Yer Ol' Uncle D

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Mar 19, 2022

"You take all the time to write a song: you have to let it ooze on out by its natural self and that is pretty time consuming. Then you teach it to the band so everybody gets all the parts. Then you rehearse it and road test it, and all that. Then you get to the studio and there is a new guy in the band who calls himself the producer, right? Huh. He either makes it or breaks it usually before nightfall." -Gregg Allman

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Mar 18, 2022

"I think a lot of people are having their midlife crisis in public. I think if you left something unfinished, go ahead and do it. But I guess I can't really answer that question in respect to my own music, because it's inconceivable." - Grant Hart, born this day in 1961.

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Mar 17, 2022

And that's why the NCAA Basketball Tournament is the greatest sports event on earth.

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Mar 17, 2022

"A guitar player goes on the road, and he misses his girlfriend for a while, but he manages to get along. A horn player gets out on the road, plays two or three towns, and then he'll get lonely, and next thing you know, he's packed up and left. It's better not to hire him in the first place." - Albert King

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Mar 16, 2022

Hjappy bjrfday @BjorgenFjorgen

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Mar 16, 2022

"I'm a very private person. What I did in the past or what somebody heard me do or has a bootleg of me doing...well, if you have a bootleg, then I did it." - Mark Lanegan

Thanks for everything.

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Mar 15, 2022

"People have learned how to strum a guitar, but they don't have the soul. They don't feel it from the heart. It hurts me. I'm killin' myself to tell them how it is." - Sam 'Lightnin' Hopkins, born this day in 1912.

This is the legit shit right here...

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Mar 14, 2022

"The earth moves in a certain rhythm, a certain sound, a certain note. When the music stops, the earth will stop and everything upon it will die. The world is in such a bad condition that if they don't find what you call a redeemer, every man, woman and child on this planet will be eliminated." - Sun Ra

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Mar 12, 2022

"To be spiritual is not by praying and going to church. Spiritualism is the understanding of the universe so that it can be a better place to live in." - Fela Kuti

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Mar 11, 2022

"Today, rather than talk in terms of ideology or ideas like socialism, I think more important issues to discuss are things like compassion and accountability. Freedom is merely privilege extended, unless enjoyed by one and all." - Billy Bragg

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Mar 6, 2022

"I actually learned the guitar with the help of a Pete Seeger instructional record when I was 13 or 14." - David Gilmour, born this day in 1946.

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Mar 3, 2022

"I'd think learning to play the guitar would be very confusing for sighted people." - Arthel Lane "Doc" Watson, born this day in 1923.

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Mar 2, 2022

I didn't realize there were two rock royalty birthdays today - Lou Reed and @Lee Newman.

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Mar 2, 2022

"The most important part of my religion is to play guitar.My God is rock'n'roll." - Lou Reed, born this day in 1942.

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Mar 2, 2022

"You can't beat two guitars, bass, and drums." - Lou Reed, born this day in 1942.

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Mar 2, 2022

"One chord is fine. Two chords are pushing it. Three chords and you're into jazz." - Lou Reed, born this day in 1942.

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Mar 1, 2022

"I have found people on both sides of the aisle, white and black, that'll give you the shirt off their back. And I've also found people that won't give you a piece of bread if you're starving to death." - Al Green

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Feb 26, 2022

"Clean living keeps me in shape. Righteous thoughts are my secret. And New Orleans home cooking." - Fats Domino, born this day in 1928.

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Feb 25, 2022

"It is better to be an outspoken atheist than a hypocrite." - George Harrison, born this day in 1943.

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  Yer Ol' Uncle D

• Feb 21, 2022

"Jazz is not just music, it's a way of life, it's a way of being, a way of thinking. . . . the new inventive phrases we make up to describe things - all that to me is jazz just as much as the music we play." - Nina Simone. born this day in 1933.