kennywtelejazz

On 4/23/2024 at 2:31 PM, Starship Krupa said:

All we have is a bunch of gyrating prostitots, decades-past-their-prime rockers trying to squeeze every drop of cash out of their decaying fanbase, and no-talents using chord generators to bloop away on their laptops.

     I listened to what you said but please forgive me for what I'm about to say next .

                         I closed my eyes and this is the face I saw saying all of that 😅

Kenny

On 4/23/2024 at 3:06 PM, Sheens said:

This will be one of my last posts as a normal person.

I'll be writing you soon from a white sand beach, surrounded by beautiful girls in bikinis.

 

2 hours ago, kennywtelejazz said:

                            When you get to the white sand beaches can you do me a favor and say hello to my dog Duke!

                            

                                                          He moved on a few years ago and I still miss him dearly

Kenny

1 hour ago, Sheens said:

Will send him your greetings and give him a bone on your behalf.

 

 

Excellent !!

1 hour ago, Sheens said:

 

We'll save a spot for you 

 

Throw in some of them girls from the picture and you got a deal 😍

Kenny

On 4/23/2024 at 3:06 PM, Sheens said:

This will be one of my last posts as a normal person.

I'll be writing you soon from a white sand beach, surrounded by beautiful girls in bikinis.

 

                            When you get to the white sand beaches can you do me a favor and say hello to my dog Duke!

                                                          He moved on a few years ago and I still miss him dearly

Kenny

1 hour ago, Starship Krupa said:

Nothing new under the sun.

Even now-beloved acts have attracted such shade.

"I'm just not into watching some trumpet player turn his back on the audience and spew whatever notes are in the mode while his piano player vamps over two chords."

"I'm just not into watching four guys with mop hairdos brang away at simplistic 3-chord tripe at ear-splitting volume while a bunch of screaming teenage girls wet their panties."

"I'm just not into watching a bunch of Australian has-been Beatle wannabes trying to pander to the latest trend."

(not implying that what you are hatin' on is in a league with messrs. Davis, Lennon, McCartney, Harrison, Starkey, and Gibb, I'm right with you there😄)

So where are you seeing these scantily clad prostitots? On TV? Has that ever been a way of finding great music (except for the aforementioned mop hairdo guys)? Since the 60's, when Rat Pack geniuses had their own shows, it's mostly been lowest common denominator, with the exception of a few weekend graveyard shift programs and an all music video channel that switched to reality shows.

Y'know, "Oh boy, my little sister is spazzing out because her favorite airhead is on Sonny and Cher."

Back in the day, I wasn't into watching Paul Anka sing about how cool it was that he knocked up his old lady. Nor was I into Debbie Boone screeching about someone lighting up her life. But they were all over TV and radio.

(oddly enough, I've found some GREAT stuff recently being used under closing credits for streaming series, go figure. Storefront Church for Beach Boy lovers, Lil' Yachty for Tame Impala lovers)

Kids These Days don't make music in a vacuum either. Talk to some of them. You might be surprised at what they say.

Nice try I ain't buying it .

Kenny

This whole the music today is better than the music of my youth debate got settled a long time ago for me...

First off, every musician I ever knew never bought a record and listened  to the first listen of the record all by his or her lonesome .Typically there would be 8 people jammed into the guys mothers basement or toughing it out in his smoke filled bedroom elbow to elbow hunched over passing the album around so everybody can see the art work as the songs played .

I don't care who you were , when you bought a new guitar those same 8 guys would show up at your house and then we would pass that guitar around person to person just like an Indian Chief would pass around the ceremonial peace pipe .

Music was an event that was meant to be shared .....

People of my era knew this and they gathered around Musical activities and hung out socially to feel the buzz and effects of the music collectively  .

When somebody bought a new pedal or learned how to play a Pink Floyd guitar solo we would all get together and teach each other how to play it ...

Nobody I knew played music in a vacuum . If you played the chords to Stairway To Heaven wrong two things would happen . The luscious succulent hottie you were trying to impress  knew how the song was so posed to go because the other 7 guys from the 8 I mentioned before had already played it for her so she would have to bow out of your advances ...In any case just when you felt the devastation of having just failed one of the other guys would pull you aside and show you how to play the song correctly .  

Every one I knew would practice together .

And I'm not just talking about my high school pals ...I wont drop names right now but I have always had people that wanted to learn tunes and woodshed together ....I'm gonna take that info to the grave with me simply because nobody would believe me if I mentioned some of the people  that have asked me to show them what I just did .Name Cats on the covers of mags in some cases .

I have met everybody I have wanted to meet except for Santana and Leslie West . I feel very fortunate to have gotten my feet wet in music at a time when 20 bucks would get you in the door ....When I didn't have the 20 I would find out where the equipment truck was and I told them I would unload and help them set up and more often than not they would hand me the guitars and amps and I would walk then into the theater .

When Roy Buchanan played Town Hall in the mid 70's I sat right there a little off to the side at his feet on stage ...I will always remember that show ...

Now 'm not trying to take you guys down memory lane but I have met and hung with every body musical from all genres of music at a time when the artist was approachable , the concerts were priced reasonably and the music was relevant ...

So for me what they call music now simply does not hold the appeal it may as it does for younger people ....I'm just not into watching a scantly dressed singer lip syncing while shaking her booty with 50 back up dancers evading explosions and streams of light ...

Everyone I ever wanted to meet in real life and hear them perform is a blessing too me ....maybe some day I'll drop names ..not today

all the best

Kenny

8 minutes ago, Xoo said:

I refer you to the first quote on this page:

https://www.azquotes.com/author/1347-George_Best

😆

Well if he want's to take the up escalator he can't squander it all 😉

You got to plan ahead and put away something for the taxes and fees that have accumulated on the ledger from over a lifetime of transgressions ! 

Simple right ?

Kenny

On 4/20/2024 at 3:16 PM, PhonoBrainer said:

Epilogue: you'll  still die broke. 

At least the way down will be interesting!

Well if your gonna loose all your money anyway because you can't take it with you  .

Bring everything you still got and tip the Angel guarding the gates into sending the ride to your destination up ...not down

Kenny

How did I not hear this guys before?

The short answer is the current powers that be on the internet are so busy shoving a bunch of meaningless non nutritious music and second rate performances  on everybody it  has become almost impossible to find a real influential  musical  genius from the past that happens to be the real deal .

In the mid 70's onward Lenny Breau was held in high regard amongst many of the absolute best guitar players from that era .

Lenny recorded  duet albums with Chet Atkins ..As a Jazz player Lenny recorded and did a film documentary with Tal Farlow .

Lenny also had a robust  musical background and for those that don't know it  Lenny was single-handedly responsible for having been the earliest guitar player to utilize the cascading harmonic arpeggio effects  most people have come to associate with Tommy Emmanuel  ...

Sort of like what Van Halen did with tapping

For the record Lenny was playing them every bit as good as what Tommy does in today's era ...

When Cher' was doing a concert in my area ( mid 70's ) I met her guitar player and many of her back up band .They were staying at a hotel and I spent hours with her guitar player jamming with him . He  taught me the correct tech on how to play those cascading harmonic arpeggios .

Lenny also became one of the first 7 string guitar players playing unaccompanied solo Jazz Performances . Sometime in the late 70's going into the 80's . IIRC Aria made a 7 string classical guitar model as his signature guitar .

The depth of Lennys talent was very deep ,Yet like many super talented musicians from that era Lenny had succumbed and entered into the tempestuous  allure of heroin addiction ....He braved on and still performed but unfortunately his life ended when he was murdered ..

to this day his murder is still unsolved .

all the best

Kenny

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          I see a large amount of money coming to you in the near future .

Be very selective when it comes to Love ! Not everyone has your best interests in mind .

Kenny

23 minutes ago, craigb said:

I can handle someone making it to 80 like Dickey.

Lets hear how you feel about that one once you hit 79 😆

23 minutes ago, craigb said:

Unfortunately, I just had a friend go at 46 two weeks ago... 😕

Sorry about the loss of your friend .

1 hour ago, Grem said:

I just saw this. Man what a loss. RIP ol boy.

I just found out today myself ....This is truly a loss for me considering most of my Jr High School era bands played a lot of the material from the ABB ....sadly I must confess I couldn't cop all the guitar parts back then  .I have seen them live shortly after Duane passed on . I love the fact they used to improvise a lot live ! and I still like and listen to their music

1 hour ago, CoveCamper said:

Just drove home from West Virginia ( work) and had a usb stick with some Allman Brothers on it. Listened to  'Eat a Peach' all the way through. I like them better now then when I was young.

+1 on liking them better now as opposed to when I was younger ...They put a lot into their music that escaped my young mind and ears .I had to grow up a lot to fully appreciate the talent and genius of their music i.

33 minutes ago, Old Joad said:

🤘

Right On !

all the best  

Kenny

RIP Dickey Betts!  A true Southern Rock Innovator has passed away today .

Kenny

13 hours ago, kennywtelejazz said:

Kenny

10 hours ago, craigb said:

That was some really good stuff!

How True !  So is this song !"Cause We've Ended as Lovers"

Jeff Becks super nice tribute to Roy Buchanan's playing influence on him!

Kenny

Kenny

On 4/14/2024 at 12:58 AM, craigb said:

Me likey! 😊👍

Heck, I only spotted one error during the whole video! 😜

(And that one was before you started playing! 🤣)

My mistake must have been adding  my solo to this thread after Reverend Billy Gibbons 🤣

You say you played something there Ken ?

Kenny

I'm going with this one as my favorite guitar solo 

Kenny

4 hours ago, craigb said:

Kenny, just going with the Flo... 😁

  Flo... got Kenny trained good .

                                   Now go brush your teeth Kenny

Kenny

16 hours ago, Grem said:

I can not believe it took me this long to remember this song: 

 

Let It Rain, by Clapton. The opening riff alone is one of the greatest in rock. But at the 3:48 mark that lick Eric throws out there is the best rock lead ever... bar none!! There is so much feel in that solo. That is the greatest solo in rock history.

The whole Eric Clapton Album was and still is one of my all  time favorite records of his  .

Let It Rain

Kenny

PS  Carl Radle's Bass Part is absolutely  sublime and it  locked the songs groove down tight  😊

On 4/8/2024 at 7:34 AM, Tim Smith said:

After my drink here I want to go lick all over my master.

Yes ! just make sure you brush your teeth and rinse your mouth out first.

😆

Kenny

7 hours ago, Tim Smith said:

Any prog rock fans out there? 

 

                                                       Yes !

Kenny

40 minutes ago, pwal³ said:

the short ones

😆

I like them long and musically tasteful !

From the record The Incredible Jazz Guitar Of Wes Montgomery 1960

Kenny

I couldn't find this one in the catalog . I was wondering how much out of the 300 Million they would have gotten for it  .

Kenny

On 4/5/2024 at 3:42 PM, kennywtelejazz said:

All you have to do now is Hope Punchmagnet  doesn't  get an extended GIG singing and performing at your favorite Pub .

 

13 hours ago, paulo said:

No problem there. It closed for good a couple of years ago. 

 

Now I'm concerned for you well being 😉

No boats ..... no more drinks in your favorite Pubs anymore ....  shheesh where's the fun in that ?

The bigger question here is where  does that leave Ole Punchmagnet ?

I guess after exhausting every possible nook and cranny he could have infiltrated. I would imagine Punchmagnet would find himself in a very desperate situation .

Since we all know his main purpose  in life has been  to  force his special brand of music and fun on unsuspecting folks,  while deceiving them by using other singers voices as his own ! He may have to resort to desperate measures .

The thing at the top of my list that would scare me the most is after removing every possible opportunity and outlet for Punchmagnet to bushwhack me with a Punchmagnet Roll I would be very afraid if  found myself looking up from the hymnbook at church and seeing him in the choir.....

Lets hope for all our sake's he doesn't find salvation .

Kenny

Howard Roberts Super Chops Study Group ...

https://www.jazzguitar.be/forum/improvisation/59664-howard-roberts-super-chops-study-group-tune-based-practice-routine.html

Kenny

On 4/3/2024 at 5:25 PM, kennywtelejazz said:

If  you happen to win an all expense paid trip on a luxury cruse please keep an eye out for the fine print .

His new GIG is as a musical director / main musical performer .

 

On 4/4/2024 at 2:52 AM, paulo said:

He's pretty safe then. I find it hard to imagine any circumstance that would make going on a cruise seem like something I would want to do.

Good for you! . You will eventually dodge more Icebergs that way !

All you have to do now is Hope Punchmagnet  doesn't  get an extended GIG singing and performing at your favorite Pub .

Kenny