...
http://www.philmultic.com/
http://www.myspace.com/liufang

Been interested of the crossovers East/West in music for a long time.
Of course I know about the African influence.
If ya don´t know about these things, and live in western Europe; ya probably like mostly Germanisch music?
I mentioned the East/West case, for example, on this blog october 2005.
http://drivemyguitar.blogspot.com/2005/10/east-west-case.html

Valerie Duchateau

2008-04-04T03:17:00.001-07:00

http://www.karimbenamor.com/page/index.asp?NID=490/Valerie-Duchateau.asp

Inventor of Power Chord (s)?

2008-04-03T09:49:00.000-07:00

(Putin and)

Professor Valdimir Kvint

- is he the inventor of what we in Sweden call Kvintgreppet ?

If you use A5 A5 G5 G5 A5 G5 A5, you can swing (and sing!)

What Shall we do with the Drunken sailor

the Real thing...., before and TODAY.

2008-03-25T11:36:00.002-07:00

pic from

shop.missmisa.com/Women-Guitar_Angel_Wing_T_S...

the Real Thing....BEFORE.

2008-03-25T11:36:00.001-07:00

Of course I´m totally wrong.

As always.

No ways, of return.

Road Map,....to the top of your world.

2008-03-19T08:30:00.000-07:00

Sahara Hotnights are mentioned at Drive My Guitar earlier:
february 2006.
By the way. I did it my way. Nothing to pay. I never sit on the dock of the bay.
I never studied the books of Mel Bay.

Feel safe in the case

2008-03-13T08:04:00.001-07:00

Coffin Case - these kind of pictures are forbidden at Drive my Guitar.
The Guitar is to nasty, and the case to reminding, frightening.
Some people say that they can see a girl here, .....for me invisible!
Thats because I have garlic and onion hangin on my computer.
Talk with your guitardoctor about this really hard case.
Would it really be suitable?
More:
www.omegamusic.nl/coffin.html

Beneath: Dick Dietrick, possible marketman for COFFIN CASE.

He gave the ordinary american an voice in TV, the most important face since Alfred E.Neuman.

Garbage and guitar, at last...

2008-03-12T08:50:00.000-07:00

www.junkyardsymphony.com/shows.html

Feel like home.

History of guitar in Spain.....

2008-03-09T11:31:00.001-07:00

http://www.linguatics.com/guitar.htm

It must be in some Disneyland ?

2008-02-27T07:21:00.000-08:00

Outside the big guitarstore.

http://amisimms.com/matrtote.html

But, those balls?

Hmm, Wall Street....it´s BALL STREET !

Why keeping in shape ?

2008-02-22T09:33:00.000-08:00

Must guitarplayers do it too? Isn´t it enough lifting a hamburger?

Yes, once I laughed when I saw the pianoplayer´s struggles.

Not any more. They are principly right, as always.

Look at Yngwie, he´s ready for Beach Watch.

I´m sorry I don´t know this source, or any names, it´s only a photo-copy.

Good luck Jerry Lee, by the way.

Once again. TWO HEADS ARE BETTER THAN ONE

2008-02-13T08:04:00.000-08:00

The famous film "The Deer Hunter" included some good PR for the guitar. Not everybody knew about the recording of the theme. Mostly classical guitar freaks thought that it was purely sologuitar...

Guitar Player Magazine told the truth.

This is already many years ago, but I still say; The future for the accoustic/classical is at it´s best, in a duo....

It´s entertaining.

RECYCLING THROUGH RE-MASTERING

2008-01-06T10:44:00.000-08:00

project Almeida Club 1998

Just before christmas I happily had the possibility to remaster some takes digitally. First of all I got up the output level, and besides that the dynamics appeared better. I heard directly that details and intensions in my own playing is more "visible".

Project "Bonnajazz"
1 My Baby Left Me
2 Georgia Railroad
3 Bloodhound Blues
4 Over the Waterfall
5 Bricks in my pillow
6 Two hundred meters (more)
7 Blues ain´t dry
8 I serve a worthy lady
9 Going to jail
10 Nine pound hammer
11 To Glastonbury (-96?)
12 Brainstormville
13 Rollin in my sweet baby´s arms
14 Reckless blues
15 Sugar foot blues
16 Which side are you on?
17 502-blues (-92)
18 502-blues (-84)
19 Utan slut (-84)
20 Något Afrikanskt? (-84)

Most recordings in this project were originally made around 2000-2001, except those with other years mentioned.
Routine of practical work at sessions: 35 % coffedrinking, and shit-talking, 20% rest, 1% hard exercise.
(Wages earned: Zero)

Staff:
Mikael Mallat
spanish nylon/or twelvestring accoustic guitars,
and arrangements, so far there were any
Lars Isebring
steelstring accoustic guitar
Stefan Isebring
maccaroni packet drums

Project

"ALMEIDA CLUB"
1 She´s a Woo-man
2 Autumn in Rio
3 Recado
4 La ultima noche
5 Aqua de beber
6 Samba dees days
7 Invitation
8 Desafinado
9 Manha do carneval
10 Brazil
11 Vem viver a meu lado
12 O´Cangaceiro
13 Quien sera
14 How insensitive

This is the Latinpot ...Originally recorded in june 1998, the last takes on the same day, which gave mig big headache. This is a low-budget miracle, the backgrounds (during the live recording session on usual cassette-tape!) work surprisingly well after digital re-mastering (dec. 2007).

Staff, (on picture, 1998);
Mikael Mallat
guitars, keyboard, rhythm programming,
arrangements
Anders Kovac
Fender bass
Mats Himmelvid
bongodrums

About these two particular projects, for me; it was worth it then, but even more today.

What?

2007-12-12T02:10:00.000-08:00

Peace Sign ...

2007-11-02T06:03:00.000-07:00

The Adelaide International Guitar Festival is presented and produced by Adelaide Festival Centre with proud support from the South Australian Government and the South Australian Tourism Commission, the Adelaide International Guitar Festival is an important new music festival that will sit firmly in music-lovers calendars as an annual event not to be missed.
Stay In TouchSend MA ProgramMedia Zone - Security Clearance RequiredFestival

http://adelaideguitarfestival.com.au

Bad Sign....

2007-10-07T05:18:00.000-07:00

Spain: BOLERO GOYESCO

2007-09-22T02:11:00.000-07:00

The scale here is worth it..., is it Spain or.... maybe Greece?

Turkey? Depends of the background.

More folkmusictabs on my dear neighbour

http://drtaboola.blogspot.com/

Why visit Hylte?

2007-08-19T02:21:00.000-07:00

...

http://hvemsida.blogspot.com/

(Laholm)

http://zagolandet.blogspot.com/

(Oskarström)

Sketch of...(6)

2007-07-16T05:21:00.000-07:00

Summertime Blues (Cochran&Capeheart 1958)

This key is not the most popular among guitarplayers, "begin with an B major chord please...". "No thank you".

But it can have interesting solutions in the upper melodyline. In this case it gives room to play both melody and bass properly at the same time..., still with some realistic connection to the original.

But, of course, this punky rock´n roll classic is at it´s best in the band. This is not the typical twelve bar boogie/blues, it have other ingredients too.

Sketch of...(5)

2007-07-16T04:45:00.000-07:00

Boom Boom (John Lee Hooker 1962)

This piece have, to be one of his tunes, relatively much movement in the bass. Often John Lee Hooker on his early recordings went back to an more primitive bluestradition. Almost directly talkin to the listener, while foot tappin on the floor and it could be planted on using only one chord or bassriff (vamp)

When I saw my sketch completed, it visually, without the real close-up, reminded me of, the many times typical structure in a piece of the great Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757). Two voices move around, it´s often enough..., for anything.

From John Lee´s lyrics;

Boom, boom,boom, --

gonna shot you right down,--

Take you in my arms, --

I´m in love with you, --

I like the way walk, --

I like the way you talk, --

When you walk that walk, --

And you talk that talk, --

You knock me out, --

Right off my feet

Sketch of...(4)

2007-07-16T04:16:00.000-07:00

Little Queenie (Chuck Berry 1959)

He was called the "big big daddy of them all" , in the speakers presentation before the live concert recording at Fillmore East, San Fransisco (?), already nearly forty years ago... As a mother of fact, specially, many of the Rolling Stones´ covers didn´t reduce the boogie. Shortly, in the lyrics of Little Queenie I find;

"There she is again,

standin´over the record machine, ---

lookin´like a model

on the the cover of a magazine, ---

She´s too cute

to be a minute over seventeen"

For sure, these were not chosen words by Bing Crosby.

Sketch of...(3)

2007-07-16T02:37:00.002-07:00

Reckless Blues (Bessie Smith 1925)

A few years ago I did some testing, writing in suitable computer programmes. The possibilities are amazing, but these days I´m back writing with an ordinary ball-point pen,,,I like it too, ...but those who overcome shall see.

One problem was that computers spread the information to many pages, which often is unpractical. Specially if tablature also is in demand.I don´t really like books or magazines when the simplest musical idea need four pages.

If you work in computerprogramme it also takes time to do the adjustments, so far they are possible.

If you more and more go directly to the computerprogrammes own sounds, ...you have a new instrument

Of course it depends of what kind of music. and in what function, you work with BUT : It´s worth to remember that basically music in all traditions have survived without computers. What´s the secret? Maybe the human being?

In this sketch the vocal melody line is afterwards marked with colour. Originally the sketch was written by hand.

Sketch of...(2)

2007-07-16T02:37:00.001-07:00

So Glad You´re Mine (Arthur Crudup 1958)

Many times I first heard ElvisPresley´s coverversion, from some of his early LP:s. My fast food sketch is probably from the 1990:ties.

Sketch of...(1)

2007-07-16T02:37:00.000-07:00

Cold and Lonesome ( Jimmy Reed 1963)

Most of Jimmy´s recordings have the typical (often rather slow) boogie-bumpin. According to one early interview with the Rolling Stones some of the guys "collected Jimmy Reed- records."

Attention! Her Master´s Voice.

2007-07-04T04:51:00.000-07:00

Modern times, midsummer 2007. Raining all the day.

Observe the bowling equipment in the window.

No. It´s not my kid behind the glass.

It´s not my dog either.

Not even the guitar.

But it was a memorable moment for the audience.

Her Master´s voice...

Summer´s web(e)scape

2007-07-01T01:01:00.000-07:00

Picture from:

http://www.islandsound.net/THEMEPARTIES.html
All around the world they are ; the locally world-famous- happy - partybands!

http://guitarist4u.blogspot.com/
Guitar lessons, tricks...info about great players.
From Pogunda, Ubonratchathani : Thailand !
Much guitar in those archives.

http://thelawreview.blogspot.com/
Some Bob Dylan…Bruce Springsteen on You Tube.

I don´t know how the law comes in.

Summer´s Retroactive Digestives

2007-06-09T02:58:00.000-07:00

(observe: in some cases ordered links appear below the catalogue)

Well, midsummer´s coming.

Same procedure as last year?

Opening of the LOKA.

http://drivemyguitar.blogspot.com/search?q=midsummer

Weather is good, at last. Keep some vacation. Read retroactive.

By the way, the guitar shaped beach sandals are from

http://www.alibaba.com/catalog/11184480/Guitar_Shape_Beach_Sandal.html

Self Portrait. Do you wanna buy car from this man?
http://drivemyguitar.blogspot.com/search?q=Junes+short+cut

Do you know the n e w Little Red Riding Hood?
http://drivemyguitar.blogspot.com/2005_11_01_archive.html

Is your guitar Made in China too?
http://drivemyguitar.blogspot.com/search?q=china+calling

Once upon time I struggled with the EAST-WEST CASE
http://drivemyguitar.blogspot.com/search?q=the+east+west+case

Why did they scream in the movies?
http://drivemyguitar.blogspot.com/2006_01_01_archive.html

Connections are better than isolation.
http://drivemyguitar.blogspot.com/2006_02_01_archive.html

OK Honey. Give me some of that Money.
http://drivemyguitar.blogspot.com/search?q=bricks+in+my+pillow

Hey! They are Coming! Who? Women !! More links further from this:
http://drivemyguitar.blogspot.com/2006_04_01_archive.html

Dolls From Space !!
http://drivemyguitar.blogspot.com/2006_06_01_archive.html

Before touring (in a team)
http://drivemyguitar.blogspot.com/search?q=before+touring

Before starting up The N e w B a n d.
http://drivemyguitar.blogspot.com/search?q=before+starting+up

Why don´t get (keep)a nice natural haircut?

http://drivemyguitar.blogspot.com/2006_08_01_archive.html

Brazil have it all.
ttp://drivemyguitar.blogspot.com/search?q=brazilpower

Sound Effcts. Easy to learn.
http://drivemyguitar.blogspot.com/search?q=sound+effects

New Hobby: Sing Along with a Picture !
http://drivemyguitar.blogspot.com/search?q=new+hobby

Hearing The Pedagoqueing Lyrics!
http://drivemyguitar.blogspot.com/search?q=hearing+the+lyrics

Who in the hell is John Renbourn?
http://drivemyguitar.blogspot.com/2007_01_01_archive.html

Django Reinhardt, nearly know him.
http://drivemyguitar.blogspot.com/2007_02_01_archive.html

and more is to be found in the archives!

Check "View my complete profile "

Unfortunately only http://hvemsida.blogspot.com

have it in English, excuse me in Swinglish.

New Directions

2007-05-31T04:33:00.001-07:00

...the future is naturally full of natural energy.

Why?Why?Why?

2007-05-30T05:54:00.000-07:00

but, ...they like it.

Play it again

2007-05-17T04:34:00.000-07:00

Never heard the swedish version, but I can´t imagine it would be like Peggy Lee´s,....longing, a little bit shady hoarsness, some echo (if I remember it right). As a mother of fact that record is of the kind when Bud Bundy in "Married with Children" says to his father (Al);

-"Dad. I want a guitar".

Al Bundy fully understands.

By the way, today this would be the perfect hit for Christina Applegate...., Send me some dollars for the idea, Chris, I mean Kelly... And of course, I´m ready to play the guitarpart any time.( and, ..You can hum more songs in my ear.)

Go for it! Go for it! Send me at least a Christmascard!

For the moment I´m not sure, maybe it´s was a version of Patti Page... From the lyrics, any way by Peggy Lee;

Play the guitar,
...play it again,
...my Johnny.
...May be you´re cold
...but you´re so warm inside.

That´s from the times when you didn´t (always) got the guitar punched in your head!

Women´s Group...

2007-05-05T03:27:00.000-07:00

...nothing new really!

http://www.harpguitars.net/knutsen/historicalphotos.htm

As Time Goes By with Echo

2007-04-30T05:37:00.000-07:00

"The Spotnicks - the first 45 years", is a great documentary book ( 450 pages) by Lars Åkerström.

The story began 1958 in Gothenburg,...and during the time when the book was published (2004), the Spotnicks were still very active. With over 18 million records sold, many long lasting tours abroad, this is one of Sweden´s most succesful popularmuisc exports ever.

It was the first group managing to climb the charts in England (1963). Followed by France, Mexico, Japan... (Like the Beatles they had played in Germany for months, before...)

Many pictures in the book also covers up; the unique story, of how it just happened in some natural order. Just looking at the many colourful record covers, from different parts of the world is a pleasure.

Remarkably, it was possible in the 1960ties, for a (world)wide audience play melody rather strictly. The (electric guitar) sound was still new, that echo...., ( it was almost listening to soundtracks from movies....). In these times the electric guitar was still a kind of monster in the terms of classical guitar education, you just couldn´t study it in music high schools, and the conflict many places continued over decades.

Lead guitarist of the Spotnicks, Bo Winberg, was early (1957) inspired by the records of Les Paul (and met him in the spring 2004...).

As a kid myself, I thought that Les Paul had long fingers,... something spiderlike, - later I understood that he was one of the influential pioneers of the solidbody guitar, and new recording techniques. A few years later I heard the Shadows (with Cliff ) live. Still my brain gives some shady colour pictures of the occasion. Late spring, outdoors.

After that, not really my conscious part of the brain working, it was just that: "I wanna have guitar".

In that case I understand young people of today, ...you don´t really understand it, all the surroundings - but you want. Maybe it´s like sex...., excuse me, not technically, ...but maybe spiritually.

Very naturalistic

2007-04-30T05:01:00.000-07:00

The Celtic Harp - by John Loesberg
CD edition
published by Ossian Publications, 8/9 Frith Street, London WID 3JB, UK

What a nice sound, can immediately be related to the classical guitar,... but, here with "better" basslines.... (If you dont´ "solve" your great polyphonic problems in a guitar duo)

Some of the pieces are well known by classical guitarists. For example Kemp´s Jig sounds here relaxed, in a way I think agrees with ancient times. For an outsider it´s good to get a kind of summary of categories; Irish, Welsh, Breton, Scottish, English, Cornish, Manx...

Yes, I have often felt that guitarists been a bit hysterical. Maybe it´s because of the competition, no one wants to be a slowhand, in the real sense of the word. In general, the tempo in the media today for example, tendence to give up-tempo -stressed attitudes. Of course traces are found in art.

Already a few decades ago; talkin bout classical solo guitar; ....metallic, long sounding, new bass strings,....modern experiments , but with romantic echo...., just like in a castle .... no real polyrythmics
How honest is that? The lonely boy eating cakes? Macho-Mucho?

If you play folkmusic on the guitar you must basically be simple and honest, no more. Guitarists can in general learn something from The Celtic Harp, - it´s about the natural and social thing ....,

NO COMMENTS

2007-04-29T03:41:00.000-07:00

http://www.musicgadgets.net/2006/05/08/top-20-strangest-guitars

"FOLKVISA" (Sweden)

2007-04-15T03:35:00.000-07:00

Older swedish folksongs (with lyrics of course...) are called "Folkvisa". They are still more or less known, at least for the older generation. These tunes were common in every school´s songbook.
You find more of these, and folk tunes in general, on
http://drtaboola.blogspot.com

Classical Signs

2007-04-06T02:53:00.000-07:00

Please Shudup your´e Hooligan-yelling... and study the signs.

There are absolutely worse ideas.

(Photo: Patrik Leonardsson)

Future Show(-s,-er)

2007-03-11T12:42:00.000-07:00

Hello Guitar Lovers,

Some Tab is coming up, so far mainly on the neighbour http://hvemsida.blogspot.com.

I´ve been wondering if there´s a good reason to open up New Blog (in this Blogger area),

W I T H O N L Y T A B S ....,but I dunno, I dunno.

But why me?

"That´s because you are dedicated to work UN-payed"

Anyway.

Now it began on.......

http://drtaboola.blogspot.com

Check it up!

You are the winner, I´m the looser.

the SPANISH JOB

2007-03-03T03:55:00.000-08:00

"Writing Down Flamenco"

Flamenco is an art-form which traditionally does not use written notation. Many readers must, therefore, wonder about the authenticity and accuracy of the transcritions of Juan Martin´s music into staff notation and tablature (cifra). The approach adopted here was designed to preserve as much as possible the vital spontaneity of Juan´s playing and to avoid simplification or distrortion in showing how Flamenco is actually played.

After the main outlines of the Method had been decided upon, he played and tape-recorded the pieces impromptu, most of them in just one and very inspired session. In this way he linked together many melodic falsetas and rhythmic passages of rasgueo into pieces suitable for a progressive introduction to guitar techniques as well as for solo performance. Next, the music was transcribed from the tape-recording into notation and cifra. Some further sections were recorded and transcribed separately in order to complete the coverage of basic techniques and essential toques.

Working now from the basis of the transcriptions and the recordings, Juan memorised the pieces as he had originally played them and re-recorded them for the cassette to go with the book. Both during and after the re-recording at EMI´s studios the transcriptions were checked through again note by note to ensure that they correspond as exactly as possible to the final recording you will hear.

P.C. " (signature)

No wonder this is still the best tutorial flamenco book, crossed my way; EL ARTE FLAMENCO DE LA GUITARRA, by JUAN MARTIN. United Music Publishers Ltd., 1978.

It went back to basic flamenco traditions, more understandable for the outsider than ever.

DJANGO REINHARDT

2007-02-25T03:07:00.000-08:00

"Jean Baptiste (Django) Reinhardt 1910-1953.

Guitarist/Composer born to gypsy parents in Belgium. Though he never attended a day of school -he could barely write his name-he possessed the qualities of a prince and the gifts of a genius. At the age of 18 he lost the use of two fingers on his left hand when he was severely burned in a fire. As a result of this accident, he devised an entirely new approach to the guitar, creating a voice for the instrument that is unsurpassed even today."

"The creation of the QHCF was direct result of the Hot Club of France´s search for an all-French musical group to represent their organization. This small society of French jazz enthusiasts was spearheaded by Hugues Panassie and then nurtured by Charles Delaunay. Primarly, they entertained themselves by playing and studying imported American jazz records, but in a effort to increase their activities they began to promote jazz concerts. Initially drawing from the visiting American musicans and the modest but growing school of French jazz players, they presented their first concert in May of 1933. Django Reinhardt had come to the attention of the society in the spring of 1933, and it was in that winter that he began to be featured at their concerts, in mid-1934, while backstage during a performance at an afternoon tea-dance.

Django and Stephane Grappelli (whom he met at the end of 1931) began to improvise on the jazz standards of the day such as Dinah, Lady Be Good and Tiger Rag. These impromptu sessions grew into a daily practise (with three acoustic guitars, bass and violin) and led to the making of an audition record in September 1934."

"Due to the efforts of Duke Ellington in October 1946, Django made his first and only appearance in the U.S. (Oct.1946-Jan.1947). Ellington, who first met Reinhardt in 1939, was anxious to have Django return to the States with him then, but the outbreak of war prevented this. It wasn´t until seven years later that the fabulous gypsy arrived in N.Y.C. and performed a series of concerts as a guest soloist with the Ellington Orchestra. Not having brought his trusty Selmer guitar from Europe, Django was forced to use an American Gibson amplified guitar. Recordings made during a concert in Chicago reveal Django to be quite at home with the instrument, even utilizing the sustaining power which the amplified guitar possesses. For recordings and apperances from 1947 through 1950, Django performed intermittently on the amplified guitar, opting at times to use his acoustic instrument.

It wasn´t until 1951 that he exclusively played his amplified instrument (the Selmer with a pickup), using this voice to express his "new" ideas and repertoire in the 1950s world of "modern" jazz. "

Source: THE DJANGO REINHARDT ANTHOLOGY , Jewel Music Publishing 1984. Mike Peters/Dan Fox. In this informative book is also mentioned the existence of THE DJANGO REINHARDT SOCIETY 25-38 76th street, Jackson Heights, N.Y. 11370. More information is surely today to be found on Internet.

Festival Coming in Adelaide

2007-02-14T04:19:00.000-08:00

WHY JOHN RENBOURN ?

2007-01-22T12:34:00.000-08:00

At least 300 full-moons ago, when living in Malmö (Malmoe), in the southerns of Sweden, I happened to borrow some written music for guitar made by John Renbourn. During this time I was very much into study the classical guitar and improve my sight-reading to new heights. I can never regret the procedure.

I found John Renbourns guitar music immediately interesting. Later I got copies of some more, but as a mother of fact, still in this day, I have not heard so many of them in recorded versions. So, and but, how it´s written on paper, can have the power of surviving. Like in the older classical music tradition, when there were no studios. No electricty. No Corn-Flakes. Touring took years, with boat, horse and wagon.

John Renbourn appeared to me broadly, through his pieces, of course with even greater links to folkmusic traditions. Comparing with other "modern" stuff written for the classical guitar, this was for me truly interesting beacuse of connections to classical from different ages, but also some blues/ popmusic of the time, and seemed mostly done with relatively freedom in form.

When I´m playing with right hand fingers, I usually do it on nylonstrings. I think most of the tunes were originally played on steel, "all people know" there´s a difference. So, I´ve practised them as nylonguitar tunes; Ladye Nothynges Toye Puffe, Lady and the Unicorn, Lady goes to church, A Day at the Seaside, ...., to mention some of the prints.

But it´s not only about tricky sologuitarplaying. It´s a must to study his accompaniaments in the songs., if you are to fingerpickin delights.

From John Renbourns Biography chapter one, I found in 2003;

"In Britain in the late fifties the musical craze was for "Skiffle", an amalgam of American folk, bluegrass and jugband styles. The big hit was "Freight Train" which drew attention to Elisabeth Cotten´s original, as well as to the work of such musicians as Leadbelly, Jesse Fuller, Josh White, Big Bill Broonzy, Brownie McGhee and Ramblin´ Jack Elliot. These players all came over to England and their guitar styles left a strong impression on a generation of young skifflers. As soon as I left school I went hitchhiking, and met up with others trying to play like them. Mac McCloud, Gerry Lockran, Mike Softly and Wizz Jones were already well on the way, and were all i awe of Davey Graham."

http://www.john-renbourn.com

FROM ONE OF...

2007-01-10T01:31:00.000-08:00

...my secret agents (Adelaide, Australia)

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COOL EVENING

2006-12-31T06:07:00.000-08:00

(Decembers Short-Cut Ticket)

If you got some money for christmas, let me give you a hand with those parcels.
The last day of the year means fireworks, originally an cultivated idea from China, which in western world nowdays means war between youngsters who still don´t really know about the wonder of washing their own underpants. Tomorrow I read in the newspapers about the damages.
How many dead? How many got just got rockets in their head? How many fingers lost?
Yes, it´s just like in the old MAD comic books. Here in the DRIVE MY GUITAR area, everything is more serious. If you this evening are invited to an elegant restaurant uptown, don´t miss the opportunity to appear on stage. I suggest, Good Year rubber is the best for your shoes an evening like this, you jump up on stage un-invited in tight trashy bluejeans and give Chuck Berry´s old tune some new energy.
I promise you are the surprise of the evening!
Dont forget to take your git-axe with you, I mean the Teleboxer 19566-66-Gold with extra bazookas.

Too Much Monkey Business
Runnin´ to and fro, hard workin´ at the mill,
Never fails in the mail, there comes a rotten bill.

TOO MUCH MONKEY BUS´NESS, TOO MUCH MONKEY BUS´NESS, TOO MUCH MONKEY BUS´NESS, For me to be involved in.

Salesman talkin´ to me, try´n´, to run me up a creek,
Said, "You can buy it, go on, try it, You can pay me next week!" Arrgh,,,,,

TOO MUCH MONKEY BUS´NESS, TOO MUCH MONKEY BUS´NESS, TOO MUCH MONKEY BUS´NESS, For me to be involved in.

Blonde hair, good lookin´, try´n´´ to get me hooked,
Wants me to marry, get a home, Settle down, write a book! Arrgh,,,,,

TOO MUCH MONKEY BUS´NESS, TOO MUCH MONKEY BUS´NESS, TOO MUCH MONKEY BUS´NESS, For me to be involved in.

Same thing, ev´ry day, gettin´ up, goin´ to school,
No need of me complainin´, My objections overruled! Arrgh,,,,

TOO MUCH MONKEY BUS´NESS, TOO MUCH MONKEY BUS´NESS, TOO MUCH MONKEY BUS´NESS, For me to be involved in.
Pay phone, somethin´´ wrong, dime gone, will mail,
Oughta sue the op´rator for tellin´ me a tale! Arrgh,,,,

TOO MUCH MONKEY BUS´NESS, TOO MUCH MONKEY BUS´NESS, TOO MUCH MONKEY BUS´NESS, For me to be involved in.

Been to Yokohama, been fightin´ in the war,
Army bunk, army chow, army clothes, army car! Arrgh,,,,

TOO MUCH MONKEY BUS´NESS, TOO MUCH MONKEY BUS´NESS, TOO MUCH MONKEY BUS´NESS, For me to be involved in.

Workin´ in the fillin´ station, Too many tasks,
"Wipe the windows, check the tires, check the oil, dollar gas?!!!" Arrgh,,,,

TOO MUCH MONKEY BUS´NESS, TOO MUCH MONKEY BUS´NESS, TOO MUCH MONKEY BUS´NESS, For me to be involved in.

This rocker song, from MCMLVI (1956), from one of the truly first musicbooks I bought with own money (from the HAGSTROM music shop in this small town), way back, way back...., way back, - has maybe been recorded by hundreds, as many of Chuck Berry´s tunes. At the time I thought, by learning to read the music very carefully I will sound like Chuck ... Picture is from that book, young upcoming artist....., later, influential giant on the R&B scene. The energy.. Give the guitarsolo a shot . Backbeat. Always some blues. Boogiejazzy.
Chuck Berry´s have entertained so many.

AT LAST, WORKING DAY

2006-12-24T01:16:00.000-08:00

HEARING THE LYRICS

2006-12-17T03:11:00.000-08:00

For decades, I wondered,... is the true version;
"My baby drew up,....in a brandnew......Cadillac".....
or this "My baby grew up,....in a brandnew....Cadillac"?
Few years back I saw it written on paper, maybe the answer of this BIG QUESTION;
"My baby drove up...., in a brandnew...Cadillac".
That´s supposingly the true version, but do they all really sing that?
In Sweden we also have the a little bit confusing version, when the story goes, directly translated:
"My baby took up.....a brandnew.....Caviar"!
But,..... is it Russian or Persian? No doubt, it´s about the cheaper form of caviar, sold in tubes, well known in this country.

LATEST NEWS from AUSTRALIA

2006-11-22T13:28:00.000-08:00

com´n air-heads
your time has come!

NOVEMBER´s SHORT-CUT TICKET

2006-11-16T13:06:00.000-08:00

As I mentioned before, they do it boys, tired of your dominant attitudes.

http://www.alarmare.se/index.php?info=viewCategory&id=2

But anyhow, I´ve never noticed that music/sound activities would be for men only..., many times I don´t understand the problem.
I think the problem is not mainly about music, it´s about something else, about how the society works.

http://drivemyguitar.blogspot.com/2006/04/they-are-coming.html