Big Fun at Acoustic Jam

It was actually a very small acoustic jam -- me and another guy who alternated between his own mandolin and my beater guitar, and 2-3 kibbitzers and occasional singers. And a stiff breeze made our song sheets want to be other than where we wanted them, and we fumbled around more than a little agreeing on songs.

But the weather was nice, we played more than we fumbled, and we agreed that we'd do it again when we're both back from vacation, August 21. Also, many shoppers slowed down as they passed us, and smiled.

I pronounce it a success. If we have as much fun at the second one, so much the better.

End of the Line

My friend Mark suggested we add this track from the Traveling Wilburys to our repertoire. It always makes me sniffle because of the empty chair with Roy Orbison's guitar, but what the heck.

So today I tried it. The introduction does NOT work on a classic guitar with its 12 fret neck. It marginally works with a steel-string with a 14-fret neck. I suspect it would work best of all with one of those jazz guitars with the cutaway at the bottom.

Roy laughed a big laugh when he saw me trying to skitter my fingers down the fingerboard way below where the guitar meets the neck. Grr. It was somewhat better on the beater.

Watch it if you're interested. You can see George Harrison entering the Cutaway Zone to do the intro. But I don't have a cutaway.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwqhdRs4jyA