The Crusher
The non chosen one!
Let me set the scenario. Group of 10-12 people that used to get together at our local moose lodge and enjoy playing open jam rule flatop's and singing. 4 guys (older than me) I am near 50 decided that they needed to chase of the 4 women that were there in their learning stages, because they were a pain and holding them back. That never would have happened if I were there as I believe that people have helped each of us along the way at one time or another as musicians and you should always pay that back ten fold. Are you with me so far?
None of them are lead players (they set and strum cowboy chords only) and they loved how I could just play anything pick melodies to any song, even if I never played it before, if you play leads, you know this is not difficult if you know what key you are in. So, a new guy shows up and is a drummer that wants to play guitar along with one of the old guys who is a bass player (it is always the bass players fault) The new guitar drummer guy cannot play very long because he has problems with his hands from diabetes, so he open tunes his guitar and another guitar and starts using a slide and then tells the illustrious 4 that I suck and shouldn't be playing anything below the first 5 frets.....WTF???? right?
I find out after making a few calls after him telling everyone that he was in bands with this guy and that guy for years and talk to those guys as I know everyone in the local music scene that he played with them for a very short time and then began to cause problems and was given the boot. He is jealous as hell that I can rip off leads to Iron Maiden, or Hank Williams, to BB King. He has the 4 thinking that he is the greatest thing since sliced bread and I told them any idiot can take an open tuned guitar and play it, he just strums the open tuned "E" most of the time. They told me that they hate how I play because they can't follow me, I told them to play their cowboy chords as they are the rhythm section and I am the lead player and they aren't supposed to follow me.
Anyway back to the best part, last Tuesday the Bass player starts bumping his gums about you are off key, I said I don't think so, but if you think that you may want to turn up your hearing aid. After that I began playing the vocal melody to every song that he sang. He bitched again and said I was so off key that it was terrible, I told him that he was very funny, because he was singing exactly what I was playing so he must be off key as well. He is irritated then and says, you know, you can play great lead to rock music and blues, but you suck at country music. I said really! Lets not forget that your beloved country music came from the blues....he was really pissed then and another guy started in to try to help him. I told the bass player that I would challenge him to any song of his choosing, he plays the lead to it first and then I would play it and it would be 10 times better, so he started playing some Willie Nelson song and says there you go, all smiles wanting me to play the lead....I said well the deal was you play the lead first, but since I know the song changes keys and there is no lead to it I will give it a shot, because I know you can't play any lead at all. I did and made a mistake and he started running his mouth right away, I told him I wasn't perfect and never played it before, but if he would shut his hole I would have it figured out by the end. He continued to run his mouth and the bar tender told us to take it outside, I told her I couldn't wait because two of them were gonna take a good ass whippin....the bass player got all butt hurt because I threatened him, I told him that maybe he should just shut the hell up and play then...lol! They don't like me anymore, but I will still go, because they can't push me around like they did the women, lmao!
Sorry so long!
None of them are lead players (they set and strum cowboy chords only) and they loved how I could just play anything pick melodies to any song, even if I never played it before, if you play leads, you know this is not difficult if you know what key you are in. So, a new guy shows up and is a drummer that wants to play guitar along with one of the old guys who is a bass player (it is always the bass players fault) The new guitar drummer guy cannot play very long because he has problems with his hands from diabetes, so he open tunes his guitar and another guitar and starts using a slide and then tells the illustrious 4 that I suck and shouldn't be playing anything below the first 5 frets.....WTF???? right?
I find out after making a few calls after him telling everyone that he was in bands with this guy and that guy for years and talk to those guys as I know everyone in the local music scene that he played with them for a very short time and then began to cause problems and was given the boot. He is jealous as hell that I can rip off leads to Iron Maiden, or Hank Williams, to BB King. He has the 4 thinking that he is the greatest thing since sliced bread and I told them any idiot can take an open tuned guitar and play it, he just strums the open tuned "E" most of the time. They told me that they hate how I play because they can't follow me, I told them to play their cowboy chords as they are the rhythm section and I am the lead player and they aren't supposed to follow me.
Anyway back to the best part, last Tuesday the Bass player starts bumping his gums about you are off key, I said I don't think so, but if you think that you may want to turn up your hearing aid. After that I began playing the vocal melody to every song that he sang. He bitched again and said I was so off key that it was terrible, I told him that he was very funny, because he was singing exactly what I was playing so he must be off key as well. He is irritated then and says, you know, you can play great lead to rock music and blues, but you suck at country music. I said really! Lets not forget that your beloved country music came from the blues....he was really pissed then and another guy started in to try to help him. I told the bass player that I would challenge him to any song of his choosing, he plays the lead to it first and then I would play it and it would be 10 times better, so he started playing some Willie Nelson song and says there you go, all smiles wanting me to play the lead....I said well the deal was you play the lead first, but since I know the song changes keys and there is no lead to it I will give it a shot, because I know you can't play any lead at all. I did and made a mistake and he started running his mouth right away, I told him I wasn't perfect and never played it before, but if he would shut his hole I would have it figured out by the end. He continued to run his mouth and the bar tender told us to take it outside, I told her I couldn't wait because two of them were gonna take a good ass whippin....the bass player got all butt hurt because I threatened him, I told him that maybe he should just shut the hell up and play then...lol! They don't like me anymore, but I will still go, because they can't push me around like they did the women, lmao!
Sorry so long!
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