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See post #4.

This one, along with Bird/Diz, Belafonte (returns), Bill Withers... already posted, above.

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(Okay, scratch that one)

Spent the entire evening talking to a chair.

Yes, we should include the cover image here:

John Williams - guitar John Williams - baritone I think perhaps we have a winner? Continuing the Williams theme: Joe Williams, ("Big") Joe Williams Andy Williams, Andy Williams (I always get these two mixed up)

I don't think I follow you. I just read the article three times, and I still can't piece this together. What was the dog's role? The dog obviously failed to stop him from stepping over the edge, but is that all? As far as the "I was being dragged", and the earlier police statement ("...after falling on the subway tracks and being briefly dragged by a No. 1 train Wednesday morning, police said."), I'm having trouble picturing that. I've never even been to NYC, but looking at the photo of the train and platform, how do you get "dragged" by (in front of?) a train without getting hit first (and more seriously injured)? I can only assume that the train had slowed down considerably by then, and that maybe there's enough space under a subway car for a person to avoid more serious injury in a case like this?

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John (and everyone reading this), if you can find it, I would highly recommend their seasonal brown ale, "Tumbler". I heartily concur, and as an Oregonian I an loath to say anything nice about California beers, but i'm down with this brown... Don't worry, it seems pretty clear that you guys are way ahead of us. I'm actually a Widmer man myself.

John (and everyone reading this), if you can find it, I would highly recommend their seasonal brown ale, "Tumbler".

Anyway... back to Mexican food. Please!

Now we may be onto something, Bev. A restaurant/library hybrid! Have a nice quiet meal and enjoy a good read. I can see it now- barbecued ribs and a copy of... Well, perhaps not.

So, if a restaurant hires bad musicians, does the usual cacophony of people trying to talk (yell) above the level of noise in the place get worse (if the musicians don't drive everybody out of the place, that is), or does it improve? If I was really hungry, and the food was good, I might stay and endure the bad music if I could hear the person sitting next to me without them having to scream toward my ear from six four two inches away. Can you tell I don't like how loud restaurants are getting these days? Have we discussed this?... Oh, sorry. HAVE WE DISCUSSED THIS?

To you too, Dave. Now, tell those guys to turn around and smile at the camera!

Somehow I keep losing track of this thread. So, this is all a little late, but I hope someone will enjoy. A lot has gone on for me over the past couple of years. I sold two of my four Gibson archtops, and bought two mind-blowing, scope-broadening guitars that have gone way beyond my hopes and expectations. I mentioned earlier in the thread that I wanted to find an Epiphone Sheraton, and I did- an early example from 1962, (post-NY Epi parts, but pre-elongagted headstock and narrow neck), made by Gibson. Original mini-humbuckers, Trem-o-tone™ tailpiece, and a nut width of almost 1 3/4". An absolute joy. More recently, I satisfied a craving for a Gretsch. The only one I ever had was a 50's County Club model I bought about 20 years ago, but I never got much use out of it before trading it off. Last year, my radar somehow picked up on the idea of finding an original Country Gentleman model... the early single-cutaway version. I didn't even realize that these had a special bracing design ("trestle" bracing) which was Gretsch's solution to Chet Atkins' desire for a more solid internal construction- and increased sustain. Wow, what a revelation when I finally got my hands on this 1960 example. It has Filtertron humbuckers, which are sweet, and the neck is very comfortable (just over 1 11/16" at the nut, and a 24.6" scale length). I even lucked into one of the more flamey maple bodies (often they were more plain grained). Like the semi-hollow Sheraton, this guitar sustains like crazy (it's slightly less bright than the Sheraton, which I like for chord/melody jazz playing). I only regret that I didn't find these guitars a long time ago. I also picked up a classical guitar, which I've been wanting to do for many years since getting into brazilian music. Not being experienced with these, I didn't feel like I should invest in an expensive instrument, but I didn't want something crappy either. So, I dragged my feet for years. I finally stumbed onto a local Craigslist ad for a Di Giorgio (same brand used by Joao Gilberto) model Autor 3 from 2002, which I got for under $350. I'm uncertain about the exact woods used on this, as detailed info is hard to find. The top is said to be "Oregon pine" (Douglas fir, I believe); the back is apparently "Jacaranda do Brasil" (Brazilian rosewood...? At $400-ish, I doubt that its solid brazilian rosewood, but it is attractive); and I've seen the fingerboards referred to as "Indian Ebony". At any rate, it's decent in quality, and has a nice resonant sound. I've been very happy with it so far (still adjusting to the neck size).

YEAH!!

Love the second photo. Kenny playing the very useful E#9 chord Great photo. Two survivors and two sides of the Blues. Wonder what they're about to play? I guess it was "K.B. - B.B. Blues": http://www.kcet.org/shows/opencall/web-extras/program-notes-for-kenny-burrell-jazz-master-and-mentor.html I was off on the date, by the way. Looks like the event happened 11/12/11.

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Just came across this on the web. What a great image. I think it was taken back in March of 2012...

Had one of their hefs a year or so ago. Among the best I've had by any brewery.