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Thankyou! Thanks so immensely! I am old, so very old, and the years have gone by so quickly! Just SECONDS ago, it seems, I was young, and every day was a promise of tomorrow! But now the world has changed so much, and tomorrow knows me not. My mother used to sing this song to me, and I have not...

..Yeah, well, you know, these guys go back to a time BEFORE televlsion invaded the home, when communities existed, when it was an EVENT to go to a movie, and the Opry filled Saturday night. It is no wonder we of today cannot compete - we can get all the notes, and even play them faster. But some...

Hello Again Whipps A! You see, I will respond to anything you post of R.L. The Most Exciting Guitar is one of the GREAT jazz guitar albums - pure musicality, execution, and lyrical content. YouTube does not allow me enough words! As a kid I copied him, and even played a Jazzmaster, same color as...

My Beautiful Friends, we are a Community of Spirits! How I soar with the music of this song, take flight with the memories of a culture lost, yet in sound remembered. Can you feel the heartbeat? Yes, the soul of our striving shall always beat, and whatever darkness the world shall bear, we will ...

You poor younger people, born after the Apex, you have no idea of the emotion, the quality, the elan of the era you missed. Listen to this music! Plots then were developed slowly, as tensions mounted. Some of you may sense this quality and suspense, for all its simplicity. We who remember this ...

...Another great, here-to-fore unknown Lanham cut! Immense thanks for the posting! I once spoke with him once on the phone. I asked him if he still had his pink Jazzmaster. No, he had traded it in for his Jaguar! He told me Barney Kessel had advised him to turn in his cowboy boots, and pursue ja...

...A voice that inspired, that changed lives, that was never less than playful, sweet and gentle, yet full of sex and power, the one and only Elvis - Then, Now, and Always, the King!

Others are better known and receive more credit, but Roy Lanham is one of the greatest guitarist of his era. Listen to that tone, to the quality of his ideas! No one had cleaner technique, just perfect. I spent hours trying to learn every tune on the Most Exciting Guitar album. I had the honor of...

,,,New Orleans, 1967 or so. ...Donel had a band then which he named Donel Austin and the Mod Souls. They played at a club on Bourbon Street called the Gunga Den. Donel was a great showman, and singer. In that band the guitar player was a guy who went by the name of Jonas Monk. I thought he was i...

I remember Donel Austin in New Orleans circa 1967. He had a group called Donel Austin and the Mod Souls. The guitarist in the band was Jonas Monk. He was a great, natural talent, with a deep R&B groove and a strong leaning toward jazz. Does anyone checking in here remember him, or know what becam...

@StevenConverse Thanks for your reply, and all of this is meant as informative discourse. D.V. is playing this piece at a here-to-fore unprecedented speed. Classical masters play this, typically, about 170 - 184 bpm. To hear D.V. play this (in Japan at 370!) is like watching someone run the 440 i...

I used to watch Gene Davis every Sunday (I lived in Californian then, 1963). This was a country music show broadcast live from a club in L.A. It was hosted by a used car guy (Cal worthington?) as I recall. A young Merle Haggard was often on this show, before he was a national star. Joe Maphis an...

Most beautiful, delicate touch this side of Heaven!

You are really a first rate guitar player! Just so you know, I have been playing for many years and know this tune, and many others, very well. I hope you don't mind if I borrow a bit from you concept! On my own, brother, I don't think I would play all that good, but because I have "good hands" a...

Let's face it: Elvis was the most dynamic event of the 20th century. Even Leonard Bernstein said as much. Pre-army Elvis was the most vital force our culture has ever known, way beyond any politician of our era. Do YOU remember? Maybe not, but I do. There has never been anything like it. No disre...

@kweerb8 Hello there K8! Always willing to continue the dialogue. I just got back from a blues bar Thursday night jam. The music was much too loud for me, and I did not sit in. But the playing was great! Young players, now, have deeply absorbed the sounds of the Blues Masters - B.B. King, Albert ...

@leadadde It is my understanding that there is a degree of truth to the brothers finding a guitar, but the story has been fictionalized as well. Somewhere there is an interview with Nato, and he speaks of this. Obviously, the brothers later must have had some deep musical experiences, and one wou...

Thank you, sweet spirit, for falling through time, and conveying such exquisite sounds to our mortal ears. You are so delicate and sensitive in your interpretation of this most difficult (for me, and countless others!) piece. I love your playing, and you are a gift to the sonic, emotional senses....

...And here, on T.F.S.P., Nato simply plays the melody, beautiful, lush, and deeply satisfying. Yet, his was one of the most accomplished "techniques" of his era. NO ONE else, at the time, would have even attempted "Fantasy Impromptu"! I saw Los Indios in concert, and that evening, as a sonic fea...