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Location: Chicago | Let's be honest: we live for good feedback (verbal or nonverbal and can live on a few good words-gestures-signals for a very long time. SOOO: what positive bit of feedback stands out as YOUR BEST EVER MOMENT OF GLORY? |
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Location: Omaha, NE | Based not on the feedback but on my own sense of the song, I'd have to say it was doing "Killing The Blues" with a guest (female) vocalist last Saturday night. Absolute magic. Our voices seemed to merge perfectly. Totally exceptional moment. I could tell as the song was going on that this was one for the memory books.
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | I have been too lucky in life. (if that's possible) There are many moments of glory spread out over the years.
In local theatre productions (I'm either the bad guy or the comic sidekick, usually), in various bands and solo projects (ah, back when it used to 'get the girls!'), and once even running as a comic Federal candidate for the Parti Rhinoceros Party of Canada.(lots of superfun stories around that one!)
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Location: Slightly northwest of Trader Jim | I have two that stand out,first, after getting back to the guitar after 20+ yrs and buying my first 12 string, all I wanted to learn was "Dust in the wind". One night we went to see Kansas and of course they played my song. My wife turned to me and said,"hell you play it better than they do". need I say more. The other was at "g8r bowl". I was playing a long neck, same song, and realized the people at the table stopped talking and were listening, so of course I stopped. They said it sounded real good. Now I'm not sure whether they were talking about my playing or the guitar! My ten seconds of "OH WOW". :rolleyes: |
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Location: south east Michigan | Second place never tasted so sweet then at the Frisky Mermaid Songwriters Contest. It as a great feeling to see people sing along after only hearing it one time before.
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | Feedback (not the kind a good set up humbuckers produce) doesn't really have an affect on me when I play. I know when I do well and when I've sucked, and no other opinion really matters one way or another.
However, one moment that does stand out for me happened in the early 80's in Annapolis Maryland.
I had been playing Bass in a 50's band in that area. One day, I bumped into a friend-of-a-friend's kid on the street. He had helped us move gear a couple of times as I recall. I didn't really know him but I was cordial. In the process of "whatcha been up to" and "hows your summer been" I asked him what he was listening to on his "Walkman" (cassette version of course) that he was holding.
He didn't say anything and just handed the headphones to me from around his neck. It was a bootleg tape of "55 Chevy" the band I was in.
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I am not in the same league with Miles, but I also know when I suck or when I nail it without needing any audience reaction.
Musically, I've had few audiences and my family members aren't knowledgeable critics. Last year we renewed our wedding vows after 30 years and I played and sang Gordon Lightfoot's "Beautiful". I caught a sister-in-law who wasn't around 30 years ago tearing up.
I prefer to enjoy the glory vicariously. My daughter played at one of many of those piano recitals. There were some very good players along with the bad that all the parents have to sit through. My daughter did a medley that I think had so Chopin in it. She finished and all the parents sat in dead silence for what seemed like a long time. Then somebody in the back whispered, "Wow!" and then everyone applauded. I was really choked up, but my daughter came over and sat down and said she made a couple of mistakes. I was way more proud of her than I ever was in myself. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | I'd love to say something here, but I can't. I'm still waiting. |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | Mark, my highest high was also for someone else. When my at-that-time, eleven and twelve year old students put together a band and got a standing ovation at their middle school talent show, I cried. Before that even happened though, I had been so worried. I drilled them and drilled them in the weeks before the show, and was certain they would be a nervous wreck. Instead, they got up there grinning, and doing all the moves, totally relaxed and LOOKED as professional as they sounded. They went on to get invited to play at the high school talent competition and took first place. I LOVE those kids!
As for my own personal glory, at one of the songwriters workshops we had out here last year, there was a producer from Nashville here. He ran a "pitch session", warning us all that most of us would be told to stop after about ten seconds. Well, not only did he let me finish my song, but he advised me to make a demo and start pitching my song. Said he would sign me right now if the song had been country instead of jazz. He said he was sure it would sell. (So far I haven't had time to do anything with it, but even if I never do, that high for my ego is still going strong.) |
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Location: SoCal | The night that I first sang my daughter to sleep, then my son, then my wife. Couldn't get the dog to stop howling tho'...... |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Musically I only have one MOG, 44 years ago. In late high school I played guitar for a lovely pair of twins that had that tight 'family' harmony. We (The Briars) played folk music and had our moments in several amateur talent contests. Our highlight was playing for our Senior Assembly just prior to graduation.
I'll never forget the rush when we got a extended standing ovation and an encore request! Phew, I still get goose bumps thinking about it...
Ummm, now that I think about it, the student body didn't have to go back to class until the assembly was over... soooo... lil' turds!!!
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Location: Slightly northwest of Trader Jim | Originally posted by Trader Jim:
I'd love to say something here, but I can't. I'm still waiting. AHHHH! come on TJ.. I know your a heck of a drummer! :D |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | When my beautiful wife said yes to marrying me 34 years ago. |
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Location: Warren,Pa. | I saw the title of this thread and immediately went to it to post....exactly what Stephen said (except it's been 22 years for Maryanne & I). : )
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I never asked her. She just planned the wedding and told me when and where to show up. Some things haven't changed in 30 years. I picked the music. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by Mark in Boise:
She just planned the wedding and told me when and where to show up. Please tell me her name isn't Betty (from Texas)! Happened to me and I just picked up and ... 
Sounds like it's workin' out fer ya thus far (sig line clue)! :D |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Told me to buy a red Porsche instead of a blue one and then bought me the blue OFC instead of the red 47RI, too. Bossy, bossy. And I just keep doing what she tells me. I don't know how I stand it. |
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Location: Warren,Pa. | Well I guess we've successfully hijacked this thread. Not a bad thing, though, to hear guys talk about their wives in glowing terms. Don't hear much of that these days.
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Location: Vernon CT | My "MOG" musically was last October when my EXTREMELY talented Sister who has been playing Music for most of her life, from Chamber music to Orchestral pit to Acoustic rock band came over and listen to Me and my buddy play.She sat there with her mouth opened and a tear of joy in her eye. We got done and all she could do was hug me. Very special moment. Of course, My son being born was #1!! |
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Location: Rego Park, NY, | Originally posted by Trader Jim:
I'd love to say something here, but I can't. I'm still waiting. Can't remember which guitar you were play'n huh? :confused: |
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Location: Upper Left USA | I'm sure the best is yet to come!
Being part of a "flowing" worship set carries me through. Simple songs with freinds and family are wonderful.
The best is yet to come. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Originally posted by Phil Wong:
Originally posted by Trader Jim:
I'd love to say something here, but I can't. I'm still waiting. Can't remember which guitar you were play'n huh? :confused: |
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Location: NJ | In the Autumn of 1978 I was given the opportunity t'sing back back-up for Harry Chapin.
He was playing a Saturday Night full-band concert at the Community Theatre in Morristown.
The Friday Night before, he played a small, fund-raising show (for World Hunger Year) with just his cellist at a local High School.
Being a volunteer at the time for WorldHungerYear (and a huge Chapin fan), I was in attendance.
Somebody requested "Mr.Tanner", and Harry said he'd play it if someone would volunteer t'sing the counter-melody.
Up went my hand, and up on stage I went.
We "nailed" the tune to a great response, and I went back to my seat with a Sh!tEatingGrin.
Toward the end of the night, he started "Taxi".
He jokingly called out "Hey Cliff!! . . wanna' try THIS one?? . ."
Back "Up" I went . . .
GreatNight!
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| I do have one that sticks in my mind, I have been working with a band that's luckily is comprised of older guy's and guy's who only play summers and, even then, not every weekend. They were a basic classic rock band that has slowly worked into some more advanced music and they picked me up to complete the vocals and acoustic guitar for some Styx, and Yes, and various harmonies. Damdest set lists you've ever seen.......I will be playing Mustang Sally one minute then, Buning Down the House then, Perpetual Change the next.
I and our lead singer got into a few songs while at practice one night and decided that for a large gig we had been scheduled for on the 3rd of July, we would throw together four songs to do as an acoustic duo for our own enjoyment between sets and to help with the four hours of music the band had to cover. We picked That's the Way, Wish you were Here, Give a Little Bit, and Solsbury Hill. Now Dennis knew each of these songs except Solsbury Hill but I wrote out the lyrics on a sheet of paper for him the night of the gig which he managed to loose. Anyway we did our first two sets to a crowd of over 400, almost all young people between 19-25 and the obligatory dozen or more bikers with leather jackets sitting at the 70' long bar all night. Huge place, huge dance floor. So we started out with duo project, and the noise in there is increadible. We had to crank up pretty good to be heard. That's The Way from Zep. got a few whoops from the bikers, but not much attention from the kids, Wish You Were Here, got a minimal response as well, and about the time I figured this little duo we were trying was going over like a turd in the punch bowl, we played Supertramps Give a Little Bit. I cranked it up about as far as the 100w Peavey Amp I use for stage could go. The Kids were singing and totally into that song.........must be the remake?? Then I figured I made a mistake by doing Peter Gabriels Song last, as that would certainly bomb with this group. Well into it we went, and I have a great version of this piece I do solo and Dennis just did not know it, so I played it solo, Walked right out on the floor and dug into it as I knew Dennis had the vocals for this one as well and there was no need for harmonies. The crowd went toally berserk! There were screams from some of the girls! And the guy's were giving me the lighters held up and yelling! At first my heart sunk a little I thought perhaps they were busting us for doing this song but it was genuine! Dennis somehow let me know he did not know the second or third verses so I came back to the mic and belted out the rest of it myself. To this day I have no idea why that song made this kind of an audience response. When I was done I had a crowd of kids circiling my area yelling and clapping, Dennis was grinning at me and we were both laughing a little at the whole thing. I got the thumb and little finger wave and guy's screaming to the top of their lungs "YOU F_ING ROCK DUDE" "AWESOME" "WHOOOOO" even had some young girls screaming...... Now that was just to dam funny......an old fart like me and an even older obscure song like Solsbury Hill was the biggest song of the night. I'll never forget it. And I smile every time I play this song now.........I have not gotten that response from this song since that night, but one can always hope. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | cliff,
Great story! Makings for a ballad. Don't know which title would be best though: "Autumn of 1978" or "Sh!tEat!ngGr!n". :D
Chapin was one of my favorites! |
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Location: Crossville, TN | One of my best moments was actually by accident lol, several years ago I was enjoying open mic night in one of my old favorite hang outs, a nice little blues bar in Knoxville, when some friends talked me into playing. I probably shouldn't have as I had maybe 1 or 5 too many drinks that night, but I am very glad they talked me into it. In the middle of the set Blues great Cheryl Rene just so happened to be there and came up and gave a blistering vocal performance while I was playing. It was awesome to see her wailing away right beside me and an honor to perform with her. She had just dropped in to see her friend the mc before leaving for a performance out of town, and said she loved the music and wanted to sing, so it was just luck and that I was in the right place at the right time. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | It would be tough to beat that one, Cliff. That just reminded me to find a Chapin cd. |
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Location: NJ | ". . It would be tough to beat that one, Cliff . ."
Well, . . a 3-way with Marissa Tomei & Charlize Theron would probably "top" it, for me . . . |
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Location: Just outside Dallas, TX | Well I work for one of Cisco's (Networking GIANT) Competitors... My Moment of glory was locking them out of a 200Mil deal... They got caught in a lie that I happened to bring to light...
Musically - Every time I get in front of a group of people and don't freeze up... (I play in the Local Church Band every Sunday so every week I have my Moment) |
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| Originally posted by cliff:
". . It would be tough to beat that one, Cliff . ."
Well, . . a 3-way with Marissa Tomei & Charlize Theron would probably "top" it, for me . . . Thirty years ago boy, thirty years......
Or are you still doing the Viagara ads? |
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Location: NJ | NoNeed, Pal.
I can STILL carry a bathtowel with both hands full . . . |
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Location: Omaha, NE | Originally posted by cliff:
". . It would be tough to beat that one, Cliff . ."
Well, . . a 3-way with Marissa Tomei & Charlize Theron would probably "top" it, for me . . . It wasn't as great as you'd think. |
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Location: NJ | "pause" button crapping-out on you again?? . . . |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | Cliff, I'm jealous. Harry was one of the very best that ever lived. When you went to one of his shows, every person in the audience felt like he was sitting in their living room, playing just for them. A good friend of mine performs both of those songs, and although I have never liked my voice, I do Big John's part on them both. We always get compliments, although it's probably for the material, not the performance. |
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Location: Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey | Originally posted by cliff:
NoNeed, Pal.
I can STILL carry a bathtowel with both hands full . . . Now that's a visual that I didn't need.....
The Chapin story was very cool though. |
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Location: SoCal | Originally posted by John B:
Originally posted by cliff:
NoNeed, Pal.
I can STILL carry a bathtowel with both hands full . . . Now that's a visual that I didn't need.....
The Chapin story was very cool though.
But the Chapin story was extemely cool....... |
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Location: NJ | Bathtowel from NY's Plaza Hotel.
White Turkish terrycloth w/Burgundy emboidery.
Probably @ 1.5kG.
I can post a pic if you'd like . . . |
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Location: Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey | Originally posted by cliff:
Bathtowel from NY's Plaza Hotel.
White Turkish terrycloth w/Burgundy emboidery.
Probably @ 1.5kG.
I can post a pic if you'd like . . . NoThanks .. This is a new monitor. I'd hate to have to break it. |
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Location: SoCal | Originally posted by cliff:
Bathtowel from NY's Plaza Hotel.
White Turkish terrycloth w/Burgundy emboidery.
Probably @ 1.5kG.
I can post a pic if you'd like . . . I'd say go ahead and post a pic, but you're a wiz with photoshop and I wouldn't trust it.... |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | It's no big deal. I carry towels around my neck all the time. I bet they really socked his credit card for the towel, though. |
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Location: NJ | Not when y'swipe it from the Housekeeping cart . . . |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Somehow we went from singing with Chapin to stealing towels. As long as we're off topic, this reminded me of a golf story.
I was in the 19th hole complaining about my inability to hit the ball straight and my friend Gary advised that I need to "point my pecker at the hole." I didn't realize he was trying to tell me I wasn't rotating my hips. Instead, I told him, "you get much more excited about golf than I do, Gary. Mine just kind of hangs there." |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by Mark in Boise:
Mine just kind of hangs there. Ya don't use it to tee off? :D |
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Location: Michigan | My best ever moment I had was when they carried Keith Moon off the stage at a concert from a drug overdose and they asked for a drummer from the auidence and I got to play a concert with The Who. :D GWB :D |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | No Contest: holding my daughter and later my son after watching my dear wife deliver them into the world healthy and whole...
I've held many awesome guitars in many awesome moments with some pretty awesome people in my 42 years of playing music: none even come close with becoming a Father at 50 years of age...and then again at 54...
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Location: Michigan | VIVA VIAGRA:::Congradulations Mike..GWB :p |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | VIVA VIAGRA Nope, never used it or anything else... |
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Location: NJ | I was very stressed out at the third open house.
I passed a remark to Matt Smith that I would be glad that it was over.
He said that I should be proud because it happened because of me. that I put the tools in place to join all these people togther.
that made me feel good.
A music one happened just this past year. I played with my nephew for his High School senior solo. We performed really well and the audience loved it. I became a legend in a high school I never atteneded.
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Had a few, but that's all they were . . . moments. Even memory of them is fading fast. I prefer to look ahead to the next one, if and when it should ever happen. Does waking up in the morning count? |
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Location: NJ | Originally posted by ProfessorBB:
. Does waking up in the morning count? it does with me |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Waking up in the morning would be great if I could sleep. Kept having nightmares about Cliff and his towel. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Relax. It's no big deal.
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Location: NJ | y'just can't spell it correctly . . . |
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Location: closely held secret | Maybe if we rearrange the words it'll make sense... |
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Location: chicago | One of my magic moments was in 1991 I entered a guitar player sound page competition,there were seven hundred entries from around the globe with only fifteen honorable mentions an I was one of them,its still a tune we play in guitars of fire(Bozos Waltz.It was short lived but I still have the issue with the Chilli peppers on the cover.
Another was when I played for a madam ant 8 high payed call girls for the 65 year old madams sons b-day party in her condo in downtown chicago.Theres more im sure but these two come to mind..... |
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Location: Utah | I've been lucky and had a lot of good experiences. But none that really stand out as a huge high point, like playing on stage with Chapin or The Who. Though I did sing with Doc Severinsen at the Garden State Arts Center in 1977. I've summitted a few big mountains (and nearly died a few times along the way) in the Himalayas and the Andes.
My proudest moments all revolve around my kids. You know, all the meaningless things like a first soccer goal when they are 8 yrs old, or a music recital, or a good report card that they had to work hard for. |
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Location: Budd Lake, NJ | When the newest song I've written touches the hearts of the ones who have heard it--I know it's a good one.
I'm with Music, though--only now, I get to hold grandbabies. What an awesome reward for parenthood....
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