Hello from England!

Bastion Highwalk

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Hello all!
I joined quite a while ago but just lurked for the info here till now.

The usual but necessary intro: I’ve been playing guitar for about 25 years (I should be better, really), born in Canada, lived in England for the last 12. I play guitar, I write songs, I sing songs, I teach music and sometimes produce peoples albums on my teeny tiny record label if they can’t find anyone better to do it.

Uh.. guitar stuff, I play mostly (but not exclusively) teles loudly, a lot of slide too. I listen to a lot of Rock n Roll, Old Blues (like Mississippi Fred McDowell, Lightnin Hopkins, Jimmie Rodgers etc) Southern Rock (I suppose you’d call it that, is stuff like The Band and Little Feat Southern Rock? Cause that’s what I mean. Not Skynard.). I grew up listening to country and have always loved Merle, George Jones, Waylon, Hank and so on. Not Garth or any of that.
If I had to say, and I know I don’t:
Top 3 Bands: Black Crowes, Stones, Faces/early Rod Stewart
Top 3 guitarists: Rich Robinson, Keith and Ronnie Wood. (What a surprise…)

I have 2 bands, a full blown rock band that rarely plays anywhere but releases albums and an Americana band that plays anywhere but doesn’t release albums (yet).

What else? I have a dog named banjo. I also have an actual banjo that I can’t play.

Bastion
 
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StoneH

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Welcome,

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Maguchi

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Hello all!
I joined quite a while ago but just lurked for the info here till now.

The usual but necessary intro: I’ve been playing guitar for about 25 years (I should be better, really), born in Canada, lived in England for the last 12. I play guitar, I write songs, I sing songs, I teach music and sometimes produce peoples albums on my teeny tiny record label if they can’t find anyone better to do it.

Uh.. guitar stuff, I play mostly (but not exclusively) teles loudly, a lot of slide too. I listen to a lot of Rock n Roll, Old Blues (like Mississippi Fred McDowell, Lightnin Hopkins, Jimmie Rodgers etc) Southern Rock (I suppose you’d call it that, is stuff like The Band and Little Feat Southern Rock? Cause that’s what I mean. Not Skynard.). I grew up listening to country and have always loved Merle, George Jones, Waylon, Hank and so on. Not Garth or any of that.
If I had to say, and I know I don’t:
Top 3 Bands: Black Crowes, Stones, Faces/early Rod Stewart
Top 3 guitarists: Rich Robinson, Keith and Ronnie Wood. (What a surprise…)

I have 2 bands, a full blown rock band that rarely plays anywhere but releases albums and an Americana band that plays anywhere but doesn’t release albums (yet).

What else? I have a dog named banjo. I also have an actual banjo that I can’t play.

Bastion
Welcome from across the pond!
 

old school fender

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Hello all!
I joined quite a while ago but just lurked for the info here till now.

The usual but necessary intro: I’ve been playing guitar for about 25 years (I should be better, really), born in Canada, lived in England for the last 12. I play guitar, I write songs, I sing songs, I teach music and sometimes produce peoples albums on my teeny tiny record label if they can’t find anyone better to do it.

Uh.. guitar stuff, I play mostly (but not exclusively) teles loudly, a lot of slide too. I listen to a lot of Rock n Roll, Old Blues (like Mississippi Fred McDowell, Lightnin Hopkins, Jimmie Rodgers etc) Southern Rock (I suppose you’d call it that, is stuff like The Band and Little Feat Southern Rock? Cause that’s what I mean. Not Skynard.). I grew up listening to country and have always loved Merle, George Jones, Waylon, Hank and so on. Not Garth or any of that.
If I had to say, and I know I don’t:
Top 3 Bands: Black Crowes, Stones, Faces/early Rod Stewart
Top 3 guitarists: Rich Robinson, Keith and Ronnie Wood. (What a surprise…)

I have 2 bands, a full blown rock band that rarely plays anywhere but releases albums and an Americana band that plays anywhere but doesn’t release albums (yet).

What else? I have a dog named banjo. I also have an actual banjo that I can’t play.

Bastion
Down here in Georgia we consider southern rock to be : Skynard, Marshall Tucker Band, Allman Brothers Band ( even though they're more of a blues band) Molly Hatchet, Wet Willie, Atlanta Rhythm Section....who am I leaving out. i don't what you would classify Little Feat as except maybe a bunch of fine musicians. Could listen to Lowell play all day long!
 

Bastion Highwalk

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Down here in Georgia we consider southern rock to be : Skynard, Marshall Tucker Band, Allman Brothers Band ( even though they're more of a blues band) Molly Hatchet, Wet Willie, Atlanta Rhythm Section....who am I leaving out. i don't what you would classify Little Feat as except maybe a bunch of fine musicians. Could listen to Lowell play all day long!
Ok, Georgia, yeah you’d know! So I’m not a huge fan of southern rock it appears 🤷‍♂️
 

Bastion Highwalk

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Hello from Up North, where today anyway it is indeed Grim. Glad you could join us!

Now we need pictures...
...of the banjo
Oh man it’s been grim down here for WEEKS! Oh English winter…

Which banjo, the one I can’t play or the one that constantly plays me? 😆
 




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