Is my old man any good? Or not so good?

[Guest J]

>>> Subject: Is my old man any good? Or not so good?

>>>

>>>

>>>> My dad who is 54, played some guitar in some New York clubs when he was

>>>> younger and I never knew really. I knew he finger-picked a bit on an

>>>> acoustic, but had no idea he could play electric blues guitar. I shot

>>>> some videos of him playing his new guitar and uploaded them, but he

>>>> doesn't know yet! :o)

>>>>

>>>> Here's a link to the clips :-

>>>>

>>>> http://www.georgeblades.com/video.html

>>>>

>>>>

>>>> Well...'is he any good?!

>>>>

>>>> Curious!

>>>>

>>>> C.C.

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>

>>> He also played in New Jersey and all around the west coast. He's played

>>> with Clapton and Buddy Guy to name but two famous bluesmen. My

>>> step-brother and step-sister also did not know about his past, neither

>>> did his present-day wife. My mother knew though, but she never told me.

>>> He was born in Atlanta, Georgia and has played there also. Jeez, he's

>>> been around, I'll say that! So how come George Blades is not rich and

>>> famous then? Hmm, he should be I'd say.

>>>

>>> His url again..... http://www.georgeblades.com

>>>

>>> Well?

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>

>> Hi Boyd, thanks for your email...'in answer to your question, he plays a

>> Gibson ES-335 Tobaco Brown Sunburst guitar mostly and this is an original

>> and cost him around $10,000. He pays big money for his gear and 10

>> thousand dollars is peanuts to him, but he's not rich these days....'so

>> where's all the money gone then? You tell me!

>> You must've googled the wrong george blades btw as the link you sent me

>> was a UK link, not USA.

>> No, he's never been a boxer and no, he never payed an Epi LEs Paul.

>>

>> Cheers.

>> Jim.

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>

> Could you please post to the newsgroup rather than email me direct?

>

> Thanks.

>

> J

>

>

>

 

Ah, I see. You can read the NG posts, but you can't post? Is that right?

Okay, I guess you really have cause to email me then! It's fine by me man.

 

J

 

 

P.S. How are things in Canada these days Boyd?

 

:-)

[Guest JJ]

Re: Is my old man any good? Or not so good?

 

 

"J" <ghndkyhfkn@hnsjghtndgt.com> wrote in message

news:Orju4U7gIHA.5280@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>>>> Subject: Is my old man any good? Or not so good?

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>> My dad who is 54, played some guitar in some New York clubs when he

>>>>> was

>>>>> younger and I never knew really. I knew he finger-picked a bit on an

>>>>> acoustic, but had no idea he could play electric blues guitar. I shot

>>>>> some videos of him playing his new guitar and uploaded them, but he

>>>>> doesn't know yet! :o)

>>>>>

>>>>> Here's a link to the clips :-

>>>>>

>>>>> http://www.georgeblades.com/video.html

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>> Well...'is he any good?!

>>>>>

>>>>> Curious!

>>>>>

>>>>> C.C.

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>

>>>> He also played in New Jersey and all around the west coast. He's played

>>>> with Clapton and Buddy Guy to name but two famous bluesmen. My

>>>> step-brother and step-sister also did not know about his past, neither

>>>> did his present-day wife. My mother knew though, but she never told me.

>>>> He was born in Atlanta, Georgia and has played there also. Jeez, he's

>>>> been around, I'll say that! So how come George Blades is not rich and

>>>> famous then? Hmm, he should be I'd say.

>>>>

>>>> His url again..... http://www.georgeblades.com

>>>>

>>>> Well?

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>

>>> Hi Boyd, thanks for your email...'in answer to your question, he plays a

>>> Gibson ES-335 Tobaco Brown Sunburst guitar mostly and this is an

>>> original

>>> and cost him around $10,000. He pays big money for his gear and 10

>>> thousand dollars is peanuts to him, but he's not rich these days....'so

>>> where's all the money gone then? You tell me!

>>> You must've googled the wrong george blades btw as the link you sent me

>>> was a UK link, not USA.

>>> No, he's never been a boxer and no, he never payed an Epi LEs Paul.

>>>

>>> Cheers.

>>> Jim.

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>

>> Could you please post to the newsgroup rather than email me direct?

>>

>> Thanks.

>>

>> J

>>

>>

>>

>

> Ah, I see. You can read the NG posts, but you can't post? Is that right?

> Okay, I guess you really have cause to email me then! It's fine by me man.

>

> J

>

>

> P.S. How are things in Canada these days Boyd?

>

> :-)

>

>

>

 

Hey Boyd! At first I didn't understand what you were asking, but now I do.

Sorry for not explaining about the vids website. I put it up but it was only

supposed to be seen by his friends in New York originally, then I posted the

link to it in the NewsGroup. I can see how it 'could' be confusing, but I

wanted it to be "surprise" when his friends atarted to email him saying "I

didn't know you played like that" and stuff, but the thing is that not a

single person

emailed him to say a word about it. I know there is something strange about

it all, but he'd never have posted the vids himself, so I did it for him.

 

Someone suggested "something sinister" might be going on coz I never knew he

played all those years ago. How close they came to the truth, they will

never know! I don't hate my dad or even dislike him, but I never saw him

when I was a kid as he split from us for another woman when I was only in

junior school. He got married again and had what he calls his "second

family" and since he showed up again just a few years back, we are all

suppose to act like nothing ever happened. Well, something sure as hell

'did' happen. I now have a son of my own and he is getting all the attention

that I never got from my own dad. BTW, I am NOT jealous or angry in any way,

just a son who was dumped along the way. He's a weird guy my dad, but I

don't know his past at all. It has been hinted at to me by the odd friend of

his that he DID play in bands in New York a while back, but I can't find

anyone to give me the facts. He certainly wont. He says he's never had any

lessons in his life...'really?! I find that very hard to believe for a

start. He also refuses to talk about his past and laughs when I ask if he

played in any

bands. I am sure he did though. He once gave me an electric guitar and I

still have it, and old beat-up Les Paul which I play some chords on and pick

a bit, mostly country-rock stuff, but I'd loved to have had him around

to show me how to play differently. I love mynew half-bro and sis very much,

I mean it ain't their fault what he did. I have a younger sister of my own

and she won't even talk to him, so I guess I at least have made more of an

effort to talk to him.

 

Hey guys....'please do NOT email him any of this stuff I have posted here!

He is nice enough, but he does have another side to him, so keep this

strictly in the NG. Guess you all know his email address, but I am pretty

sure that nobody could be as heartless as to back-stab me. I hope I'm right.

 

Boyd, I know you meant well, but sometimes being a detective can lead you

into places where there is a lot more going on than you'd like to know

about. You're a cool guy, but lighten up a little, and NO, I don't blame you

for the confusion. I take all the blame for that one my friend.

 

Cheers.

 

C.C. (Jim).

[Guest Tom [Pepper] Willett]

Re: Is my old man any good? Or not so good?

 

You're pretty damn stupid to post this crap here.

 

"JJ" <kebahtphjn@ngothabfjy.com> wrote in message

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:

: "J" <ghndkyhfkn@hnsjghtndgt.com> wrote in message

: news:Orju4U7gIHA.5280@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

: >>>> Subject: Is my old man any good? Or not so good?

: >>>>

: >>>>

: >>>>> My dad who is 54, played some guitar in some New York clubs when he

: >>>>> was

: >>>>> younger and I never knew really. I knew he finger-picked a bit on an

: >>>>> acoustic, but had no idea he could play electric blues guitar. I

shot

: >>>>> some videos of him playing his new guitar and uploaded them, but he

: >>>>> doesn't know yet! :o)

: >>>>>

: >>>>> Here's a link to the clips :-

: >>>>>

: >>>>> http://www.georgeblades.com/video.html

: >>>>>

: >>>>>

: >>>>> Well...'is he any good?!

: >>>>>

: >>>>> Curious!

: >>>>>

: >>>>> C.C.

: >>>>>

: >>>>>

: >>>>>

: >>>>

: >>>> He also played in New Jersey and all around the west coast. He's

played

: >>>> with Clapton and Buddy Guy to name but two famous bluesmen. My

: >>>> step-brother and step-sister also did not know about his past,

neither

: >>>> did his present-day wife. My mother knew though, but she never told

me.

: >>>> He was born in Atlanta, Georgia and has played there also. Jeez, he's

: >>>> been around, I'll say that! So how come George Blades is not rich and

: >>>> famous then? Hmm, he should be I'd say.

: >>>>

: >>>> His url again..... http://www.georgeblades.com

: >>>>

: >>>> Well?

: >>>>

: >>>>

: >>>>

: >>>

: >>> Hi Boyd, thanks for your email...'in answer to your question, he plays

a

: >>> Gibson ES-335 Tobaco Brown Sunburst guitar mostly and this is an

: >>> original

: >>> and cost him around $10,000. He pays big money for his gear and 10

: >>> thousand dollars is peanuts to him, but he's not rich these

days....'so

: >>> where's all the money gone then? You tell me!

: >>> You must've googled the wrong george blades btw as the link you sent

me

: >>> was a UK link, not USA.

: >>> No, he's never been a boxer and no, he never payed an Epi LEs Paul.

: >>>

: >>> Cheers.

: >>> Jim.

: >>>

: >>>

: >>>

: >>>

: >>>

: >>>

: >>

: >> Could you please post to the newsgroup rather than email me direct?

: >>

: >> Thanks.

: >>

: >> J

: >>

: >>

: >>

: >

: > Ah, I see. You can read the NG posts, but you can't post? Is that right?

: > Okay, I guess you really have cause to email me then! It's fine by me

man.

: >

: > J

: >

: >

: > P.S. How are things in Canada these days Boyd?

: >

: > :-)

: >

: >

: >

:

: Hey Boyd! At first I didn't understand what you were asking, but now I do.

: Sorry for not explaining about the vids website. I put it up but it was

only

: supposed to be seen by his friends in New York originally, then I posted

the

: link to it in the NewsGroup. I can see how it 'could' be confusing, but I

: wanted it to be "surprise" when his friends atarted to email him saying "I

: didn't know you played like that" and stuff, but the thing is that not a

: single person

: emailed him to say a word about it. I know there is something strange

about

: it all, but he'd never have posted the vids himself, so I did it for him.

:

: Someone suggested "something sinister" might be going on coz I never knew

he

: played all those years ago. How close they came to the truth, they will

: never know! I don't hate my dad or even dislike him, but I never saw him

: when I was a kid as he split from us for another woman when I was only in

: junior school. He got married again and had what he calls his "second

: family" and since he showed up again just a few years back, we are all

: suppose to act like nothing ever happened. Well, something sure as hell

: 'did' happen. I now have a son of my own and he is getting all the

attention

: that I never got from my own dad. BTW, I am NOT jealous or angry in any

way,

: just a son who was dumped along the way. He's a weird guy my dad, but I

: don't know his past at all. It has been hinted at to me by the odd friend

of

: his that he DID play in bands in New York a while back, but I can't find

: anyone to give me the facts. He certainly wont. He says he's never had any

: lessons in his life...'really?! I find that very hard to believe for a

: start. He also refuses to talk about his past and laughs when I ask if he

: played in any

: bands. I am sure he did though. He once gave me an electric guitar and I

: still have it, and old beat-up Les Paul which I play some chords on and

pick

: a bit, mostly country-rock stuff, but I'd loved to have had him around

: to show me how to play differently. I love mynew half-bro and sis very

much,

: I mean it ain't their fault what he did. I have a younger sister of my own

: and she won't even talk to him, so I guess I at least have made more of an

: effort to talk to him.

:

: Hey guys....'please do NOT email him any of this stuff I have posted here!

: He is nice enough, but he does have another side to him, so keep this

: strictly in the NG. Guess you all know his email address, but I am pretty

: sure that nobody could be as heartless as to back-stab me. I hope I'm

right.

:

: Boyd, I know you meant well, but sometimes being a detective can lead you

: into places where there is a lot more going on than you'd like to know

: about. You're a cool guy, but lighten up a little, and NO, I don't blame

you

: for the confusion. I take all the blame for that one my friend.

:

: Cheers.

:

: C.C. (Jim).

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

[Guest Terry R.]

Re: Is my old man any good? Or not so good?

 

The date and time was 3/11/2008 1:51 PM, and on a whim, JJ pounded out

on the keyboard:

> "J" <ghndkyhfkn@hnsjghtndgt.com> wrote in message

> news:Orju4U7gIHA.5280@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>>>>> Subject: Is my old man any good? Or not so good?

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>> My dad who is 54, played some guitar in some New York clubs when he

>>>>>> was

>>>>>> younger and I never knew really. I knew he finger-picked a bit on an

>>>>>> acoustic, but had no idea he could play electric blues guitar. I shot

>>>>>> some videos of him playing his new guitar and uploaded them, but he

>>>>>> doesn't know yet! :o)

>>>>>>

>>>>>> Here's a link to the clips :-

>>>>>>

>>>>>> http://www.georgeblades.com/video.html

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>> Well...'is he any good?!

>>>>>>

>>>>>> Curious!

>>>>>>

>>>>>> C.C.

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>> He also played in New Jersey and all around the west coast. He's played

>>>>> with Clapton and Buddy Guy to name but two famous bluesmen. My

>>>>> step-brother and step-sister also did not know about his past, neither

>>>>> did his present-day wife. My mother knew though, but she never told me.

>>>>> He was born in Atlanta, Georgia and has played there also. Jeez, he's

>>>>> been around, I'll say that! So how come George Blades is not rich and

>>>>> famous then? Hmm, he should be I'd say.

>>>>>

>>>>> His url again..... http://www.georgeblades.com

>>>>>

>>>>> Well?

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>> Hi Boyd, thanks for your email...'in answer to your question, he plays a

>>>> Gibson ES-335 Tobaco Brown Sunburst guitar mostly and this is an

>>>> original

>>>> and cost him around $10,000. He pays big money for his gear and 10

>>>> thousand dollars is peanuts to him, but he's not rich these days....'so

>>>> where's all the money gone then? You tell me!

>>>> You must've googled the wrong george blades btw as the link you sent me

>>>> was a UK link, not USA.

>>>> No, he's never been a boxer and no, he never payed an Epi LEs Paul.

>>>>

>>>> Cheers.

>>>> Jim.

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>> Could you please post to the newsgroup rather than email me direct?

>>>

>>> Thanks.

>>>

>>> J

>>>

>>>

>>>

>> Ah, I see. You can read the NG posts, but you can't post? Is that right?

>> Okay, I guess you really have cause to email me then! It's fine by me man.

>>

>> J

>>

>>

>> P.S. How are things in Canada these days Boyd?

>>

>> :-)

>>

>>

>>

>

> Hey Boyd! At first I didn't understand what you were asking, but now I do.

> Sorry for not explaining about the vids website. I put it up but it was only

> supposed to be seen by his friends in New York originally, then I posted the

> link to it in the NewsGroup. I can see how it 'could' be confusing, but I

> wanted it to be "surprise" when his friends atarted to email him saying "I

> didn't know you played like that" and stuff, but the thing is that not a

> single person

> emailed him to say a word about it. I know there is something strange about

> it all, but he'd never have posted the vids himself, so I did it for him.

>

> Someone suggested "something sinister" might be going on coz I never knew he

> played all those years ago. How close they came to the truth, they will

> never know! I don't hate my dad or even dislike him, but I never saw him

> when I was a kid as he split from us for another woman when I was only in

> junior school. He got married again and had what he calls his "second

> family" and since he showed up again just a few years back, we are all

> suppose to act like nothing ever happened. Well, something sure as hell

> 'did' happen. I now have a son of my own and he is getting all the attention

> that I never got from my own dad. BTW, I am NOT jealous or angry in any way,

> just a son who was dumped along the way. He's a weird guy my dad, but I

> don't know his past at all. It has been hinted at to me by the odd friend of

> his that he DID play in bands in New York a while back, but I can't find

> anyone to give me the facts. He certainly wont. He says he's never had any

> lessons in his life...'really?! I find that very hard to believe for a

> start. He also refuses to talk about his past and laughs when I ask if he

> played in any

> bands. I am sure he did though. He once gave me an electric guitar and I

> still have it, and old beat-up Les Paul which I play some chords on and pick

> a bit, mostly country-rock stuff, but I'd loved to have had him around

> to show me how to play differently. I love mynew half-bro and sis very much,

> I mean it ain't their fault what he did. I have a younger sister of my own

> and she won't even talk to him, so I guess I at least have made more of an

> effort to talk to him.

>

> Hey guys....'please do NOT email him any of this stuff I have posted here!

> He is nice enough, but he does have another side to him, so keep this

> strictly in the NG. Guess you all know his email address, but I am pretty

> sure that nobody could be as heartless as to back-stab me. I hope I'm right.

>

> Boyd, I know you meant well, but sometimes being a detective can lead you

> into places where there is a lot more going on than you'd like to know

> about. You're a cool guy, but lighten up a little, and NO, I don't blame you

> for the confusion. I take all the blame for that one my friend.

>

> Cheers.

>

> C.C. (Jim).

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

 

I don't know where you got the info, but if his Gibson ES-335 was

"original", what year was it? The guitarist I used to play with for

years had the same guitar, purchased in 1969 or 1970 for about $500.

Only houses cost $10,000 then, or the Ford Pantera. ;-)

 

--

Terry R.

 

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