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Many thanks to Laura & The Vinyard for Jason Pittman, Rallph McGee/ Doug Thompson ensemble for great show Wednesday Nite 1-9-08. The bucket brigade really works. Ralph what were you saying about how hard it is with $28.50, gettin' very far with a Jap guitar? How about Doug Thompson in a bucket?



Nelson Blanchard

Song "Sweet Dreams" by Nelson Blanchard

 
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In doing some recording and publishing of a couple of albums of my own and having experienced first hand difficulty in trying to get a song to "sound right" I've learned how hard it must be to do a 3-4 hour session and have every song sound good or at least pretty good and have your audience continue to make requests until 2:00am in the morning.

And we have all heard some artists on some occasions sound absolutely inspired. And we have all heard some artists and some groups do great solo performances and an occasional great rendition but otherwise don't seem to "hold the groove".

Anyway in my totally non-professional, non-solicited, non-sober experience I've found a few musicians who, I believe, on any given night, can stay "in the groove", and consistently deliver truly professional, recordable, balanced work night after night.

Don Weber

This is not to say some songs won't be better than others; we all know some songs "better" than the cover band and can find flaws in their version, but that's to be expected.

In doing this website, I just thought it might give me the opportunity to "pay back" some of these guys and gals who have demonstrated that level of professionalism we hear sometimes on the radio, a hit album or CD we all consider star quality

As a friend of mine said one night, while we were listening to a local man lay down a tremendous vocal track, on a song done just fairly by a Nashville star, "you know its sometimes a very thin line between a platinum performance in Nashville and a great sound across the street.

I've since thought about this many times, and have now come to believe, there's no line at all, just twists of fate, bizarre sacrifices, a little geography and a few miles of wire.

I hope to add a number of artists to this site as I collect graphics, and receive input from people more knowledgeable in their areas of interest. Please submit any ideas and suggestions to: dweber9414@peoplepc.com

And Lets Have Fun!

Yours truly,

Don Weber

 

 
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