quote:Originally posted by mrbadhairday:
OK folks I suppose I'm gonna have to eventually register....Ms. Cathy I took the liberty to look at your profile....and check out a couple of your songs.."The Leader of the Band", and, "Tears in Heaven"....TWO WORDS....GOOSE BUMPS...anyone who has not checked out her music is missing out in a MAJOR way...KUDOS to the chef Cathy 
p.s. We have a lot of the same tastes in music just I am a loud sloppy rock/blues player who uses a Les Paul and a Marshall stack. I could NEVER do stuff like that I'd get laughed off the stage. Please take that as a SERIOUS compliment.
Thanks for the compliments and for visiting my site. But don't knock your own talents. If we all played the same style, the music scene would quickly get very boring. I'm mainly a fingerpicker, but I would LOVE to know how to play blues lead, or any kind of lead for that matter. In fact, I found myself getting so bored with my style of playing that on an impulse a couple of weeks ago, I bought a Squier Affinity and a little Behringer tube amp, just to fool around with. The first thing I did when I got home was to put in the Reno DVD and try to keep up with Terry. Right. That didn't work out too well! I was all fingers, and none of them were doing what they were supposed to do. I've since decided to take it a song at a time, and I've nearly worn out the repeat button on my remote. Right now I'm working on the lead to Sundown, and a little bit of Wreck. I've also figured out parts of the lead on Blackberry Wine. I guess the song at a time approach probably isn't working. Okay. I'll go for learning two or three songs at a time.
The funny thing is, I grab the pick and start plunking away at lead. The next thing I know, the pick is on the coffee table and I'm fingerpicking Shadows, Don Quixote, Restless, or a number of other great songs. I guess I'll always be a fingerpicker at heart, but I sure would like to figure out a few lead riffs, just to quench my boredom and cabin fever.
Do you have any recordings you could share with us? I'd like to hear some of your so called sloppy rock/blues tunes.
It took several minutes to write this. I had the TV on VH1 Classic and Paul Simon came on and sang Late In The Evening.I couldn't resist the urge to watch.
You should listen to a couple of Lightfoot tunes from my site, like Song For A Winter's Night, or Heaven Help The Devil. There are a bunch of artists that I like, but Lightfoot is the one who inspired me to work on my fingerpicking skills.
Cathy
http://www.cathycowette.com