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Comment by Derek Rose on October 17, 2018 at 2:05pm

Yup, I hesitate to call what I play practice unless it stinks, then it's just practice lol 

Def all is fun! Whatever you call it.

Colleen had a health scare but she is doing great healing up well from surgery and all after a few months. Thanks :)

Comment by Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear on October 17, 2018 at 1:33pm

Thanks, Derek. Still putting the time into practicing so I'm glad it's discernable in the results. I was musing the other day on that very subject actually. I think if we're not performing then we'll forever be practicing, right? After all, it's a constant learning experience this music game. Thinking a little more I guess we're still learning even when we perform or "play" for others.

Interesting that we refer to the act of making music as "playing" too, huh? Playing denotes fun so we can honestly say if you're not having fun playing guitar then we're doing it wrong! I'm rambling haha.

We're both good thanks. Plodding along, aiming for a better future and planning for it too. Thanks for asking my friend.

Hope you're well too?

Comment by Derek Rose on October 17, 2018 at 12:43pm

Sounding smoother than ever and great see and hear you Bear! Hope all is well with you two.

Comment by Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear on October 16, 2018 at 11:56pm

Thanks Richard. That'll be "the stoning". I'm always sending Dani to sleep when I play and my biggest problem when playing is keeping my eyes open to see where I am on the neck. Great for ear training when you can't keep your eyes open though! Also, I wish I knew when I first became disabled in 2004 how much playing music, or the blues, helps with pain relief and stress management. It really does. 

Thanks again, Richard. I appreciate the kind words. 

Comment by Richard Sundberg on October 16, 2018 at 1:24pm

Bears in and out of  hibernation, but it’s always special when you drop by and share your latest musings. You have such great touch, the tones are  therapeutic, I’m now relaxed, want to play, and I forgot what ticked me off today. Glad to hear you, thanks for sharing!

Comment by Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear on October 15, 2018 at 8:18pm

Thanks Dave, Nancy and Danny. I appreciate the nice comments and nice to be missed. I played for this video through a hacked 1970s radio cassette player so no reverb or anything just natural overdrive from the old speaker trying to handle the guitar's power.

Thanks again all and I hope you're all well.

Bear :0)

Comment by Danny Gordon on October 15, 2018 at 5:50am

nice blues playing nice sounding git also

Comment by Nancy kat on October 15, 2018 at 3:46am

Helloooo Bear so happy to see you! I agree with Dave nice all around and your looking good! Meowwwwww Hi to Dani to.....

Comment by Dave Lynas on October 15, 2018 at 2:22am

Hey Bear. Nice to hear you again. Been missing seeing you play. Nice medley! Blues flowing on down. Nice blue guit. Sounds great!

Comment by Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear on October 14, 2018 at 2:16pm

Definitely, Brian. I had so many that my workroom was the overflow storage area for the ones I couldn't fit in the living room permanently. I sleep in the living room because I have to be on the bed for a large portion of the day. I have a specialist hospital bed nowadays too and with all the other equipment and adaptations needed by a full-time wheelchair user space gets scarce haha. Not that I'm complaining. I've got a fretted three string, fretless three string and a six string resophonic guitar so I've covered most bases there in the ones I kept. Plus one on the bench I'm building as a special project and one I recently built that needs adjustments and an under saddle piezo fitting (and buying). Nope, I doubt I'll ever be "poor" as far as guitar ownership is concerned! 

Hey Pick. No, not duck-ted and no aliens were involved in the harming of the Bear ;0) After my advances during their last visitation they've been giving me a wide berth. Hope you're well old chap.

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