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Location: Boise, Idaho | Sounds good. I'll try to find something from the 70s so you youngsters might recognize them.
Iffy, I really appreciate the senior font comment. Karl had this great book of songs, but it was about 6 by 8 and when I got my face close enough to see it, he'd see the back of my head.
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Pick short songs. The shorter the song, the bigger the font. |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | Pick only songs by America... one verse and whistle the rest of the song :) |
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Location: Colorado | OK - I'm in Alison - I'm bringing my daughter Samantha - she is 12 - she knows cowboy chords,
We'll be camping - we're in for Jam session on Friday Night - and put us down for two for the concert. We won't be attending the song writer workshop. We'll do any other jam session or open mic too...Alison, I have a decent PA with all the trimmings for small room set-up - do you need one? Jam session or Concert - Decent stuff - can handle a couple guits and vocals - efx, IPod, Mics, direct boxes - etc. No pressure - just letting you know It is available for the whole weekend if you want/need it. I'll mix too - if the artist uses his own gear - cool - just let me know. Do you need concert $$$ now - or just bring it up with us. Anyone own a cajone? |
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Location: Colorado | Bobbo: If I bring PA gear - I'll bring the van - but if not - I'll probably come up in the purple vert Karmann Ghia |
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Location: Colorado | For the record - it would be the ghia's second event...the first was with Fugot, Cliff, Prof and T28 in Boulder. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Originally posted by ProfessorBB:
Pick short songs. The shorter the song, the bigger the font. Chordie has an easy function for changing font size. I think that must have been what Otto used for most of his book. Reprinting his book on both sides of the page is another one of the projects on my list. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I'm trying to post a link to Otto's songbook. In case I flubbed it, you can find it in the 2008 archive under Otto's Songbook. 259 pages. Otto\'s songbook |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | OK, I don't have access to an overhead projector so maybe the book thing would be best. I DO have a PA, so there's no need to bring one. And I want to see that Ghia! What year is it? I drove VWs for years. I have owned several bugs, a bus, and a little orange Ghia that was mostly bondo, but what a fun ride!
I got a PM asking what time the workshop and concert will be. At first I thought I could schedule it myself, but Craig got a chance to do a gig in Utah the night before so I'm not sure what time he'll be getting in. I have an email out to him right now. I'll let you know as soon as I get an answer. |
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Location: Utah | Mark, Sara will bring her Ute. |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | Why oh why is it so hard to pin people down? Craig just emailed me back saying he'll be coming up from Denver and can start any time I want him to. It's a 7 hour drive so even if he starts driving at 5AM he won't be here 'til noon. I emailed back telling him to NAME A TIME. He's in Paris right now. Hopefully he'll write back in a few minutes and let me know. |
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Location: Tennessee | Mark ... I vote purpvert all the way. And plot out a backroads route. :cool:
Alison, let us know how the scheduling thing works outs. I'm flexible on both sides and nighttime can be the right time too. Espresso is our friend. I like quad shots. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | O.k., here's what I can do. We can start with Otto's book (unless he objects). It's a pretty comprehensive volume. I have a few more I'll add. If anybody has anything they want added, send it to me via PM. I also recall that I promised to provide some information to Otto (it was you, wasn't it?) at Amelia, so I'll get it to you early next week. |
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Location: Tennessee | I can bring a projector and a laptop if you want me to. I have otto's book in PDF, and hundreds more electronically. Mostly just chords, no tab. All we need is a wall to project on and a table. If Otto doesn't object. ;) . Bring your stuff on a USB stick and we're good. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | My "stuff" is handwritten in a spiral notebook. I'll bring it just for laughs. I actually had about 10 songs from the 70s that were also in Otto's songbook. I had most of the chords right. This weekend I played a bunch of those old strumming songs that I hadn't played in 30 years. It was a lot tougher when I was trying to play along with the radio, or even a record. |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | OK, I FINALLY got an answer from Craig. Looks like we'll be starting the workshop at noon, or shortly thereafter. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | I'll still go ahead and put a Jambook together, although I may edit and delete some of Otto's material as the book is now pretty big and growing by the day. There are a lot of two-page songs and with a few added from my own collection, we're up to 216 songs and over 300 pages. Even double-sided, this will be a monster. If you want something included, send it to me via PM. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Alison, clean out your PM box on a regular basis. You're going to be getting lots of them.
Brad, Otto's book is kind of a monster. I made the mistake of printing it on our home printer, which didn't print on both sides, so I stopped it halfway and printed some on the back pages. Made it really confusing. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Got a Sears car top carrier off Craigslist for $20, but it will cost $400 to attach the $20 car top carrier to the car. So we should have plenty of room for golf clubs, my only Hawaiian shirt, some OFC shirts and some music books, but the guitar will go in a soft case in the trunk. I'm looking forward to seeing one of the original slotheads and comparing it to an OFC. We've got a reservation at the log cabins and already planned the sightseeing for Sunday. I'm working on a couple new Croce songs. I don't care if nobody wants to hear them. Unless anyone really wants to compare 2 or 3 OFC 1s with an original, I'll probably bring the LAV Koa. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Cool, Mark. We're at the cabins, too, and we're also planning to tour on Sunday. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | If any attendee is interested in adopting a real nice Adamas 1598, I can bring mine that I had planned on selling in the future. Hands on test drive with no $hipping...
Alison, do you have a bass amp at the shop? If so, I can bring a 1453 UB1-K Ultra Bass. Hopefully, someone can play bass for us.
Sunday will be our tourist day also; at least, the Chief Crazy Horse Monument and Mt. Rushmore. |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | Sunday is going to be tour day, for sure. I'd like to play tour guide if you're interested. Through Wind Cave National Park up to Custer State Park. We'll do the wildlife loop followed by the Needles Highway. Then over to Mt. Rushmore. After that it's up to you. I'd LIKE to take you all up to Spearfish Canyon, but that would make for such a long day. Instead, some of you might want to see Crazy Horse or Jewel Cave. But believe me, the wildlife loop and Needles Highway are the very best part. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | We were looking at exactly what you mentioned, but figured one cave was enough, so we picked Wind Cave. We haven't seen Crazy Horse or Mt. Rushmore in 30 years, so we'd like to see those.
We didn't plan on being able to get up too early on Sunday, but if the others are all jammed out on Friday night, maybe I'll be ready to go early. If not, we were looking at a late morning or noon start and spending the rest of the day winding our way up and spending the night in Rapid City. We wouldn't mind a guide if everyone else agrees to the same schedule. I imagine that touring on those roads with a motorcycle, Porsche (DING) and Yukon might be a bit different, but that's OK. |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | No matter what the schedule, what the vehicle, or what the attractions you choose to see, you're going to LOVE it! |
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Location: Utah | The tour sounds like a must. We'll plan on bugging out sometime in the later afternoon towards home. |
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The First Annual Rocky Racoon Memorial Black Hills Gathering
