Yesterday for my 30min step machine workout, I had 'Los Straitjackets in Concert' DVD playing http://tinyurl.com/cep557z. I didn't get the chance to watch all of it, but later I decided to play it again, so I pulled out my '66 Jazzmaster, tweaked a amp preset in Mustang I and played along with the concert. I really had fun!

When I had pull out the 'Los Straitjackets' DVD, I saw my 'Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Live From Austin, Texas' DVD http://tinyurl.com/7afm2ka.

I just had put new strings on my '72 Strat, which I keep tuned to Eb, so I put in the SRV DVD, and decided to torture myself by playing along with SRV. It wasn't too bad, and I again had fun.

At the very end of footage, there is a tribute video done with SRV playing 'Little Wing', in the college of pictures, there is a picture of Jimi burning his guitar at Monterey. I have the 'Jimi Hendrix: Live at Monterey' DVD http://tinyurl.com/7f2qz3f, so I put that on and played along.

The EXP show was only about 45mins, and after playing along with the other concerts, I had been playing for almost 3hrs! Since moving I really hadn't had the time to sit and play this long. I used to do this all the time, and need to build my calluses back up.

Really, I'm getting ready for this Sun's Dayton Blues' blues jam .

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Tony Houston

only blisters? your not trying hard enough when you get blood on the fret board you have played enough for the day that's where a guitars Mojo comes from.

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Any time I try to play along with SRV my fingers get wrecked but you gotta do it to sound right.

What happens to me is my hands or wrist starts to cramp after a long time...this weekend we have two gigs,Fri. and Sat....the first back to back of this year,it's going to wear me out....in a good way.

We played every weekend for about ten years, this included two rehearsals a week and I still played guitar when we weren't playing because I was writing songs.

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Tony Houston

Me too tony,I used to go night and day,but I was a lot younger then....
now my mind says I can,and my body says...no you can't!

Tony, next time throw on the Cream Reunion and work on all those bends and vibrato, that should help turn those blisters into calluses!

T2

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What time is it? It's Fender Time.

I have it and was thinking about playing it tonight, but I also put new strings on my Epi Dot 335 and have Freddie King: Dallas, Texas Jan. 20th 1973 http://tinyurl.com/87n9nhv on tap for tonight's practice.

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Tony Houston

Very cool Tony

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you can save the world with your guitar one love song at a time it's just better, more fun, easier with a fender solid body electric guitar or electric bass guitar.

You're a maniac Mr. B!... the kind of maniac that inspires me.
I managed to squeeze in 4 hours myself today. Took the first half of the day off when my long-time guitar buddy that I've known since '76 showed up at 8:30am.
We jammed 'til 12:30. (just getting started too).

Rock on Bruthah!

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Yelp, I didn't make it to the blues jam, ever since I moved back here to Dayton, my allergies have been terrible, and today has been a real butt kicker. I had ran out of meds, & the OTC stuff took over an hour to kick-in, by that time my throat was raw from sneezing and hackin', so I couldn't do any vocals.

I know that if one can sing and play guitar, than most times you'll led the jam, this is what I do when I go to a blues jam. This way everyone has to do songs you know.

I just checked the Dayton Blues Society's site and there were pictures posted from the last jam. I'm in these, and a few more http://www.soundchasm.com/dbs-apr12/dsc_0853.html, http://www.soundchasm.com/dbs-apr12/dsc_0865.html.

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Tony Houston

SK, you read my mind.