Pioneer Musical Appreciation Society

[Cody]

Talking of The Mothers...

[Guest]

I have a sheet of paper near me which tells me that the chords for The Turtles song are E minor, D, C and B7. This is because one of our jammers likes to sing it at our jam sessions. 
This is supposedly one of Frank Zappa's favourite guitar riffs

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[Cody]

Saw Dweezil Zappa once (late 90s I think) - he can play!

[Cody]

R.I.P. Gordon Lightfoot...

[Guest]

[Geraldine]

[Guest]

Reminds me of this one

[Cody]

Posted by: @arfa
Reminds me of this one

Written by Shel Silverstein... as was this:

[Guest]

Always thought Johnny Cash had written it. Looked him up on Wiki - seems he also wrote 'The Ballad of Lucy Jordan' which sounds quite good today but I don't think I particularly liked back when it was in the charts.
This is a song that I am currently learning to play - I am not sure what the person who chose to try to sing this was thinking.

[Guest]

Saw a Frank Zappa documentary the other day. A song called 'Trouble Comin' Every Day' was mentioned (got them a record deal apparently). Don't remember hearing it before but it is as good a Zappa song as I have heard.

[Cody]

One hell of an album, was Freak Out! But my favourite Zappa album is probably Apostrophe'...

[Guest]

Only know Cosmik Debris from that album. Think I alreday posted the song on here.
Had a bit of a discussion the other day about whether Blockbuster by the Sweet is the same riff as Jean Genie by David Bowie (music plagiarism has been in the news lately). I can't tell, and there are differing opinions on how to play the Sweet riff.

[Cody]

Posted by: @arfa
Had a bit of a discussion the other day about whether Blockbuster by the Sweet is the same riff as Jean Genie by David Bowie

I reckon that riff goes back further than either of them.

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Posted by: @cody Posted by: @arfa
Had a bit of a discussion the other day about whether Blockbuster by the Sweet is the same riff as Jean Genie by David Bowie

I reckon that riff goes back further than either of them.

Yes, it is supposedly based on 'I'm A Man', although that is in G rather than E.

[Cody]

I'm a Man → Bo Diddley → Who Do You Love → George Thorogood & The Destroyers...

Second only to Quicksilver's 25 minute live version on their Happy Trails album.

[Geraldine]

Lowering the tone..

[Cody]

Posted by: @geraldine
Lowering the tone..

[Guest]

Started thinking of this one while listening to Kris Kristofferson