Musicians

He was a 'good ole boy' who called people 'Bo!' all the time. but he was a very good player.

So, one talent ( if you wish to call it that) that I have is that I am very good at recognizing music. I have shot down many songs that others have written because I recognized that they had (usually accidentally) copied another tune. We were sitting and talking about new tunes that we had written and the other guitarist played us something he had come up with. I immediately realized it sounded like another, already popular tune and pointed it out to him. My buddy turned to us both and said, "Well, there ain't but a hunnert and sixty-six notes on the muthahfukah, I'm sure they have all been played by now!"

Very wise words, actually.

The trick is to constantly come up with new ways to make the same one hundred and sixty-six notes sound good and fresh and relatable.

Which requires a constant state of learning and discovery. Otherwise, those notes will just be the same old thing.

Jam on, Prof!

BTW, here is my baby. Yamaha G Series. I remember one night after a show, letting Michael Allman mess around with it. He liked it a lot. He and I did an impromptu acoustic version of 'Whipping Post', which I had mentioned was my fave song from his father's band, and that I usually did an acoustic cover of it.

A highlight of my career.

Had to tell him it was not for sale, though. And, we both forget about him signing it that evening, after he said he would. Oh well.

(Hey, we were musicians at an after party. You can imagine the state we were in. LOL.)