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Denny Conn
Senior Member
Username: Denny
Post Number: 7235
Registered: 01-2001
Posted From: 99.196.192.58
| | Posted on Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 03:23 pm: | 
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UKULELE!!!! I've played guitar, bass, etc. for 45 years but recently picked up my first ukulele, and I've gotta tell ya that it's almost too much fun! Pour a pint and work on "When the Red Red Robin Comes Bob Bob Bobbin' Along"....the perfect stress reliever! |
PalerThanAle
Senior Member
Username: Palerthanale
Post Number: 1732
Registered: 04-2002
Posted From: 24.123.95.178
| | Posted on Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 03:38 pm: |
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Tip toe through the tulips...
FTW!
PTA |
Chumley
Senior Member
Username: Chumley
Post Number: 5894
Registered: 02-2003
Posted From: 63.118.227.254
| | Posted on Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 03:51 pm: |
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I guess its kind of like my plan when I turn 50 to start playing golf....I figure by then I better learn while I am young enough still to pick it up, so that when I get too old for hunting and fishing, I still will be able to have an outdoor hobby.
I suppose if you shave your beard, cut your hair, and don a Captain's hat, Denny, you probably look a lot like this.....
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Denny Conn
Senior Member
Username: Denny
Post Number: 7236
Registered: 01-2001
Posted From: 99.196.192.58
| | Posted on Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 04:06 pm: |
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Good to see ya back, PTA!
Chumley, I dig the hat, but I'm no Arthur Godfrey!
Just learned Monty Python's "Lumberjack Song" and now I'm working on "Stairway to Heaven"! |
Bill Pierce
Moderator
Username: Billpierce
Post Number: 10541
Registered: 01-2002
Posted From: 69.157.38.105
| | Posted on Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 04:20 pm: |
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I suspect I'd need at least a few beers before I could handle hearing "Staiway to Heaven" played on the ukulele. 
(Message edited by BillPierce on July 16, 2009) |
Paul Hayslett
Senior Member
Username: Paulhayslett
Post Number: 2212
Registered: 02-2002
Posted From: 71.234.45.166
| | Posted on Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 04:20 pm: |
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Even better....
UKELELE BANJO!
Annoy the neighbors! Frighten the cats! Get people talking about "that guy, y'know, with the little banjo?"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yG2OB3rqW0
(catch the solo at 1:56)
Also:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QToS2ulHG3A
(Chumley -- My wife and I have threatened for years that we would learn saxophone for our mid-life crises. The kids have begged us to do something less annoying instead, like spend their inheritance on a red sports car.)
(Message edited by PaulHayslett on July 16, 2009) |
Jim DeShields
Member
Username: Niquejim
Post Number: 162
Registered: 07-2006
Posted From: 67.233.3.31
| | Posted on Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 05:48 pm: |
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When I saw the title I was prepared for something like...
Blackened Mahi-Mahi sandwiches with an avocado relish and a side of grilled artichokes with a Carolina style vinegar sauce...
but not a Uke |
Dan Listermann
Senior Member
Username: Listermann
Post Number: 6695
Registered: 03-2004
Posted From: 74.83.191.159
| | Posted on Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 05:57 pm: |
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Creamed herring and any sour beer do not go well together.
What is wrong with saxophones? They are the Listermann family instrument. I have four. |
Denny Conn
Senior Member
Username: Denny
Post Number: 7239
Registered: 01-2001
Posted From: 99.196.224.56
| | Posted on Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 06:13 pm: |
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Dan, if you come to NHC next year, maybe we can do a uke and sax duo! People will give us beer to stop playing!! |
Paul Hayslett
Senior Member
Username: Paulhayslett
Post Number: 2213
Registered: 02-2002
Posted From: 71.234.45.166
| | Posted on Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 06:54 pm: |
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The Listermann family must sound better than the Hayslett family. We sound like a flock of geese with bad brakes.
Honk...squeak...honk...squeak.... |
PalerThanAle
Senior Member
Username: Palerthanale
Post Number: 1734
Registered: 04-2002
Posted From: 24.123.95.178
| | Posted on Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 06:58 pm: |
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I can't even play the radio in tune.
PTA |
Chumley
Senior Member
Username: Chumley
Post Number: 5895
Registered: 02-2003
Posted From: 63.118.227.254
| | Posted on Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 07:10 pm: |
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What is wrong with saxophones? They are the Listermann family instrument.
This I would have never guessed.....I was almost certain that the Listermann family instrument was the tuba. |
ScottDeW
Advanced Member
Username: Scott
Post Number: 583
Registered: 03-2003
Posted From: 128.129.13.2
| | Posted on Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 07:10 pm: |
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My 11-year old starts band this year.
He's a drummer.
Holy crap, I'm going to need more beer.
Scott
http://texanbrew.com |
Kevin Kowalczyk
Advanced Member
Username: Itsfunbrewingbeer
Post Number: 677
Registered: 10-2007
Posted From: 209.252.39.59
| | Posted on Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 07:37 pm: |
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This I would have never guessed.....I was almost certain that the Listermann family instrument was the tuba.
I thought it was extinct Russian Oak Barrel Drums. (Sorry, I just had to). |
ChriSto
Advanced Member
Username: Christo
Post Number: 568
Registered: 02-2006
Posted From: 216.176.226.154
| | Posted on Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 08:23 pm: |
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I practice the banjo while I brew.
BTW, that's me and my band, the Wiyo's. |
ChriSto
Advanced Member
Username: Christo
Post Number: 569
Registered: 02-2006
Posted From: 216.176.226.154
| | Posted on Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 08:25 pm: |
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BTW, that's me and my band, the Wiyo's.
Just kidding.
But I do play the banjo while I brew. |
Paul Hayslett
Senior Member
Username: Paulhayslett
Post Number: 2216
Registered: 02-2002
Posted From: 71.234.45.166
| | Posted on Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 09:49 pm: |
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Scott, my daughter plays drums. Put the kit in the basement and insulate above it. It won't be "quiet" in the house, but it will be "better". The neighbors will thank you (mine do).
ChriSto, I know you aren't in The Wiyos because you are from GA. The Wiyos are from just where you'd expect a bluegrass/western swing band to be from -- Brooklyn, NY! |
Tony Legge
Intermediate Member
Username: Boo_boo
Post Number: 464
Registered: 05-2005
Posted From: 174.116.59.12
| | Posted on Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 10:53 pm: |
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What goes great with beer?
I would have guessed.... More beer... or pizza.
Only after many many beer and many more guesses than I could have ever imagined would I have guessed a Ukulele.... :-) |
davidwaite
Senior Member
Username: Davidw
Post Number: 1984
Registered: 03-2001
Posted From: 173.21.19.36
| | Posted on Friday, July 17, 2009 - 04:53 am: |
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I've been working on the banjo. It does not come easy. |
dhacker
Senior Member
Username: Dhacker
Post Number: 1726
Registered: 11-2002
Posted From: 74.177.55.156
| | Posted on Friday, July 17, 2009 - 11:49 am: |
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I used to play the tuba when I was in high school if that counts for anything. Now, I just pick up my 5 string Ibanez SDGR bass.
I can't play at all unless I have at least one pint. By the time I get to three pints, I'm convinced I'm as good as or better than Jaco Pretorius! |
ScottDeW
Advanced Member
Username: Scott
Post Number: 585
Registered: 03-2003
Posted From: 128.129.13.2
| | Posted on Friday, July 17, 2009 - 01:19 pm: |
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Paul,
Good advice but... Basement? The water table in Houston is about post-hole deep.
No, I'm just going to have to deal with it. I had a lot of fun as a band nerd. Now it is his turn to have the fun and my turn to suffer (as I'm sure my parents did with my trombone).
edit:
Oh, and lately while brewing, I've been enjoying wholesome and polite conversation with long-tailed mammals of the Muroidea family.
Scott
http://texanbrew.com
(Message edited by scott on July 17, 2009) |
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