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Location: South of most, North of few | Just wanted to be the first to thank Zilla and Mrs Zilla for the excellent hospitality shown to the members that showed up on their doorstep for fun and frolic. They really went out of their way to throw a never to be forgotten time, with food and the necessary merriment. Thanks to Beggin, TRboy, G8r and family, Capt LH, Gway, and all the other Zillas that really made the drive worth it. We got stuck on the I 4 parking lot for over 2 hours and I just got home so I'm a little too tired to post pics. I'll try to get them together for tomorrow..uh..today. I'm sure Jim is working on that right now. No Martin sticker jokes... ;) |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | WOW. Looks like you guys had some seriously nice guitars on hand !
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Location: south east Michigan | nice.
But please.... who's who??
I know some faces, but I also see some strange ones. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Truly horrible shirts. |
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Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by Jeff W.:
Truly horrible shirts. "I can't place the faces, but the shirts look familiar..." |
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Location: south east Michigan | Yeah... The outfit is just not complete without plastic, orange shoes, eh Jeff?? |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | damn straight. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | by the way... you can tell the locals by the blue jeans... |
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Location: south east Michigan | I like the group songbook / Kum-bi-ya type of thing.
What songs turned out well??
And conversly... any train wrecks?? |
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Location: East Tennessee | What no capo's? :D |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Capos? They don't need no stinkin capos! |
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Location: Orlando, FL | Wow, looks like ya'll had a great time, I wish I coulda been there...
No wait, I WAS at this one!
Thanks to everybody who came, it was a blast! To those who were hoping to be there, we missed you!
Thanks to TR for stringing my mando and getting the action down to about a half inch. Thanks also for the keychains and the Johnny Cash licks! I'll work on Ghost Riders for next time.
Big thanks to the Capt'n, Beggin and g8r for their great loud singing so nobody had to listen to me sing along! Jas thanks for bringing the reso, I had fun with it. Jim thank for letting me hog your Ute - I'll give you $850 for it.
Thanks to Trader Jim for playing the snare so we could figure out when to end a song. Thanks for the set of Silk and steels too! I think I try 'em on my 47RI.
Thanks to Gway for not only wearing pants, but also wearing the Ovation shirt and hat so my SWMBO and g8r's SWMBO know what to get us for Christmas! As you notice from the picture above Gary was playing a guitar with a plastic back AND front.
And thanks to Mrs. g8r for helping with the food, Serge, you have a great family!
Thanks to everybody again, I had a great time. Looking forward to the next one! |
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Location: South of most, North of few | No Capo's Mike! (sorry)
Brad, in the first set of pics: #2 pic is Gway
#3 pic is Capt lovehandles, #4 pic is TRboy, #7 pic features Zilla hisself on the left, and #8 is G8r. In the second set of pictures, #3 is Beggin Jim,
#4 is Trader Jim, #5 is Gway with his favorite guitar.
Also, many songs could be classified as train wrecks by the untrained ear, but professionally speaking, I think they all sounded great! :D |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | At least the guitars are nice looking. Actually, it is nice to put the face to the names. |
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Location: Slightly northwest of Trader Jim | Originally posted by Mark in Boise:
At least the guitars are nice looking. Actually, it is nice to put the face to the names. I couldn't have said it better myself! To put my two cents in,I HAD A GREAT TIME !!! I would like to thank Zilla and the Mrs. for putting on the best time I've had in a long time.I guess the highest compliment I could pay is to say, I'd do it again! The guys are outstanding company and Zilla's family endured it all with a smile.I really can't say enough, except I'm sorry to those who couldn't attend.
So agian , to the Zilla',A BIG THANK YOU,AND A WELL DONE! |
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Location: Slightly northwest of Trader Jim | And don't believe everything Trader Jim say's. Actually my favorite guitar has a crank! :D |
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| Least train wreck - (tie) "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt 1", "Soulshine"", Changes in Latitude Changes in Attitude" (Jas is a GREAT harmonizer)
Bad train wreck - "(I Can't Help) Falling in Love with You (Caution - Bridge Out)
Some great ad lib blues in E and G courtesy of Zilla and Trader Jim
What a blast! |
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Location: Simpsonville, SC | WOW! Let me say it again, WOW! Y'all shoulda been there. Let me tell you my side 'O the tale.
TRboy and I hit the road from Simpleville to Hotlanta to pickup the Captain and head to tha Big O. Ten hours of road time that seemed like about two. Jas and Mike kept me in song and laughter the whole way.
I blinked and we were at the Zilla Folks' beautiful Florida Estate, where from the initial greeting to the last goodbye we were treated like kings...no....kings never had it so good. We arrived Friday evening, with g8r coming shortly thereafter, and broke out the O's and A's and played until about 1:00a.m. After forcing ourselves to bed and sleeping great (well, maybe not the Captain, but that's another story), we awoke Saturday morning to a lovely breakfast. Soon after, TraderJim and Gway arrived and then it was play and sing, swap guitars, laugh and cut up the whole day and evening long. We did take brief breaks to eat and have a beverage or so, all graciously provided, setup, and serverd by the WHOLE Zilla clan. KINGS I TELL YA, TREATED LIKE KINGS! After another great nights sleep (the Captain even slept well) we got up this morning and hung out a while before leaving for the journey home. The ride back seemed only to take about three hours due to the bonding of the the Amigos. How Jas put up with Mike and I, I will never know.
The whole Zilla family went totally out of the way to make us feel welcome and waited on us hand and foot the entire time. Y'all are truly blessed to have such a great and close family. My most gracious THANK YOU to you all! It was a great time that will not be forgotten.
To my old and new OFC friends, thanks for the great time and the insipration to continue my journey down Guitar Lane. I hope that one day I can be as good as anyone of you. It was a privilege to play and sing with y'all, thanks for putting up with me!
As Jeff W. said in another thread:
"this a great board"
Ya shoulda been there!
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Location: GA USA | I have some pics with titles in my gallery now. I'll type more in an hour or two. Yes, Jim, I slept in this am. |
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Location: big island | looks like zilla was a thrilla. the last photo resembles a tropical ET theme. |
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Location: Cicero, NY | Nice. Anyone who has not had the chance to get in on any of these little get-togethers, do yourself a favor and find a way to get to one. You know there are a great group of people in this here Club and it only makes it more fun to actually meet, sit and play with a bunch of them. Nice work, 'Zilla. |
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Location: GA USA | Good stuff, Jimbo. Here go some of my highlights:
Ride down: Talked to Randy, played with Jim's iphone and TR's travel (Harmony) guitar.
Friday night: Reunion with the family Zilla. I called g8r to let him know we were settled in and that he needed to get himself over there. G8rette answered the phone and I went blank on his name. Uh, may I speak to g8r? Who? Um, the gentleman from the Ovation club? G8r came over and raised a few eyebrows with his superb playing.
Enjoyed a night of the beautiful music Jim makes when he sleeps. Sandy is a remarkable woman to put up with that racket.
Saturday: Coffee!
Meeting OFCers and families is a real joy. If that's how Trader Jim plays with a sore shoulder, I'd like to see him in top form.
Gway is a genuine nice guy. I'd hang out with these guys any time.
Did I mention the Zillas were there? This family has a Zombie Plan. That is, a plan to survive in case of Zombie Apocalypse, down to who gets left as bait, and who can be trusted to kill the others should they become zombies themselves. If you love your family, you'll have your own zombie plan.
We had chilli-cheeese-hotdog burgers. Burgers with cheese and hot dogs in the meat, smothered with chilli. Yum!
Three dogs and about as many cats running around us all day, along with two babies.
At bed time, left Jim's company and bunked in the room with the relatively quiet TRboy. Or maybe my hearing was shot from the night before.
Sunday: More fun with Zillas, talked religion and politics with Jim and TR on the way home. The two met some of my family, a proud moment.
Thanks to all, and looking forward to more.
Jas
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Location: the BIG Metropolis of TR | Boy, Do My Fingers HURT! :D
I’ll back-up everything said about the Zilla’s and add…...Steve,Donna,and the whole Zilla clan are some of the NICEST people you’ll ever meet on this earth…..You guys ROCK!!!!!
THANK YOU for your wonderful Southern hospitality and for opening your beautiful home to a bunch of rabid guitar enthusiast….Y’all truly treated us like KINGS!
I had a SUPER time and enjoyed EVERY minute from the time I got to Jimbob’s house (late ;) ) Friday morning ‘til I returned home (late ;) ) Sunday night…..I’ve STILL got a big-ole-grin :D on my face as I replay the weekend in my mind today!
Got to see some old friends (BegginJim, Cap’n LH, Trader Jim) and meet some new friends (D’zilla & family, Gway, G8R & family)…..the list keeps growing.
Missed meeting the members who couldn’t make it and the guys from the original Southern Jam (Lanaki, Crimson L. & Nick, Blues S, Music M,) hopefully youse guys can make the next one!!……
……..Never did see a gator :(
Did I mention the Zilla’s ROCK!!! :)
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Location: big island | Originally posted by Captain_Lovehandles:
Did I mention the Zillas were there? This family has a Zombie Plan. That is, a plan to survive in case of Zombie Apocalypse, down to who gets left as bait, and who can be trusted to kill the others should they become zombies themselves. If you love your family, you'll have your own zombie plan.
whay's up with this zombie stuff, anyway? last night while driving home from a gig, i listened to a news report on the radio about the sheriff/police chief? of lansing, michigan who has made preparations for his town to be ready for a zombie attack. he has amassed loads of chainsaws in order to cut down the trees to detour the zombies from lansing. i was waiting for the punch line in this story, but there wasn't one. the dude is serious! |
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Location: GA USA | That sounds like a Halloween stunt. With the Zillas, I think it's a year-round healthy imagination exercise.
Sort of like my son and I, who never tire of the age old "Which Justice Leaguer would be the last one standing?" debate. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Wow! Music and song sheets. To actually know what you're playing. Something to think about for the next Boulder Jam . . . |
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Location: GA USA | We just kept adding to the Southern Style Jam songbooks. A couple of people brought new music to work on... it was great. I think Zilla printed some from Slipkid's trinket. The cool thing is that we made the exact number of books last June to last for both jams. Everyone got one and now they're gone. |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | The Avengers would kick the Justice League's butts :cool: |
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Location: GA USA | Now there's a whole 'nuther discussion. |
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Location: Orlando, FL | Sort of like my son and I, who never tire of the age old "Which Justice Leaguer would be the last one standing?" debate. Thanks for opening that can of worms! We are arguing this one now. |
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Location: GA USA | Or not. You can argue that Batman would find a way to win, but I say heat vision is pretty much big blue's ace in the hole. |
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Location: Simpsonville, SC | A few more pics from the Zillafest...
The loverly Zilla Estate..still no gators in site though.
Trader Jim, obviously estatic that there are no gators!
Tha Zillaman and Captain doing the "Gator Away" tune (great mojo here, eh!)
Y'all really shoulda been there!! |
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Location: GA USA | I've got a short video on my Youtube channel .
Hopefully Jim and Zilla will come through with some more exciting jam footage soon. If any attendees want to add some to my channel, let me know and I can give you login info, or get me your files and I can edit it. |
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Location: Simpsonville, SC | Thanks Cap. You have managed to capture my real talent.
I only shot stills this go around, and most are duplicates to those already posted. Maybe someone else has some footage. I believe Mrs. Zilla was doing a little filmin. |
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Location: GA USA | But no real "performances", so it could be more interesting. Zilla will come through with the goods, I just know it.
Of course, our performances will be all of us looking down at books while playing. So... mental note - music stands next time. |
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Location: CT | Where'd the pix go? If you link them to the gallery, then remove them from the gallery, they dissapear from the thread too! |
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Location: south east Michigan | I had planned to place a well-timed phone call down to 'zilla's house that saturday. You know... just ask about the calendar or something & then be horrified that I had interupted the party. However, when I went to look for the number, it wasn't there.
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Zillafest is in the books