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10-26-2009, 08:48 PM
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| Registered User  Joined: Jul 2001 Location: wilmore Posts: 1,630
  | Opening for Phil Keaggy... I'm not sure whether to be super excited or just flat out scared, haha. Opening for Phil Keagy, Shake Anderson, and JD Blair on Thursday night. As the lead man for our band said, "I hope they like our personality" haha wish me luck.
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10-26-2009, 09:03 PM
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| Pearl plays her guitar  Joined: May 2004 Location: Maple Valley, WA Posts: 4,398
| That is cool, Jonathan. Just keep praising God and you'll do fine. I've had the pleasure of meeting him and talking with him. He is an extremely humble and nice guy. He also played my Strat during a sound check.
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10-26-2009, 09:06 PM
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| Be happy  Joined: Apr 2001 Location: Louisiana Posts: 19,716
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10-26-2009, 09:12 PM
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| Arnold Palmers FTW  Joined: Feb 2005 Location: Anderson, IN Posts: 3,821
| Holy good gravy dude. I would go with the be super excited option. Best of luck!
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10-26-2009, 10:16 PM
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| Registered User Joined: Jul 2001 Location: wilmore Posts: 1,630
| Wayne- Yeah, I've gotten to chat with him on several occasions, and he is indeed a great guy. He's played with Shake Anderson and the Ascenxion Band at Hulabaloo for Habitat (a local H4H fundraiser) and at Ichthus this last summer. I'm psyched about it and I wish there were some local CGR's to check it out. For those of you who haven't checked out Shake's Career, he's worked with everyone from Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, and The Impressions, to The Indigo Girls, Aliyah, and The Spice Girls. He is a phenomenal bass player/singer, who can also play guitar and keys I believe, they are quite the duo. And when they're backed up by JD Blair (who's recently been doing a bunch of shows with Vic Wooten) and Daryll Tibs on percussion, it's just awesome. Honestly, I think I'm more excited just to hear THEM play than to actually play myself.
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10-26-2009, 10:22 PM
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| Bring it, foo' Joined: May 2009 Location: A suburb of Chicago Posts: 188
| Good. Lord. Man, just SEEING the "Man who taught God how to play guitar" would blow my mind. But seeing him play in person! And OPENING for him!!!! I do indeed hope they like your personality!
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10-26-2009, 11:20 PM
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| Registered User  | That's awesome!!! 
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10-26-2009, 11:35 PM
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| Registered User Joined: Jul 2001 Location: wilmore Posts: 1,630
| watching videos on youtube is not helping, getting more nervous by the hour. YouTube - Phil Keaggy "Salvation Army Band"
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10-26-2009, 11:58 PM
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| Heaven isn't too far away  Joined: Dec 2004 Location: The First State Posts: 6,058
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10-27-2009, 01:31 PM
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| Registered User | I had to play on the same stage in front of the same people about two hours after Jimmie Vaughan. It didn't help that he played the exact same song I had planned to play. I tried not to think about it, but I did. I have never been so scared to play, in fact my first few gigs weren't nearly as scary. I was actually shaking like some kid on their first gig. I sped the song up to a speed that I could hardly keep up with, and I had to make up several parts when I forgot what I was supposed to play next. And I had picked that song because it was the one that I was most confident I could nail. Luckily, Jimmie Vaughan wasn't there to hear it (or I probably couldn't have done it), and most people just thought that I had played my own version. They didn't realize it was so different because I was so scared.  I wish I had a do over, and next time something like that happens I know I'll be able to handle it much better.So don't get scared and don't even think about it! You're making me nervous when you say that you're nervous. You're opening for him, so that's even better. You get to sit back and enjoy his show instead of panicking when he starts playing the song you had all ready to go.
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10-27-2009, 01:55 PM
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| Is A Rustless Rocker  Joined: Jul 2002 Location: Ghetto of the Spring, VA Posts: 4,246
| Congratulations. That's quite an accomplishment for you all. I'm pretty sure I would be scared stiff if it were me.
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10-27-2009, 10:49 PM
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__________________ If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing. Even if there is only one possible unified theory, it is just a set of rules and equations. What is it that breathes fire into the equations and makes a universe for them to describe? The usual approach of science of constructing a mathematical model cannot answer the questions of why there should be a universe for the model to describe. - Stephen Hawking | |
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10-28-2009, 07:06 AM
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| Hey ya'll, watch this! Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 917
| Don't be nervous. If you were as good or better than Keaggy you would not have got the gig. For that matter there are precious few who do take their guitar playing to his level so you're in good company. Enjoy the time on stage. Give all the glory to the Lord. Remember who it is you're really playing for. |
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10-28-2009, 07:47 AM
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| Too loud? Too old!  Joined: Feb 2009 Location: Central Florida Posts: 1,127
| Keep it in perspective. You're both servants of the same Master, and by His yardstick, you and Phil aren't all that far apart. Just play for your Father and you'll be fine.
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10-28-2009, 10:18 PM
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| Registered User Joined: Jul 2001 Location: wilmore Posts: 1,630
| Yeah, I'm pumped about it, I think we'll do a great job, I'm pumped!
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