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"There's always next time..." Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Feb 3, 2013 to New Jamateur Collabhut Project - Evolution	62	Feb 27, 2013 Reply by Bad Finger (Eric)
"No good. He sez I have callous envy. >:-E" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Feb 3, 2013 to New Jamateur Collabhut Project - Evolution	62	Feb 27, 2013 Reply by Bad Finger (Eric)
"On the whole, you'd rather be in Philadelphia? Ye gods..." Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Feb 3, 2013 to New Jamateur Collabhut Project - Evolution	62	Feb 27, 2013 Reply by Bad Finger (Eric)
"Why, at first glance, does that look like someone's behind?" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Feb 3, 2013 to New Jamateur Collabhut Project - Evolution	62	Feb 27, 2013 Reply by Bad Finger (Eric)
"You didn't take a git with you?! Any chance you can pick up one from Chickenbone Joh…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Feb 3, 2013 to New Jamateur Collabhut Project - Evolution	62	Feb 27, 2013 Reply by Bad Finger (Eric)
"Not self conscious at all performing in front of live audiences, just in front of a…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Feb 1, 2013 to TPS ....by request ....and greatful for it	17	Feb 1, 2013 Reply by Downtown Vinnie
"Yeah, I can snag the track, will come up with something for this. It's speaking to m…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Feb 1, 2013 to TPS ....by request ....and greatful for it	17	Feb 1, 2013 Reply by Downtown Vinnie
"Vinnie, Nice marching drone! You want lyrics?" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Feb 1, 2013 to TPS ....by request ....and greatful for it	17	Feb 1, 2013 Reply by Downtown Vinnie
"Eric, Have you got an audio rip of that vid file? If you can post an mp3, I can the…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Jan 25, 2013 to New Jamateur Collabhut Project - Evolution	62	Feb 27, 2013 Reply by Bad Finger (Eric)
"David, and Mark ( hey, those are my brothers' names!), Great idea! Any vids or mp3s…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Feb 11, 2012 to Cigar box internet radio station?	11	Feb 13, 2012 Reply by bemuzic

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Original Collaborative Album Idea

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Share lyrics and sing my song?

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BACK TO BASICS - A four min track of me thumping a pile of books for anyone to add to!!

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hello, i'm new here

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How Do I convert a cda file?

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New Jamateur Collabhut Project - Evolution

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12 Bar Blues, take 1 and 2

Started by Mark Bliss. Last reply by Downtown Vinnie Feb 2, 2013. 51 Replies 1 Like

Owl reso backing in A

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TPS ....by request ....and greatful for it

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Jimmy B Bad

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"The Older I Get, The Better I Was." Collaboration invite

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Cpt. Nemoff - NEW CBG ALBUM "Spirit of the Box" december 2011, Moscow, Russia

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bemuzic Blues backing Tracks for Jason...or anyone else : -)

Started by bemuzic. Last reply by bemuzic Feb 22, 2012. 28 Replies 1 Like

Some smojo loops

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Chicago blues in G

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Rusty three stringer backing in gdg

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