Fish and music

I was cutting through a bar carryig a bag of whiting fillets as a short
cut yesterday?
Going to a friends house who observes Holy Week and he mentioned he
wanted to fast, eat fish for a coule days before Easter.

The short cut through the bar with a bagof fish and two boiled potatoes
gave me a diagonal and was much faster then going down the street and
making the corner.

I was stopped in the bar and my music was discussed.
Then another guy came up to me, joined in, speaking about how good I
was.

They want me to return this evening with my equipment saying the
bartender will go along. They were very positive about this.

Me. My reputation as a guitar player.
I had no idea.
I played that bar maybe three or four years ago, I opened for the late
night bands.
They said I was better then the bands.

We exchanged names and they both wanted my street address so if I don't
come back with my music gear, they could come get me........

I'm familiar with these guys.
One was from another local bar I played back then.
Good men.

I had lost much faith and belief in my guitar music and finding out they
see me as a celebrity was wonderful.

I'll go first, without my gear, and see if a way has been prepared for
the performance.

I wonder if it will happen.....

"Twang - twang" <damodara@webtv.net> wrote in message
news:23966-46168F89-9@storefull-3233.bay.webtv.net...
>I was cutting through a bar carryig a bag of whiting fillets as a short
> cut yesterday?
> Going to a friends house who observes Holy Week and he mentioned he
> wanted to fast, eat fish for a coule days before Easter.
>
> The short cut through the bar with a bagof fish and two boiled potatoes
> gave me a diagonal and was much faster then going down the street and
> making the corner.
>
> I was stopped in the bar and my music was discussed.
> Then another guy came up to me, joined in, speaking about how good I
> was.
>
> They want me to return this evening with my equipment saying the
> bartender will go along. They were very positive about this.
>
> Me. My reputation as a guitar player.
> I had no idea.
> I played that bar maybe three or four years ago, I opened for the late
> night bands.
> They said I was better then the bands.
>
> We exchanged names and they both wanted my street address so if I don't
> come back with my music gear, they could come get me........
>
> I'm familiar with these guys.
> One was from another local bar I played back then.
> Good men.
>
> I had lost much faith and belief in my guitar music and finding out they
> see me as a celebrity was wonderful.
>
> I'll go first, without my gear, and see if a way has been prepared for
> the performance.
>
> I wonder if it will happen.....
>
>
>

Best of luck Damo,
It sounds like it will happen, if you want it to happen. Just do it!!!

Recently I bought a (old) tube amplifier. It is vintage late sixties/early
seventies. It has 'futura reverb,' I liked that. The model is an 'Alamo,'
with 85 watts of power I think.

jerasmus

It was okay.
I played a bit and came home.
I showed up in nice clothes and sober.
Mostly there was a makority of "gngstas" there and a slightly lesser
minority of folks looking forward to hearing me play.
Then some folks just sitting there working on a beer.

The bar owner did nothing to stop the intimadation from the hip hop
people and
I simply could not watch that crap go on any longer so I left.
I was polite through the mike and simply said something in excuse.

When I returned for my amp stand and boom mike the minority who were
there for me were gone and Hip Hop ganstas were blarig rap from the
juke box hip hop rap and acting hostile to all.
The rest of the folks were all staring into their beer trying not to be
addressed by the gangstas.


The management wasn't in charge of the bar.

"Twang - twang" <damodara@webtv.net> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:10718-46176F9D-336@storefull-3232.bay.webtv.net...
> It was okay.
> I played a bit and came home.
> I showed up in nice clothes and sober.
> Mostly there was a makority of "gngstas" there and a slightly lesser
> minority of folks looking forward to hearing me play.
> Then some folks just sitting there working on a beer.
>
> The bar owner did nothing to stop the intimadation from the hip hop
> people and
> I simply could not watch that crap go on any longer so I left.
> I was polite through the mike and simply said something in excuse.
>
> When I returned for my amp stand and boom mike the minority who were
> there for me were gone and Hip Hop ganstas were blarig rap from the
> juke box hip hop rap and acting hostile to all.
> The rest of the folks were all staring into their beer trying not to be
> addressed by the gangstas.
>
>
> The management wasn't in charge of the bar.
>

Fuck off Hip Hop gangstas

On 7 apr, 19:15, "rainbowguardian" <robert_smrd...@gmx.de> wrote:
> "Twang - twang" <damod...@webtv.net> schrieb im Newsbeitragnews:10718-46176F9D-336@storefull-3232.bay.webtv.net...
>
>
>
>
>
> > It was okay.
> > I played a bit and came home.
> > I showed up in nice clothes and sober.
> > Mostly there was a makority of "gngstas" there and a slightly lesser
> > minority of folks looking forward to hearing me play.
> > Then some folks just sitting there working on a beer.
>
> > The bar owner did nothing to stop the intimadation from the hip hop
> > people and
> > I simply could not watch that crap go on any longer so I left.
> > I was polite through the mike and simply said something in excuse.
>
> > When I returned for my amp stand and boom mike the minority who were
> > there for me were gone and Hip Hop ganstas were blarig rap from the
> > juke box hip hop rap and acting hostile to all.
> > The rest of the folks were all staring into their beer trying not to be
> > addressed by the gangstas.
>
> > The management wasn't in charge of the bar.
>
> Fuck off Hip Hop gangstas- Tekst uit oorspronkelijk bericht niet weergeven -
>
> - Tekst uit oorspronkelijk bericht weergeven -

Yeah , what kind of place is it if they don't enjoy some good
guitar play? A shame Damo. But maybe the next opportunity
to display your arts will be satisfying :-)

Berty

This one guy who was scrammblig the balls on people while they played
pool?
Throwing trash at people trying to challenge anyone to a fight?

He was rude to every woman in the place.

The bartender couldn't keep him out from behind the bar.

He tried to grab my guitar and decided after a short converstion with
poor old sixty year old Damodara he'd go home and get his own.

Then I packed up fast as some gangsta chumb of his tried to intimadate
me "obliquely".
Which I also handled.

I had to return because I coldn't carry my amp stand or my Mic stand and
be able to fight......

So I went back for my amp stand and mic stand after declaring in a loud
voice to the "supposed" night manager, I'd be right back.

And then.....

Thankfully, after all my immediate supporters who were there to hear me
play, left, and it was me and these young fucks?
No one stood up.
They kept their seats for whatever reason.

And the dumb cunt who had intimadated every man in audiance had left
after we spoke about about the shape of the universe ,inadvertantly,
through the microphone, to the bar he had intimadated..

I hate to talk like this...but its true.

He grabbed at my guitar while I was on stage. Very bad idea......
I felt extreme rage..
I can fight pretty good sometimes.

He was screwing up the pool balls on the table when people tried to
play.
He was throwing shit at the people who were there to hear me.
NO ONE would stand.
Of course he had maybe five other gangstas with him.

On stage, in front of the Miic,over the amp to the bar.....after he
grabbed at my guitar? Everyone heard our discussion.

He backed up for me. Smart Gangsta boy.
The only reason his back-up gangsta came close was to be sure I would't
hurt him.
I thinnk so.....

I became extremely mad and experianced true rage.
I was in a rage.
And the whole bar saw this bully back up.....
EVERY ONE heard it through the Mike.
The entire bar he bullied.
ME!!!!
Leave my guitar alone.....

Long story.
I'll spare youthe details.
Plus our discussion went out over the microphone so every one who ate
his shit saw what I was able to do with him when he grabbed for my
guitar.

True story.
I was on my way to war and thank God I didn't get hurt.

He left before I returned.

Because of the intensity everyone left except the remainder gangstas.

When I walked back in the bar was empty except gangstas and few guys
staring into their beer glasses.

No one stood up as I collected my remaining equipment.
I was very thankful for this.

This guy was younger by a lot and bigger....
But he reached for my guitar?!?!
On stage!!!!

So its time for me to go to war.

Thing was?
He had humbled every man and even the bartenders and management.
They ouln'tstop hm from goingbehind the bar.

Well....I suggested he leave my guitar alone.
And it went out over the Mic.
And they saw, heard me face him down,......smart boy.

When I returned and my eight or so fans left when I did, he wasn't there
but his gangsta friends were, so was the one who tried to protect him.
But none stood up from their seats.
Me and them.
Alone. Basically.

It must have been scarry to witness.
I can believe that.

Yes, with a managemnet like that bar had I will never ever consider
playig there again.
Management didn't do it, so its up to the guitar player??!!?

I'm still upset and apprehensive about fall out.
But my fans saw me push, by courage, that bully gangsta who shamed them
all and push him good.

I know. Not one man could, or would, face him, men there and women there
to hear me play, and I did it on a microphone so all could see what I
did to his agressions.

I can hardly believe I did that being sixty years old......

I only know he decided to go home, but it was too far, to get his own
guitar.After we spoke with great emotion to each other. Good..
Understand?

My next gig is to play a Mass tomorrow with Father Bob who is a retired
priest and has a chapel set up in the front room of his second floor
apartment.
Its much like mine.
Except my front room is a recording and music place.

Gotta catch the 9:30 bus.
With my little portable amp.
Excellent amp, I have a chorus pedal with it too.
I love the Chorus effect.
I provides such sustain.

I know people are waiting for my last practice CD and I am trying to get
to things lke that.
Please excuse.

I'll give yo the details of the next gig too.
Hopefully I won't be fighting for my life and character tomorrow. During
Easter Mass.

Anybody whose read my posts over time knows...my job in nam and knows it
required some light trainining in martial forms.
So I'm no't being stupid in presenting a just defense for my guitar no
matter how many would jump in....

That bully coulda got hurt.
Even with his back-up gangsata.
I'm glad he/they caught on pretty quick.
The rest kept their seats..

I'll tell you how playing a guitar mas goes tomorow niight.

It was very emotional and I am disturbed from it.
I'm thankful it worked out in my best interests.
Last night in the Bar gig.

Why can't I just be crazy and stay home more?

I'm sorry to go with this explaination.

I sat there for about 45 miutes believing in the face of this reckless
idooicy I could not protect my equipment.

Now as their bullying slowed down and the people there who called me to
come play encouraged me, believing music calms the savage beast, I set
up my gear and played.

Insite of the degadation, intimadation, the gangstas provided them.

So I set up.
And I played.
And they...wel the biggest bully came up with a back up of the secondest
biggest bully.

Well.....I'm not a pussy, I know how to fight.
I've been trained a little....

then all this shit happened.
And I showed one at least,what their face really looks like to me.

Then when I left, the bar emptied except for the gangstas and I came
back to get my hardware, amp stands, microphone stands ec.....
After my amp and guitar were safe.
Y took them home already.
No problem.

I have no regret over what i taught that man who intimadted my audiance.
I have no reget that I left and my audiance left either after we faced
off on stage through my amp microphone system.

I told my audiance, the I was late (8:30) and I had to leave.
I was equally judicious with the flawed management as well.

But I will not threaten my equipment.
Especially my newest guitar which is a great gift.
So I left.

Everybody knew what appened...it went out over the Mike.
Immense emotion and threat came from me..... him too...a little.....amd
some he tried.....

Thank God I didn't have to hurt him or him me.

Nobody on earth screws with my musical equipment. Its irreplacable.
Yeah I got pretty extreme with this guy who flicked his cigarettes on my
friends wo wanted to listen to me play.
Who insulted women who appreciated my guitar.
Now listen close.....

This guy is trying to grab the guitar out of my hands while I am
playing.

There will be blood spilled and I can do it.

I don't care he has cowered thew wih ole bar and every man therre.
He did this.
I sat in a corner for about 45 inutes watching. Saying nothing.
Not setting up.

Demanding combat.
This asshole.

But at the end of an hour watching my people wanted me to play.
I played.
Asshole, who bullied everyman in that bar, tried to take my guitar.
Everyman who was there to hear me play.

Yeah, I got real angry.
I got real angry.
I'm taking his asshol part.
youmgger( by more then thirty years),,younger, stronger, semingly more
vigourous.

He's got one plaoe to go beforeI show him the bad news......
Or..try to show this man who dominated the bar I iwas playing and he did
so without justice I know it...my opinion.

We got really loud.

I kept walking up to him, threatening him for the first punh bo yi broe
his ternum with my elbow, or orked on his ribs...
And screaming at him in a high screech Irish call.....

I had no belief he would wihdraw.
I believed it was my battle I dreaned of, for my equipment..
He'd a known I was discussng heavy "philosophy" with him.
Asshole along side would a been crunbs off the table......

Thank God asshole bar bully number number one caught on..
The whole bar heard him break to me.
Then there asshole number two who was baiting me.
I don't bait.
My goal is to save my equipment.
So he was easy.....

He broke, talked about going home and ringing his own guitar.
i ain't the man who smoters girls with unwanted affection or challenges
anyone to fight orthrow lit cigarettes at people.
Yeah......go home ...get your guitar.
I broke him.

The other asshoe I didn't and he's still out there.
And the ohere kept their seats.

Yeah.....listen close.....every man and woman and ervne managementwas
intimadated by these men.
You undersatnd

And they wanted to pretend nothing waas wrong.

You understand what I did?

I emptied that bar.
They all left except the drown in the beer drnkrers, and the gangstats
remaining.
And management.
opinion is that those folks left because they saw what I dd and the
failure of bar management.

I know.....

I'm saying a bar room full of men lacked my feistyness and my
willingness to fight.
Inspite of the degradation of women and the slanfer adressed to bar
management.

I did it.
After I played.
After Watched them all cower.
Women and men who love and respect my work.

I showed em.
The facedown.
Through a houe address system.

He mighta won with motivation but I am certain he would bear pain fom
the conflict.
I was after him........
Thats what I was doing....

I saw how he treated everyone else....
And he won't take my guitar..or injurre it...unless he's very lucky.
And if he hurts my guitar?
He's very unlucky.

I have a good chance in a fast fight.
If it lasts overt hree minutes I'm in big trouble.
I ain't a kid.
Other older men told me you baet a younger man in less then two
minutes or the younger turkey will beat you to shit.

Gotta get faster when you get old.....

Here it is folks.
Every man in the bar,Depending on the time.
5.00 to six at night is heavy changes in bars.
Easy five average?
Were humilated by this guy's comments on the women.
Then he went to actually picking fights.

So.......this is the guy I had trouble with...I think.......

Whatever , its the same guy who wants to extend a win-less conttes,
right? for ever.....

Is that the correct spelling?
con test.Iatin for with test.
Contest.

I think...........

I think Had an appreciative audiance who was there to listen to me.
And I think in sat there in silence, in a corner, for forty five
minutes.
Silent..
For almost an hour hugging my equipment watching this terrorism.

Then because people enduring this, ask me tp play or not.?

I played.
And they the hostile men, chose to create the cicumstance coming after
me would entail.

And I did what no other an could do, stand up tp.....in that bar.

I think I scared them all to death because I helt my voice go up to
likely female levels.
A war cry........
Everyone.......even those at the bar.....and in the back......

Yeah......
A couplr guys trying to run the bar.......
And I didn;t agree.
Humiliating our fellows....

I can't believe I did that.

Understand what I did?

I faced off muscle bosses because they thought I was a threat.......
I mean...

Lets say this again.......

There was gang of gangstas
And.........
I showed em up en fromt of people there who enjoy my music.

Folks who humilated evry one in the bar.
Except me because I was sitting in a corner in silence.

Then when I perfored they turned on me.......

Consoder this......

You know how my posts go over the years?

What are they doing......oral sex?

You understand I'm saynig a man who clearly had thedominate human
presence in the bar came after me and......

And his partner...

And the entire bar was dominated....

And I ain't talking intelligence.
They KNEW to back up, go away......
They knew not to fught.

Well..at least one. Might take a while to teach the other one. One
wanted to keep fighting......

I mean.....am I really that a rough a fellow to do shit like this?
I;m a really rough sixty year old if do what I am.........

I did what I said.

Maybe its early dementia precox?

I can hardly belief what I pushd bacck last night.
I'm sixty...

I play Blues.....
Maybe jazz.
Traditional.
Americana.

I'm in awe of what I did....
Assholes humilating my audience and I faced them in live spintaeouc
format on stage full of prersonal drama.....

Maybe they decide to kll me now?????
What do you think?

Did I over throw a bar tyant who rules by physical might who holds
everyone in thrall?
It it sems I did.
Is that who they were?

Why they fucking with me.......

If I did that?
I won that accidently?
It satggers belief.

I think I did that.

I must be a dangreous som of a bitch.

I lived and retained my dignity.
Worse could have happened.
May God for give the vigourous of my intetioms,
Clearly mot Christian........
I won't play there...shit.......
Hope they don't come after me,
Then God would be busy forgiving me for a lot more......
I'm proabably a bad ass still, at sixy.....

You inderstand what I did????.

Gotta be a rough guy at sixty. I think so but it doesn't feel like it.

The only fasable answe, and the one that came to me with absolute
clarity?

Someone set it all up and it was a game someone was playing on me.

No one's behaviors made any believable sense at all, except maybe some
of my "supporters".

It was all some kind of set up.

I woke up this morning and it was right there on my mind, first thing,
of course it was all some kind of joke.

Certainly I won't be going near that zoo i the foreseeable future.

It had to have all been a joke someone had set up.
Thats the only feasable answer.

Certainly the whole story is fishy.
It was some kind of joke on me.
That bar scene.
The story is simply not believable.

Whatever,
today is Easter and I have to wash up, catch a bus, and go play a Mass
for Father Bob.
Hopefully this will provide more reward then that zoo I was at the night
before last.

On 4¿ù7ÀÏ, ¿ÀÀü3½Ã20ºÐ, damod...@webtv.net (Twang -twang) wrote:
> I was cutting through a bar carryig a bag of whiting fillets as a short
> cut yesterday?
> Going to a friends house who observes Holy Week and he mentioned he
> wanted to fast, eat fish for a coule days before Easter.
>
> The short cut through the bar with a bagof fish and two boiled potatoes
> gave me a diagonal and was much faster then going down the street and
> making the corner.
>
> I was stopped in the bar and my music was discussed.
> Then another guy came up to me, joined in, speaking about how good I
> was.
>
> They want me to return this evening with my equipment saying the
> bartender will go along. They were very positive about this.
>
> Me. My reputation as a guitar player.
> I had no idea.
> I played that bar maybe three or four years ago, I opened for the late
> night bands.
> They said I was better then the bands.
>
> We exchanged names and they both wanted my street address so if I don't
> come back with my music gear, they could come get me........
>
> I'm familiar with these guys.
> One was from another local bar I played back then.
> Good men.
>
> I had lost much faith and belief in my guitar music and finding out they
> see me as a celebrity was wonderful.
>
> I'll go first, without my gear, and see if a way has been prepared for
> the performance.
>
> I wonder if it will happen.....

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damo plays guitar before a large audience ?

damo must be a strong man.

he doesn't look like a mad man.

I would get stage fright.

"Twang - twang" <damodara@webtv.net> wrote in message
news:23964-4618DC67-507@storefull-3233.bay.webtv.net...
> Certainly the whole story is fishy.
> It was some kind of joke on me.
> That bar scene.
> The story is simply not believable.
>
> Whatever,
> today is Easter and I have to wash up, catch a bus, and go play a Mass
> for Father Bob.
> Hopefully this will provide more reward then that zoo I was at the night
> before last.


Dang Twanger, the bar scene sounded ugly. Glad you and your gear are safe.
Hope the Easter service went well. Take care

jerasmus