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I think I remember hearing that he was the one who "taught" Weir slide. I put taught in quotes because it sure seemed to take forever for him to get it down.

He's no sissy now!

Where's his purse? He looks so manly as a pirate. I bet Jerry Falwell wishes he was a pirate. Oh yeah, he is.

One reason I find myself in listening ruts is because of the constant sensory overload in my life. I find if I can get away from everything for a few days (no phone, music, civilization), it's easier to get back into music.

What would Jerry Falwell say? I'm diggin' the purple.

That's a great picture, Jim! He looks like a happy little guy.

Thanks guys! You're right, Jim. We really are LUCKY!

Here he is last year:

Nice pictures! Here's my 3 year old this Halloween:

The set up time for the drum machine is a lot less. Those drum cages are a bitch. And the drum machine probably doesn't pen lyrics like this gem: That's true. Our drummer worshipped Neal Peart. Unfortunately, he couldn't play like him.

The set up time for the drum machine is a lot less. Those drum cages are a bitch.

We replaced him with a drum machine. There's a difference?

Plesse tell me you meant Chaney. If Cheney was running the site, then Organissimo would be RICH!!!! The site is also working fine for me.

All I can say is that I am not doing something right... That's right, Jeff. Your economic travails can be traced directly back to the time when you decided to switch parties and vote Democrat. Actually, you're not far from the truth... I figure it's the darkness before the dawn... (I hope)

All I can say is that I am not doing something right...

Every drummer I've played with called it a cowbell. Fortunately, I haven't played with a drummer who had a cowbell in a long time. Years ago, I was in a band and our drummer was obsessed with Neal Peart from the band Rush. This drummer we had loved "exotic" percussion and playing triplets. Not a good combo for a jangly rock band. We replaced him with a drum machine.

Thanks Conn! You are a friend.

Answer: BIG ASS BUCKS!! You know... You could give the largest contributor for the month some sort of special honor. Example: The Organissimo Album of the Week brought to you by Chaney

I'm going to be all over that one!

Auction off your cds here or on ebay, Jeff. You can then send what you want to Jim. Thanks Conn! I'll probably do just that.

To get back to the original post in this thread, adding cowbell was a common trick back in the 70s to add "groove" to a tune. The idea is that you have the cowbell playing quarter notes and then mix it underneath everything, so it's barely audible. It's almost subconscious, but it makes everything gel together better. In other words, listen for some serious cowbell on the next Organissimo record! NICE!!! I hope to see some VibraSlap also. That's another great 70's effect.

Any thoughts to having an auction to raise funds? As someone who has been hurt by outsourcing , (I'm jobless) I don't really have any funds to spare. Jim, would you be open to us donating some cool CDs, etc... to auction off as a fundraising measure. We could mail our items to you and you could go from there?

I hope you have a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

I generally don't like to correct others typos and grammar, but don't you mean "It's like the internets were broken"???? Oops! I forgot that there was more than one.

Good for you, Al!