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Jeff Harkness's avatar

So freaking great, and great advice from Monk!

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TomAnderson's avatar

Great post. My experience playing with others is minuscule compared to yours, but I aspire to do more in the future whether formally or informally. Being interested in people and interpersonal dynamics, I found this a fascinating read. I also read "the whole thing" at the Danny Barnes link, and appreciate that link, Gary. I watched his video for "Hey Man" and enjoyed it, I was unfamiliar with him before. Thanks Man! Or should I say, thanks Dude!

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Gary Mackender's avatar

Danny was a founding member of Austin's Bad Livers. He eventually left Austin and now makes Port Townsend his home. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Livers

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TomAnderson's avatar

Thanks for this info and the link, which I just read. I'm not sure why these guys were never on my radar, I think I would have loved to see them live and want to track down some of their music/video. The Wikipedia article is a great read, I love some of the lines in it - "created a generic perplexity that led Austin country legend Don Walser to observe that the only question he couldn't answer was what kind of music the Bad Livers played" ... "Rubin claimed that they had decided to incorporate the accordion and tuba into the band to counteract their growing popularity,[29] but to no avail"

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