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  • billyjoe
    Senior Member
    • Nov 2003
    • 9014

    Rob's 10 Long Picks Performance 10/30--11/17

    Stock--------10/30--------11/17----------%Gain/Loss

    AAA----------55.12--------57.91-----------+5.06%
    ABN----------28.96--------29.55----------- +2.04
    ABX----------30.14--------28.46----------- -5.57
    ACAS---------42.75--------44.07----------- +3.09
    ADM----------38.95----stopped 11/3
    ADP----------47.54--------49.65----------- +4.44%
    AIZ----------52.91--------55.19------------+4.31
    AL-----------44.52--------46.74------------+4.99
    ASPV--------19.07--------17.73------------ -7.03
    ASX----------4.54---------5.00-------------+10.13

    To date remaining 9----+2.38%

    ----------billyjoe

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    • Imcl



      Monthly call was close

      This call was way in left field..hehe

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      • Rob
        Senior Member
        • Sep 2003
        • 3194

        And Now for Something Completely Different ...

        Hey, BillyJoe. You're a music lover. Surely you must remember what a great song "Little Wing" by Jimi Hendrix is.

        There's a dude named Monte Montgomery who does a pretty unbelievable version of it—on an acoustic guitar no less!

        For those who aren't familiar with the song, here is a 3-minute version, played by Hendrix himself, live at the Royal Albert Hall in '69. The video quality is poor, but it's good to know how the original sounds before you hear Montgomery's 10-minute version.

        Yes that right, it lasts 10 minutes, but take it from ol' Rob, you have never been wowed by anyone on an acoustic guitar like this.
        —Rob

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        • Lyehopper
          Senior Member
          • Jan 2004
          • 3678

          Originally posted by Rob View Post
          Hey, BillyJoe. You're a music lover. Surely you must remember what a great song "Little Wing" by Jimi Hendrix is.

          There's a dude named Monte Montgomery who does a pretty unbelievable version of it—on an acoustic guitar no less!

          For those who aren't familiar with the song, here is a 3-minute version, played by Hendrix himself, live at the Royal Albert Hall in '69. The video quality is poor, but it's good to know how the original sounds before you hear Montgomery's 10-minute version.

          Yes that right, it lasts 10 minutes, but take it from ol' Rob, you have never been wowed by anyone on an acoustic guitar like this.
          That dude is pretty awesome! wonder why I've never seen him on TV?....

          BTW.... That guitar sounds kinda simi-electric to me Rob.lol! Plus it has a cord coming out of it? You sure a fella can make a regular old guitar whine like that?
          BEEF!... it's whats for dinner!

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          • Rob
            Senior Member
            • Sep 2003
            • 3194

            Monte Montgomery

            Originally posted by Lyehopper View Post
            That dude is pretty awesome! wonder why I've never seen him on TV?....

            BTW.... That guitar sounds kinda simi-electric to me Rob.lol! Plus it has a cord coming out of it? You sure a fella can make a regular old guitar whine like that?
            It's an acoustic guitar with a pick-up in it, which is how he can get those little feedback effects, plus I'm sure he's got other little effects boxes, though he doesn't seems to rely on them a whole lot to enhance his performance.

            Perhaps the reason you've never seen him on TV is because once you've heard him do that song, with which he absolutely kills, his other stuff (what little I've heard) sounds weak by comparison. There's one abbreviated clip of him doing about the final 15 bars of the Beatles' Blackbird, and—at the risk of sounding immodest—my personal opinion is that I do it better. But in my wildest dreams I can't even approach the outer fringes of the same universe that his version of Little Wing is in.
            —Rob

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            • billyjoe
              Senior Member
              • Nov 2003
              • 9014

              Rob,
              What did you think of the Duane Allman / Dickie Betts duets? I saw Dickie Betts with I believe Great Southern in the late 70's and he sounded exactly like on those early Allman Bros. albums.

              ---------------billyjoe

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              • Lyehopper
                Senior Member
                • Jan 2004
                • 3678

                Originally posted by Rob View Post
                It's an acoustic guitar with a pick-up in it, which is how he can get those little feedback effects, plus I'm sure he's got other little effects boxes, though he doesn't seems to rely on them a whole lot to enhance his performance.

                Perhaps the reason you've never seen him on TV is because once you've heard him do that song, with which he absolutely kills, his other stuff (what little I've heard) sounds weak by comparison. There's one abbreviated clip of him doing about the final 15 bars of the Beatles' Blackbird, and—at the risk of sounding immodest—my personal opinion is that I do it better. But in my wildest dreams I can't even approach the outer fringes of the same universe that his version of Little Wing is in.
                I really like this cat.... If you ever hear that he'll be playing near here tell me, I wanna see him live. BTW his bass player is pretty awesome too. Great band imo.... Here's a catchy lil' number.

                BEEF!... it's whats for dinner!

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                • billyjoe
                  Senior Member
                  • Nov 2003
                  • 9014

                  Originally posted by Lyehopper View Post
                  I really like this cat.... If you ever hear that he'll be playing near here tell me, I wanna see him live. BTW his bass player is pretty awesome too. Great band imo.... Here's a catchy lil' number.

                  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74IOiWvanic&NR
                  Lye,
                  The only television show my grandmother ever watched was Lawrence Welk. I can remember her saying "that's a catchy little number".

                  ---------billyjoe

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                  • Rob
                    Senior Member
                    • Sep 2003
                    • 3194

                    Originally posted by billyjoe View Post
                    Rob,
                    What did you think of the Duane Allman / Dickie Betts duets?
                    Always loved 'em. Dickie is a great guitar-player in his own right, but he was always in Duane's shadow, 'cause Duane Allman was flat awesome. And I loved it when he picked up the dobro. A great song he did on the dobro is called "Be With Me" or "Please Be With Me", I forget which. It was written by a guy named, if memory serves, Scott Boyer, and Duane sat in on a session with his group, "Cowboy." It's on an old vinyl LP I have called Duane Allman Anthology. I also have an old vinyl LP that Dickie Betts put out called "Highway Call," and I'm pretty sure I still have one with Great Southern too, but I can't remember the title. That Anthology album has some really nice cuts on it. There are a couple with Clapton ("Layla" and "Mean Old World") and a really nice blues song he did with Boz Scaggs called "Loan Me A Dime." It's got "Stand Back" and "Statesboro Blues" on it too. Okay, Billy, now you done it. All the old memories are starting to flood in.
                    —Rob

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                    • skiracer
                      Senior Member
                      • Dec 2004
                      • 6314

                      Originally posted by Rob View Post
                      Always loved 'em. Dickie is a great guitar-player in his own right, but he was always in Duane's shadow, 'cause Duane Allman was flat awesome. And I loved it when he picked up the dobro. A great song he did on the dobro is called "Be With Me" or "Please Be With Me", I forget which. It was written by a guy named, if memory serves, Scott Boyer, and Duane sat in on a session with his group, "Cowboy." It's on an old vinyl LP I have called Duane Allman Anthology. I also have an old vinyl LP that Dickie Betts put out called "Highway Call," and I'm pretty sure I still have one with Great Southern too, but I can't remember the title. That Anthology album has some really nice cuts on it. There are a couple with Clapton ("Layla" and "Mean Old World") and a really nice blues song he did with Boz Scaggs called "Loan Me A Dime." It's got "Stand Back" and "Statesboro Blues" on it too. Okay, Billy, now you done it. All the old memories are starting to flood in.
                      I was there at the Fillmore East when they recorded "At Fillmore East" over the course of a two day show. They started that show with "Statesboro Blues". That and "Whipping Post and In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" have to be included in any list of the greatest "southern rock and blues" recordings ever made. Dickie Betts on "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" is one of my all time favorites. Duane was awesome but you can't take anything away from Betts on electric or acoustic guitar regardless of how good Duane was on slide guitar.
                      THE SKIRACER'S EDGE: MAKE THE EDGE IN YOUR FAVOR

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                      • billyjoe
                        Senior Member
                        • Nov 2003
                        • 9014

                        Rob and Ski,
                        One of the saddest things was that Duane and Berry Oakley were so young when they died (24-25) imagine what they would have created to contribute to the musical world in the next 20 years or so. How many songs like "Elizabeth Reed" or "Jessica" "Blue Sky" "Little Martha" have been written since the 70's ?

                        ------------billyjoe

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                        • Websman
                          Senior Member
                          • Apr 2004
                          • 5545

                          Originally posted by billyjoe View Post
                          Rob and Ski,
                          One of the saddest things was that Duane and Berry Oakley were so young when they died (24-25) imagine what they would have created to contribute to the musical world in the next 20 years or so. How many songs like "Elizabeth Reed" or "Jessica" "Blue Sky" "Little Martha" have been written since the 70's ?

                          ------------billyjoe
                          Another legend who died young....Jim Morrison. Back in March, I made the pilgrimage to see his grave. Yes, ole Jim was strung out on drugs, but he had quite a talent for lyrics. Here's a pic I took....


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                          • Websman
                            Senior Member
                            • Apr 2004
                            • 5545

                            Originally posted by Rob View Post
                            Always loved 'em. Dickie is a great guitar-player in his own right, but he was always in Duane's shadow, 'cause Duane Allman was flat awesome. And I loved it when he picked up the dobro. A great song he did on the dobro is called "Be With Me" or "Please Be With Me", I forget which. It was written by a guy named, if memory serves, Scott Boyer, and Duane sat in on a session with his group, "Cowboy." It's on an old vinyl LP I have called Duane Allman Anthology. I also have an old vinyl LP that Dickie Betts put out called "Highway Call," and I'm pretty sure I still have one with Great Southern too, but I can't remember the title. That Anthology album has some really nice cuts on it. There are a couple with Clapton ("Layla" and "Mean Old World") and a really nice blues song he did with Boz Scaggs called "Loan Me A Dime." It's got "Stand Back" and "Statesboro Blues" on it too. Okay, Billy, now you done it. All the old memories are starting to flood in.
                            My old Drum teacher grew up with Dickie Betts and played the clubs with him before Dickie hit it big. He could have probably been one of the Allman Brothers, but he decided to become a school teacher instead...

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                            • Rob
                              Senior Member
                              • Sep 2003
                              • 3194

                              Finally ...

                              —Rob

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                              • peanuts
                                Senior Member
                                • Feb 2006
                                • 3365

                                Originally posted by Rob View Post
                                sell sell sell
                                Hide not your talents.
                                They for use were made.
                                What's a sundial in the shade?

                                - Benjamin Franklin

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