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Guest jackdm3

He and Steve Vai do alot together on tours, but Satch writes songs whereas Vai does more noodling. Songs stand the test of time, but playing with your wigglestick doesn't.

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He and Steve Vai do alot together on tours, but Satch writes songs whereas Vai does more noodling. Songs stand the test of time, but playing with your wigglestick doesn't.

Love Steve Vai's work too. Would love to see either of them or both in concert.

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Guest jackdm3

Saw Vai when he was doing "Sex and Religion" but the singer sorta ruined it for being a butthead with all his fart sounds and retardations. Have you heard all of Steve's stuff? He did Ya-yo-gakk with his kids, and Bad Horsie was heavy. It was really hard to create a best-of onto just one disc.

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Saw Vai when he was doing "Sex and Religion" but the singer sorta ruined it for being a butthead with all his fart sounds and retardations. Have you heard all of Steve's stuff? He did Ya-yo-gakk with his kids, and Bad Horsie was heavy. It was really hard to create a best-of onto just one disc.

I have not even scratched the surface on Vai's work. I honestly had not heard of him until a friend sent me this link:

Now I'm hooked. I found Satriani on Pandora after creating a channel built mainly on Vai's tunes. Through all of this I also discovered the lovely and talented Miss Anne Marie Calhoun.

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Guest jackdm3

What's on my "best of" disc (a few more cds from him will make Disc II):

The Attitude Song

Ya-Yo Gakk

Bad Horsie

Dyin' Day

Giant Balls of Gold

Jibboom

The Reaper

Erotic Nightmares

The Audience Is Listening

I would Love To

Greasy Kid's Stuff

Here & Now

In My Dreams With You

Sex & Religion

Dirty Black Hole

Pig

Deep Down In The Pain

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Guest oneshotkill
Papa Roach, forever, is playing at this very moment as I shut down the computer and go home.

Just changed to Last Resort on my itunes! :tinfoil:

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Guest jackdm3

Eric Gales had it all and tossed it for lots of jail time. This video quality lacks the tube amplifier punch, but it's close to his sound/intent of his Jimi-style.

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Guest SUNTZU

Another fun song...

Jim Bridger, mountain man extraordinaire, was born in 1804 in Richmond, Virginia. In 1812, Bridger's father moved the family to a farm near St. Louis, Missouri. Ten years later, at the age of 22, young Bridger began his life as a trapper by joining the expedition led by William Ashley and Andrew Henry up the Missouri River as a beaver trapper. Along with Bridger on the expedition went three other future giants of the frontier -- Jedediah Smith, Thomas Fitzpatrick and Hugh Glass. Jedediah Smith, who was known for reading his Bible around the campfire, gave Bridger a nickname which would stick for life. He called him 'Old Gabe' because Bridger, with his self assured manner, reminded him of the angel Gabriel spreading the word of God. The party travelled in keelboats some 1,800 miles up the mouth of the Yellowstone River. Jim's education grew by leaps and bounds as he found out how to survive on the land. He came to know the uncharted lands like the back of his hand.

Jim Bridger had undoubtedly found his niche. He would spend much of the next 60 years at the head of groups of trappers and fur hunters for the Rocky Mountain Fur Company, of which he was a founder, and the American Fur Company. In 1842, however Bridger and fellow trapper Pierre Luis Vasquez set about building a settlement on Black's Fork of the Green River in what is now Wyoming. The settlement, known as Fort Bridger, would become a vital stopping off point for wary travellers on the overland trail west. The travellers found in Jim Bridger an excellent host. One diary reported the following about the man behind Fort Bridger: " He was excessively kind and patient with me in laying down the route to Salt Lake, taking the trouble of drawing a chart with charcoal on the door, pointing out a new line that had never been attempted, which would be a short cut of thirty miles."

That account underscores Bridger's vast knowledge of the west. According to Captain John W. Gunnison in an 1834 report, " With a buffalo skin and a piece of charcoal he will map out any portion of this vast region with wonderful accuracy. His renown in the area of plotting and charting maps grew. In 1851, he was assigned by the United States Government to draw the official maps that established the tribal boundaries according to the Fort Laramie Peace Treaty.

By his mid thirties Jim Bridger had grown into a fine specimen of a man. He stood at just over six feet, had a lean, muscular physique and sharp facial features. According to an 1837 copy of the Cincinnati Atlas, "His cheekbones were high, his nose hooked or acquiline, the expression of his eyes mild and thoughtful, that of his face grave almost to solemnity."

The highlight of the trapper's year was the annual rendezvous. Bridger richly enjoyed such get togethers. He was a natural fireside entertainer. He would amaze his listeners with stories about his adventures and the sights he had seen. Bridger had the ability to mesmerize Indians as well as white men with his tales. On one occasion a Captain Howard Stansbury was amazed to see him keep a circle of Sioux and Cheyenne intrigued for over an hour with a tall tale that was told completely in sign language.

Bridger kept himself busy trapping and scouting after Fort Bridger was established. He laid out a stage route west from Denver for the Central Overland and Pike's Peak Express Company. He also guided 300 prospectors to Montana goldfields. He also spent some time as a guide for the U.S. Army in their quest for hostile Indians.

One day while scouting ahead of an army column near Tongue River in Wyoming Territory in 1865, Bridger pointed out some smoke rising at a distant point. The Captain, however, saw nothing, even with the aid of field glasses. As they advanced other scouts began reporting an Indian village with campfires up ahead.

Just two years later, however, failing eyesight caused Bridger to retire from his position as an army scout. He purchased a farm in Kansas City, Missouri and settled into the life of a farmer. He died there in 1881. He was 77 years of age.

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Guest friesepferd

right now i am listening to the annoying secretary chit chat down the hall

... but as far as music goes, i like tons of stuff. right now im a big fan of disturbed

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