Hey Boy, I got dem' Bass ( Carvin kit ) and Carvin 100 Bass amp ( or two keybd amps OK for bass ). PA and Keybds. plus 3 tube amp and one Peavy Bandit. Should be lookin' good on all dem stuff. Brought youselve here. Don
Also digital recorder if needed.
Man, you guys are going to have all the fun! That's just not fair!
Have a good time!
Bad news Country Gents....I'm not going to be able to attend after all....
Got some family stuff that's popped up, and I'm pretty much booked solid for the whole weekend. I am pretty crushed that I'm not able to go. I was so looking forward to meeting you fellas.
Please take a lot of pics for us that won't be able to attend.
Maybe next year!!!!
Shawn, we'll hook up when I get to Baton Rouge. I want to see where they're hiding all of the Gretsch guitars down there nowadays.brent
Sorry to hear Shawn....we'll have another before too long maybe. Take care.
donwood said: Wow 909, small world. Centenary grad huh. Yeah, visit when you can. That wasnt the Robert Parish era was it?
Oh yeah, Don,
It sure was! Rob and I were next to each other in the yearbook, owing to the alphabetical proximity of our surnames. We came in and went out together, 1972-76. I even spent a semester as the Sports Information Director for the College, back when I was interested in sports.
Nowadays, you never see a player dominate the way Robert did in college. Total freakshow, and if dunking had been legal then, Lordy, there's no telling what he might have done.
Note for all you youngsters out there: dunking was illegal in college basketball for several years, pretty much throughout the '70's.
Paul/FF909
ok, as soon as we finish getting everything in the car, we'll be on our way. "south bound and down !" see y'all Sunday !brent
Safe trip Brent. FF909, That musta' been something getting to see him Play a lot. Thanks for info. Like I said, come back and visit someday. Don
We will leave the light on Brent. Safe journey.
Everyone fired up yet??
Oh yeah! Ain't nuthin' but a party. Dig?
ahhhhh eeeeeeeeeee !!! we gonna pass a good time, yeah !
Hey, yeah. I'm fired up. This'll be good for a Sunday. I'm kind of disappointed that sroux isn't going. He and I bought a Reverend Kingsnake amp around the same time about three years ago, and had a couple of lengthy discussions on the old site about them. Hey sroux!!!! I could pick you up in Lafayette, or meet you in Alexandria, or something.
Hey Troy...yeah it sucks I can't attend. I wish it were just the drive, if it were, I'd definately take you up on your offer!!
If you're ever down here in big B.R., let me know, definately want to meet all of ya'll at some point, and pass a good time!
Things happen. Hopefully, we'll do this again, and you'll make that one. It's very nice of donwood to host this. I think I also heard that in addition to cooking, he'll be giving away all of his Gretsch guitars as door prizes...... one every hour, on the hour.(OK, that's not true. I made that up. Just messing with ya, Don!) This is going to be FUN. I'm bringing some homemade brownies and a couple of beers, a couple of Gretsch geetars, and an amplifier that any trucker would be proud of.
Hey, whatcha puttin' in those brownies?!?
I'm glad we'll have different amps there. It'll be cool to tone-test our Gretsches thru 'em. I'll be bringing my Fender CVR, a few pedals, my Gretsch, and some kick butt pepper jelly dip for crackers/chips.
all right, guys, it's nearly here! Don or Curtis, can you guys PM me with some directions? I'll probably leave here around 11, and it usually takes me about an hour and 15 minutes or so to get around E 70th and I49, which I understand is not too far from you guys...so I should be able to get there between 12:30 and 1:00 no problem.
le' duble' post'e
My e-mail is down right now due to a nasty storm. Funny thing...the GDP is working just fine. I'll get you directions as soon as I get e-mail access.
Messsage sent- Hopefully the PM worked St.John.
got it. See ya there!
That was a great time everyone! Hopefully this pic will post:
Oh well, guess it didn't....thanks to Don for hosting us, and for Mrs. Wood for the great jambalaya. It was great to sit around and play with everyone (hopefully I didn't hack it up too bad), and look forward to doing it again!
yep, Mark, it was a pretty good time. good food, good time, good music, and great company.
Don, please tell Mrs. Wood that was some good jambalaya. next time, I'll eat a smaller breakfast, so I'll have room for that good cooking.
Curtis, my wife is already asking about pictures. ha ha ;o))
yep folks, we had good time all around. brent
It was really nice to meet you guys! It was also a humbling experience for me to hear how well you all played.
I had no idea you were such a nice fella Brent. Loved the vintage Les Paul. What a nice guitar. I like your playing style very much. I was impressed with you as a person and with your playing. You are a class act! I'm beginning to think that people who live in Minnesota are the bees knees.
Mark can do some nice Brian Setzer tunes. Well played man! You didn't hack anything. I didn't hear you miss a lick.
Troy, you are an impressive player. You blew my mind. I couldn't keep up with you if I tried.
Don and Anita- Thanks so much for having us over at your place. I hope we can do this again some time.
I had a good time sitting and watching for the most part. I really enjoyed playing all of the different Gretsch guitars that folks brought. There was a pretty good variety of guitars to tool around on. There were some sweet amps as well. That Vibrolux had great tone Mark. Just looked like a real load to carry that around.
I've started uploading pics already and will post them here as soon as my computer stops smoking and cools down. I wish I had shot some video.
My favorite tunes of the day were the Stray Cats covers that just oozed out of everyones amps. That was some excellent stuff. I hope Troy got some of that on tape. My guess is that he ran out of memory on his recorder before we got that far.
I also learned that it is humanly possible to squeeze elventy billion stomp boxes onto a pedal board. Did anyone take a pick of that rig? It made me dizzy to look at it because I didn't know what all of the little doo hickeys did. Even after hearing them engaged, I still don't know what they do. A fella' could spend hours turning all of those knobs.
Hopefully you guys can post some more shots. I look forward to playing music with you guys again.
LoUiSiAna Gretsch Gathering 2008
