Conference napalm::guitar

    Steve Goodwin, Brian Rost, and myself are meeting for lunch 
    Wednesday, 12:00 noon, at Yangtzee River (Chinese).  I'd like to take
    the liberty of inviting anyone in the area that is interested in
    attending.
    
    Steve will post directions.
    
    Thanks,
    Mike

    Maybe we should use this note as a sign up sheet so we can warn the
    restaurant ahead of time. :-)
    
    Mike

BTW- That's the Yangtzee River in Littleton (not Lexington)

Directions from I495:

	Take exit 31 off 495 (Littleton) on to route 119.
	Take 119 toward Littleton center.
	Approx. 1/10 mile, 119 will intersect route 110.
	Turn left on 110.  Yangtzee River is on the left
	about 1/2 mile down 110.

	If you enter Westford, or reach Kimball Farms on
	the right, you've gone too far.

	Be there!

    	Wednesday? Dec 13?

    
      Can I bring my stack?  ( yuk,yuk)
    
      
    
    
    
      That's one way to make room in a restaraunt!  
    							-john r.
    

    Mike,
    
    I'd like to attend; Can you give me directions from Greenville, South
    Carolina?   
    
    Steve....|^)

    Re: John Reaume
    
    Sure you can be the entertainment.  We'll hold up 2 sets of score cards
    afterwards.  One for you and one for the KH gear :-)
    
>     <<< Note 1578.5 by RAVEN1::DANDREA "Fry Zsa Zsa, Free James Brown" >>>
>                        -< say, 10 or 12 hours maybe? >-
    
    Hope on a plane, tell the pilot to go to Boston.  Rent a car, go down
    Rt. 2 until you get to Rt. 495  get off at Rt. 110 exit and follow
    Steve's directions.
    
    See you there :-)
    
    Mike

    OK, got it.....
    
    P.S. if I don't show up, send my burger and fries to me at GSO and the
    bill to Jeff Cooper....;^)
    
    Thanks!

    re: .3
    
    Rick- yeah it's the 13th.  See ya there????

    
    
    Sounds good to me!  I'll be coming from ZKO.
    
    Kevin McDonough
    

    RE: Bulldawg...
    
    Try more like 17-18hrs...  And send my burger to me, and the bill
    to Bulldawg... I eat more than he does...and pick my teeth with
    Gibsons...  Agagagaga...
    
    jc

    I'll be there.
    
    wjb

    Sure thing, Miguel...
    

    re. 8
    
    	Yeah Steve I'll be there...
    

    I'd like to come, too.
    
    Brian
    

    I'd liketo come. Any other HLO noters interested in ride-sharing?
    
    -Dave

    
  >  Try more like 17-18hrs...  And send my burger to me, and the bill
  >  to Bulldawg... I eat more than he does...and pick my teeth with
  >  Gibsons...  Agagagaga...
    
    Coop,
    
    Ya can't pick yer teeth with a Gibson, THEY don't have spear shaped
    headstocks!  (besides, didn't I hear ya say ya had a h*rd on for a
    Les Paul?)
    
    Steve....;^)

    I called and reserved a table for tomorrow at noon...
    we're not the only party from DEC...  reservation is for
    12 people, 12:00 noon in the name of Steve Goodwin...
    15% gratuity will be added to the bill... no sweat....
    
    See ya,
    Steve

   Reservation's for 12, huh?

   Dave

    If it's not too late, I'd like to go.
    
    Karen.

    re: .-1, .-2
    
    go for it!

    I'd like to thank Steve for arranging everything.  It was great being
    able to see the faces behind the notes.
    
    You guys need to get together more often!
    
    Mike

    still waiting for buck to define which frequency band constitutes
    'cool' midrange :-)

    You gotta be real careful there to avoid that 'bogus' midrange (eg my
    tone).
    
    Greg (who wishes he lived close enough to attend the lunch...)

    Cool midrange (to me) is 900hz with a one octave bandwidth, boosted
    about 15db!

    boosted 15 dB?  I get it, you mean *ONLY* midrange.  :-)

    Dave

    Anyone coming to Phoenix for DECtech?  Look me up if you do.  I'll be
    in my office or the ECAD demo booth.
    
    Mike

    Any Coloradians going to be around the last week of August so we can do
    lunch?  I've registered for a class in CXN2, I'll let you know when I'm
    confirmed.
    
    Mike

    Yep, I should be here.  You'll be in the building right across the
    street.  Keep me informed!
    
    Greg

    I'll be around town too.  Maybe we get together for lunch or something?
    
    Will

I'll be in town too.  I say at least a lunch, but more appropriately...
...Lets do cocktails after school ("Schhhhhhoooooooolsss out for summer!").

Guitar noters in CSp during the week or 27 August:

Greg House
J-Dot-San
Jens Moller (sp?)
Will Collum
Bob Withers
Mike Heiser
Jeff Cooper (thats me)

This looks like a damn party !

Yo BoOM !  Get on a plane dude !

Anyone else ??

Where/when/etc ??  Proposals ?

jc (Who has a rough time getting logged in from The Springs)

      Damn da damn damn - I hate to miss a party. Ratsh*t!
    
      I'm sure I'll be out that way soon. I got a full band schedule
    the next two weeks. Six gigs, and one is a big outdoor 
    "Party in the Plaza" in downtown Syracuse that gets a few thousand
    people on Wednesday evenings at five o'clock. Big Gig so I'm bringing
    the big rig! Kitty Stacks to the sky!
    
      Sounds like a crew in the springs next week though, Sorry I can't
    buy a round!
    
    						-BOOM-

    
    Yo, Boom.  Personal checks via U.S. mail gladly accepted!!! 
    And I'll make sure that these guys get your round.  ;^)
    
    Sorry, ya can't make it, dude.  Sounds like this could prove to be
    interesting to say the least.
    
    It's like this.  I'm not sure what everyone has in mind, but I just
    happened to know of a place where we can pretty much get loud as we 
    want and it's spacious enough, and it's not a residential area.  We 
    could all chip in to get a case of beer and ice to throw into the
    icebox.  And it just happens that our band is not practicing next 
    Monday night...
    
    How does this grab ya'll?
    
    J.
    

Monday night ?  As LOUD as we want ??
Sounds like a plan.
;)

    Not as loud as YOU want, Jeff.  I don't have earplugs that thick...

    I'd kind of thought that getting together for dinner or libations might
    be more in line with what people were thinking.  Anyone care to clue me
    in as to what *they* were thinking?  For myself, whatever we do, it
    needs to be early in the week.  Thursday and Friday are completely out
    and Wednesday would probably be inconvenient.

    Greg

    
    I'm totally open for suggestions.  As a matter of fact, I've got 
    another one if everyone's looking for dinner of some type.  Best 
    buffalo wings in town for $.10 apiece at Frankie's or we could go 
    check out the new place in Citadel called Hooter's.  They boast of 
    having best beer, best wings but most of all, large breasted 
    waitresses.  ;^)
    I'm serious!  I read the write up on Gazette a couple days ago.  
    
    Or were you "old folks" thinking of something more conservative?
    ;^)
    
    By the way, Monday night is the only time I have off except till 
    the weekend...
    
    J.
    

    
    Oh, and of course, those of us still standin' could go one over to 
    that "place" I was talkin' about, afterwards...  ;^)  
    
    J.

	I'm playing Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays for the next few months
	at Erin Inn , so those days are out for me. I usually have things
	to do on Tuesdays, but that's a day that I can re-arrange.

	As for loudness, If we plan a contest, I'll just have to bring
	along my 800 watt P.A. system & see If I can compete effectively
	amongst the pitiful little Boogies, Kitties, Marshalls or what
	ever you wnat to compete against (If you read about earth-quakes
	in Colorado Springs, It's probably a 'one-up' contest).

							Jens

    
    RE: last
    ;^)
    Now ya done it, coop!  Jens wants to play!!  
    ;^)
    
    J.

    See ya in a couple days!

    Lunch at Red Robbens today at 11:30 ??
    
    Mike Heiser and I are here at CXN2.  I'll try to find him at lunch
    time.  Greg ??  J-Dot ??  Jens ??  Will ??
    
    jc (Would be drummer - Agagagagagaga)
    
    PS - J-Dot(san)s Boogie SCREAMS !

    I gotcha' Coop!  I'm in Rabbit Ears! (and it's a white one too ;-)).
    
    Mike 

    Meet you in the coffee area at approx. 11:30.
    Red Robben is at the bottom of the hill.
    
    jc

    Count me in, I'll meet you guys in the lobby at RR at 11:30 (and call
    J.)
    
    Greg

    *>burp!<*

    monster burger belch�

    
    Hey, dudes, sorry I couldn't make it today...  ;^(
    Red Robbin's would have been a lot better than the old cold pizza!!!
    
    J.

    
    Oh, and I am completely free of any obligations or appointments 
    Thursday during the day(before 4:00 pm) if anyone's interested in 
    gettin together.
    
    Thinking about goin' down to the Rice Music to talk to Walter for 
    a little while on Thursday.
    
    J.

>     <<< Note 1578.50 by CSC32::H_SO "Hyundai insider: I drive a Chevy" >>>
>    Thinking about goin' down to the Rice Music to talk to Walter for 
>    a little while on Thursday.
    
    Someone call J. and tell him about today!
    
    Mike

    The jerk woke me up last night at 11pm.  He knows about today,
    but can't make it.  What a wus ...    ;)

    
    A jerk and wus?  Them's fightin' words, man!  Wait.  Let me go home
    and get my dog.  Nope bad idea, you're not even worth my dawg, and 
    besides, God know what YOU might do to HER!  ;^)
    
    Besides, I made it.  As a matter of fact, I ended up waiting for 
    45 minutes!  
    
    J.

    Yep, Walter got invaded yesterday by DEC noters.
    
    Audio Glassic EL34's for roughly $16 each (match pairs for $33).
    
    I wonder if he'd give me and Mike a deal on 6 tubes ??
    $15 ea ?
    
    jc (forever scottish!)

    I'm going with 6L6s this time!

    Marshalls don't use 6L6's !
    
    Whaaaaaa !

    Unless I'm mistaken, I don't believe they use EL34s either.  Don't they
    use 6550s?
    
    BTW - there's a guy on USENET selling a JCM800 for $400!
    
    Mike

    Yo Jeff... keep the flag flyin' dude.... 8*)
    
    Bonzo

    RE: Bonzo
    No prob mate !
    
    RE: Marshall
    
    For a while they used 6550s, but switched *back* to EL34's.
    6550's are pretty harsh.  $400 seems like the standard
    asking price for a JCM800 (500-100wt head).
    
    jc

    Hey New Englanders!  I'm going to be out there for a class from Aug.
    26th to Sept. 6th?  What do you say for having a Guitar noters get
    together sometime in there so I can meet some more of you?
    
    Maybe a dinner or happy hour or something?
    
    I don't really know the area or anything, so I'll just say that I'll be
    in class in Maynard and let whoever's interested decide on a good place
    to go.
    
    Greg

    Mikey Heiser is out this way in September, so lets start planning both
    events NOW!
    
    Buck, who sez it's been a while for a GUITAR thang..

    Greg,
    
    Monday nights in Marlboro there is a blues jam at a restaurant near the
    DEC plant (America's Harvest, formerly Horsefeather's).  
    
    If people like, they could drag down their gits, have dinner, quaff
    some brews and then get up and do some fret strangling...
    
    						Brian

    Sounds good, I'm interested.
    
    /rick

    Oops, I just heard the blues jam in Marlboro is being replaced by
    Wrestlemania...geez, I picked the worng day to give up steroids  8^) 
    8^)
    
    						Brian

    -1
    
    Would it count if we showed up and beat each other over the heads with
    our axes?  8^)

    
    
    	Hey, If you tone-bros are getting together, I'd like to drive
    down.. keep me posted...
    
    
    Gree Vee

    Well sheeeeeeiiit. If Gree Vee Boy King is willing to drive his silly
    ass all the way down from Augusta (he don't believe that ya cahnt get
    theyah from heyah), lets do it folks. If you don't mind comin to
    Merrimack, I'll host it. We can get together at my house. I've got a
    couple of electrics, an amp, a couple of acoustics, and a bass
    (electricity too). Or, if somebody's got a barn, or some other facility
    maybe more centrally located (Westford?) that might work out, lets hear 
    about it.
    
    "sakman"
    

    
    
    Now, where did I see that guitar-noter-get-together discussion....I
    know it's in here somewhere. 8-)
    
    Kevin

    That's wierd, I thought I put that in this note!  Wonder where it ended
    up?
    
    Greg

    If'n you all want to catch some good music on a Wednesday night, we
    could walk out the front door of the Mill and practically fall into the
    Sit'n'Bull.  They typically have a reasonable blues band there on
    Wednesdays.  I caught Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters there not too
    long ago.

    Ronnie's been pretty scarce at the Bull lately,.. I think success
    is starting to get to him. I hear he's the M/C at the Blues Festicval
    down in Great Woods this weekend,... as well as one of the acts???
    
    Anyway,.. I'm not sure about whetehr he'd be there. What date are we
    talking about? We could check. In any event,.. I'd definitely be into
    going down to the Bull if he's there,.. 
    
    It would be nice to get together somewhere we would be able to jam
    though..
    
    I should meet swome of you dudes
    
    							/Bill
    

    Ah, there it is!  See note 1578 (probably soon to be consolidated with
    this one..)
    
    Greg

    69, dudes!

    
    So, what's the word on a get together?  Is it dinner or jamming?  Any
    kind (crazy as a bedbug) soul willing to let us invade and jam for an
    evening?
    
    Any date picked?
    
    Kevin
    

    I'm leaving in the morning to head up to New England.  I hope to meet
    as many of you as possible over the next two weeks while I'm there! 
    I'll be at PKO2 taking a class and staying at the Colonial Inn in
    Concord.
    
    Please let me know when and where a get-together is if it happens!
    
    Greg

Well I offered last week. Let's see a show of replies by Wed (8/28) to see how
many would be interested in meeting Thurs evening at my house. As I mentioned, 
I have two electrics, a six and twelve string acoustic, a Bass, (no Bass amp) 
and a Fender "The Twin". I'll email out instructions to my house depending upon 
how many people want to come. 

BTW, I live about 1/2 mile from MKO 

"sakman"

    Hey,.. you've got a Twin? If I can test drive that pup (Daddy's Nashua
    doesn't have one) count me in. As long as I don't have to carry it
    anywhere :-)
    
    							/Bill
    

    If this is going to be THIS Thursday, please let me know soon so I can
    change my plans for that night!  I don't wanna miss one of these get
    togethers.
    
    Greg 

Well kiddies, 

So far, only Bill Salkewicz, Alan Starr, and Greg House are interested in 
getting together at my place. Brian Rost sent me a message saying that he can't
make it. Is there anybody else? Buck? Greeve Boy? (I know, Augusta ain't jus 
down the street). Let hear it guys, I'd love to have you all over, bullshittin
and drinking are about my favorite things to do. Factor in Guitar playing and 
it just don't get any better. Don't be shy cause we never met. So, either post
an entry or send me mail. Even if you can't make it I'd like to hear from you.

"sakman"

Hey Greg ... I'll be sure to get ahold of you. Might even call you after 11 
tonight at your motel. I'd call earlier, but I'm goin to see Bonnie Raitt 
tonite. 

    
    
    As I said in Mail to sakman, I'd certainly like to get together at his
    place tomorrow.  I'll know for sure if I can make it later this
    afternoon.   Are you guys (Bill Salkewicz, Alan Starr, and Greg House) 
    coming for sure?
        
    If I can make it, I'll bring my Marshall JCM900 along.
    
    Kevin

> Are you guys (Bill Salkewicz, Alan Starr, and Greg House) coming for sure?

No, I don't think its "sure" yet. I know Greg has some tentative plans for
something else, although he said he would change them if there was a real
get-together. For myself, I can make it, but I also have other things to do
also, so either way if ok with me.

If people can't make it this week (and it seems a lot of people are on 
vacation this week), maybe next week would be better???

alan

P.S. Sakman - I'll be at Bonnie Raitt's show too! Section A, Row 27, Seat 22.
     I'm wearing a black 'Boyz N The Hood' t-shirt and jeans, so come say
     howdy if you see me!!!

    
    
    
    	I'm getting cold feet...  Not that I wouldn't like to meet you
    folks, but my kid's playing in a city championship game Thursday, and I
    should be there... But I am still wanting to drive down and meet you
    guys (gonna be bummed about missing the House Unit) maybe I can combine
    a little business with the trip...
    
    Greve Unit

  
     OK, if it's a definite plan, I'll be there.   Anyone else?
    
    
     Kevin
     

    Oh MAN!  It didn't look like this was gonna happen and I pretty much
    made other plans...  Umm...  is there any possibility we could change
    this to Friday night?
    
    Maybe I can change my other plans, let me check...
    
    Greg

Hi Greg,

  Its up to you dude. If you're wrapped up tomorrow night, maybe we can 
schedule a get-togehter when you're back in town and we've got a little more 
lead time. Won't have to deal with vacation & labor day either. So if you're 
in for tomorrow lemme know and I'll send out directions to the boys who said 
they'd be there. Otherwise lets postpone it. You dudes can call me too at dtn
264-5714, or Greg you can call me at home at (603) 424-4038 if thats easier.

lemme know what's what when you can.

"sakman"

> maybe we can schedule a get-togehter when you're back in town and we've got 
> a little more lead time. Won't have to deal with vacation & labor day either. 

Greg is here all next week also, so we might just be able to reschedule for
then......

alan

    I still haven't heard back from my commitment on Thursday so I guess I
    have to stick with that commitment and say I can't make it on this one.  
    
    I have Friday evening, Saturday morning/afternoon, and Sunday and
    Monday morning/afternoon without any commitments so far.  Next week is
    starting to get filled, got a commitment Tuesday night and Thursday
    night.  I'm outta here next Friday (9/6) early afternoon.
    
    I apologise for all the odd scheduling issues I've induced here, I had
    a lot of friends I wanted to see this trip (don't get out this way very
    often) and I'm trying to get together with as many folks as I can!
    
    Greg
                                                                      

Maybe we can still meet at my house before Greg leaves. I'll check with my 
House Ways and Means Chairman tonite.

"sakman"

    Well, FWIW...it turns out that I *could* change my plans after all.  I
    guess this really screws things up, eh?
    
    Sorry...
    
    If you tried to call me last night, Bill, I didn't get back until kind
    of late.
    
    Greg

    Been kind of busy and hadn't had a chance to get in here. Up until
    now I was planning on going tonight,.. but It *seems* like its
    offf at the moment...
    
    ???
    
    							/Bill
    

    Fred Abatelli and I were talking yesterday afternoon about the
    possibility of setting up a Guitar noters lunch or happy hour/dinner or
    something for next Thursday (9/5).  
    
    Anyone else interested?
    
    Greg

    Ok noters, here's the poop:
    
    Greg House and I will be celebrating his last day here in the Greater
    Maynard Area this coming THURSDAY...September 5th, at the SIT N BULL
    in Maynard.  If any readers in this conference would like to join us,
    see the photo album, meet/yell at Greg, y'all can meet us over there.
    
    Specifics:
    
    WHERE:	Sit n Bull pub -- Maynard
    DATE:       THIS Thursday eve -- 09/05! 
    TIME:	Anytime after 5:30pm
    BAND:	LIVE music by "Landlords of Soul"  (god help their guitarist!)
     WHY:	WHY NOT?!
    
    Directions from west -- Take your favorite route to RT 117.  Follow it
    to Maynard ctr.  At the lights in front of the MOBIL station, bang a
    left.  This is Main St in Maynard.  Sit n Bull is on the left down a
    few blocks across from Digital's parking lot.
    
    Directions from east -- Take either Rt 2 to 62 (which turns into
    a conjunction of RT 62/117 in Maynard), or rt 117 from Waltham area
    into maynard ctr.  Follow directions from lights at Mobil Station
    above.
    
    Hope to see you there!

re: Sit'n'Bull this Thursday

I'll be there!!!!

Hope to meet some of you whom I haven't yet had the pleasure, and it'll be
good to see the rest of ya again!

alan

    I received off-line mail from a noter who asked if the get together
    this Thursday (tomorrow) at teh Sit-N-BUll was a "private" affair?
    
    HELL NO!!!
    
    Come one, come all...DECcies, their friends/SOs/etc. are all welcomed,
    if they can stand the GTS chatter!  8^)
    
    Just thought I would clarify for the general reading public...
    
    Buck

    
    	OK,.. I'll try and make it for the early shift,.. but probably
    won't be hanging out very late due to prior commitments. I'd
    	like to meet some of youzes,.. so like,.. how will I recognize
    you? I guess for Buck I can just look for the guy who seems to be
    suffering symptoms from advanced Marshallvernuegen (sp?),... 
    
    						/Bill
    

    >	OK,.. I'll try and make it for the early shift,.. but probably
    >won't be hanging out very late due to prior commitments. I'd
    
    Great!  This list of attendees is growing...this is going to be cool!
    
    >	like to meet some of youzes,.. so like,.. how will I recognize
    >you? I guess for Buck I can just look for the guy who seems to be
    >suffering symptoms from advanced Marshallvernuegen (sp?),... 
    
    I'll try and dig out my "Custom Reaume Kitty T" for the event.  If
    the Kitty T can't be found, look for someone wearing a Roller Coaster
    T shirt (my 2nd choice).  Not too many of those in the world!  8^)
    In any case, I'll be the tall dude with very short brown hair.
    
    
    See ya there!
    Buck a roo

>    I'll try and dig out my "Custom Reaume Kitty T" for the event.  If
    
    Good idea dude, I have one of those with me too.  Black t-shirt with
    yellow Kitty Hawk logo over the left front and a big hawk thing with
    the logo on the back.  I'll be the tall skinny dude with the big nose
    and medium length dark brown hair.
    
    Greg

    Just a reminder here folks...
    
    Today is the day!!  We will be meeting at the Sit N Bull pub, on
    Main St. in Maynard CTR today after work.  Look for the Kitty Hawk
    T Shrits!!!
    
    WHERE:	Sit n Bull pub -- Maynard
    DATE:       THIS Thursday eve -- 09/05! 
    TIME:	Anytime after 5:30pm
    BAND:	LIVE music by "Landlords of Soul"  (god help their guitarist!)
     WHY:	Destiny!
    
    
    Hope to see you there.
    
    Buck
    

    
    	Geez, all that time I spent up north and now I'm back home...  
    	Have a good time kids and watch out for Maynard's finest on 
    	the way home!
    	
    	Say 'Hey' to Ted for me (he may remember me if you show him the
    	photo album).  I've been there for Ronnie E. before.
    
    	-patman

>    	Say 'Hey' to Ted for me (he may remember me if you show him the
>    	photo album).  I've been there for Ronnie E. before.
    
    Will Bill be there too?

    >Will Bill be there too?
    
    Actually, *2* Bill's will be there!!

    
    	Sorry,.. but only one Bill will be there. I have to do too much
    crap (like get a hair cut and change the oil and tune up the car)
    so I can make my cousin's wedding in Southern New Jersey tomorrow
    afternoon.
    
    	.. I would have made it if it wasn't for the hair cut ...
    
    	Look forward to meeting some of you another time.
    
    	:-/
    
    							/Bill
    
    
    	

Hey ALL COLORADO SPRINGS DOODS and DOODETTES !

The infamous Bill Buckley is coming to town.  Bill will be up in Denver 
riding coasters and experiencing the G's at altitude.

On Sunday however, I've talked him into coming to my house for a 
BBQ/Cookout/Party.  Who wants to come ??

I say lets meet at noon time, cook at 2pm or so and chow.  BYOS (steaks), 
and while I'll have some beer on hand, I can pack a few away (just ask my 
friends :), so you might wanna bring your own.  I have a full tank of 
propane and some way-kool new lava rocks for my unit.

Maybe bring a guitar or something.

Send mail!  Lets do the  BBQ-Bash from hell.

Maybe Mikey'll even drive up ??

:)

    I'd love to but I have a gig on Sunday.

    Well Mike, bring your cordless phone to the gig and we'll hook up one
    of those Nady 49'ers and jam!  8^)

    HAHAHAHahahah!!!  SERIOUSLY rollin!
    
    gh

     
    
     I'll be in Maynard for a week of training on Feb 8th. Anything going
    on or doing anything guitar wise? I'm not bringing my M1 stack!!!!
    
    							-B{}{}M-

If Ronnie Earl is playing on Wednesday night at the Sit'n'Bull across from the 
Mill in Maynard, you might want to check that out.

Jim

    ...or maybe not...

A T T E N T I O N --- M A Y N A R D   A R E A   N O T E R S  !!!!!!!!!!!
    
    
    Fellow Axe-shredder and Kitty Hawk distributor extrodinaire John "Boom"
    Reaume is in Maynard-area ll this week.  Look for John tonight at the
    "Scoreboard" lounge at the Marlboro Marriot.  John is expected to be
    answering questions about H&K, KH, and misc other music companies after
    7:30pm.
    
    C"mon one and all and join us!!
    
    
    John also has a guitar in tow this week -- anyone want to Jam??  Rumor
    has it that Steve "bulldawg" Dandrea may ALSO be in the GMA either
    Wednesday and/or Thursday of this week with guitar in tow.  So, where
    is the "head cutting duel" going down???

    I'll be staying in Westminster, but will be willing to drive to Maynard
    area to do a jam....let's put this together!
    
    hmmm....the Les Paul or the Strat...hmmmmm?
    
    dawg

    
      NEVER let an out-of-towner make arrangements. The Marriot
    (Scoreboard) is really in Westboro (DG territory!) so while
    Buck hit the Radisson (my hotel) I was down the road watching
    SU whip G-town in college hoops.
    
      Wednesday? Thursday? I've got my axe and the REXX 610S for headphone
    practice!
    
      							-B{}{}M-

    My plans are still unclear, but I *think* I'm going to be in WMO on WED
    daytime, Billerica on Thursday, and BTO (Vermont) on Friday.  That
    pretty much puts me down to only being available for a get together on
    Wednesday night.  I'll bring an axe if yous guys (Buck) think we can
    hook up and jam.  I do have my regular Thursday night jam at Papa's in
    Burlington, VT that I'll probably hit.
    
    Steve (who will be calling Buck and posting here as soon as I can firm
    up my plans.....)
    
    

    Just firmed things up.  I'll be in WMO all day wed and thursday, but
    only in Mass on wednesday night.  I can be reached at dtn 241-4355 at
    WMO during the day on Wednesday.  I'll be bringing an axe as I'm gonna
    do the blooz jam at Papa's in Burlington VT on thursday night (I'm
    flying out of Logan thursday evening).  I'm gonna call Buck and see
    what he's cooked up.....let's get together wednesday night!
    
    Stevo

    
    
      Tonight's a Go with me - Looks like the only night to do it since
    I'm back on the road Friday afternoon and I don't like late nights
    the day before that six hour drive!
      
      Jammin' at Bucks and checking out Ronnie Earl at the Sit n' Bull
    sounds good to me!
    
    							-B{}{}{}M-

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    With all the depressing things that have gone on recently, I wonder
    if it's not time to do something to compensate.
    
    I'd like to see if interest can be revived in the old "DECjams".
    
    We haven't had one in years, so for the benfit of those not familiar
    with DECjams, it's a structured jam featuring several bands of (mostly)
    DEC employees.   Each band does one set (about 30 minutes) of material.
    
    Basically, you rent a place, rent a PA (or use one of the bands) and
    just do it.   These were GREAT fun in the past, both for the
    non-players in the audience, and the musicians actually playing.
    
    What's more is that it's a chance to associate more than just a
    node-name and and account name to a fellow noter, but a face and
    actual music.
    
    We started doing these in 1987 and there was generally one a year
    up until about 91 or so.
    
    The first priority after determining that there's interest, both in
    terms of being enough bands and enough people interested in attending,
    is to find a person who is willing and able to basically put it
    together (and I am NOT volunteering at this time for that).
    
    Respond here.  I really hope this gets rolling.

    re : DB's idea.......
    
    Tuesday night at Blind Willy's in nashua would be a great place to
    start the ball rolling...c'mon down.
    
    I will be travelling up north monthly....maybe one of my trips would
    coincide with the next DECjam.....
    
    dawg

If this was setup formally I might be able to get the band to come down...

dbii

    The blooz jams that me and Coop and Odie used to go to in Greenville
    (GSO) had many a band show up and sit in.....
    
    Problem was, they would bogart too much time and keep some folks from
    getting a turn of glory!
    
    Steve

Well, as the drummer/business manager of the Blind Willy's house band, I could
probably be coerced into seting this up.  Also, I can talk to Doug, who owns 
the joint, and probably get us in there real cheap (read free, if I can swing it)
on a weekend afternoon as long as we schedule it early enough.

REply via mail if this is interesting and I'll run it down.

GONZO

    RE: Dawg
    
    I think dbii was referring to DECjam...
    
    jc

    	RE: Dawg
    
        I think dbii was referring to DECjam...
    
        jc
    
        

	Hey db - didn't you see Miguel's note about a month ago
	asking the same thing?  With no replies, it was easy for
	him to just delete the topic.

	It was strange how these jams changed over the years.  At the
	beginning, Rik Sawyer pretty much "fixed people up" by picking
	different musicians from the same area.  (who else would have
	put Pete Cook and me together ;^)  The end result was a one time
	jam band.  I wonder how many working bands came out of meeting
	folks at these DECjams?  

	Then, it became more of a showcase for alot of the _real_ bands
	that came out of the jams.  Unfortunately, the audience size
	dropped dramatically from those first few.  And, supposedly,
	even the musicians didn't stick around after their set was over!!  

	The level of excitement and enthusiasm from that 1st WinterJam
	at the Rod and Gun Club in Maynard and even the next few was
	really Great!!  But for some reason, the interest went downhill
	big-time.

	It certainly would be much easier to have several of Digitals
	working bands get together for a showcase than it would for folks
	to get in touch, pick out 30 minutes of songs, practice a few
	times, and go on stage.  But that was the original intent of
	the jams, wasn't it?

	Hmmm... maybe I've answered my own question by writing this.
	We've all progressed to playing out in a working situation and,
	plain and simple, "the thrill is gone".

	That said, anyone need a guitar player?  ;^)

	Tom
	

   Have bass. Will travel.


Biff	

    Well Tom, it's really what you make of it.
    
    I really never understood why anyone would take their regular band to
    a DECjam and play their usual stuff.
    
    IMO the unique value of DECjams is:
    
    	a) To play in a band with new folks
    
    	b) To play material you couldn't get away with at your
    	   usual gigs (originals, tributes, odd stuff etc.).  At a DECjam you
    	   can play anything you want. 
    
    	   BTW Tom, one of my personal dreams for a DECjam band is to
    	   play keys in a Larry Carlton tribute band with TomD on guitar
    	   (only if you play the 335 thru the Boogie though!)  ;-)
    
    I don't want to "force" any policy on anyone, but I think it would be
    very cool to do something like what Rik did and have a "pool" of
    "free agents" ("free" with respect to the jam that is - you can have
    a full-time regular band) and put people together and assuming that
    both my bands don't decide to play this, I'd probably put my own
    name in.
    
    Anyway, if you're in a regular band don't view a DECjam as "yet another
    gig that doesn't pay anything so who needs it?".
    
    View it as an opportunity to play with some new folks, doing some
    material you'd really like to do and get to see fellow noters doing
    the same.
    
    I mean, if this thing turns out to be nothing more than a "showcase of
    DEC bands" - heck, *** I'd *** probably even skip it.  I've already
    seen most of your bands.  I want to see something "different".

Having been there with Rik at Horsefeathers when we were gang-banging the idea
over suds & spuds for the first WinterJam planning, I recall the idea was
take the names of everybody who wrote in, pull a bass player out of a hat,
a drummer out of a different hat, a guitar player out of a hat, etc. There
were a coupla "bands" that formed as friends who had never played together
for a one night stand (like the "Dave Clark 4" grunge band I was in then)... 
also at least one working band (even then): Rick Levine & co (the Tripods)...

I never played in a DECjam with the same people twice (except when I got
with Brian in "Cantus Firmus" and the "Earth Movers"). Out of playing in 
5 decjams, I think that's an ok average.

But, man, there -were- some people I -hoped- would "return" from the  first
DECjam as a band, like the Ron/Bill/Terri/Dave-o/Todd show.

Ah well, it's whatever you want it to be. I had great times doing those things.
I know alot of people kept going together after just initially planning a 
one-time band.

As long as it's managed well & you have a good place for it & as long as some
super group doesn't roll through town the night you plan on holding the jam,
it can't go wrong. (I say this 'cause I remember one not being managed too
well & people left because it ran too long before one certain punk-wave drummer
and band even started...and he vented over it, rightly so).

I'm still looking to get one rolling here in the springs...talked to a few
people about it... there's some real awesome musicians here.  maybe we can 
trade videos when all is said & done for a quasi bi-regional time/tape-delayed 
mega decjam... watch each others videos the same night in some rented back
rooms of our respective local watering holes & phone-in our hoots & hollers at 
each other! Gee, too bad we couldn't do a video-phone-con-jam!!! Yaow!

                                     :-)


                       ps, Bring back the Earth Movers!

   Hey Butch!  Did Warren's count?  :-)

   -- Sam

   P.S.  Let's do it again!

    RE decjam
    	I want to play 8^( 
    
    	Maybe I could do it via modem? 8^).
    
    P.K.
    
    P.s where does the word jam come from anyways????

    Hey, the Dave Clark 4 wasn't a grunge band! Were we? maybe we were
    just ahead of our time.
    
    - former member of DC4, now elitist jazz-blues player who turns his
      nose up at distortion.

Sh*t Dave, everybody was runnin' around trying to hide under tables
& break for the emergency exits while holding their hands over their 
ears... isn't that grunge enough?!? You and Fred played on "11" the 
whole night... 

...boy those were the days. We didn't need no stinkin' ear plugs!
I'm just glad I was wearing those clown masks...

...and then that chick comes up afterwards & asks
	"Who's the Grateful Dead influence in the band?"

I almost choked!!!

    re .-1
    
    uh, who was the Grateful Dead influence in the band? :-)
    
    Most grunge bands don't do "6 Days on the Road"

    Re: .133
    
    So who was the Dave Dudley influence in the band?
    
    						

    Does anybody know of an R&B harp player who'd be interested in adding a 
    track to an original tune?  It's a straight up piece in D which has all
    other tracks recorded already. The goal here is to send this original
    to some publishing companies. The problem is that my partner and I were 
    told by 2 different harp players that they'd love to help out but now
    neither can be found. So, of course there's a nice empty spot in the 
    middle of the song!  We could try adding a non-guitar piece but really
    think that a harp would sound great.
    
    We could either move a 4 track recorder to wherever or if interested a
    harp player could come to either Acton or Dracut to record.
    
    Please contact me via E-Mail if interested at CSCMA::GREEN.
    
    Don

    Wellll ....
    
    it's been a long time since anyone tried to get some reasonable
    quorum of GUITAR noters together. I know everyone is older than
    they used to be with more stuff to do and it ain't as easy as it
    was some years ago. But I thought it might be fun to try and get
    some people together to compare set-ups, tones, etc. (I know that
    right now I'm pretty happy with the tone I'm getting out of my
    rig!). Not something as organized as a DECjam, but maybe a little
    more organized than that VolumeJam thing we did one intensely cold 
    night over at the Northboro Fish and Game. Maybe try to have some
    set-up where a couple guitar players could play together with a
    bass player and a drummer; people could play for 20 minutes or so
    then let somebody else take a turn. 
    
    Does this sound do-able/interesting?

    I'm interested... as long as I can bring my rockin chair :-)
    

    I'd be up for it, but I couldn't do it until after the Ocean State
    Guitar show (nov 4.)
    
    I'd vote for keeping this thing small. No mega PA systems, or
    volume-wars. I'd even be up for an acoustic-thang!
    
    Mark

    
    	Oh no ... "DEC Unplugged"??
    
    	Who's going to supply 25 bar stools?
    
    	8^)
    

    I doubt you'd need 25. I think I can count the remaining Guitar
    noters on one hand. Sad but true. 
    
    I can remember when this notes file was buzzing. You'd enter something
    for sale at lunchtime, and by 5:00 you'd have 2-3 bites on it. Brian
    Rost was always standing by with his vast knowledge of music trivia. 
    We even had 2 db's at one time :^)
    
    Mark
    

    Yeah, look at the date-density on the first few hundred topics
    here...
    
    :-(

    
    	No, Marko - not acoustic!!!!  I'm allergic to 'em, you know
    	that...
    
    	I'm there, for sure - Tom
    
    

    sounds like phun if logistics work out in its favour

    
    Count me in with my 'vintage' KH M1 entry....
    
    Seems like I've met about half of the 'remaining noters' in here,
    no time like the present to meet the other half.
    
    /Steve
    

    Dave,
    
    Is this a weekend gig? if so   I'd be interested as long as I can
    borrow a rockin chair from Rick C. And I'd  need to check with my 
    Roadie....:^)
    
    							Rick
    

    Steve, I think you need another vintage M1 ;-)

    This get together needs to take place at db's house!
    
    8^)

    If travel is tough, send an Adat tape around and everyone can put
    a track on it.
    (works for the pros...) :-)
    Mike
    

    
    Let's run with it.
    
    Kev --
    

    
    I'd be up for some jamming.
     
      - Larry

    So what's good for most people? If I book the Northboro F&G for
    a sunday afternoon or sunday evening, would that be good for most
    of you? We might have to pay a few bucks a head in that case. 
    The other alternative is to do it at someone's house. I can't
    fit more than about 4 full stacks in my living room :-) Anyone
    else think they could do it? I'd rather get a big room.
    
    - Dave

    F&G would work for me
    

How well do beginners fit in at these things??

>How well do beginners fit in at these things??
    
    
    Just fine...

    
    	RE: ::WISNER
    
    	I, for one, will never get sick of hearing "Smoke on the Water".
    	Come on down!!
    
    	8^)
    
    	[I don't even play, so if I did show up I'd just be an observer.]
    	

    So, what is everyone going to run with?   Forgive me, I'm not familiar
    with the F&G (did I get it right?).   Are you thinking of renting a
    studio for a get-together?
     - a little more expensive than the usual potluck, but what the heck.
    
    Better start a photo album too.  (gotta have something to put in the
    liner notes when you get the first CD's made)
    
    Mike practicing_the_rock&roll_smile
    

    
    A sunday as well as some kind of advance notice would be great!!
    
    Kev --
    

    
    F&G is fine by me as well.  Sundays are usually free for me. Is there 
    a need for a PA system ?
    
     Larry

    
    What about drummers, do we have any volunteers ?
    
     Lv

    
    	Call Pete Cook ... he could do a gig like this in his sleep.
    
    	8^)
    

    re: a few back
    
    A guitar noters album already exists, doesn't it?!

    re .- a few:
    
    The F&G is NOT a studio!!! It's a Fish and Game club/sort of bar.
    
    I'll put on my 'concensus-builder' hat now ...
    
    A little while ago Tom D and I were thinking about hooking up to
    do a little jamming/checking out sounds/etc. I thought it would
    be fun to get a number of people together. I'd like to hear what
    kind of stuff everybody's playing and how different amps/etc stack
    up against each other. It's a lot easier to hear things than read
    about them in notes :-)
    
    I wouldn't object to having a PA/drummer/bass player so we could
    do songs instead of the proverbial 'playing Eruption in the music
    store' thing. My only concern is that things would get too loud
    (remember VolumeJam?). A little planning and condideration would
    make a big difference.
    
    Here's what I see are the things we need to have worked out:
    
    1. PA - does someone have one they can bring? I don't think we'd
            need to mic the drums or amps; just vocals. 
    
    2. Drummer - I MIGHT be able to a drummer; I'd have to let him know
                 well in advance. I can probably get a conga player/
                 percussionist if you feel like doing some Santana.
                 Anyone else have any ideas? The drummer, of course,
                 should be able to play everything from Neil Young
                 to T-Bone Walker to Dream Theater, for free :-)
    
    3. Bass player - I assume some will show up with their stuff, right
                     Rick? :-)
    
    4. Ground rules - we need to have, say, no more than 3 guitar players
                      plugged in at one time and have people play for
                      20-25 minutes then let somebody else up to play
                      for a while. Otherwise it will be white noise.
    
    whaddaya think? Send me Email if you have any ideas and I'll roll
    everything up.
    
    - Dave

    
    	I would certainly make an honest, good-faith attempt to attend;
    even though my chops have taken a severe turn downwards, I really enjoy
    hangin' out with fellow noters, a la Stormy Mondays.
    
    	I need plenty of advance notice... gotta find someone to watch the
    kids & all. Please keep posting info about this. 
    
    	Setting up a distribution list might not be a bad idea... this way 
    you could let ex-DECcies know about it (Dave Hickernell is the first to 
    come to my mind but there's plenty of other former noters w/E-Mail access).
    I myself am really busy lately & I don't get to check into this conference 
    as much as I used to... being on a DistList would help me out. Just a 
    thought... 
    
    
    	Brad

    
    Listening to this reminds me of how much I'd like to have
    another real DECjam. Sorry, but if my goal was to sit
    around and noodle with the homies, I don't even have to,
    well, leave home. All this unplugged hoo hah blows nose
    goo. Wake me up when y'all get back to talking about
    tactical nuclear Marshall stacks... quiet indeed!!!!
    Phruck that!
    
    -b

    
    	I'd say most of us are for a volume level that's reasonable but
    	doesn't approach VolumeJam.  None of us are old farts yet.  Heck,
    	for some of us, this is the only chance to crank it a bit!
    
    	Limiting the number of players on the stage will take care of
    	that.  Didn't VJ have 20 guys playing at the same time, all 
    	playing lead ??  ;^)   I didn't play at that one but stopped in
    	and remember good ol' Miguel going nuts!
    
    	Tom
    	

   re: Mike (.156)

   The "F&G" is located in MA.  Not really worth flying back east just for
   that.  :-)  (I'm in CXO, too.)  We could do a Colorado version of the jam
   just for yuks, though.

   -- Sam
   

    
    A distribution list to include some ex-guitar noters is a great idea.
    
    I jammed with Dave Hickernell recently - he's doing great, and I bet
    he'd be interested in a get together if his schedule permitted.
    
    I'd be more interested in getting a tone-sampling of a lot of different
    guitar & amp setups than doing a decjam type thing, but whatever format
    the concensus arrives at is fine by me.
    
    /Steve
    

hmm....
	concensus .....

	Well I could do something on a sunday after lunch in Massachusetts,
But I'm not so sure I would be really interested in hauling tonnage around to
demo gear. I'm also not interested in volume wars.... or the usual Decjam?.
 But if you ever decide to pick some tunes let everybody know what they are 
before hand that could be good and different. A variety for the general
population....?
    Someone send Brian R. some mail....
    
    
    

							Rick

    
    	I'd love to hear some true "blind jamming" ... 3 or 4 guys that
    	have never played together get up on stage, drummer and bassist
    	lay down the rhythm and then the guitarists join in.
    
    	But then again, what do I know.  8^)
    

    ... or some "deaf jamming" ... same scenario, but they've all got
    earplugs in and can't hear each other. 
    
    Is the idea of an acoustic jam dead, then? 

    re: .166
    Sam!
    We should do it.   I think Coop would be up to it.  I don't even know
    anyone else here. 
    
    Still, the Idea of "them" laying some basic grooves down on an ADAT
    then sending one copy here and them laying down stuff on the other...
    It would be fun to hear what each geographical area would come up with
    as the riff/melody/lyrics for the same Drums/Bass groove.    It would
    be interesting at the least.
    
    
    Then theres: Blind Jam/Deaf Jam/...    Why not just hand over our 
    multi-million watt rigs to people who until just recently only played
    air guitar - and let them go for it?  ;-)   Call that dumb jam.
    You gotta have a *little* discipline or it turns into a volume fest.
    I like volume.  Sometimes I crave it.   But all in good taste.
    
    Hey, what-am-I-saying?  I won't even get a chance to make it to yours.
    Do whatever...  ;-)       I'd be up to a Colorado toy-fest.  Come 
    with your best guitar / bass toys - toss 'em in the middle of a room -
    and mix/n/match.  Find the best combinations/maybe even learn
    something.
    
    Mike   /remembering that money is the root of all wealth.
    

    
    	Hey, even I could do a "dumb jam".
    
    	8^)
    

    Alright, now listen:
    
    - There IS a Guitar-Noters photo albums - I started it YEARS ago (there
      is a topic in here too).  I recall pix of dbii, grevie-king, buck, 
      Poul, me-n-the-bulldawg (when we played together in RnR), scary,
      kevin McDonough, etc...etc...  WHERE IS IT?!
    
    - There ARE compilation (complication) tapes (five volumes worth, I
      think).  I'm sure someone has the 'masters'.  Getting people to 
      play on a cassette was hard enough, let alone tracking down an ADAT 
      to track on...
    
    - I hosted a Colorado DEC-Jam in Woodie-park back in 90 or 91, I think.
      Attendees included Greg House, Steve Jensen, Will Collum, Mike
      Heiser, Sam, J (J-Dot) So...I can't remember everyone...A lot!
      I'd do it again, as soon as I settle into my new house
    
    - F&G .eqs. Fish and Game.  There is one in Marlboro, and one down the
      street in Northboro.
    
    - GMA = Greater Maynard Area.  Maynard, Massachusetts is where DEC was 
      founded (NEWBIE!)

    >    	Hey, even I could do a "dumb jam".
    
    you do it everyday, and very well too.

>    - There IS a Guitar-Noters photo albums - I started it YEARS ago (there
>      is a topic in here too).  I recall pix of dbii, grevie-king, buck, 
>      Poul, me-n-the-bulldawg (when we played together in RnR), scary,
>      kevin McDonough, etc...etc...  WHERE IS IT?!
    
    I have it.  If anyone wants it, let me know.
    
>    - I hosted a Colorado DEC-Jam in Woodie-park back in 90 or 91, I think.
>      Attendees included Greg House, Steve Jensen, Will Collum, Mike
>      Heiser, Sam, J (J-Dot) So...I can't remember everyone...A lot!
>      I'd do it again, as soon as I settle into my new house
    
    Yeah, far too many guitar players in one band. ;-)
    
    Mike
    

    
    Ya!  Anna bass player who was too shy to play, remember that??
    :-)
    
    Mike, send the album up here and I'll show it to Mike Manthei
    and send it out east - has anyone there seen it??
    
    Eeesh - you oughta see the one from the Heavy Metal Album now...Talk 
    about years of memories...    :-)
                                     

    Wow.  I didn't realize there was so much history in this get-together
    thang.    Must do it again - with food.
    
    Definition: Food.  Lure for musician.
    
    Mike
    

    
    I'd be into doing some jamming, but not really into the gear comparison
    stuff.  I understand the concerns about volume since I was at VJ also, 
    and I certainly wouldn't want to relive that whole scenario. Lots of 
    different levels of playing capabilities here, and if you happen to
    end up in the wrong group of players for your 20-25 minutes, it could be
    really frustrating in terms of limiting what you play and the style of
    music that you play.  I'll probably end up skipping this one.
    
      Lv 

    
    	Are we looking at some Sunday in November?  Should we put
    	a stake in and pick a date?
    
    	re: Lv - I hope you show up!
    
    	Tom
    

    As most of you are aware, I've been playing through a little Fender
    Deluxe Reverb of late (22w - 12" speaker). This amp is surprisingly
    loud for a small amp, but it obviously can't compete with a stack.
    My feelings is that if this amp can't be heard at the F&G, someone 
    is too loud. 
    
    I guess I'm just getting old, but I have no desire to be in the
    same room as a Marshall Stack on 11, never mind trying to jam 
    (ie: compete) with one. 
    
    I'm hoping we can keep this small. My idea would be to have a
    Bass player and drummer (optional) and have 2 guitarists at a
    time get up and play for like 15-20 minutes, then bring on the
    next group. Perhaps it would be good to have people pair up ahead
    of time and decide what tunes to jam on. 
    
    I'm still interested in doing an acoustic thang, or perhaps a
    combination of acoustic/electric (where the electrics are kept
    at *room* listening levels). If anyone is interested in something
    along this line, I might be able to host this in my basement. 
    Keep in mind that the holidays are fast approaching. We should
    either plan to do this before thanksgiving, or delay it until
    after New Years.
    
	Mark

    please direct all the "marshall stacks on 11" to my group -- thanks.
    
    
    Buck, a VJ attendee but not an offendee (it was that dood with the twin
    reverb -- wait, that was Kevin McDonough!!)  8^)

    
    
    IceJam (now also known as Volume Jam) loud?  Chaotic yes, too many
    players at once 'fer sure.  
    
    I didn't notice we were loud until I couldn't hear what that 
    friend of LV's was singing. 
    
    8-)
    
    Kevin
     
    
    
    

    
    I had the cops at my house the other day...volume complaints.  Funny, 
    'cause the 2:90 was set at 2.
    
    I need to jam.
    
    Let's do this!
    Kev --
    

    
    re: .183,
    
     Mentioning volume in this string is like mentioning Rottweiler in a den 
    of cats :)
    
     Lv

    OK; since I signed up more or less to organize this mess, here's
    what I'm proposing:
    
    1. Date: Either Sunday November 19 or Sunday November 26. 
       Maybe 4-8 PM or 4 to whenever. I would prefer the sunday
       before thanksgiving (the 19th). If you'd rather watch
       football, you're not a real musician anyways :-)
    
    2. Place: Northboro Fish and Game club; if that's not 
       available or they refuse to let a bunch of guitar 
       players rent it out :-) I can probably get the 8
       Point Sportsmen's club in Sterling
    
    3. Set-up: Drummer, bass player(s) and PA for vocals.
       Try and keep it to 2 guitar players on stage at a 
       time (I'm not the boss, just the organizer. Be fair.)
    
    4. Tunes/who to play with: Send me email with the following
       information and I'll compile the results and post them:
    
       1. What kind of stuff you like to play i.e. classic rock,
          progressive rock, blues, jazz standards, fusion, metal,
          progressive funk-country-alternative, etc.
    
       2. How, uh, adept are you at playing? 
    
       3. What kind of rig would you consider bringing? Does it have
          any particular strengths that you'd like to show off?
    
       4. Do you want to bring an acoustic that you can plug into the
          PA?
    
    
    WHAT WE NEED:
    
    1. a drummer
    
    2. a PA
    
    3. 1 or more bass players
    
    4. PEOPLE! (Ex-Deccies always welcome!)

    If we hold it at the F&G, we can watch football *AND* jam at the same
    time :-)
    

    So, who wants to do this? I've only gotten mail from a couple folks.
    
    - Dave

    Brian Rost and John Derrico have both expressed interest.  If Hick shows
    up too, we may have more bassists than guitarists!
    

    re .-1
    
    Dave Hickernell did send me mail saying he'd like to be there.
    
    - Dave

    
    	Bob Conroy may show too. 
    
    	I'm there - Tom
    

    Well I'll most likely be able to attend. 
    
    Mark

If I can make it here's what I can tell you,I know the 11/19 date is out as I
will be coming back from Tucson from the 33rd Reliability Conference.

Blues,Jazz,Jazz Fusion,Classic Rock? I dunno if it isn't 1,4,5 a lead sheet 
will do.... :^)

I'll bring my guitar,a couple of pedals and maybe an amp if I need too. 

							Rick

    
    If it's Nov. 19th, I'll throw my hat into the ring too. That next
    weekend is already booked for me.
    
    
    Fred (can I play tuba?)
    

    Man!  Someone ought to bring a speaker phone so I can jam on a
    con-call!
    
    :-)

>    Man!  Someone ought to bring a speaker phone so I can jam on a
>    con-call!
    
    Nah, just tweak up the wattage of your Nady!
    
    ;-)

    I'm going to tentatively schedule this jam thing for Sunday
    November 18 at, say, 4:00 at the 8 Point Sportsmen's Club
    in Sterling MA. I know lots of guys that are members there 
    and we should be able to get a good price on the hall. 
    Larry V. has graciously offered to bring a PA and a drummer
    (who also happens to live in Sterling). 
    
    I'll have more details, etc. tomorrow or thursday. 
    
    - Dave

    
    Er, I think you mean Sunday November _19th_.  I will bring a PA, though
    I do not have a snake, so if anyone has a snake, bring it along. The PA
    isn't ultra sophisticated but should be sufficient:
    
    Carvin PA Amp
    Sunn 12 channel mixing board
    2 Soundtech Speaker cabs
    
    Phone call is in to the drummer, but he's out of town till the weekend.
    I don't think it'll be a problem.  
    
      Lv

    
    Sunday, the 19th...I'm there...haven't a clue what I'll be playing,
    but count me in.
    
    Kev --
    

    uh, yeah, I did mean Sunday the 19th.
    
    - Dave

    
    	Miguel Melendez may come.  He was hoping for another
    	VolumeJam... ;^)
    

    this ain't gonna be a volume jam!!! But I did invite ace percussionist
    Jose Ramirez to come on by, so Miguel might feel mighty comfortable.
    
    Does anyone know how to contact Joe Minville? He's another ex-Deccie
    I'd like to see there.
    
    - Dave

    I think I have Jomama's home phone # around somewhere...

    
    	Hey Dave - I was just kidding ;^)  Miguel can't stand loud
    	volumes.  He went nuts at VJ, walking around with his hands
    	over his ears.
    
    	Tom
    

    OK, here's the skinny ....
    
    This jam will be Sunday November 19 at the 8 Point Sportsmen's
    Club in Sterling MA. It starts at 4 and we can have the place till
    10. The cost is $50 plus a $25 cleanup fee which is refundable if
    we leave the place in the same condition as it was in when we came
    in. Feel free to bring your own food/brews/etc. A bartender would
    have been extra and I wanted to keep this simple. There's a couple
    of decent pizza/sub joints about 2 miles away if we collectively feel 
    hungry at some point. 
    
    The more people show up, the less everyone has to pay. So far
    about 8 people have said they'd like to come, so that would work
    out to about 6 bucks apiece. Try to let me know ahead of time if
    you're planning on coming so I can divide the cost up fairly.
    
    
    DIRECTIONS TO THE 8 POINT SPORTSMEN'S CLUB IN STERLING:
    
    1. Coming from the north, take the Rt. 12 exit off
       of Rt. 190 and head south on Rt. 12 into the center of Sterling.
       Rt. 62 merges with Rt. 12 for a short distance in the center
       of town, then forks right up a hill just as you are leaving
       the center of town. Take the right fork up the hill and you'll
       be on 62 West. Stay on Rt. 62 for about 2 1/4 miles. (You'll 
       cross under Rt. 190). Look for Wilder Road on your right. Take
       the right onto Wilder Road. (If you get to Rt. 140, turn around;
       you've gone too far.) In about 1 mile you'll come to a 4-way 
       intersection. Turn left at this intersection. This is Beaman
       Road. The 8 Point is about 3/4 mile down on the right. It's
       a log-cabin type of building set back off the road with a long
       driveway. I'm pretty sure there's a sign in front.
       
    2. From The south, take Rt. 190 to the Rt. 140 exit (exit 5 for
       Princeton/West Boylston). Go Left at the exit towards Princeton.
       About 2 miles up is a flashing light where 140 and 62 intersect. 
       Take a right onto 62. About 3/4 miles up on your left is Wilder
       Road. Take the left onto Wilder Road and follow the directions
       above.

    
    Umm - db, I don't have a Nady, man...
    
    I have a Samson.  :-)  
    
    ...And there are three basic problems here:
    
    1.  Who'd volunteer their rig (kev?? :-)
    2.  Who'd switch presets for me?  (MIDI delay and cable length might
        be a problem).  ;-)
    3.  Who'd tell me if I sounded bad??
    

    Hey there!
    	
    	Gotta drop out due to a family commitment.
    
    	Maybe next time????
    
    
    Fred

    
    We'll send you a jam-tape Coop. 8^)
    
    

    Since several people have sent me mail regarding some of the
    ground rules for this jam, here they are (at least what I've 
    thought of so far):
    
    1. Guests - if you want to bring a couple guests I suppose that's
                OK; Just don't bring your whole band down to do a 
                couple sets. Non-musician guests are welcome. Members
                of the Jolly Kopperschmidts german band are NOT
                welcome (inside joke).
    
    2. Rules  - besides what we've discussed about volume, I ask that
                you act responsibly and don't drive drunk or trash the
                hall so nobody comes after me or the Sportsmen's club.
    
    3. Pre-arranged jams - if you're making plans ahead of time to jam
                with certain people let me know if you haven't already,
                just to make sure everybody gets a fair shot.

    
    	I'm curious - is there a stage?  Or is it a set-up-over-there
    	type place.
    
    	I was wondering if we'll all be able to set up at the same
    	time and just plug in when we play.  Hopefully, that'll be
    	the case and we won't get 20 minutes of crankin' and tuning
    	between playing.
    
    	Do we arrive at 4:00?  If we time our arrival, we could pull
    	a mass unload / setup.
    
    	Looking forward to it,
    	Tom
    
    

    
    	Oh, yeah - who's gonna be there, Dave?
    
    

    There's no stage. It's your basic sportsmen's club. I know I've
    set a PA up in there before so there's no shortage of power
    connections. 
    
    re: who's coming ...
    
    at this point, including the 'probably' folks, I have
    
    Me
    Tom Desrochers
    Steve Goodwin
    Rick Calcagni
    Mark Jacques
    Larry Vigneault
    Brad Page
    Kevin Lucht
    Dave Dagg
    Dave Hickernell
    Joe Minville
    Miguel Melendez
    
    maybe 
    
    Brian Rost
    Bob Conroy
    
    plus drummers and a few other friends

    
    	re: directions - is there a better way to get there from
    	the Marlboro / Maynard area?
    
    	Looking at a map, it looks like the rt. 62 exit in Hudson
    	would be much more direct.  
    
    	Thanks, Tom
    

    
    DIRECTIONS TO THE 8 POINT SPORTSMEN'S CLUB IN STERLING:

	Rt. 495    
       	Exit 26 - Rt. 62 - head west 
	Several miles
	Thru rt. 12 intersection
	Cross under Rt. 190 
	Look for Wilder Road on your right
	Take a right onto Wilder Road
	(If you get to Rt. 140, you've gone too far.) 
	In about 1 mile you'll come to a 4-way intersection. 
	Turn left at this intersection. This is Beaman Road. 
	The 8 Point is about 3/4 mile down on the right. 
	It's a log-cabin type of building set back off the road with a long
       	driveway. I'm pretty sure there's a sign in front.
       

    62 works; it's kind of twisty and turny throught Clinton and
    I usually take 140 to 290 if I'm going to Marlboro. But sunday
    afternoon traffic will be light and may make it worth a try.
    
    One other thing; about 3/4 mile after you cross under 190 on 62,
    there's a road that cuts off to the right with an 8 Point sign
    on it. This is actually Beaman road and if you take the right
    you'll come to the 4-way intersection in a couple miles. In this
    case you would go straight through the intersection and the 8
    point would be about 3/4 miles down on the right.
    
    - Dave

    
    Getting psyched guys, this is shaping up to be a good one !  
    
    Approximately 128 hrs to showtime.  Hopefully New England's 
    weather will cooperate.
    
      Larry 

    
    Do we need a contingency plan for this jam ?  Right now the weather 
    folks are saying we could get another Northeaster this Sunday thru
    Monday.  Speculation is for rain, but snow is not being ruled out.
    
    I don't have a problem with rain, but snow could be another matter.
    How will we know if it ends up being postponed, any suggestions ?
     
     Lv 

    
    Pleeeeeeze, no snow!!!!  I'm dying to jam!!  
    
    

    Good point Larry. Here's the plan:
    
    If the weather's bad, call me at 508-422-6450 before 3:30 on 
    sunday and I'll let you know whether or not I'm going to open the
    place up. Since I only have to drive 2 miles it'll have to be
    a bad storm to keep me away!

    
    Very rockin' jam at the 8-Point last night!  Great that so
    many people came that could _really_ play. 
    Also nice that there was a mix of prepared tunes as well as not. 
    Makes me want to learn a few tunes myself. 
    
    Thanks to Dave Clark for putting it together, Larry for bringing 
    the PA, the bass players and the drummers.
    
    Dave
    
    
    
    
       

    Oh come ON!  I need to hear the details!  Who showed up?
    Who forgot their axe?  Who played too loud?  Who didn't??
    
    :-)

    yeah!
    We're dyin' over here!
    /=\
    

    My thanks to Dave Dagg for bringing a spare set of earplugs for me to
    use; thanks Dave!  This wasn't as loud as VolumeJam, but it still took
    two bass players onstage at a time to tame the guitar roar.  Nevertheless,
    some very tasty jamming ensued.

    My thanks to Larry Vigneault for bringing that huge bag of peanuts;
    good jammin fuel when mixed liberally with brew.

    My thanks to Tom Desrochers for his great facial expressions (quite
    emotional, I would say) along with the killer axework.

    My thanks to that guy who called the Neil Young tune (well, maybe
    not :-)
    
    Thanks to everyone who jammed, for a great time.
    
    Most of all, thanks to Dave Clark for making this happen.  Let's do it
    again sometime.  And maybe get some more noters out next time too.

    /rick

    thanks to everyone for showing last night. I agree, Tom D gets the
    award for "most captivating facial expressions". You could tell Tom
    was sincerely emoting :-). After playing Tom's Ibanez Artist I'm
    sorry I sold mine 13 years ago.
    
    Thanks to Larry for hauling all that stuff around and sweeping the
    peanut shells up off the floor. 
    
    I was fighting back the flu yesterday; having peanuts and Guinness
    for supper was just the right medicine (NOT!) I feel like a truck
    ran over my head :-(

	Yep, it was a good time.  A loud good time.  It was good and
	loud.  Loud and good...   ;^)

	I'll thank Dave again for putting it together and Larry for
	lugging the P.A.   It's appreciated, for sure!

	It was great how folks just got up and down and joined right
	in.  Lots of talent in one room, eh? 

	Geez, Rick - do I make faces?  I never knew that.  Well, I'll
	thank you back for playing a 5 string next to me.  I looked
	at his bass to get the chords of one tune.  Well, it took me
	just a bit to realize that those were G's not C's.

	Also, thanks to those that let Dave H., Larry V., Steve G.,
	Kevin M. and myself do a few tunes.  You even clapped!!

	Apologies to Kevin L. who persevered thru our song selection.
	You have some seriously nimble fingers, man!

	Tom
	

    There were often two drummers onstage at one time and they seemed to
    work together well.  As I mentioned before, there were also sometimes
    two bassists.  The double bass/drums rhythm section seemed to balance
    the guitar onslaught pretty nicely.
    
    Everyone seemed to have huge ears last night.  I heard lots of subtle(!)
    interplay; amazing considering the circumstances.  And people weren't
    stepping on each other's sonic toes too much either.  Even with several
    guitars going at once, you could usually make out the individual voices
    quite clearly.  I don't know how you guyz did it, but it worked.
    
    My favorite tonemeister of the night was clearly Steve Goodwin.
    Just a re-issue SG straight into the Kitty Hawk M1; the sound
    was magic.  Nice playing too, of course.
    
    Dave Hickernell brought a Bag End 1x15 bass cab that sounded great;
    a serious piece of equipment.  Dave also did a decent Jack Bruce
    imitation on some old Cream tunes; Brian Rost woulda loved it.
    
    The action went non-stop from about 5 (after an hours worth of setup)
    till a little after 9:00.  Having a PA there was very nice, and the
    arranged/vocals stuff that Tom et al did kept the proceedings from
    getting into a rut.
    
    The 8-Point was a nice location and I'd be up for doing something
    there again.  Possible improvements: an earlier start time, with
    time for more/different sets of people, and maybe some food (like
    a group pizza order).
    
    /rick
    

    Sounds like fun.
    
    Sadly, I was on a plane most of last night -- would have rather added
    some db's of my own to the loudness. 
    
    Next time for sure!
    8^)

Many thanks to Dave C. for making the arrangements and organizing the jam.

Without his efforts, we'd still be talking about jamming, rather than having
done it!

The thing that amazed me the most was the talent and musicianship displayed
by all...  I didn't hear any players whose chops weren't solid as rock.

The rhythm section(s) were right on time!  All the drummers & percusionist
did a great job managing the stops & dynamics considering that most of the
tunes were unrehearsed.  Dave H., Rick C, & John D.(?) held the bottom end
down very nicely...  Dave's 'Jack Bruce Tribute' solo was very cool indeed!

As for the guitarists-the commendations are too numerous to cover all in a
list.

Tom D. & Dave C. - great chops & vocals to boot!  Tom, the Blues Deville
lives up to all the good things I've heard about them.   And by the way,
thanks again for the B-string refill! What kind of bozo shows up at a jam
without spare strings?  :-)  Dave, it goes without saying that I thought
your tone was great.  Why?  You were playing through a KH, of course! :-)

Larry V. - superb slide work!  It blows my mind that you can do that with
a normal tuning.  Larry also wins the 'Travellin' Man' award - I always
knew I needed a wireless, but watching him cruise around the room whilst
wailing away was too cool!

Kevin L. - lone shredder in a 'roomful of bluesers'... living proof that
shredders and bluesers can coexist in harmony, and actually make great
music together.  There's definitely some big b@llz hiding in that all-
boogie half stack rig you got.

Dave D. - you might have thought you were hiding in the mix, but I heard
you!  Very tasteful playing!  Understated elegance & simplicity in your
tele / boogie setup.

Hey Rick C., thanks for the vote of confidence on the SG/KHM1 tone! In
my quest for the tonal 'holy grail',  I've found that going back to my
roots, so to speak, gets me closer to where I'm tryin' to be. I've been
working to eliminate all the multi-fx baggage, to uncover the pure tone
of Gibson humbuckers thru an all-tube amp.

Alas, I didn't get to meet everyone there,  so there are some folks who
I can't list, but who also made a great contribution to the success of
the jam.  Thanks to all who participated.

All-in-all it was a great evening - I'll be there whenever we get around
to doing something like this again!

/Steve

    
    Yes, many thanks to Dave for putting this together.  Everyone seemed
    to do a fine job of playing though at times it was difficult to tell
    who was playing what.  It looked like the left side of the stage was
    the place to be, it was difficult to hear what was going on from the
    right side (Dave C & myself) when I visited over on the left.  I swear
    Tom D's Deville goes to 11 :).   The drums/percussion were solid as a 
    rock, and there was some great bottom end for keeping the groove
    thanks too Rick Calcagni, Dave Hinkernell, and John Derrico. 
    
     Lv

    So what was the "setlist" (for want of a better word)?
    
    Dom

    I'd be up for doing another of these some time at 8 Point. 
    Maybe next time we can bring some extension cords and set
    up at the back of the hall instead of the side. 
    
    re: the setlist ...
    
    well, sometimes there was a 'left side setlist' and a 
    'right side setlist' :-)

    This is by no means the definitive list, here are a few I can recall:
    
        All Along the Watchtower
    	Little Wing
    	Liz Reed
    	Sleepy Time Time (killer guitar work, esp Steve G)
    	Paranoid (Rasta version)
    	Long Time Coming (or whatever that CSNY tune is called)
    	US Blues
    	Rock'n Roll Hoochie Coo (yeah, kudos to Tom D on this one!)
        Dear Prudence
        Black Magic Woman
        many others in a similar vein...
    

    
    As a "twist" on the next WoodsJam (good name Rick C., I like it), we 
    could:
    
     - toss all the guitarists names into 1 hat.
     - toss the bass players names into another hat.
     - toss a list of various genres into another hat, for example:
       jazzy, slow-blues, fast-blues, shuffle, rock etc ...
    
       Pick a couple of guitarists from hat one,
       pick a bass player from hat 2,
       pick a style from hat 3, then get up and play something close to
       that style. 
    
       This could lead to some interesting results for part of the evening
       anyways.  
    
        Just exercising brain cells, Larry

    
    	No one played "Eruption"?  What kind of a jam is that?
    
    	8^)
    

    
    What was that Pat Martino tune again? 
    "El Hombre"? 
    
    RE: Hearing everyone at the jam.  Pretty tough
    with so many players, especially across the two 
    drumsets.  Fortunately people were coming down
    in volume and listening.  And the drummers weren't 
    bashing away.  Otherwise it could have
    been painful.  Then again, I'm a volume-wimp!
    Or maybe just a wimp in general, since even my little
    1x12 seemed too heavy to carry. 
    
    Last night I turned the amp on at the volume I had it set to 
    at the jam.  Wow.  Master was only at 4 but it was still
    sens-a-round in the basement!  I'm glad I didn't have a loudness 
    hangover from the jam (ever get those?).  Certainly nothing 
    like walking out of the Lynard Skynard/38 Special show in 1974
    and waiting for my hearing to come back!
    
    The foam noise filters are key.  
      
    Dave - who usually can't hear a word his wife says but wants to put 
    in ear plugs whenever his five week old daughter screams
     

>>>    Dave - who usually can't hear a word his wife says but wants to put 
>>>    in ear plugs whenever his five week old daughter screams
     
	Dave, amen to that bro... I swear I've suffered more hearing loss
	from my 3 1/2 year old daughter than from 3 decades of rock & roll.

	Watch out, 'cause sometimes they can let loose without warning
	while you're holding them with their head on your shoulder.

	I wouldn't trade her for the world, but gawd, she's gonna be the
	death of me! (...and my wife currently has our second in the oven).

	Can you say 'yikes'?

	/Steve

    I can say Yikes 3 times.  (all girls)
    ...what did you say??????
    /=\
    

    You can add mine to the list too...a 4-year old girl who makes Janis
    Joplin sound like the dawn chorus ;-)
    
    Dom

    
    A huge THANKS to all who attended the jam, especially Dave for
    really making it happen.  I had a great time!!  
    
    That comment about shredders and blues in happy coexistence was
    right on the money...I had to quickly abandon my DiMeola/Yngwie
    influences as best I could and whip off some VERY spontaneous
    Mixo-modal licks!!!  FUN!!!!  I enjoyed it all.
    
    ALL you folks in attendance JAMMED!!!  I was very into the whole
    deal, my hat's off to all.
    
    BTW:  was that percussion ROCKIN' or what!?!?!
    
    Later!
    Kev --
    

    
    	Ahah ... YOU were the shredder in attendance.  Never made the
    	connection.
    
    	I'll definitely try to get to the next 1 ... not to play, but
    	to watch.
    

RE: .225 
   
>    My favorite tonemeister of the night was clearly Steve Goodwin.
>   Just a re-issue SG straight into the Kitty Hawk M1; the sound
>   was magic.  Nice playing too, of course.
 

   What a nice thing to say about the new KH King! (Hey I KNEW M1's kicked
butt a long time ago!) I wish I could've been there to check it out. 
Now I'm starting to miss my KH's after hearing that. Way to go Steve!

   Seriously, I do make it to the GMA from time to time. The last time 
I brought my axe was for a quick guit-together with Buck, Kevin M,
Bulldawg, and a couple others. I'll keep my eyes open. 

     I've had the Pleasure of Havin kev- over to my Apartment for A_Short
    Visit. And yes...As he Played my Acoustic FG-335 II Yamaha...
    He Started to Shread(Even with The Medium_Gauge_Strings).
    He also has(To me)A_Unique Style of Finger_Pickin when he Plays the
    Classic/Folk Type of Stuff.   
    
    
       Crazy_Great_To_Meet_Ya_Dude_Al

    
    I wouldn't mind getting something going say, January-ish (after
    the holidays and the related BS dies down).
    
    

    re .-1
    
    I bumped into Larry V. the other day; we thought it would be good
    to do another one in late march/early april after the serious
    snow threat is gone. That's usually a pretty dead time of the
    year.
    
    - Dave

    
    <-- Excellent.
    

    
    This frigid weather has got me looking ahead towards April and thinking
    that the time for another DECJam might be approaching.  I was kinda 
    thinking mid April, like Sat the 13th or Sun. the 14th.  Dave C., is
    there a chance of getting the 8-Points Club in Sterling again for the 
    event ?  Is there any interest for such an event ?
    
     ThawJam or SpringJam '96 perhaps ?
    
      Larry

    Re .-1
    
    yeah, we could do that. I'm a little miffed at 8 Point; I still
    haven't gotten my $25 security deposit back from the last jam,
    even though my buddy on the board keeps saying he'll straighten
    it out for me. But aside from that, it would work out OK for me.
    My wife's going to be gone for a week in April; that would be
    the best week ;-)

    I'm in
    

    sure I'll go
    
    Dave
    

    
     The tentative date for now looks like it will be Sunday April 14th.
     Probably similar hours to the last jam we had at the 8 Point.
    
      Larry

    Although I'm usually VERY busy on April 14th (smiles) I expect
    that members of Metropolis would into doing this.  I'll ask but
    my guess is that the answer would be "hell yes".
    
    	db

    
    	Well, April 14th is out for me.  I'll be flying home from visiting
    	Mom and Dad in Florida.  I would go if it was another date but
    	don't worry about it.  My facial expressions will be there in
    	spirit!  
    
    	Tom
    

    
    April 14th is not a date cast in stone.  If some folks would really 
    like to come, we can pick another date.  I know the week of Apr 27-28
    is bad for me.  How about Sunday the 21st ?  I'd like to see it happen
    on a Sunday eve since a lot of folks have gigs on Saturday. I've
    managed to get a tentative from Doug who was one of the drummers last
    time around, but he definitely can't do a Saturday night.  Tom, I'd
    like to see you come, not just for the facial expressions, but the
    playing as well.  
    
     The 13/14 was just a starting point.  We can probably schedule earlier
    or later.  Any thoughts ?
    
      Rgds, Larry
    

    
    	Thanks, Larry.  I would make it on the 21st if everyone else
    	is ok with that date.  But so far, several people have ok'd
    	the 14th so feel free to go with whatever.  Btw, that's the
    	weekend of Pat Martino so maybe we'll be psyched... ;^)
    
    

    Also that Saturday, the R.I. Guitar Show.
    
    Let's see... Martino on Friday night, guitar show on Saturday,
    jam on Sunday... sounds good to me
    
    /rick
    

    
    Have we decided on a firm date yet for the ThawJam ?  The two
    candidates are the 14th & 21st of April.  I'd like to narrow this down
    so I can let the drummer know which is a definitive date. 
    
      Thanks, Larry
    

    I'll go on either of the dates, but its 
    probably be up to Dave C, our connect with the club. 
    
    If they're keeping his deposit from the last one, 
    the charge for the next should cover that also. 
    
    Dave
    

    
    Well, so far, the list of participants as I read it from this thread
    is:
    
     - myself
     - Dave Dagg
     - Dave Clark
     - Rick Calcagni
     - Steve Goodwin (verbal)
    
    I've got one of the same drummers we used last time (Doug), and I've 
    sent mail to Kevin to see if he'd be interested again.  Unless we 
    gather more interest in jamming, this looks like it might be best off
    at a private residence rather than going through all of the hassle of 
    getting a hall.  Right now, I've got Doug lined up for Sunday April
    14th, I haven't really mentioned the 21st yet.  If there's no
    compelling reason to go with the 21st, I'd prefer to stick with the 
    14th as the target date since I know he's available.  
    
     Thoughts ?
    
    
      Lv

    
    	I was the one who'd make it on the 21st but not the 14th.
    
    	Are you others not available then?
    
    	Tom
    

    
     Hi Tom,
    
      We can do the 21st if you're saying you'd like to do so for sure. I
     think everyone else is flexible based on what's been written so far.
    
       Lv

    
    	Yep, for sure.  After Pat on the 18th, I'll try not to be
    	totally humbled!  How's this - find out and if the others
    	can't make it then, just do the 14th.
    
    	Thanks Larry!
    

    
    Since we've got a want-to-be-there from Tom, let's consider the 21st
    as the day of the ThawJam, and I'll check to see that Doug can make it
    as well.
    
     Does this day fit well with everyone else who's indicated an interest
    to jam ?  It's fine with my schedule.
    
      Lv  

    
    Either date works for me...   I agree with Larry that if it's only
    going to be a small group of folks this time, it makes sense to avoid
    the cost and hassle of renting a hall.
    
    Are we thinking of doing a similar format as the last one?  That seemed
    to work well, but I think it would be good if we could figure out a way
    to avoid the enormous volume crescendo toward the end of the evening...
    It did get a bit painful for those of us who weren't wearing ear plugs.
    
    Are any folks considering putting together a pick-up band to do a few
    rehearsed tunes as several of us did at the last one?
    
    /Steve
    

    Actually I would think April 21st would be better due to items which
    need attention around April 15......for Billary
    
    

    Larry and I though it would be a good idea to pick names from a
    hat randomly and let 2 or 3 guitarists play for a while, then 
    pick a different couple names out and let them play for a while
    until all the names were used up. PIck-up bands would be OK too.
    I think the problem last time was that not too many people were
    sitting down :-) 
    
    I think we need just a smidgen of order.
    
    - Dave

     
    format: if anyone needs a simple rhythm guitar, let me
    know the tune/recording and I can try and learn it. Otherwise
    its safe to assume I know no tunes.  The
    random selection thing is fine with me also. 
    
    volume: I could bring my db meter (honest I've 
    got one) just for yucks.  Also too much volume 
    might be easier to attain in a smaller room.     
    
    dave  
    

    re .-1
    
    >>got one) just for yucks.  Also too much volume 
    >>might be easier to attain in a smaller room.     
    
    It's easy to attain in any size room :-)    

    
    Just talked to Doug, and he's not available to play drums the weekend
    of the 21st, so we don't have a drummer at this point.  Anybody know 
    a drummer or two that we can get involved ?
    
      Larry

    Speeking of get togethers,, Have any of you heard about the "Summer
    Acoustic Music Week" being held this summer on Thompson island in
    Boston Harbor??  Its sponsored by 91.9 FM and is scheduled for August 
    11-17 1996 .  There will be a week long instruction in voice, song 
    writing, fingerstyle and flatpicking guitar, blues styles, banjo, fiddle, 
    dulcimer,mandolin, bass, recording, production and more.  Elementary to 
    advanced instruction. 
    
    Evenings filled with song circles, jam seesions, concerts and folk
    dancing.
    
    Confortable dormitory rooms, with three meals a day served homestyle.
    
    The price is $525.00 US dollars (495.00 if registered febore 3/8) and
    they will accept MC/Visa/Discover
    
    
    I have no affiliation with this event,,, I am only a musician who thought 
    maybe some on you may be as interested as myself.  I copied much of the 
    above from an advertisement I have and if you want more information, call 
    Dick  Pleasants at 617-287-6900.
    
    
    Instructors include: Eric Schoenberg, Bob Franke, Lorraine Lee Hammond,
    Bennett Hammond, Robbie O'Connell, Paul Prestopino, Jody Stecher, Kim
    Scanlon, Guy Dvis, Sara Gregory-Smith, Bill Smith, Darleen Wison, Bruce
    Gordon and more.
    
    
    Maybe I'll see some of you there!!!
    
    Bruce May

    
    Things don't seem to be looking too promising as to getting a drummer
    or two lined up for the Thawjam tentative date of April 21st. I'm still
    not sure whether this is a waste of time to try to organize or not
    since there doesn't seem to be a high level of interest.  
    
      Lv

    
    
    
    Larry, I'd love to show up.  I've hesitated from saying
    count me in because if I get a gig for that weekend, I'll probably
    never get to the jam.  So, I'm a "Count me in unless I get preempted" 
    vote.
    
    Kevin
    

    
    Well, I've been unable to find a drummer who's available to do this 
    proposed jam.  Unless someone else can come up with another drummer,
    it looks like this jam won't be happening.  
    
      Larry  	
    

    
    	Hi Larry - I think it's me who has changed the date so please
    	feel free to schedule it the week before when everyone can
    	get together.  I'd like to jam but you should pick the date
    	when folks can make it.  Don't cancel!
    
    	My grimaces will be there in spirit!!
    
    	To quote a wise guitarist... "Rock on!!"
    
    	Tom
    

    
    >	To quote a wise guitarist... "Rock on!!"
    
    
    	Michael Damian?
    

    
    There doesn't seem to be a whole lot of interest in putting the 
    jam together outside of a handful of players.  Being that a fair
    amount of work goes into organizing a jam at a hall, it doesn't seem
    worth the effort based upon the level of interest. Maybe some other
    time I guess.
    
     Lv

    
    	Well, if someone has something at their house, I'd be
    	interested in playing.
    
    	Tom
    

    
    Anyone talking about some summer jamming?  If so, let me know.
    
    Kev --