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My 80 yr dad bought a new pickup a couple of years ago. His first with XM Radio. He has been in bad health lately and hasn't been driving so he let the XM subscription expire. The other day, they had to go to Dallas for a doctors appointment he discovered this fact. "I've lost Willie. When we get back home, we are calling those sumbitches and getting him back."

A friend of mine was a pilot for a young oil man in the mid 80s. Dude was young, rich and a lunatic. I can't find the picture anymore, but he would sit at the back of the plane, wearing an old leather helmet, flying scarf, goggles and old leather jacket, like he was flying a bi-plane against Snoopy. One year, the oil man threw a party and my buddy had to fly to Louisiana to pick up Chuck Berry who was the entertainment. My friend asked Mr. Berry if would sign something for him. Last I heard, he still has that Chuck Berry autographed Coors Light can.

John Prine has a interesting story about what a genius he was to write with but what a complete lunatic he was in every other aspect. They wrote enough of this one together for Prine to give him co-write credits. https://www.npr.org/2018/06/18/621022949/john-prine-on-music-cancer-and-why-he-never-thought-hed-be-a-recording-artist Full story in the link above: And the whole evening kind of went like that. It was a big circus - sort of a show. You know, Phil had a couple of bodyguards with him all the time. Your drink never got past - lower than half full. And these guys - one looked like a squirrelly, sort of skinny guy. And the other guy looked like Chewbacca. And they were with him everywhere. And Phil had a three-piece suit on with a shoulder holster. All of them were carrying pistols, you know. And it was a pretty crazy evening.

Los Lobos Recs: Both compilations mentioned above are fantastic. Studio Releases: My two favorites are listed above. I can't imagine my life without either of them. Bought them both on the day they were released. Musicianship is stellar and the material is as solid as it gets. "Will The Wolf Survive" is a great party album. Perfect for backyard bbq, beer drinking and general merriment. "Kiko" is sit-your-ass-in-a-chair-and-soak-it-in record. When Baboso and I saw them, I was really surprised they played the title track to "Kiko". I still get chill-bumps thinking about that moment. I always thought that album was the best Neville Brothers album ever released, if that makes sense.

I'm with you @baboso. To me, the two greatest American bands are Los Lobos and The Heartbreakers. About 90 years between the two of them with very few member changes.

You're always right, and I've never been wrong.

@BTW Just be there for him. At some point, he my just start talking to you. I have done that several times when the feeling hits me. One night, pretty late at a buddies cabin, he said he felt bad about drinking in front of me and asked if it bothered me. Nope. Then I started telling him shit that happened in rehab. The funny and bizarre stuff. He was pretty lit and said, "That is fucked up. I'm on my 5th whiskey drink and your drinking ginger beer and telling me rehab stories that are funny as fuck." Next day, I got up and started working in his basement to finish some work from the day before. He was laying on the couch, bitching about his hangover and saying he didn't think he drank that much. I just had to chuckle.

My college girlfriend is a HUGE music fan. We never watched TV or went to a movie. We went to live shows and sat at home listening to albums. Really listening to them. She is still the biggest Dylan fan I've ever met. This was around 82-86. I always wondered about the line in parentheses below from the first time I heard it. This is what we finally settled on, though it made NO sense. Yeah, she could hear the cars roll by(I don't fall for the one)Like waves crashin' on the beach Then in 1985, we had a huge house party to watch Live Aid, and Petty opened with American Girl. That was the first time we ever figured out what he was saying. Yeah, she could hear the cars roll byOut on 441Like waves crashin' on the beach I saw Petty in Feb, 2017 and when he played American Girl as his last song, I cried. I knew I would never see that song performed live again by the full band. I cried for falling for the one and for 441..... It was maybe the happiest I've ever been since my daughter was born. This version makes me cry as well.

Outstanding @Jerry Callo Great to hear. I'm in the more 'hardheaded' crowd.

For me, it hasn't changed since I first heard it. That way it steps in to that first verse, the bass part that was really the first time I remember paying attention to the bass, and the constant driving of the bass and snare. Even with the breaks in the middle of the song...you are always on the edge of kicking in to the driving rhythm. Buddy of mine in college said you know it is a great song when you think it it too short. And I included this version because of Stan Lynch's harmony vocal work. I know he caught a lot of shit because of his studio issues, but live? The guy was spot on.

Yep. I started it because she woke me up at 5am, screaming that something was wrong with the dog. Bumps on his belly. "Boys don't don't tits!" Both Captain Velcro and I were traumatized. RIP mighty Captain.

I saw REO on the 9 Lives tour in 1979. I had 4 tickets and had to give the other 3 away because no one left in my little shit-hole town knew who they wear. But I conned Chuck, Daryl and Brandon in to going with me. I think tickets were $9. I found out about REO at a keg party my sophomore year in 1977 when David Cope had the 8 track of the 1977 live album blaring from his silver, 1972 Hurst Edition 442. Jensens and a Pioneer Super Fucking Tuner. Young, little Hulla, standing by a burn barrel and keg, just soaking in the magic of the older girls, the music, weed and general atmosphere. Yep...that night made a mark on my musical bearings and if I could transport back, I'd be gone right now.

@Buzzrock We put a humidifier on our HVAC a few years ago for other reasons but after that, I was able to leave my acoustics out during the summer. Before that, I to store the Taylor and one other acoustic in a case with a humidifier in the sound hole, but now I can leave them out. They can only put them on the ground floor unit (my upstairs is in the attic/ground floor in the basement) but it really helped, even with the humidity upstairs. My guitars mainly stay in a room in the basement. The ONLY problem I've had with a humidifier is the female of the species. EVERY FUCKING SEASON CHANGE, TWICE A GOTDAMN YEAR, "don't we need to turn on the humidifier?" Or, dead of fucking winter, she goes to the basement and turns on the DEhumidifier. I even hid that motherfucker behind some boxes and unplugged it and she dug it out and turned it one. I'm just glad I didn't removed the drain hose from the pump or she would have flooded the place. FUCK sorry...I feel better now.

Gary Richrath was such a FUN guitarist, especially before Cronin ruined them. And this may show it better than anything.

And coming in 3rd. Newly minted guitar hotshot and songwriter, Steve Gaines was about to change the face of Lynyrd Skynyrd. Just some great juke joint rock.

And this one... Those twin leads. Fuck....greatest sound in guitar history IMHO. Nothing makes me smile more.

This is damn near the top of my list.

Just a reminder that we are still thinking about you and your family @immortal13

Good Lord, those pictures of Buddy are making my heart smile. Thanks for sharing those. And @Buzzrock Hope the hound gets better.

@AnotherUTFan Peebles Prom? Love that. I have a friend who was in a band called His Boy Elroy. They played the theme song to the Jetson's going into and coming back from a break.

Did you told her she's the only one you're dreaming of or did you skip right to taking her in your arms and never letting her go?

When I was in an IOP after my 28 day stint, I met a dude named Dan. Really cool guy, early 40s. So laid back...in to meditation and yoga and guitar...GREAT songwriter and singer. We became good friends really quickly and I've mentioned part of his story before. In short, did a 6 yr stint in fed prison on a distribution charge under required minimum sentencing. He was in his late 20s at the time. Started a dive shop in Bahamas with his dad. Would stay sober for a year or two then crash, in a big manner. Primarily coke. Got married and had a kid. Couple of years ago, relapsed. Wife found his car at a seedy hotel, she called the cops. The busted door down, beat the shit out of him, tossed him in jail. 3 years probation. Then last May, he relapsed again. Ran from cops, big chase, pitted him...rolled his car on interstate. Woke up in hospital, chained to a bed. But they never put him in jail. He thinks county didn't want to have to deal with his hospital stay. This is when I met him. Once month after this happened. Again, laid back, about the nicest, friendliest, kindest person I've ever met. He is a born leader. In July of this year, they worked out a sentence for the eluding chase (with about 10 other charges....none drug related). And at that time, his other history hadn't surfaced. If he had gone to trial, it would have. So, 10 years to serve 3. Everyone estimated it would be about 6-8 months. 1 county jail, 2 state prisons and back to a state work camp to be released. Right at 7 months. Today was the day. His wife drove down and was sitting in the parking lot at 7:45 this morning. He called me at 8:15 because I was the only one with money left on my phone account. His wife had used hers up since he was getting out. He was wondering where she was......couple of calls between the 3 of use. Then they come out and tell her that the 3 yr outstanding probation case reared it's head and that county might want to see him. I had to tell him that....then I got a phone call from his wife, bawling her head off, that the state patrol was in the parking lot and the warden called her to say they were transporting him to that county. We talked about me going, in case something like this happened. I drove him the 3 hours to his signing of his case where he turned himself in. We just thought he was actually getting out since no one had mentioned the outstanding case. And there she was....stuck 90 minutes from home and having to drive back without her husband. My wife and I have been taking lunch to her and their 2 yr old son while he has been away. We talk several times throughout the week. Things have been so great the past month because we knew he was getting out and the outstanding case hadn't been mentioned. I was freaking out with him over the phone and he could tell. He just kept telling me, "Hulla, this will be OK. Just breathe through it." fuck.

Damn @Goredho LOVE that look!

@tbone_ I'm loving that TC Duplicator. Thanks for the recommendation. At some point, I'm going to upgrade to QSC and just use my JBL as a monitor.

Yep. I quit listening to sports talk radio for the same reason. Really haven't watched any news program in years because I can't find an unbiased one. The other day, I made the huge mistake of venturing over to CR about the pardoning of the Blackwater guys. I was interested because one of them was the son of two people that I've known since I was 5 years old. What a HUGE fucking mistake that was.