| Subject: | Re: [RESOGUIT-L] San Francisco Bay Area Dobro Club? | | Date: | Sunday, October 22, 2006 16:35:11 (-0700) | | From: | Tom Foote <footet @.........edu>
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| In reply to: | Message 5100 (written by Brad Bechtel) |
On Oct 22, 2006, at 1:13 PM, Brad Bechtel wrote:
> My lovely wife has a regular monthly get together with other women
> she knows where they play a game called Bunko. It's more of an
> excuse to socialize than anything else. In talking to my wife
> about the Stacy Phillips DobroŽ workshop held this past weekend at
> Gryphon Stringed Instruments in Palo Alto, she suggested that I
> consider starting a DobroŽ Club with a similar structure.
>
> Basically the idea would be that we get together once a month at
> someone's house and work out some Dobro tunes. The meeting would
> be held at different members' houses each month. The hosting
> member would provide light snacks (anything from pizza to
> appetizers) and people would bring what they want to drink.
>
> We'd agree on a set of tunes to focus on ahead of time, or choose a
> topic of interest (changing strings? modal improvisation? reverse
> slants?). We could break up into several different jam sessions or
> a single jam session, going around the room with each person having
> a chance to solo (and provide backup). The idea would be to share
> ideas in a mutually supportive group. All levels from beginners to
> advanced would be welcome.
>
> What do you think? Has anyone ever done anything like this
> before? I could certainly offer to host the first meeting if
> there's enough interest.
>
great idea, Brad... if I lived closer, I'd be there..
I already host a regular jam for me... and then there's
me.. and occasionally, _I _ show up
at the jam. ..and I'm really lucky we all show up at once
and work on some stuff...
...I'm the only reso player I know locally...
Tom, trying to decide whether to throw himself out of the
group for not practicing more
regularly... sigh-h-hhh
PS back on the East Coast where I grew up Bunko had two
meanings... the first was
a con game....the other was playing _bunko_ i.e.
leaving your pool partner a bad leave by
feigning a miscue tying up the cueball behind a bunch
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