Charlie Watts Dies at 80 (1941-2021)
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- KVRAF
- 11950 posts since 31 Aug, 2013 from Someplace else
When I was 18 and crashing on a friend's couch, he had an old school tape player. Somehow, you could input an electric guitar, in this case, an acoustic with a pup. Oh, man. That thing was mindblowing. I remember tripping, doing my Hendrix 'Star Spangled Banner.' With feedback and the whole shebang. On an acoustic with a passive pup! The overdrive was amazing, and so was the feedback. One of the guys there left in the middle of my rendition, and came back about 15 minutes later all freaked out: There's tombstones! The football field is a cemetary! Meanwhile, I was still making the guitar wail and he continued to stare wild-eyed, with pupils the size of smarties, lol.Hink wrote: Thu Aug 26, 2021 12:15 am I remember I had this Alamo El Dorado electric guitar with strings so high my mom used it as a cloths line and an old tube amp taken from a ham radio with an 8" speaker in an old crate...I couldn't figure out how to get the hard sound. Then one day I took my radioshack 8-track cartridge recorder up to my parents stereo to plug my guitar into it (one of those 60's console jobs, tubes, loud as hell)...I pinged the vu's...and discovered what I called then the hendrix sound
“The Generals sat, and the lines on the map, moved from side to side.”
― Pink Floyd
― Pink Floyd
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- KVRAF
- 2593 posts since 15 Feb, 2006 from Another Green World
Well, it is correct to say "the Beatles' original drummer and bassist are no longer with us"...Pete Best drummed until Ringo came along, Stu Sutcliffe played bass while Paul McCartney was on guitar in the early days.
RIP Charlie Watts!
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- KVRAF
- 2394 posts since 10 Jul, 2006 from Tampa
Pete Best is still alive.Winstontaneous wrote: Thu Aug 26, 2021 6:57 amWell, it is correct to say "the Beatles' original drummer and bassist are no longer with us"...Pete Best drummed until Ringo came along, Stu Sutcliffe played bass while Paul McCartney was on guitar in the early days.
RIP Charlie Watts!
Steve
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- Rad Grandad
- 38041 posts since 6 Sep, 2003 from Downeast Maine
he's the best drummer
The highest form of knowledge is empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in another's world. It requires profound, purpose‐larger‐than‐the‐self kind of understanding.
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- KVRAF
- 7001 posts since 20 Mar, 2012 from Babbleon
too bad and sad about charlie. he probabably didn't want people to be sad so...
ah böwakawa poussé poussé
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- Rad Grandad
- 38041 posts since 6 Sep, 2003 from Downeast Maine
still the best for petes sake
The highest form of knowledge is empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in another's world. It requires profound, purpose‐larger‐than‐the‐self kind of understanding.
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- addled muppet weed
- 111294 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
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- Rad Grandad
- 38041 posts since 6 Sep, 2003 from Downeast Maine
no I dont how can pete best not be the best drummer for pete sake
ok who threw that apple at my head
The highest form of knowledge is empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in another's world. It requires profound, purpose‐larger‐than‐the‐self kind of understanding.
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- addled muppet weed
- 111294 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
still too soon?
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- Rad Grandad
- 38041 posts since 6 Sep, 2003 from Downeast Maine
The highest form of knowledge is empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in another's world. It requires profound, purpose‐larger‐than‐the‐self kind of understanding.
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- KVRAF
- 11950 posts since 31 Aug, 2013 from Someplace else
I think this tour will be their last hurrah. I can't see them carrying on without him. There'd be a big huge hole anytime they got together. Time waits for no one, no favours has he…
“The Generals sat, and the lines on the map, moved from side to side.”
― Pink Floyd
― Pink Floyd
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- Rad Grandad
- 38041 posts since 6 Sep, 2003 from Downeast Maine
Mick looks like somes grandpa trying to look hip at a wedding or something
The highest form of knowledge is empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in another's world. It requires profound, purpose‐larger‐than‐the‐self kind of understanding.