Playing and learning guitar: .. Classic jazz . Old pop tunes done in a jazzy style, viper tunes (from the '30s & '40s, what a nice period in so many ways). Menudo (the food), travel, the desert of Texas out by Terlingua, islands (and the east coast of Costa Rica), making Ciabbata bread toast for the love of my life* , and stuff like that. . . .................................<><><><><>...<><><> *her name is Meaux Jeaux .... pronounced moe-joe .................................<><><><><>...<><>
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Check out the Myspace of The Kat's Meow and Kat Edmonson:
Click on the pictures in "Smile's Friends Space" below
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Music
Count Basie, The Benny Goodman Sextet with Charlie Christian, Wes Montgomery, most of the music of Sweets Edison, everything by my principal bands: The Kat's Meow with Kat Edmonson, The Jitterbug Vipers with Emily Gimble, The Slim Richey Dream Band with Maryann Price or Gaila Kenneally, stuff by my other bands, Western Swing*, Gatemouth Brown, T-Bone Walker, Freddie Green with Herb Ellis, Barney Kessell, ... and the list goes on and on!.................................<><><><><>...<><><>...<><>
*Claim to fame: I'm the last living lead guitarist on the Milton Brown boxed set.
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The video below is of an ex-student and good friend, Clint Strong. The tune he plays here is “Miss Ann’s Tempo” by Grant Green. I don’t think he knows the name of it. When he was 10 years old I assigned him this tune, showed him the head and got him started on transcribing all of Grant’s solos from a cassette tape. In this clip he pays tribute to Grant by playing all of his solos note-for-note before blasting off into Clint-Strong-maga-licks. Check out his stuff on youtube. He teaches at Lamb Music in the Fort Worth area.
<><><><> Barney Kessell – one of my heroes.
<><> Just sitting in. Lost. Enthralled. JESSIE LEE MILLER "Happy Birthday Baby" for Johnny Cuviello, 2007
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Movies
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Fargo, Being There, The Third Man, Legends of the Fall (a movie with glaring weaknesses but I liked the story and Anthony Hopkins), & The Last Picture Show, Dr. Strange Love, and the list goes on!
Television
I only watch television when I stay in motels. What a waste of time! I like to be on television, and I'll watch DVDs of TV shows sometimes but I wouldn't own a television (ugh!). Hey! I'm not criticizing you!! Hey, you like television?
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VIDEO ON WEB: http://www.news8austin.com/content/top_stories/?ArID=159837
Click on Play the video.
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Write me if you like it. If you don't like it, write that on a piece of paper and put it in a corked bottle and throw it in the ocean. A radio show of The Kat's Meow is at:
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http://www.kut.org/site/PageServer?pagename=mus_eklektikosarchive
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Then click on: Slim Richey (July 11)
I like radio.
Books
I like biographies of jazz musicians and books on libertarian themes, free market environmentalism and economics, especially Austrian Economics." I Must Speak Out" by Carl Watner is a book I could read over and over. Rigoberto Stewart, Joseph Campbell, and J. Krishnamurti are favorite authors. I like fiction too. Flannery O'Connor, Zora Neale Hurston, Cormac McCarthy, and Larry McMurtry. . I like sufi poetry (Hafiz) and my favorite poet is Wislawa Szymborska. Don't get me started. I'm not afraid of freedom and I'm sad that so many people are! I'm a thoughtful person and always on the prowl for new insights (psychology, philosophy, economics, art, music, you name it!)
Heroes
Francie Meaux Jeaux (OMG! - the love of my life), all of my children and grand children, Wes Montgomery, Barney Kessell, Herb Ellis, Kat Edmonson, Emily Gimble, Carl Watner, Rigoberto Stewart, Joseph Campbell, Flannery O'Connor, Zora Neale Hurston and the list will go on and on if I think long. <><> <><>
Clint Strong – Burning “Oleo”!
Atlanta H S
Atlanta, TX
Graduated: 1956
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Postdoctoral
Major: Girls, Swing and Jazz Guitar
Minor: Chemistry and Physics at Oklahoma University
Clubs: Future Fs of America,Band, Football, Basketball, Girls Gym, Girls and 8 piece swing band..
Greek:
Psi Psi Phi
Ridge Runner/The Kat's Meow/Yo Gadjo/The Jitterbug Vipers Eternal Camp Peckerwood, Driftwood, Hill Country, Tejas, US Emperor of Swing!! Resident Guitar Guru! Music is my life, Meaux Jeaux is my life too!
Truth, Reality, Beauty! Top Three!
The SlimRichey Dream Band, The Slim Richey Experience Ranchos de los Peckerwood, Terlingua, Tejas, US Land Baron of Baren Lands Sawmill Canyon & Sawmill Mountain
The view is worth a million!!
Slim Richey didn't use a pick on the last 12 gigs Thumbing along! view more
About me: http://www.nimbitmusic.com/slimrichey
<><><><>I play guitar like a moe-foe. My primary bands are The Kat's Meow ("Smile's Friends Space" below) with the love of my life, Meaux Jeaux ("Smile's Friends Space" below), on bass and my dear friend, Kat Edmonson ("Smile's Friends Space" below), on vocals (and sometimes with drums, piano and or horns!), The Jitterbug Vipers with Emily Gimble, In These Shoes with Gaila Kenneally ("Smile's Friends Space" below), The Maryann Price Trio and Yo Gadjo, a Gypsy Jazz band with Django Porter, Meaux Jeaux, Albanie Falletta and Katie Holmes. If you want to come say hello, check out :<><><><><===<><><><><><><><><>
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<><><> My other bands are Salt Lick and Seven Come Eleven. I've played with lots of heavies and produced their albums. It looks like The Kat's Meow is going to be a "heavy"! Rising to fame at this very moment! Fever, our version here, is we three (with drummer Bobby Natanson). And watch for Emily Gimble. Her star is rising! She sings and plays piano and is feaured with Jitterbug Vipers! (read my blog about The Jitterbug Vipers and the one about The Kat's Meow and about In These Shoes.)
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Definition for today: ...
Voluntaryism is the idea that human relations should be based on voluntary cooperation and natural law, to the exclusion of any political compulsion. I am a voluntarian. A journal is published based on this idea: The Voluntaryist. See also Voluntaryist.com or www.myspace.com/volutaryist
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http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/voluntaryism................................<><><><><>...<><>
Try this address for a different look on voting, "our most precious right".
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http://www.sobran.com/columns/2004/041026.shtml
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JITTERBUG VIPERS MUSIC VIDEO ..
Who I'd like to meet: People who feel passionately about life and about music. People who are into peaceful anarchy. People into Austrian Economics. People into Goodness, Truth, Beauty, Reality and Mexican food (a bowl of menudo anyone??).
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I have met and I would like to meet: <><><><>
I've met and been friends with Herb Ellis. I've met and jammed with Howard Roberts and Tal Farlow. I've seen Joe Pass several times. I never got to see Wes Montgomery or Barney Kessell. Those are two of my guitar heroes along with Charlie Christian and Freddie Green.
................................<><><><><>...<><>Of the Texas blues players I like T-Bone Walker, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Ray Sharpe, Freddy King and Gate Mouth. And I've buddied around with Gate, Ray Sharpe, Mance Liscomb and Stevie Ray. I actually produced three albums on Ray Sharpe. I've seen Freddy King many times.
................................<><><><><>...<><> Other great players from the Southwest are Bennie Garcia, Tom Wolfe (my teachers) and Oscar Moore.
I'm rambling along about people I've met and I wish I had met.
The DarkSyde Show, a live performance and audio/visual production, celebrates the music of Pink Floyd and honors the third anniversary of Syd Barrett’s passing at the Hideout Theater, 617 Congress Avenue, July 17 and 18. Tickets are available at www.DarkSydeShow.com for two shows each night at 8:00 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 in advance, or $20 at the door. Seating is general admission.
Photo credit: dhillsphotography.com
Photo: back row left to right: Marcus Cardwell, John Groves, Keith Luedke; front row left to right: Jennifer Zavaleta, Clay Nash, Candace Bellamy, Bruce Logan, Kelley Dickinson
Hello! Georges Crébassa Project musique, formes, mouvements, couleurs... pour visionner le diaporama du précédent spectacle Arts Mêlés cliquez http://300gp.ovh.net/~georgesc/photos.htm
Hello, it's me, Ruby Jane.To those who don't know me, I am a 14 year old fiddler, songwriter. I have some songs posted that are fresh out of the studio. Let me know if you like the new songs..be one of the first to hear, even before they are released!Thanks! new videos too! Ruby Jane
Hi everybody, just here to say our new RORY GALLAGHER HAWK BOOSTER is ready for shipping. Have a listen if you get a chance, All the best, Stevie Flynn.
Salut ! Notre nouvel album "Catastrophe" sort prochainement ! Jazz manouche, Tsigane, jazz moderne et plus ! Des extraits et des videos sur notre profil... :) ou sur notre site : Palinka
We are saddened by the passing of Stephen Bruton, but on Saturday night, May 16, we will enjoy beautiful music to keep the spirit alive in Austin. So come on down the driveway and past the chicken coop to the backyard for a fantastic show.
Megan Melara - Megan has worked with Stephen Bruton in the past and carries on the music in her own style. She started picking out tunes on the piano at a very early age and her evolution has led to some strong lyrics and songs that will wake you up and remind you of why you love the feelings. Check her out at www.meganmusic.net
Slim Richey and Dream Lovers - a night of jazz under the stars. Is Slim Richey really the most dangerous guitar player in Texas? We do know that at 72 he is one of the leading Austin music legends. Meaux Jeaux is bringing her standup base and they will be joined by Sarah Sharp. Let’s hear it for peaceful anarchy!!!! Check them out at www.myspace.com/slimrichey
Live the life of Reilly And tryin' to make believe All you have to offer Is hidden up your sleeve Insults dripping with measured dare Eyes are nothing but a glassy stare Rip Rip Rip me to pieces Confetti flying through the air I don't have the guts To even the score and I don't want to be Your victim number 3 (don't pressure me//)
Running the risk Of walking the line You don't have the guts To admit this carnal crime I caught you sitting on a dirty floor With your knickers and her pinafore Rip Rip Rip me to pieces Confetti flying through the air I don't have the guts To even this score and I don't want be Your victim number 3 (don't pressure me//)
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Don't want to be victim #3 Don't pressure me Don't want to be victim #3
Rip Rip Rip me to pieces I don't want to be Your victim number 3
Jump on the bandwagon And ride your coattails home Censor correspondence And request you're left alone You break The 10 commandments Hammer falling striking stone Rip Rip Rip me to pieces Confetti flying through the air I don't have the guts To even this score but I don't want to be Your victim number 3 (don't pressure me//)
Thanks for the friendship, Slim. See what you started? This a commercial announcement: Perk up your Lounge Life tonight in Dallas at The Balcony Club, beautiful Lakewood (google it, baby) with The Hi-Lifers: Romantic Retro Lounge. All the best to everybody out there (If Slim Says Do It Do It), The Hi-Lifers
GIVE ALITTLE MORE TIME k(banks)dallesandro/rc banks 1980 Austex Records (1st verse and chorus)
Give alittle more time He's scared to let go Love is a feeling He's afraid to show Give alittle more time If you want your love to grow
// Take a minute and look at me Too much worry's made a wreck out of me Don't let your dreams pass you by And give your loving alittle more time Give your loving alittle more time
oh slim. are you gonna be at old settlers? thats probably a stupid question, but i am too! and taytay (the lucky guy) his band spring creek is playing. i hope i see you there and we can jam. bonnie s
Hey Slim, Thanks fer addin me, yer music and friendship mean a lot to me! I look forward to hearing you play again soon. Please let me know where yer next gig is in or around Austin.
