>>> Subject: Is my old man any good? Or not so good?
>>>
>>>
>>>> My dad who is 54, played some guitar in some New York clubs when he
was
>>>> younger and I never knew really. I knew he finger-picked a bit on an
>>>> acoustic, but had no idea he could play electric blues guitar. I shot
>>>> some videos of him playing his new guitar and uploaded them, but he
>>>> doesn't know yet! :o)
>>>>
>>>> Here's a link to the clips :-
>>>>
>>>> http://www.georgeblades.com/video.html
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Well...'is he any good?!
>>>>
>>>> Curious!
>>>>
>>>> C.C.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> He also played in New Jersey and all around the west coast. He's
played
>>> with Clapton and Buddy Guy to name but two famous bluesmen. My
>>> step-brother and step-sister also did not know about his past, neither
>>> did his present-day wife. My mother knew though, but she never told
me.
>>> He was born in Atlanta, Georgia and has played there also. Jeez, he's
>>> been around, I'll say that! So how come George Blades is not rich and
>>> famous then? Hmm, he should be I'd say.
>>>
>>> His url again..... www.georgeblades.com
>>>
>>> Well?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Hi Boyd, thanks for your email...'in answer to your question, he plays
a
>> Gibson ES-335 Tobaco Brown Sunburst guitar mostly and this is an
original
>> and cost him around $10,000. He pays big money for his gear and 10
>> thousand dollars is peanuts to him, but he's not rich these days....'so
>> where's all the money gone then? You tell me!
>> You must've googled the wrong george blades btw as the link you sent me
>> was a UK link, not USA.
>> No, he's never been a boxer and no, he never payed an Epi LEs Paul.
>>
>> Cheers.
>> Jim.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> Could you please post to the newsgroup rather than email me direct?
>
> Thanks.
>
> J
>
>
>
Ah, I see. You can read the NG posts, but you can't post? Is that right?
Okay, I guess you really have cause to email me then! It's fine by me man.
J
P.S. How are things in Canada these days Boyd?
:-)
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