The Well XLVII: Hide your chickens, cause Butch is 'bout to start pickin!
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Butch Snyder
ObsoleteChickenPickingologist
Re: The Well XLVII: Hide your chickens, cause Butch is 'bout to start pickin!
Borders....
Oh gosh, what a question!! I would say everybody really needs to hear Tommy Emmanuel; but not just hear, you need to see him to really appreciate what he does.
I have never been a Country fan. Even when playing in Country bands, I never really liked to tunes. I played so I had an outlet for the chicken pickin'. I have always been attracted to "musicians' music". I like to hear stuff that's technically difficult to play. That stuff can get a little sterile though. I like the chicken pickin' because it's, without a doubt, the most difficult style for me to play and do right. I hybrid pick and it works well for that.
Borders....
Oh gosh, what a question!! I would say everybody really needs to hear Tommy Emmanuel; but not just hear, you need to see him to really appreciate what he does.
I have never been a Country fan. Even when playing in Country bands, I never really liked to tunes. I played so I had an outlet for the chicken pickin'. I have always been attracted to "musicians' music". I like to hear stuff that's technically difficult to play. That stuff can get a little sterile though. I like the chicken pickin' because it's, without a doubt, the most difficult style for me to play and do right. I hybrid pick and it works well for that.
Butch Snyder
ObsoleteChickenPickingologist
Re: The Well XLVII: Hide your chickens, cause Butch is 'bout to start pickin!
Oh man, I don't do credit cards anymore, but a good cup of Seattle's Best coffee, from the Border's coffee shop, suits me fine...
While I don't really get into John 5's image, I sure appreciate his talent. He's a lot more than just Marilyn Manson too. He played with KD Lang and others. I get asked this question a lot because of John's love of Telecasters and that twangin' chicken pickin' style. He's a little raw sounding and not so refined as Brent Mason, Vince Gill, Jimmy Olander, and others. However, he is very good and very enjoyable for me to listen to in that genre. I do get a little weirded-out when I visit his site though, I guess I'm just a square.
Oh man, I don't do credit cards anymore, but a good cup of Seattle's Best coffee, from the Border's coffee shop, suits me fine...
While I don't really get into John 5's image, I sure appreciate his talent. He's a lot more than just Marilyn Manson too. He played with KD Lang and others. I get asked this question a lot because of John's love of Telecasters and that twangin' chicken pickin' style. He's a little raw sounding and not so refined as Brent Mason, Vince Gill, Jimmy Olander, and others. However, he is very good and very enjoyable for me to listen to in that genre. I do get a little weirded-out when I visit his site though, I guess I'm just a square.
Robert S.
Super Moderator
Re: The Well XLVII: Hide your chickens, cause Butch is 'bout to start pickin!
I don't know that Butch is an introvert but he does have a touch of the "southern gentleman" thing going on. I had to bite my tongue on more than one occasion while staying at his house because of "northerner pottymouth syndrome" but I didn't get any sideways looks for my demeanor or cigarette smoking. No one checked my bags at the door and no one followed me down to the pond (prolly a good thing) during my little walks and we were all made to feel right at home.
My questions is what is on the menu for "Butches Super-Slumber Party II" and will you be finding a drummer and bass player so that you and I can actually play guitar at the same time?
Butch and I make a nice bass and drums rhythm section but that isn't really what we do best.......
I don't know that Butch is an introvert but he does have a touch of the "southern gentleman" thing going on. I had to bite my tongue on more than one occasion while staying at his house because of "northerner pottymouth syndrome" but I didn't get any sideways looks for my demeanor or cigarette smoking. No one checked my bags at the door and no one followed me down to the pond (prolly a good thing) during my little walks and we were all made to feel right at home.
My questions is what is on the menu for "Butches Super-Slumber Party II" and will you be finding a drummer and bass player so that you and I can actually play guitar at the same time?
Butch and I make a nice bass and drums rhythm section but that isn't really what we do best.......
Butch Snyder
ObsoleteChickenPickingologist
Re: The Well XLVII: Hide your chickens, cause Butch is 'bout to start pickin!
Southern Gentleman - I like that...
As far as the menu, well, it'll be BBQ either at Montgomery Inn again or Smokey Bones (my favorite). But you have to bring down some of that BBQ sauce you and Carl were talking about.
Bass player and drummer - for sure.... (and this time, not you and me)
True dat, but we did what we had to to make the music work better...
Southern Gentleman - I like that...
As far as the menu, well, it'll be BBQ either at Montgomery Inn again or Smokey Bones (my favorite). But you have to bring down some of that BBQ sauce you and Carl were talking about.
Bass player and drummer - for sure.... (and this time, not you and me)
True dat, but we did what we had to to make the music work better...
J Moose
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Re: The Well XLVII: Hide your chickens, cause Butch is 'bout to start pickin!
How'd you get into Teles & chicken pickin' if you don't like both kinds of music... country AND western?
Where'd you first hear it and what led you to develop those chops?
How'd you get into Teles & chicken pickin' if you don't like both kinds of music... country AND western?
Where'd you first hear it and what led you to develop those chops?
Butch Snyder
ObsoleteChickenPickingologist
Re: The Well XLVII: Hide your chickens, cause Butch is 'bout to start pickin!
Long story, but let's see if I can do this without writing an epic. In the early 1980's, I was playing Prog Rock and Fusion; but the technical aspect of it started getting sterile to me. I had a friend who was a drummer and he played a lot of Classic Rock. He was also a Jeff Porcaro fan. We would jam together on Toto stuff and just have a great time. A few months later, he came to my house and said he wanted to play Country. I just about showed him the door. I loathed Country. All I knew about Country was Telecasters and really clean, cheesy guitar.
He kept on though. I went to his house at his begging and he took me next door to a mutual friend's house. Our mutual friend was a very very god guitarist who mainly played Blues and Rock. Not a speedy player but he could burn it up with 3 notes. Anyway, I sat there and he put on an album that would change my life. It was an Albert Lee album. He just put it on and let it play. When I asked what guitar he was playing, my friend said, Do you like the tone?" I said yes. He said it was probably a 53 Tele. I was shocked but knew what was up. I had to be able to do that. I had found a way to play the technical Fusion and play Country too.
Enter the 1990's. I was much more of a Blues guy and Larry Carlton player. Then I head Brent Mason. It was like refreshing my love for Albert Lee all over. But at that time, I was older and was looking for more. Then I found Jerry Donahue, Danny Gatton, and others. So it's possible for me to like playing the music that I don't like to listen to.
Roy Clark was my very first guitar hero. I was watching Hee Haw one night and he played "Caravan" with an electric guitar. I was blown away. I loved Tom Sholz and EVH back in those days too. Tom Sholz's tone on "Don't Look Back" was soooo cool and he used a Les Paul. Ace used a Les Paul. At that time, there was no cooler guitar.
Long story, but let's see if I can do this without writing an epic. In the early 1980's, I was playing Prog Rock and Fusion; but the technical aspect of it started getting sterile to me. I had a friend who was a drummer and he played a lot of Classic Rock. He was also a Jeff Porcaro fan. We would jam together on Toto stuff and just have a great time. A few months later, he came to my house and said he wanted to play Country. I just about showed him the door. I loathed Country. All I knew about Country was Telecasters and really clean, cheesy guitar.
He kept on though. I went to his house at his begging and he took me next door to a mutual friend's house. Our mutual friend was a very very god guitarist who mainly played Blues and Rock. Not a speedy player but he could burn it up with 3 notes. Anyway, I sat there and he put on an album that would change my life. It was an Albert Lee album. He just put it on and let it play. When I asked what guitar he was playing, my friend said, Do you like the tone?" I said yes. He said it was probably a 53 Tele. I was shocked but knew what was up. I had to be able to do that. I had found a way to play the technical Fusion and play Country too.
Enter the 1990's. I was much more of a Blues guy and Larry Carlton player. Then I head Brent Mason. It was like refreshing my love for Albert Lee all over. But at that time, I was older and was looking for more. Then I found Jerry Donahue, Danny Gatton, and others. So it's possible for me to like playing the music that I don't like to listen to.
Roy Clark was my very first guitar hero. I was watching Hee Haw one night and he played "Caravan" with an electric guitar. I was blown away. I loved Tom Sholz and EVH back in those days too. Tom Sholz's tone on "Don't Look Back" was soooo cool and he used a Les Paul. Ace used a Les Paul. At that time, there was no cooler guitar.
JOLLY
Super Simonologist
Re: The Well XLVII: Hide your chickens, cause Butch is 'bout to start pickin!
What's your opimion of Zakk Wylde crankin, pickin, and other styles? He's no Orlander, but he can jam a few different styles............
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh2VWr2UuLw
What's your opimion of Zakk Wylde crankin, pickin, and other styles? He's no Orlander, but he can jam a few different styles............
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh2VWr2UuLw
Butch Snyder
ObsoleteChickenPickingologist
Re: The Well XLVII: Hide your chickens, cause Butch is 'bout to start pickin!
I think Roy Buchanan in the early days was one of the all-time best but I never got into hist tone like others did. His licks? Wow....
Bluegrass pickers? Doc Watson, Tony Rice, Sam Bush, oh that reminds me, I absolutely love Bela Fleck and the Flecktones.
There's something about Zakk I always dug. Part of it is his "I don't care, I'm gonna play what I want as loud as I want. You gonna stop me?"
But underneath that Southern-Fried Metal skin is a guitarist whose passion is very heartfelt and soulful.
Honestly, the winner would be whoever's having the best day....
In most vids I have seen, the male lions usually come out on top. The tigers, mostly Bengal, are longer, but I believe the lions are stronger. Plus, tigers are mostly solitary; while lions are always defending their pride. Now a Siberian Tiger? They're about 2/3-larger than a Bengal.
Again, I think it's who's having the best day.
I think Roy Buchanan in the early days was one of the all-time best but I never got into hist tone like others did. His licks? Wow....
Bluegrass pickers? Doc Watson, Tony Rice, Sam Bush, oh that reminds me, I absolutely love Bela Fleck and the Flecktones.
What's your opimion of Zakk Wylde crankin, pickin, and other styles? He's no Orlander, but he can jam a few different styles............
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh2VWr2UuLw
There's something about Zakk I always dug. Part of it is his "I don't care, I'm gonna play what I want as loud as I want. You gonna stop me?"
But underneath that Southern-Fried Metal skin is a guitarist whose passion is very heartfelt and soulful.
Honestly, the winner would be whoever's having the best day....
In most vids I have seen, the male lions usually come out on top. The tigers, mostly Bengal, are longer, but I believe the lions are stronger. Plus, tigers are mostly solitary; while lions are always defending their pride. Now a Siberian Tiger? They're about 2/3-larger than a Bengal.
Again, I think it's who's having the best day.
JumpMarine
18 watts of Mayhemologist
Re: The Well XLVII: Hide your chickens, cause Butch is 'bout to start pickin!
Butch, I know that you've got a little Korean secret in the works. Want to talk about it?
Butch, I know that you've got a little Korean secret in the works. Want to talk about it?
Butch Snyder
ObsoleteChickenPickingologist
Re: The Well XLVII: Hide your chickens, cause Butch is 'bout to start pickin!
Hehe, I just updated my ad in the Trading post. My family and I are in the process of adopting a little boy from Korea. He is currently about 9 months old. We will get him in February, 2009. He will be 2 years old by then.
We started in Kazakhstan but we really didn't have any luck there; plus, the fees and the wait time are much much more. My wife was looking through some website and found several Korean orphans. She showed all pics of each of them and asked each of my kids and me which one stood out. We all picked the same one; not knowing what the others picked....
http://ourpromisedson.blogspot.com/
That's our blog.
Hehe, I just updated my ad in the Trading post. My family and I are in the process of adopting a little boy from Korea. He is currently about 9 months old. We will get him in February, 2009. He will be 2 years old by then.
We started in Kazakhstan but we really didn't have any luck there; plus, the fees and the wait time are much much more. My wife was looking through some website and found several Korean orphans. She showed all pics of each of them and asked each of my kids and me which one stood out. We all picked the same one; not knowing what the others picked....
http://ourpromisedson.blogspot.com/
That's our blog.
JumpMarine
18 watts of Mayhemologist
Re: The Well XLVII: Hide your chickens, cause Butch is 'bout to start pickin!
I'm adopted and I've got say that I have the utmost respect for you and Tracy....giving a child a good life. There's a special place in heaven for folks like you!
I'm adopted and I've got say that I have the utmost respect for you and Tracy....giving a child a good life. There's a special place in heaven for folks like you!
JOLLY
Super Simonologist
Re: The Well XLVII: Hide your chickens, cause Butch is 'bout to start pickin!
What do you think about this guy, and his friends?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thYqu9rAF04
that's the big schockah right there..lol
love me some E......
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpBuZLqPkAM
What do you think about this guy, and his friends?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thYqu9rAF04
that's the big schockah right there..lol
love me some E......
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpBuZLqPkAM
J Moose
New member
Re: The Well XLVII: Hide your chickens, cause Butch is 'bout to start pickin!
Have you ever owned a Les Paul?
Maybe that's what you need to balance out the Tele!!!
Those are my loves, Pauls & Tele's...
Have you ever owned a Les Paul?
Maybe that's what you need to balance out the Tele!!!
Those are my loves, Pauls & Tele's...
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