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02-21-2011, 10:24 PM | #151 (permalink) | ||
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Fame, fortune, power, titties. People say these are the most crucial things in life, but you can have a pocket full o' gold and it doesn't mean sh*t if you don't have someone to share that gold with. Seems simple. Yet it's an important lesson to learn. Even lone wolves run in packs sometimes. Quote:
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02-21-2011, 10:39 PM | #152 (permalink) | |
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02-21-2011, 10:51 PM | #153 (permalink) | |
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I never cared about Tiger Woods. I've seen him in some bio doc and in an interview he was shooting his mouth off how great he was. OK, I know he worked to get where he's at, and that he knows is the best in the eyes of the world, but imo talent isn't something to brag about. I don't think once person reaches a certain level of skill that sets them apart from other, that gives a right boast or talk smack before a game.
Stevie Ray Vaughn had the right attitude imo, I remember a story where he was ticked that he got top billing on a marquee in big bold letters, and not (I think) B.B. King, and in short he made the venue change the marquee. It's those little things about famous people's personality that makes me a fan or not.
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"it counts in our hearts" ?ºº? “I have nothing to offer anybody, except my own confusion.” Jack Kerouac. “If one listens to the wrong kind of music, he will become the wrong kind of person.” Aristotle. "If you tried to give Rock and Roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry'." John Lennon "I look for ambiguity when I'm writing because life is ambiguous." Keith Richards |
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02-21-2011, 11:01 PM | #154 (permalink) | |||
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Fame, fortune, power, titties. People say these are the most crucial things in life, but you can have a pocket full o' gold and it doesn't mean sh*t if you don't have someone to share that gold with. Seems simple. Yet it's an important lesson to learn. Even lone wolves run in packs sometimes. Quote:
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02-22-2011, 12:20 AM | #155 (permalink) |
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Stevie was one of the most humble people ive ever seen. Which is really uncommon for someone with the amount of talent he had. That was just him and who he was..I still would have liked him if he was an @ss. Which he wasnt by any means that im aware of.
As far as being ****y and being a good athlete..im all for it. Do what you do and if nobodys good enough to match your talent and shut you up. Then they really cant say much. In sports competition I think being ****y is definatley a good thing. Im not really seeing a reason to be a ****y musician. There not beating each other up with guitars or anything. I dont know...to me its different. |
02-22-2011, 11:13 PM | #156 (permalink) | ||
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I use to think at one time, sports was combative competition one team against another, and music was cooperation where musicians jam together, that people who play sports are more competitive, and musicians are more cooperative, but I think otherwise now. You can find someone who acts like a ****y no matter where you go. Guitar players might not beat each other up with their guitars, but they might fight over what songs to do or the direction of the band, or a guitar player might not like the way the bass player plays etc. Band members can get on each other nerves, there can be an undercurrent of competition that isn't always so obvious. Music fans aren't so discrete, the can be like sports fans, they can be a little more brutal at times.
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02-22-2011, 11:24 PM | #157 (permalink) | |
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02-23-2011, 05:43 AM | #158 (permalink) |
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On a different note all together...last night I got a call about an old friend of mine passing away last weekend. His funeral is today and im not gonna be able to make it cause...well im in a tight spot right now and its hundreds of miles away. I do want to say that this man was close to being if not The Best Person ive ever had the honor of knowing. I feel I owe it to him to speak my peace even if it is to complete strangers who never knew him.
As a young punk kid in his late teens I found myself moving far away from home on a whim. The people were different and I immediatley kind of went crazy. So glad to finally be out on my own and away from my folks. One evening as me and another guy were headed back to the beer store..lol...we managed to somehow find the ditch before we got there. He bolted and I stayed. Around 7 or so that morning I hear a tap on the window and this man was standing there smiling. Seeing my Texas tags he proceeds to call me Tex without knowing my name or asking for it. Willingly just offereing help after he asks.."rough night Tex?" We exchange hello's and all that good stuff and try to pull my truck out. His 4 wheel drive wasnt enough truck to do the job so he leaves..and returns with his backhoe. After some time of rearranging the chains and pulling and tugging we manage to get it out. I offer the man all the money i had left from the night before...which was about 40 bucks. He would not hear of taking my money. Instead he told me to help out the next person I saw in need of the same kind of helping hand. Then he offered me a beer as he was already drinking himself.lol. He spotted my guitar and asked if I played. When I told him I like to think I try too..he invited me down to his house. Needless to say we became very good friends after that and his family kind of became my home away from home. I had never felt as welcomed and comfortable around anyone even from my home state as him and his family made me feel. He helped me many more times throughout my stay there and im always in debt to him. The years eventually brought me back home but I would often go and visit him from time to time when I had the chance. He always loved to hear me play and sing and thats how I remember him. Funny he liked to wear cowboy boots and hats as I did not... He had cirrhosis of the liver the last two years and finally lost the battle last weekend. If I had to gues I would say he was in his mid 70's by now. I never knew he had the condition as ive been married..having kids..getting divorced. Im kind of glad in a way..I wouldnt want to have seen him sick....ill always remember the man behind the half drunk smile. Kind hearted and good spirited..always able to make me laugh and always willing to do whatever it took to help out anyone in need. This was TRULY one of the best men ive ever met. May he R.I.P. today when they put him to rest. |
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