Drinkin' and Pickin'
Good evening UMGF!I was discussing with a friend today that I sometimes play better with a beer or two in me. There truley is no better time to grab my Martin, pick, strum, and sing (make that attempt...
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booze can make you think anything!!Duende in a bottle..I drink on ocassion but not when playing..Last ocassion..a year ago July..Sitting on a bottle of Austrian Vodka andanother bottle of SPanish...
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"Loose and relaxed" is what alcohol will make you feel in the one drink or so stage. More, as you have observed, and your coordination begins to suffer. I DO enjoy a glass of wine or a beer as much as...
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Wash shu shay. Bang on th ol Martn shounds good.Oh yeah? Pleash lemme borro yer D-45?S**t, tripped on the damn guitar.Shounds good Gone be shick .
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If I want to play to the best of my ability, as limited as it may be, I have to steer clear of alcohol.But if I just want to get together with friends and make some music for the fun of it....
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I cannot drink alcohol and fingerpick. It completely messes up my coordination and I lose the sensitivity and mental grid of my pickin' hand. On the other hand, I can have a wee toke and play for...
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I dunno about sensitivity and mental grids, but I fingerpick like crap when I'm drunk!
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I dropped a pre-war 0028 on a concrete floor in a bar once while playing after a few drinks (the strap popped off the button). Really nasty break..rg
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That's a good point - I got a hefty ding in one of my martins after playing in a bar on a few drinks. Played fine, but the guitar took a lickin. Of course perhaps I never should have brought it to the...
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Out of my gang of guitars, the Martin DM is the party animal. It doesn't care how raucous it gets in the bar. It is one tough little sucker!I learned not to take a D-28 anywhere near the barrooms...
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I have NEVER been able to drink and play. Always figured that provide either a) I would never grow up to be a rock star, orb) I would never grow up to be an alcoholicBack when I was lead guitar in the...
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As one of our more obscure Vice Presidents (come to think of it aren't they all pretty obscure?) said, "The best audience is intelligent, well educated, and a little drunk".Certainly was true when I...
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