HoboKen
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- TALKIN’ BITTEN BY THE 12-STRING GUITAR PLAYIN’ BUG BLUES -
( C / F / G )
‘WAS IN THE MUSIC STORE THE OTHER DAY, REALLY DID NOT INTEND TO STAY,
BUT I SAW THEIR SHAPE UPON THE WALL, SO, HERE’S THEIR STORY, THE WIDE
AND TALL, THERE WAS A “DREAD” IN THAT NEW “NOUGHT,” THERE WAS A
“JUMBO” TO BE GOT, THERE WAS A GUILD, THERE WAS A TAYLOR, THERE WAS A
MARTIN TO BE FAVORED.
FIFTEEN MINUTES THOUGHT I TO SPEND, AND AFTER THAT WOULD BE THE END, OF MY APPETITE FOR NECKS SO WIDE, WITH DOUBLE THE REGULAR STRINGS TOP-SIDE,
TWELVE SLENDER THREADS OF TENSILED STEEL, UPON THE BRIDGE UP FROM THE HEEL, TO “PROOOVE” TO BE MY UNDOING, THESE WOODS OF TONE WORTHY OF PURSUING.
THERE WAS BRAZILIAN ROSEWOOD, INDIAN ROSEWOOD, AND SO THIS AMERICAN “KEN” WOULD, PLAY TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO HAVE GONE BEFORE, HUDDIE LEADBETTER, BLIND WILLIE McTIEL, LIDIA MENDOZA, PETE SEEGER, ERIC DARLING, BILL SVANONE, JIM “RODGER” McGINN, PAUL SIMON, JOHN DENVER, GEORGE HARRISON, GLENN CAMPBELL,......DID I MENTION LEO KOTTKE!......AND WHO CAN FORGET BARBECUE BOB!!
YES-SIR-EE, I PLAYED ‘EM ALL FOR NO TIME WAS THERE TO LOOSE, ONCE BITTEN BY THAT BUG OF BLUES, MADNESS GREAT DID BEGIN, WHEN REVERB OF STEEL UPON WOOD SWELLED UP FROM WITHIN, TO HOLD AN ORCHESTRA IN ONE’S HAND, WELL, IT WAS JUST TOO MUCH FOR ME TO STAND, OH, WHICH ONE WOULD I CHOOSE, TO SATISFY THIS BUG OF BLUES.
THE TAYLORS, ROSEWOOD, MAHOGANY, AND MAPLE, BRILLIANCE AND BRIGHTNESS WERE THEIR STAPLE, THE MARTIN ROSEWOOD, SMOOTH AND NICE, BUT LIKE THE TAYLORS COULD NOT BREAK THE ICE, ALONE THE JUMBO GUILD IN MAHOGANY OR ROSEWOOD, BOOMED DEEP AND CLEAR AS ONLY IT COULD, AND CUT THE ICE ON THE UPPER END, IN LOUD CLEAR TONES, ITS MESSAGE FOR TO SEND.
OH, THAT DEEP-CLEAR-MELLOW LOW AND MID-RANGE BOOM, COULD ONLY BE DELIVERED IN A JUMBO’S TUNE, WHICH ONE WOULD IT BE FOR ME TO CHOOSE, NOW THAT I HAD BEEN BITTEN BY THAT BUG OF BLUES, YES, WHICH ONE WOULD IT BE FOR ME TO FAVOR, WHICH ONE WOULD IT BE FOR ME TO SAVOR, SETTLE FOR THE MARTIN OR GO FOR THE GUILD, WHICH ONE WOULD IT BE WHEN THE DEAL WAS SEALED.
WELL CLOSE YOUR EYES AND YOUR EARS WILL TELL YOU, YOU DON’T HAVE TO SEE FOR ME TO SELL YOU, ON WHICH ONE IT WAS THAT I DID CHOOSE, TO SATISFY MY BUG OF BLUES, ALL YOU NEED DO IS GIVE A LISTEN, AS TO WHICH ONE IT IS THAT I DID CHRISTEN, WITH YOUR EYES WIDE-CLOSED, YOU’LL GET THE NEWS, ‘CAUSE OLE’ KEN'S JAMMIN’ ON THOSE TALKIN’ BLUES!
YES, “FOLKS,” THE COLONIAL WAS RIGHT! “ITS FINGER-PICKIN’ GOOD!”
HEAR THE USA IN YOUR 12-STRING, AHY! WOULD YOU PLEASE PASS THE JELLY......ROLL....BLUES? .....YOU KNOW, THOSE LEADBELLY-ROLL 12-STRING GUITAR PLAYIN’ BUG BLUES!!!!
(Fade-out)
WHERE'S ROBERT JOHNSON WHEN YA REALLY NEED HIM? ......OH YES! WE NOW HAVE ERNIE HAWKINS AND JEFF KELLY.....LIFE IS SO GOOD IT'S BAD WITH 12-STRING, 12-BAR BLUES....LIGHT BLUES....DARK BLUES....
HoboKen - (CR) 1999
"Guild...It's what's for Dinner?" I've never eaten a Guild in my life! I've savored 'em, I've wanted one so bad I could taste it, I've feasted my eyes upon 'em, I've evn cooked up a deal for one! but, I've never had one for dinner. Hummm.....maybe with some jelly on it....oh well.
( C / F / G )
‘WAS IN THE MUSIC STORE THE OTHER DAY, REALLY DID NOT INTEND TO STAY,
BUT I SAW THEIR SHAPE UPON THE WALL, SO, HERE’S THEIR STORY, THE WIDE
AND TALL, THERE WAS A “DREAD” IN THAT NEW “NOUGHT,” THERE WAS A
“JUMBO” TO BE GOT, THERE WAS A GUILD, THERE WAS A TAYLOR, THERE WAS A
MARTIN TO BE FAVORED.
FIFTEEN MINUTES THOUGHT I TO SPEND, AND AFTER THAT WOULD BE THE END, OF MY APPETITE FOR NECKS SO WIDE, WITH DOUBLE THE REGULAR STRINGS TOP-SIDE,
TWELVE SLENDER THREADS OF TENSILED STEEL, UPON THE BRIDGE UP FROM THE HEEL, TO “PROOOVE” TO BE MY UNDOING, THESE WOODS OF TONE WORTHY OF PURSUING.
THERE WAS BRAZILIAN ROSEWOOD, INDIAN ROSEWOOD, AND SO THIS AMERICAN “KEN” WOULD, PLAY TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO HAVE GONE BEFORE, HUDDIE LEADBETTER, BLIND WILLIE McTIEL, LIDIA MENDOZA, PETE SEEGER, ERIC DARLING, BILL SVANONE, JIM “RODGER” McGINN, PAUL SIMON, JOHN DENVER, GEORGE HARRISON, GLENN CAMPBELL,......DID I MENTION LEO KOTTKE!......AND WHO CAN FORGET BARBECUE BOB!!
YES-SIR-EE, I PLAYED ‘EM ALL FOR NO TIME WAS THERE TO LOOSE, ONCE BITTEN BY THAT BUG OF BLUES, MADNESS GREAT DID BEGIN, WHEN REVERB OF STEEL UPON WOOD SWELLED UP FROM WITHIN, TO HOLD AN ORCHESTRA IN ONE’S HAND, WELL, IT WAS JUST TOO MUCH FOR ME TO STAND, OH, WHICH ONE WOULD I CHOOSE, TO SATISFY THIS BUG OF BLUES.
THE TAYLORS, ROSEWOOD, MAHOGANY, AND MAPLE, BRILLIANCE AND BRIGHTNESS WERE THEIR STAPLE, THE MARTIN ROSEWOOD, SMOOTH AND NICE, BUT LIKE THE TAYLORS COULD NOT BREAK THE ICE, ALONE THE JUMBO GUILD IN MAHOGANY OR ROSEWOOD, BOOMED DEEP AND CLEAR AS ONLY IT COULD, AND CUT THE ICE ON THE UPPER END, IN LOUD CLEAR TONES, ITS MESSAGE FOR TO SEND.
OH, THAT DEEP-CLEAR-MELLOW LOW AND MID-RANGE BOOM, COULD ONLY BE DELIVERED IN A JUMBO’S TUNE, WHICH ONE WOULD IT BE FOR ME TO CHOOSE, NOW THAT I HAD BEEN BITTEN BY THAT BUG OF BLUES, YES, WHICH ONE WOULD IT BE FOR ME TO FAVOR, WHICH ONE WOULD IT BE FOR ME TO SAVOR, SETTLE FOR THE MARTIN OR GO FOR THE GUILD, WHICH ONE WOULD IT BE WHEN THE DEAL WAS SEALED.
WELL CLOSE YOUR EYES AND YOUR EARS WILL TELL YOU, YOU DON’T HAVE TO SEE FOR ME TO SELL YOU, ON WHICH ONE IT WAS THAT I DID CHOOSE, TO SATISFY MY BUG OF BLUES, ALL YOU NEED DO IS GIVE A LISTEN, AS TO WHICH ONE IT IS THAT I DID CHRISTEN, WITH YOUR EYES WIDE-CLOSED, YOU’LL GET THE NEWS, ‘CAUSE OLE’ KEN'S JAMMIN’ ON THOSE TALKIN’ BLUES!
YES, “FOLKS,” THE COLONIAL WAS RIGHT! “ITS FINGER-PICKIN’ GOOD!”
HEAR THE USA IN YOUR 12-STRING, AHY! WOULD YOU PLEASE PASS THE JELLY......ROLL....BLUES? .....YOU KNOW, THOSE LEADBELLY-ROLL 12-STRING GUITAR PLAYIN’ BUG BLUES!!!!
(Fade-out)
WHERE'S ROBERT JOHNSON WHEN YA REALLY NEED HIM? ......OH YES! WE NOW HAVE ERNIE HAWKINS AND JEFF KELLY.....LIFE IS SO GOOD IT'S BAD WITH 12-STRING, 12-BAR BLUES....LIGHT BLUES....DARK BLUES....
HoboKen - (CR) 1999
"Guild...It's what's for Dinner?" I've never eaten a Guild in my life! I've savored 'em, I've wanted one so bad I could taste it, I've feasted my eyes upon 'em, I've evn cooked up a deal for one! but, I've never had one for dinner. Hummm.....maybe with some jelly on it....oh well.
