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Is my old man any good? Or not so good?
My dad who is 54, played some guitar in some New York clubs when he was
younger and I never knew really. I knew he finger-picked a bit on an acoustic, but had no idea he could play electric blues guitar. I shot some videos of him playing his new guitar and uploaded them, but he doesn't know yet! ) Here's a link to the clips :- http://www.georgeblades.com/video.html Well...'is he any good?! Curious! C.C. He also played in New Jersey and all around the west coast. He's played with Clapton and Buddy Guy to name but two famous bluesmen. My step-brother and step-sister also did not know about his past, neither did his present-day wife. My mother knew though, but she never told me. He was born in Atlanta, Georgia and has played there also. Jeez, he's been around, I'll say that! So how come George Blades is not rich and famous then? Hmm, he should be I'd say. His url again..... www.georgeblades.com Well? Here's a link to the clips :- http://www.georgeblades.com/video.html Well...'is he any good?! Curious! C.C. He also played in New Jersey and all around the west coast. He's played with Clapton and Buddy Guy to name but two famous bluesmen. My step-brother and step-sister also did not know about his past, neither did his present-day wife. My mother knew though, but she never told me. He was born in Atlanta, Georgia and has played there also. Jeez, he's been around, I'll say that! So how come George Blades is not rich and famous then? Hmm, he should be I'd say. His url again..... www.georgeblades.com Well Hi Boyd, thanks for your email...'in answer to your question, he plays a Gibson ES-335 Tobaco Brown Sunburst guitar mostly and this is an original and cost him around $10,000. He pays big money for his gear and 10 thousand dollars is peanuts to him, but he's not rich these days....'so where's all the money gone then? You tell me! You must've googled the wrong george blades btw as the link you sent me was a UK link, not USA. No, he's never been a boxer and no, he never payed an Epi LEs Paul. Cheers. Jim. Ah, I see. You can read the NG posts, but you can't post? Is that right? Okay, I guess you really have cause to email me then! It's fine by me man. J P.S. How are things in Canada these days Boyd? :-) He also played in New Jersey and all around the west coast. He's played with Clapton and Buddy Guy to name but two famous bluesmen. My step-brother and step-sister also did not know about his past, neither did his present-day wife. My mother knew though, but she never told me. He was born in Atlanta, Georgia and has played there also. Jeez, he's been around, I'll say that! So how come George Blades is not rich and famous then? Hmm, he should be I'd say. His url again..... www.georgeblades.com Here's a link to the clips :- http://www.georgeblades.com/video.html Well? Hi Boyd, thanks for your email...'in answer to your question, he plays a Gibson ES-335 Tobaco Brown Sunburst guitar mostly and this is an original and cost him around $10,000. He pays big money for his gear and 10 thousand dollars is peanuts to him, but he's not rich these days....'so where's all the money gone then? You tell me! You must've googled the wrong george blades btw as the link you sent me was a UK link, not USA. No, he's never been a boxer and no, he never payed an Epi LEs Paul. Cheers. Jim. Could you please post to the newsgroup rather than email me direct? Thanks. J Ah, I see. You can read the NG posts, but you can't post? Is that right? Okay, I guess you really have cause to email me then! It's fine by me man. J P.S. How are things in Canada these days Boyd? :-) Hey Boyd! At first I didn't understand what you were asking, but now I do. Sorry for not explaining about the vids website. I put it up but it was only supposed to be seen by his friends in New York originally, then I posted the link to it in the NewsGroup. I can see how it 'could' be confusing, but I wanted it to be "surprise" when his friends atarted to email him saying "I didn't know you played like that" and stuff, but the thing is that not a single person emailed him to say a word about it. I know there is something strange about it all, but he'd never have posted the vids himself, so I did it for him. Someone suggested "something sinister" might be going on coz I never knew he played all those years ago. How close they came to the truth, they will never know! I don't hate my dad or even dislike him, but I never saw him when I was a kid as he split from us for another woman when I was only in junior school. He got married again and had what he calls his "second family" and since he showed up again just a few years back, we are all suppose to act like nothing ever happened. Well, something sure as hell 'did' happen. I now have a son of my own and he is getting all the attention that I never got from my own dad. BTW, I am NOT jealous or angry in any way, just a son who was dumped along the way. He's a weird guy my dad, but I don't know his past at all. It has been hinted at to me by the odd friend of his that he DID play in bands in New York a while back, but I can't find anyone to give me the facts. He certainly wont. He says he's never had any lessons in his life...'really?! I find that very hard to believe for a start. He also refuses to talk about his past and laughs when I ask if he played in any bands. I am sure he did though. He once gave me an electric guitar and I still have it, and old beat-up Les Paul copy which I play some chords on and pick a bit, mostly country-rock stuff, but I'd loved to have had him around to show me how to play differently. I love mynew half-bro and sis very much, I mean it ain't their fault what he did. I have a younger sister of my own and she won't even talk to him, so I guess I at least have made more of an effort to talk to him. Ddo NOT email him any of this stuff I have posted here! He is nice enough, but he does have another side to him, so keep this strictly in the NG. Guess you all know his email address, but I am pretty sure that nobody could be as heartless as to back-stab me. I hope I'm right. You're a cool guy, but lighten up a little, and NO, I don't blame you for the confusion. I take all the blame for that one my friend. Cheers. |
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