On 1/6/2016 4:08 PM, el mismo de siempre wrote:
> dsi1 wrote:
>> On 1/6/2016 3:32 PM, el mismo de siempre wrote:
>>> dsi1 wrote:
>>>> On 1/6/2016 1:28 PM, el mismo de siempre wrote:
>>>>> dsi1 wrote:
>>>>>> On 1/6/2016 12:21 PM, wrote:
>>>>>>> The Outlaws song diablo canyon has good guitar distortion of some
>>>>>>> kind.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It's probably a Mu-Tron III envelope follower doo-hicky box. I
>>>>>> used to
>>>>>> have one of those. It was a vintage box and I got a couple of hundred
>>>>>> buck for that on eBay - it was the happiest day in my life!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X00XdLhFLSg
>>>>>
>>>>> Or:
>>>>>
>>>>> https://youtu.be/Zuuj8QUyiAA
>>>>
>>>> The beginning sounds like the Mu-Tron but the screaming parts are
>>>> wah-wahs - and they're using it to great effect! I never was much into
>>>> that group but they got a pretty nice sound. I'll have to give them a
>>>> listen.
>>>>
>>>> Meanwhile, on a rock in the middle of the Pacific:
>>>>
>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBxUaEeygT4
>>>
>>> Bro, you had me at Ry Cooder!!!!
>>>
>>> Note the Wally Heider studio toter...
>>
>> You have sharp eyes. Mr Cooder has helped out several Hawaiian players
>> with his recording and playing expertise. He has been quite generous
>> with his time in this.
>
> So clean with his slide work...
>
> I'm a big fan of the late:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D2nuzhIfHY
>
> So clean, so fluid.

I've been hearing the name JJ Cale since the 70's but it was only until
he died that I come to find out more about him. Ain't that a bitch?

>
>> I went to high school with the bass player - how the heck did that kid
>> get that gig with those old guys? Ho.. the lucky bugga!
>
> Lol.
>
>> My dad grew up in Kakaako with those old guys. He neva wen like those
>> guys cause they was always smoking pakalolo. This must have been back in
>> the 40's.
>
> Boy howdy, that's some real background for ya.
>
> The earliest days of Maui Wowie?
>
> Or maybe Kona gold...
>
>

The great thing about my dad is that he wasn't into smoking that weed or
feeding an inner demon that was eating at his soul. He was always right
there for us kids. I think I got a good shot of having my kids remember
me that way. That would be just great.

There was a couple of times when he would go drinking with his buddies
and come home drunk. My mom put a stop to that with extreme prejudice
and it never happened again. She was watching out for us kids too. All
kids should be this lucky.