Ok, since we are all from different areas, with different backgrounds, what kind of music do you people like to listen to in the truck or at home, or (who cares) wherever you are? Here's a few records/bands/artists that I like:

Johnny Cash - The "Man In Black" is still amazing!

Avail - Melodic, yet somehow hard band from Richmond, VA. (Don't expect anyone to know them).

The Chieftains - Great Celtic music, yet have also done songs with the Rolling Stones and others. (Love Celtic music!)

Punk Rock - A nice little hold over from the days of yore that still gets my head moving.

30's and 40's blues singers – (Who can't love Ella Fitzgerald)

Bluegrass - Some great old records out there, but also some really nice new ones. Anyone heard Hayseed Dixie - A Bluegrass Tribute to AC/DC (a nice mix for sparkies ).

Old Country – As in Bob Wills (“The best dam fiddler player to ever live”).

British/Scandinavian Metal Bands – No better way to stay young than to listen to Metal!!! (666 )

You Guys? Come on, we all listen to music!


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The Allman Bros.CCR,Billie Holiday,Eric Clapton.Robert Johnson,Patsy Cline,Hank Sr.Fleetwood Mack,Glenn Miller,any recordings of 40's or 50's Grand Ole Opry shows. Russell

Elec I think you mean Bob Wills. Asleep at the Wheel does a lot of old Bob Wills tunes. I am fortunate to live in a town with a large and diverse selection of music. We have one of the best independent radio stations in the country and tons of local musicians.The casinos draw the bigger acts.
Ever heard Hank Williams the third? He was here last month. does a couple of his grandads tunes real well before busting into his punk routine. How bout The Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash? I could go on all night.
Blues, rock, swing, country. Not too fond of most jazz. Tried Celtic sorry just can't handle it.

Roughly, I like the "Americana" genre with a healthy dose of Rolling Stones for good measure. [Internet radio is wonderful but not yet very portable.]

"Take an old, cold tater, and wait"---by "Little" Jimmy Dickens

"Rattlesnakin' Daddy"---by Hawkshaw Hawkins

and, of course, that old classic:

"Sick and tired of bein' Sick and tired"----by Vernon "huggy bear" Cootes




gramps

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Loud Rock, Rolling Stones, Led Zepplin, Godsmack, Old J. Geils, AC/DC, Eric Clapton, Pink Floyd, The Who, Nirvana, Chili Peppers, Aerosmith, Motley Crue, Rage Against The Machine, Old ZZ Top.

Work Van has large amp and 12" JBLs that have long cords allowing the speakers into the job sometimes.

Blues, Classical, Zappa.
I've hooked up an apartment house (not energized) service to a receiver, and used a pair of speakers to "hot test" it. Everyone liked it so much that they started showing up on the job with their own speakers with 120 volt cord caps


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Oh my! Another Zappa fan? Were few and far between Scott.

Brian Winkle, you're right. LP's downstairs, computer up. OOPS!

quite frankly i've learned to tune into easy listening to calm me down......

Elec_VA,
Well, you ask a question, there, mate,
I like The Living End,Pearl Jam and
LifeHouse(thier bass player is the best).
Being a part-time muso, myself, I only really listen to music that uses "real" musicians, none of this sampling and Hip-Hop rubbish, just not my cup of tea, personally.


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dixie chicks,george strait,terri clark,rascal flats,emerson drive,toby keith just to name a few.

Fat Headed Monster and all of our influences...



BTW, I have both CDs of Hayseed Dixie ... "Hillbilly Tribute to AC/DC" and "Hillbilly Tribute to Mountain Love". They're great!

Zappa... Mental Toss Flycoon?

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Virgil,

That bass rules! I have played bass off and on for the last 12 years! Love the fretless, though I tend to hit the wrong note (only by a little, leading to a very discordant sound) when I play one. Any Primus influence in there? (Said only for the axe. Six string fretless? Excellent!) Just saw your update about Hayseed! Glad to know that I’m not the only one who loves bastardized bluegrass!

Oh, and you have to add ECN to the links

Everyone:

Love the responses! Keep them coming!

I enjoy the Eagles; Rod Stewart; all of the 60's and 70's and also the early 50's oldies music!

PS: I also enjoy listening to The First "Four Temptations" Group, with Artie Ripp, Skip Scarpa, Brad Stuart, and Joe Tedesco.

They sang "Cathy" and "Rock and Roll Baby" on ABC Paramount.

Are there any record collectors out there who may have a copy??

Popular music from the 1940s thru 1960s, rock 'n' roll, ballads, a little jazz, country music. I guess I have quite wide-ranging tastes, but I can't stand the modern trash. More than once I've decided I need to cut all power for a few minutes when some other workman has insisted on playing some "Top 40" station at full blast!

pualuk,
I am with you, even though I like it loud I will be courteous of others, nothing is worse then trying to think with music that you hate blasting away. Some people are just plain rude.

The company I work for has a no radio policy and most of the GCs we work for do not allow radios on the job.
Bob

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I enjoy Classic hard rock (Esp "Corporate rock"), the aformentioned
British/European metal, "hair" metal, early to mid 80s pop/new wave, (that was the MTV staple back then), an a bit of current pop/alternative/dance. I also like a bit of 30s jazz and 40s swing, and come Christmas, I crave seasonal recordings from the 50s to the 70s.

The channel loop I have set on my receiver. up are mostly CHR and alternative stations though. A somewhat regional station (that
the barn radio is often tuned to), has on Sunday nights, an 80s retro program I enjoy listening to when I am doing Sunday evening chores.

I enjoy all types of music but sway towards the classic rock side Yes Led Zeppelin Jethro tull etc. I went to see John Prine last night and the show was awesome.If he does a show in your area I would highly recomend going to see it

In case you don't know, Virgil(Sparky66WV) can play a variety of instruments, and very well. He's just a modest guy.
I'm gonna waste some space here.
When I quit my last job, I gave 1 month's notice...Told everyone I was Movin'to Montana. To raise a "high end fiber" used in "quality" dental floss. Those folks still believe it.

Just gimee some of that good ole fashoned Southern Gospel and I'll be Praising the Lord and slinging romex till the sun sets!

You asked.
Mark

"Well I might ride along the border with my tweezers gleaming in the moonlighty night"

Another Zappa fan here

Like all kinds of stuff, Stevie Ray,Santana(of old), Allman Bros,Hendrix, Blues in general, some jazz. Most Rock and Roll

I 'll tell you how I know I'm out of it though. Who the heck is Norah Jones?, 8 grammies last night, not only haven't I heard her music, I have no clue who the heck she is nor have I ever heard her name Getting old sucks or maybe not

I'm kind of like everyone else. I like a wide range, but none of what they call crapp uh rapp. If I'm really thinking hard trying to trouble shoot a MCC for instance I'm like Steve, easy listening or even classical.

Paul, I was on a job once where a fellow electrician had complained about the loud abnoxiuos radio's (and they were) to no avail, so he went to the temporary panel when no one was around and put 240v to the circuits long enough to cure the problem.

When the complaing and whining started,he said it happens all the time on temporary services and not to cry to him. He was 6'5 and 260 lb's

Roger

A "loose neutral" can certainly be trouble.

Posted for Tiffany Sparks:



Virgil (Sparky66WV)

Doh!

Heh...

electure, Thanks for the plug... That's too funny on the Zappa thing. LOL!

If we *ever* get our CD finished (yah right) I'll announce here and offer discounted rates to ECN members!

It's only taken us three years so far!

In an average hour at work, you'll hear me playing anything from Mexican pop music, soft rock/e-z listening, all sorts of other flavors of rock & roll, techno-trance, Indian pop, Colombian pop & dance music, assorted other Latin American music, jazz, "American popular standards" (Glenn Miller, Frank Sinatra etc.) classical....etc.

I could go on. My records(yup, LPs), cassettes and CDs encompass most of these genres. Of course I don't take my records to work.

And then there's also a couple of local FM stations I listen to regularly (Lite-FM 106.7 and classical WQXR-FM 96).

Sometimes I even throw in some Spike Jones platters to keep things lively.

The only genre I absolutely DETEST is current rap/hip-hop music. Stuff has no hook and no rythm.

The only time I can't/won't/don't listen to anything (even spoken-word radio) is when I'm driving.

Can't concentrate or focus on the traffic with jibber-jabber or music in the background.

Tried listening to news & talk shows on WRKO and WBZ while on the road in Boston....couldn't handle it. *click*

My music interests include "Classic Rock", "80's Rock", "90's Rock", Any Hard Rock, Metal, Punk, Progressive
Rock, and Classical Music.
Don't know many Composers, but do know what I like!!! Found improvising drum lines while practicing drums to
Classical music very enlightening! (my Cousin would probably kill me for doing this, He's a Classical Composer /
Conductor!).

Don't play music on the job too much, mostly since other trades do not like a lot of the stuff I would play. I leave the
audio tasks to someone else!

Scott35 S.E.T.

Mostly Grateful Dead, Allman Bros.
As much as I don't care for new music, I really like Norah Jones (I saw her do "Are you lonesome tonight" on an Elvis special on VH1, and it was real good).

I find my musical tastes vary with the season. Classic rock in the summer, Jazz, winter, gospel, fall, easy listening in the spring. with some stevie Ray thrown in here and there.
We had a fella here at the 'road that would play this really obnoixous dj real loud, music wasn't bad but the dj really...um... well you know.
Tuned in the local gray hair christian station on the radio, and disconnected the string on the tuner
Last I saw the radio all of the pieces where flying in the general direction of the ash pit.

TW

Virgil,
does playin' that 12 string gives one fingertip callus enough to punch KO's?

live Dead,"classic" rock but, mostly blues of the Chi version.

I like his approach! Pity that such an "accident" would be harder to arrange here with single-phase services that are just 2-wire 240V. Maybe I should keep it in mind for the next time I'm somewhere with a 3-phase service though!

I didn't make you mad last time, so:
"Who are you and what have you done with Virgil?"
That's a picture of Bob Dylan after 2 days on the torture device..."The Rack"...S
PS: That's a very complicated chord


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electure,

LOL! Yeah, 6'1" and 140 lbs makes for a rather high "aspect ratio"...

The cord being played there is likely a simple A7 chord with only two fingers depressing. Fret two on the B and D strings for E-A-E-A-C#-E in voicing. The other fingers are just in the "ready" position for active and passing tones and the thumb is muting the bass E string.

sparky,

Oh yes, lots of callouses from both the 12 and the bass, and I can finger-punch *some* KOs, like the recessed KOs in 4x4s...

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My user name says it all to people that know him! Yes I am a pirate, 200 years too late!
Also most classic rock
Keith

For the Zappa fans out there I am just curious. What era do you like? He was around for about 25 years and styles changed dramatically. I like the ’88 bands jazz live jazz rework of his old stuff the best. 12 piece band (full horn section) playing extremely complicated pieces flawlessly night after night. They never played the same set twice and Frank would even decide to change the key in the middle of the song without warning. Kept the band on there toes! Anything from the mid 70’s on is great. I never did get into the early Mothers much. Before my time and just too weird.
Favorite drummer: Vinnie Colaiuta . (Terry Bozio a close second)
Favorite guitar player: (other than Frank) Steve Vai
Bass: All great no favorite.
I wasn’t going to post anything on this. For those of you that don’t care I understand but, you asked!

PS: Other music I like. Almost any classic rock,(Zeppelin, Hendrix etc.) Jazz, (Chick Corea, Dave Wekel, etc) basically anything with talented musicians. (Not many are anymore!)

Mr Kelly,
Looks like an A minor 7th with your thumb held over the low E strings to deaden them, (but I wouldn't know why)
Must be nice to have "bony fingers" that'll wrap all the way 'round the neck ...S
Anybody that's not played a 12 string guitar should give it a try! It'll make you realize how weak your fingers really are!
Nick, Just Another Band from LA, Tinseltown Rebellion, and ALL of the others.

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Electric Avenue, Eddy Grant
Electric Blue, IceHouse
Electric Slide, Marcia Griffiths
Electric Youth, Debbie Gibson
Neutron Dance, Pointer Sisters
You Light Up My Life, Debbie Boone

electure,

The high G with the pinky and the C with the first finger are tones added for color to the base chord. The ring finger is actually depressed here, but the first finger is depressed so that when the ring finger is lifted, the "blues-note" minor third C as opposed to major third C# becomes an interesting passing tone. In other words, the ring finger is on the same string as the first finger, not the string above it as in a Amin7 chord. In fact, the G string is open in this chord. But good eye! Sometimes both are lifted for the 9th tone open B to be heard. The high seventh G can simply be thrown in with the pinky when tempted to do so...

Deadening the low E helps the root note A stand out better, but the thumb can be lifted to throw that lower 5th E in when wanted, and to make a more interesting bass line.



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on Zappa,
i saw the 'black page' once, quite the feat!