What music are you listening to NOW?
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I get zoned out every time I listen to this
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Man he has beat the hell out of that guitar - even missing a string. Never seen an 11 string before. I have never heard him before. You would like Michael Hedges.
Man I found out about Michael last year while looking at harp guitars he is awesome too
Here he is on a Harp guitar. I think we should chip in and get Kevin some pants like his. What do you think?
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this is a good one too
Pulling out all the big guns tonight huh? Awesome 
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Sacrilege. Purely awful. I forgive you.
Honestly I didn't know that terrible show even knew such great tunes. I guess they made they living by copping other peoples true talent. I can honestly, and proudly say, I never saw a single episode of that horrible excuse for entertainment. Not knocking anyone who likes it. I like sauteed blackberry preserves, onions, mushrooms and artichokes on top of my rib eyes ( no joke) sometimes. Most people would scoff at that.
You've missed out. They have hit the nail on the head more times than not, commenting on our political and disposable culture. Also I've heard rumor that the song was supposed to be In the Garden of Eden but the singer was too trashed and that is how he mumbled it out.
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Maybe I'm thinking of Southpark? I never seen one of those either but I saw about 10 minutes of one of those "adult cartoon" shows and it was horrendous. Might not have been either who knows.
According to Ron Bushy that rumor is spot on. He was working at a pizza place on Sunset Strip when one day he took some pizza and beer home. Doug (Ingle) was smashed and told Ron he'd written a song and started singing it. Ron copied it down as he heard it and that's what they kept it as, but Doug verified later he wrote it (in his head only never put it to paper until Ron did) that it was supposed to be "In The Garden of Eden". So this is one of those internet rumors that turns out to be true. What's also true is that it was written as a very short country song lol. But looked what it morphed into once they went to studio and recorded it!
I do not know him personally but I traded a couple of emails with him. Ron Bushy is a great guy and very accessible. When my parents bought me my first drum kit in 1970 they bought it from one of the then base commanders at NAS Corpus Christi. It was a 5 piece blue sparkle Lido Supreme. The cmdr had bought it for his son somewhere while stationed in California and was now selling it because the kid lost interest. The story they gave us was that Ron Bushy had played the kit one night at a concert there, and had of course played IGD on it. They just volunteered this info after my mom had already paid the $150 for it so it wasn't like they were making it up - they really believed it.
I kept that kit until 1986 when I moved from Mobile Alabama back to Texas. I just got tired of moving it and wasn't using it since I owned a Ludwig Octoplus minus one bass drum and two toms that I never would use (I always refused to go double bass). Anyway, sometime around 2000 when my kids were asking me why I sold such a cool kit I started to wonder if it was true. So with the advent of the internet I looked Ron up and found an email for him from an old online drum mag interview. I told him the whole story about the kit and what he said was that he never owned a Lido Supreme set himself, and could not remember ever playing one (they were cheap sets mostly) but that if he did, it would have been a situation where it was a house kit somewhere. So while it was possible, he did not remember ever playing one. So I choose to believe that he never did play that set and since then I haven't felt bad about selling it.
He lives about an hour from your door or at least he used to - maybe sell him a drum. Or better yet give him one as a thank you for all the times we've all played IGD on our steering wheels and some of us on a kit pretending to be him. He was one of my drumming inspirations.
Bit of trivia: Ron Bushy recorded that iconic drum solo in ONE SINGLE TAKE start to finish. Not so much as a miniscule overdub was done to it.
Cool stories and info. South Park is a bit much and stupid for me. Simpsons really manage to touch on relevant issues in a humorous way. Some seasons were way better than others but after 20 plus years a slack season is excusable. I used to never miss it, now I hardly watch any TV.
I would love to give him and a few other drummers a snare (Matt Abts of Gov't Mule especially) but at this point I can give away the labor but the cost of hardware would kill me! Ironically even though I love to fool around on them I'm not a drummer. A hack guitarist maybe?
I would love to give him and a few other drummers a snare (Matt Abts of Gov't Mule especially) but at this point I can give away the labor but the cost of hardware would kill me! Ironically even though I love to fool around on them I'm not a drummer. A hack guitarist maybe?
