www.CostaRicaTicas.com

It looks like a Strat (body shape, headstock), but it's neither a Tele or a Strat...it's a 'Groove Master' model made by Benedict guitars out of Minnesota.
That venue (Red Rocks) looks awesome. Apparently it's a few miles west of Denver. I know a lot of big-name acts have played there over the years.

Anyway, here's another fantastic cover by Big Head Todd and The Monsters of a classic Albert King song...

http://youtu.be/JZJ6aZ1tJkM

And the original by The Man himself...

http://youtu.be/wdDRCIEEZ3w
http://youtu.be/uJneW_jAICI

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"In a nation ruled by swine, all pigs are upwardly mobile, and the rest of us are phucked until we can put our acts together; not necessarily to win, but mainly to keep from losing completely"...Hunter S. Thompson (RIP)

Did you catch me with my pants down! I just took a glance, saw the ƒ hole and the headstock and said "....tele...." to myself. But, now, after viewing the entire video and seeing the body as well as the pick up configuration, you're 110% correct....that ain't no tele. Never heard of the company you provided and checked 'em out. Very interesting work they're doing....Thanks.......and check out 65Amps

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"Actual happiness always looks pretty squalid in comparison with the over-compensations for misery. And, of course, stability isn't nearly so spectacular as instability. And being contented has none of the glamour of a good fight against misfortune, none of the picturesqueness of a struggle with temptation, or a fatal overthrow by passion or doubt. Happiness is never grand."
- Aldous Huxley, Brave New World, Ch. 16

Here is my favorite King:

http://youtu.be/BHXKlNP4-Aw

And as Stephen Stills once said with Manassas:

"The Blues is Mean, Its the Real Thing"!

That's a great performance!
The 'Three Kings of the Blues Guitar'...B.B., Albert and Freddie.
B.B. will be 89 in two weeks! He's not playing anymore is he

Well, I just saw on B.B.'s website that he's still touring, and is booked for concerts thru mid-October,
playing several shows per week! He had a 'bad' show in St. Louis in April, apparently due to an issue with his diabetes medication, and people started to walk out. He later apologized for the performance. Apparently nothing like that has happened since then. How many musicians are still playing at 88/89 years old Incredible.

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"In a nation ruled by swine, all pigs are upwardly mobile, and the rest of us are phucked until we can put our acts together; not necessarily to win, but mainly to keep from losing completely"...Hunter S. Thompson (RIP)

Gringotim:

Avoid a BB King Concert at all costs. I saw him 2 years ago and walked out. He cannot play anymore and just talks gibberish. Sad to see but true. Only Buddy Guy is left from the old days.

Yeah, that's what happened in his show in St. Louis in April...he talked gibberish for 15 or 20 minutes, and people started to walk out and give him 'catcalls'. Then when he did start to play, he was terrible. That's really sad, because he's a legend, but then again, the paying public should get their money's worth.

And Buddy Guy's 78 years old now. At least we still have their music, and those legends influenced a countless number of musicians (and still do!).

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"In a nation ruled by swine, all pigs are upwardly mobile, and the rest of us are phucked until we can put our acts together; not necessarily to win, but mainly to keep from losing completely"...Hunter S. Thompson (RIP)

Too Long a Sacrifice
Can make a Stone of the
Heart

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"Actual happiness always looks pretty squalid in comparison with the over-compensations for misery. And, of course, stability isn't nearly so spectacular as instability. And being contented has none of the glamour of a good fight against misfortune, none of the picturesqueness of a struggle with temptation, or a fatal overthrow by passion or doubt. Happiness is never grand."
- Aldous Huxley, Brave New World, Ch. 16

Here's Benedict Guitars' Site: http://benedictguitar.com/ << seem to have new and pre-owned for sale
and 65Amps: http://www.65amps.com/

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"A man accustomed to hear only the echo of his own sentiments, soon bars all the common avenues of delight, and has no part in the general gratification of mankind"--Dr. Johnson
"Amen, brother"-ED

"....just remember what I told you....."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFZXXSAOANE

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"Actual happiness always looks pretty squalid in comparison with the over-compensations for misery. And, of course, stability isn't nearly so spectacular as instability. And being contented has none of the glamour of a good fight against misfortune, none of the picturesqueness of a struggle with temptation, or a fatal overthrow by passion or doubt. Happiness is never grand."
- Aldous Huxley, Brave New World, Ch. 16

Great share on a Monday morning, Steven1, but my cat ran away this weekend so I'm feeling thisaway:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIdj5uFung4

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"A man accustomed to hear only the echo of his own sentiments, soon bars all the common avenues of delight, and has no part in the general gratification of mankind"--Dr. Johnson
"Amen, brother"-ED

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"Actual happiness always looks pretty squalid in comparison with the over-compensations for misery. And, of course, stability isn't nearly so spectacular as instability. And being contented has none of the glamour of a good fight against misfortune, none of the picturesqueness of a struggle with temptation, or a fatal overthrow by passion or doubt. Happiness is never grand."
- Aldous Huxley, Brave New World, Ch. 16

Sadly, most if not all of Buddy's shows are canned: wash, rinse, repeat: His rap is the same about the demise of blues clubs and how Legend's is one of the last; and his sets are pretty much repeats every night.

Now, SOMETIMES, (and I do mean ONLY SOMETIMES) it does get mixed up a bit, but that is ONLY in Chicago in January when Buddy plays the entire month on Tr., Fri., Sat. (Sun? I forget). Still, and however, his rap is in the same about the inability of blues men to find places to play (a lot of truth to this viewpoint although there are blues clubs out across all of the USA, but it's pretty much a closed circuit and it's back to payola days where the club owners control who plays and when. Lotta ass kissing with them owners by bands. Anyway, trying to get Buddy to break out of canned set list is not easy to do. I have spent two years of January's in Chicago going every night, all month long (and that is $65@night and more....plus....you have to get in line at 11am for the 10pm show in order to actually see the show [the house is packed every night, but it fills up late with idiots who are way in the back; off to the side; can't see shit and can't hear off the amps]; there is absolutely NO seat saving, so if you grab a table, whoever you're with better be with you or else you're sitting with strangers [which plays to my advantage because I travel solo and just sit down wherever I want, which is always front row, center table, center seat {amps and musicians are always in the exact same places every show...be it at the club or when he's on the road} which typically and generally pisses off big time the huge person sitting at the table who tells "Seat's saved" to which I very Steven1 like advise "No saved seats" and sit down. Typically, generally, Buddy's daughter has to straighten up the errant tourist with the advice "No saved seats. Leave the gentleman (that's me) alone or I will have you thrown out....." because idiots want to fight. Well, I'm ready. Ready's anybody can be. I'm drinking TNT and smokin' dynomite......) who do not appreciate a bluesman hollerin at the band and jumping up at will throughout the night hollerin' out 'YOU CAN'T DO THAT!!'

I am not dropping names, but I have not had the courage to tell Buddy Guy "Your sets are all the same and given how much you've produced, mix it up, Man.". I, ONE TIME, made the mistake of hollerin out a song title and got a major league STINK EYE. No dice. It is what it is. Sux too.

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"Actual happiness always looks pretty squalid in comparison with the over-compensations for misery. And, of course, stability isn't nearly so spectacular as instability. And being contented has none of the glamour of a good fight against misfortune, none of the picturesqueness of a struggle with temptation, or a fatal overthrow by passion or doubt. Happiness is never grand."
- Aldous Huxley, Brave New World, Ch. 16

See, what you're meant to do when you have a mid-life crisis is buy a fast car, aren't you? Well, I've always had fast cars. It's not that. It's the fear that you're past your best. It's the fear that the stuff you've done in the past is your best work.

Robbie Coltrane


Oh, you sit all alone in your rocking chair
Transistor pressed against an ear
Were you waiting at the bus stop all your life?
Or just to die by the hand of love?
Love for youth, love for youth
So live fast 'cause it won't last

Debrah Harry

Get busy living, or get busy dying.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6YXm4b3H5c

Giddy up Amigo, life is short.

911 Driver

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Thanks for your insight, 911 and with all due respect, been there, done that.

I'm not a happy guy
But I'm not always sad
And I'm no millionaire
But I don't do so bad

But no matter who you think you are
There's always someone with a different view
There's always someone thinks he's got a right
To say what's good for you

So how do you know
That the man in the street don't care
And why don't you care
When the man in the street don't know
Anyway

I'm not a clever guy
But I'm sure not that dumb
Don't have the inside news
But I know what goes on

And if you put your faith in God above
Or if you watch the skies for Superman
There's always times when you can see the answers
Slip right through their hands

So how do you know
That the man in the street don't care
And why don't you care
When the man in the street don't know
Anyway

So no matter who they think they are
As they tell you who to fight or how to dance
Why don't you give yourself a break
And give us all a chance

'Cause how do you know
That the man in the street don't care
And why don't you care
When the man in the street don't know

The internal dialogue I personally struggle with is mostly centered around having been busy living and the recognition that in no way can that be equaled or repeated due to the ravishes of old age. I do not subscribe to the "....60 is the new 30....." horse manure. 60 is 60 and I am well past that number. WE have the luxury of being able to be neurotic; anxiety ridden; and riddled with one question about "What?" or "Why?" or "How?", etc. In the final analysis I easily recognize I have it better than the vast majority but given I live in a world of what is and not what if, I, again, have the luxury to, again, in the final analysis wallow in it. We get old; our bodies deteriorate; etc. Me? I wonder and contemplate about all the things I've done which I shall eventually have to answer for. And I'm not talking about fudging on taxes. And THAT is the next real adventure for me.

Send me a bill, 911. That 50min session is over.

PS: Coltrane is a fellow Celt.

I been scarred and battered
My hopes the wind done scattered
Snow has friz me
Sun has baked me
Looks like between 'em
they done tried to make me
Stop laughin'
stop lovin'
stop livin'
But I don't care
I'm still here

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"Actual happiness always looks pretty squalid in comparison with the over-compensations for misery. And, of course, stability isn't nearly so spectacular as instability. And being contented has none of the glamour of a good fight against misfortune, none of the picturesqueness of a struggle with temptation, or a fatal overthrow by passion or doubt. Happiness is never grand."
- Aldous Huxley, Brave New World, Ch. 16

S1...were you at these shows, from last January...
https://youtu.be/MjT64zVT7EA
https://youtu.be/GltGwWnTNog

Not everyone has to stand in line or has trouble finding a seat ...
https://youtu.be/yvCcxcDmqr0

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"In a nation ruled by swine, all pigs are upwardly mobile, and the rest of us are phucked until we can put our acts together; not necessarily to win, but mainly to keep from losing completely"...Hunter S. Thompson (RIP)