Topic: Introductions: When the Roll is called...

[Slack]

Welcome Kenny!  You have cool parents. 

[JTBlue]

By way of introduction, I just returned from my first time as a singer at Blues Week and haven't quite landed yet.  What an amazing time...  How many weeks until nest year???

JTBlue

[Slack]

Welcome JTBlue!

[Stuart]

Looks like Mary Flower is now among us--Welcome! (Why does the word "slumming" suddenly come to mind?? --just kidding!!)

[Easy Rider]

Hiya!

I have finally joined this forum.  I recognize some of your names, and many of you will recognize my handle, from a couple of other forums I participate in.  I was lucky to get the same handle here.  No one can impersonate me!  I'm one of a kind. 

[Slack]

Welcome to WC Easy Rider!

[bluesdog]

My name is John, 51 years old and live in Macclenny, Florida, about 5 min from the GA. line.  Been playing the guitar since I was 13. Got hooked on the Blues when I lived in England as a teen listening  Mike Raven's R and B program on the beeb in the early 70's. Just got  DSL and I'm finally able to hear the Weenie Juke. It's the first thing I now go to when I turn on my computer so I can listen to the country blues while I surf..
I play blues and old school country on my Gibson SJ and National Delphi. I like the slide guitar style delta blues like Son House, Mississippi Fred McDowell, etc. as well as the country blues picking styles of Furry Lewis and Rev. Gary Davis.

[Slack]

Welcome John!  Glad you got the Juke going!

[chipmonk doug]

Hey Bluesdog give me a call and we'll pick some.
I'm in Bell with a Branford number you know the area code, 935-0289

Doug

[boots]

Nice to be reminded of Mike Raven's programme. I was an avid listener back then. The Peeler had a good show around that time.

[greenoak]

Hi! I'm Bob from Lyman, NH. Have been playing guitar on and off since I was a youngster. I'm just a parlour picker but find playing a great stress reliever from my job as a network administrator. Having returned from my 3rd trip to PT and hearing about WeenieCampbell.com it was the first place I visited when I booted up my computer upon my return home. Awesome site - It has become addictive.

[Slack]

Welcome Bob!

[arbarnhart]

I am a new member in Raleigh, NC. Over the years, I have played guitar and piano, though not really very well. Now I am concentrating on the mandolin, and yes, playing blues on the mandolin. I listen to a lot of Yank Rachell, Johny Young and Howard Armstrong. I do some porch picking with two neighbors who play guitar, though one brings a banjo instead sometimes. We play blues and some blues inspired classic rock. We are thinking of doing a 3 song set at our local blues jam one of these days. My pick will definitely be an acoustic contry blues selection. Lately I have been playing the juke box here and trying to play along. It's not trivial; a lot of the songs seem to have a different tuning and are "unfindable" with A=440 tuning.

-Andy

[waxwing]

Welcome to Weenie Campbell, Andy.

Seems like we're getting more mando players lately, which is great.

A couple of factors that may affect the tuning on recordings are that the recording speed may have been a little off or that the musicians tuned to each other, but not to a tuning fork. Sometimes it sounds like they didn't even tune to each other, eh?

Another thing to be aware of is that Yank often tuned his mando down to E instead of G because E was a favored key of many guitarists.

All for now.
John C.

[arbarnhart]

I had heard that about Yank's tuning. I am all too familiar with how much guitarists like the key of E. I can do a reasonable 12 bar using a barred A and B with an open E but when you throw in the alternating 7ths it doesn't sound quite as good. I can also take the whole progression an octave higher but that has its own problems. If they want me to carry rhythm really well, we play in G!

-Andy