Originally Posted by kgdblu

and how exactly do you know this, Tom?:sly: :wink:

Originally Posted by chrisneal

I was just kidding... :lol:

Originally Posted by chrisneal

(Are you a pothead, Focker?)

Originally Posted by kgdblu

and how exactly do you know this, Tom?:sly: :wink:

Originally Posted by W3IWI

I NEVER inhaled! (And I never even met Monica either.) DoobieDoobieDo

Originally Posted by MINIclo

We have a lot of percussionists and rhythm instruments registered for the Jam. We could use some more guitars! I think Lotsie is going to play the saw for us! :nod::grin::thumbsup:

Originally Posted by lot15

Looks like we plan on staying, which probably will happen one day:wink:

Mark
:cool:

Originally Posted by MINIclo

Not quite sure what this statement means....but it sounds promising....:roll::razz::nod:

Originally Posted by lot15

Ruby and I staying, silly:nod::wink::razz:

Mark
:cool:

Originally Posted by sndwave

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Originally Posted by sndwave

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Originally Posted by MINIclo

:grin: Okay, we're up to 47 people registered for the Jam. Come on and join in the fun! Let's jam for a worthy cause! :grin::cool:

Originally Posted by chrisneal

Alright now, let's just be reasonable here. :lol: A guitar god I ain't, but Cold Water has not too crazy a guitar solo. If I started practicing now, I might be able to work up something serviceable. If someone else will take the vocal lead (any 5-packs-of-smokes-a-day folks among us?), I think I can handle the lead guitar on that one. Not that I won't join in on the vocals mind you; I just don't want it to be my voice screaming "There ain't nothin' sweeter than a-ridin' the rails" :wink:

I think we can come up with a list of songs in that vein (3-4 chords tops) that are basically well-known to everybody, so that people could just join in however they are able. We can post the chords here in the next couple of weeks, so that folks have time to get a feel for them. I think I could probably e-mail mp3s to anyone that wanted them.

Here are a few off the top of my head, but I have to be up way early tomorrow, so not much time to think at the moment:

Rolling Stones "Dead Flowers" - it's just D A G and I know the main riff, but it's got a fairly nasty guitar solo that I'm not going anywhere near in public.

Bob Dylan "Girl From The North Country" - super easy. It's just three chords, I think something like G Em C G.

Bob Dylan "Tangled Up In Blue" - a little harder, but still pretty easy, and everybody knows it. The verses are just A G D, but the chorus adds an E and an F sharp minor. :sly: Just a suggestion. If we had a couple of guitars banging out the F#m, it wouldn't matter much if everyone else skimmed over it. (I think)

Velvet Underground "Pale Blue Eyes" - it has five chords, but they're easy: C F G Am Em.

Tom Petty "Free Fallin'" is pretty easy, just three chords through the whole song.

And Bob, perhaps you could lead us in a blistering rendition of "Here Comes The Sun"? :razz:

I think we can do this. :) The only thing I have just no clue about is sound - who has amps, how the heck a mic works, or if any of that is even necessary.

Originally Posted by chrisneal

I'm kind of concerned that no one else has suggested any songs, or responded to the ones that I suggested. I'm happy to show up with my guitar and play whatever songs with people, but I really don't have the knowledge or experience to organize this. I'm nervous and self-conscious and really, truly not that good a guitar player! So, are we just totally winging this? That's the way I would have preferred it in the first place, but now I'm worried that a bunch of people have signed up, and it's a scheduled event and people are expecting there to be some sort of organized plan in place. :confused: