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  • C Christian Graus

    OK, so, I am a metalhead. I think most people know that. I play guitar, and am in a cover band, I also write my own songs. I'm forever trying to expand as a player, and so, while I hate country music, when Guitar Techniques magazine started a country column a year or so ago, I'd listen to the CD, and like what I heard, and so I started to learn to play it. I certainly wanted to be better at soloing over a major chord. Only, country is more than that. It's actually very jazzy, in the sense that instead of playing one scale, as rock often does, country players follow the chords a lot and use a lot of chromatics. I also love John 5, who plays for Rob Zombie, but plays country licks in his on stage solo. There's some amazing country picking on his solo CDs. Well, now I find myself buying CDs by Rascal Flatts ( in response to a Guitar World story ) and Brad Paisley ( he was also on Guitar Word, but I'd already heard him play on a ZZ Top covers CD and the latest from John Fogerty ). Should I call a doctor ? Have I become infected ?

    Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.

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    Lost User
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    Maaaaate! Music is music - don't put it in a box. Be catholic in your listening and playing, and be the better for it.

    MVVM # - I did it My Way ___________________________________________ Man, you're a god. - walterhevedeich 26/05/2011 .\\axxx (That's an 'M')

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    • C Christian Graus

      OK, so, I am a metalhead. I think most people know that. I play guitar, and am in a cover band, I also write my own songs. I'm forever trying to expand as a player, and so, while I hate country music, when Guitar Techniques magazine started a country column a year or so ago, I'd listen to the CD, and like what I heard, and so I started to learn to play it. I certainly wanted to be better at soloing over a major chord. Only, country is more than that. It's actually very jazzy, in the sense that instead of playing one scale, as rock often does, country players follow the chords a lot and use a lot of chromatics. I also love John 5, who plays for Rob Zombie, but plays country licks in his on stage solo. There's some amazing country picking on his solo CDs. Well, now I find myself buying CDs by Rascal Flatts ( in response to a Guitar World story ) and Brad Paisley ( he was also on Guitar Word, but I'd already heard him play on a ZZ Top covers CD and the latest from John Fogerty ). Should I call a doctor ? Have I become infected ?

      Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.

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      Ron Anders
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      You are what I was in every way you described. There is no hope for you now. Go buy that tele (with single coils) :doh: and enjoy your stay. Oh and prepare to be humbled as I too was a JCM-800 blaring dude with a Paul and was pretty hot if allowed to do lead over rock. Those guys in Country for decades have been playing better than we but we could now hear it. Maybe except for Malmsteen. Welcome to the corn field dude. CountryNewbie +=1; :Ron

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        Maaaaate! Music is music - don't put it in a box. Be catholic in your listening and playing, and be the better for it.

        MVVM # - I did it My Way ___________________________________________ Man, you're a god. - walterhevedeich 26/05/2011 .\\axxx (That's an 'M')

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        Christian Graus
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        I agree, and it's precisely that attitude that had me walking this path, it's just that I did not expect it to lead where it did :)

        Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.

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        • R Ron Anders

          You are what I was in every way you described. There is no hope for you now. Go buy that tele (with single coils) :doh: and enjoy your stay. Oh and prepare to be humbled as I too was a JCM-800 blaring dude with a Paul and was pretty hot if allowed to do lead over rock. Those guys in Country for decades have been playing better than we but we could now hear it. Maybe except for Malmsteen. Welcome to the corn field dude. CountryNewbie +=1; :Ron

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          Christian Graus
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          Ron Anders wrote:

          Go buy that tele (with single coils)

          Actually, I have one, and another with humbuckers ( the only way I could get a lefty thinline ). I love it, it's a very honest guitar.

          Ron Anders wrote:

          Those guys in Country for decades have been playing better than we but we could now hear it.

          Honestly, given they play with a clean sound, they probably shred BETTER than most rock dudes.

          Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.

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          • A AspDotNetDev

            Ain't no cure fer that. We gotta put ya out to pasture.

            Thou mewling ill-breeding pignut!

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            Roger Wright
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            Exactly my thought... The most excitement and danger anyone ever experienced in Nashville was the night that some fool suggested that there might be a need for a fourth chord in country music; mayhem ensued...

            Will Rogers never met me.

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            • M Marc Clifton

              What's really bizarre is listening to an Aussie group, http://www.themcclymonts.net/[^] doing country music. Marc

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              Like Keith Urban?

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              • C Christian Graus

                OK, so, I am a metalhead. I think most people know that. I play guitar, and am in a cover band, I also write my own songs. I'm forever trying to expand as a player, and so, while I hate country music, when Guitar Techniques magazine started a country column a year or so ago, I'd listen to the CD, and like what I heard, and so I started to learn to play it. I certainly wanted to be better at soloing over a major chord. Only, country is more than that. It's actually very jazzy, in the sense that instead of playing one scale, as rock often does, country players follow the chords a lot and use a lot of chromatics. I also love John 5, who plays for Rob Zombie, but plays country licks in his on stage solo. There's some amazing country picking on his solo CDs. Well, now I find myself buying CDs by Rascal Flatts ( in response to a Guitar World story ) and Brad Paisley ( he was also on Guitar Word, but I'd already heard him play on a ZZ Top covers CD and the latest from John Fogerty ). Should I call a doctor ? Have I become infected ?

                Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.

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                Johnny J
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                Christian Graus wrote:

                so, while I hate country music

                Christian Graus wrote:

                like what I heard

                How does that go together? I think you're just not sure if you should come out as a country lover yet... :laugh:

                Christian Graus wrote:

                Brad Paisley

                One of the best contemporary artists! :thumbsup:

                Christian Graus wrote:

                Have I become infected ?

                Hopefully - country is great! :cool:

                Why can't I be applicable like John? - Me, April 2011
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                • C Chris Losinger

                  if you want some pickin, check out Doc Watson or Norman Blake. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUQmNGLvL3U[^] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y36HCn4Ivws[^]

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                  Johnny J
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                  Someone that's really good at picking (banjo) - and quite untipped too - is the actor Steve Martin!

                  Why can't I be applicable like John? - Me, April 2011
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                  • N Nemanja Trifunovic

                    Beware, this is just a first step towards switching to Visual Basic.

                    utf8-cpp

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                    Johnny J
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                    Don't be gross! :~

                    Why can't I be applicable like John? - Me, April 2011
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                    • N Nemanja Trifunovic

                      Beware, this is just a first step towards switching to Visual Basic.

                      utf8-cpp

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                      Lost User
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                      Quote:

                      Beware, this is just a first step towards switching to Visual Basic.

                      You are so wrong! Country boys are tough. And VB, decaff coffee and Metal is for sissies! :laugh:

                      Cornelius Henning (Freak of nature according to my kids, Old and grey (with emphasis on old), C# coder and old time country lover) If you don't like Hank Williams, you can kiss my ass - The Highwaymen

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                      • C Christian Graus

                        Bloody hell. that's amazing, esp Doc Watson.

                        Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.

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                        Christian Graus wrote:

                        esp Doc Watson

                        plus, he was blind.

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                        • C Christian Graus

                          OK, so, I am a metalhead. I think most people know that. I play guitar, and am in a cover band, I also write my own songs. I'm forever trying to expand as a player, and so, while I hate country music, when Guitar Techniques magazine started a country column a year or so ago, I'd listen to the CD, and like what I heard, and so I started to learn to play it. I certainly wanted to be better at soloing over a major chord. Only, country is more than that. It's actually very jazzy, in the sense that instead of playing one scale, as rock often does, country players follow the chords a lot and use a lot of chromatics. I also love John 5, who plays for Rob Zombie, but plays country licks in his on stage solo. There's some amazing country picking on his solo CDs. Well, now I find myself buying CDs by Rascal Flatts ( in response to a Guitar World story ) and Brad Paisley ( he was also on Guitar Word, but I'd already heard him play on a ZZ Top covers CD and the latest from John Fogerty ). Should I call a doctor ? Have I become infected ?

                          Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.

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                          Yeah, I understand. I am a metalhead too, loved the music since 1983 myself. As I've gotten older I've begun to like other types of stuff too. Now I say, I like everything from Garth Brooks to Metallica. Anyway, a while back, I heard of these guys. You should check them out. HILARIOUS... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayseed_Dixie[^]

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                          • C Christian Graus

                            OK, so, I am a metalhead. I think most people know that. I play guitar, and am in a cover band, I also write my own songs. I'm forever trying to expand as a player, and so, while I hate country music, when Guitar Techniques magazine started a country column a year or so ago, I'd listen to the CD, and like what I heard, and so I started to learn to play it. I certainly wanted to be better at soloing over a major chord. Only, country is more than that. It's actually very jazzy, in the sense that instead of playing one scale, as rock often does, country players follow the chords a lot and use a lot of chromatics. I also love John 5, who plays for Rob Zombie, but plays country licks in his on stage solo. There's some amazing country picking on his solo CDs. Well, now I find myself buying CDs by Rascal Flatts ( in response to a Guitar World story ) and Brad Paisley ( he was also on Guitar Word, but I'd already heard him play on a ZZ Top covers CD and the latest from John Fogerty ). Should I call a doctor ? Have I become infected ?

                            Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.

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                            Christian Graus wrote:

                            John 5

                            :thumbsup: completely underrated.

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                            • C Christian Graus

                              OK, so, I am a metalhead. I think most people know that. I play guitar, and am in a cover band, I also write my own songs. I'm forever trying to expand as a player, and so, while I hate country music, when Guitar Techniques magazine started a country column a year or so ago, I'd listen to the CD, and like what I heard, and so I started to learn to play it. I certainly wanted to be better at soloing over a major chord. Only, country is more than that. It's actually very jazzy, in the sense that instead of playing one scale, as rock often does, country players follow the chords a lot and use a lot of chromatics. I also love John 5, who plays for Rob Zombie, but plays country licks in his on stage solo. There's some amazing country picking on his solo CDs. Well, now I find myself buying CDs by Rascal Flatts ( in response to a Guitar World story ) and Brad Paisley ( he was also on Guitar Word, but I'd already heard him play on a ZZ Top covers CD and the latest from John Fogerty ). Should I call a doctor ? Have I become infected ?

                              Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.

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                              "Chris-ti-ann! Bring yer banj'ey over, I got mine washboard and blowin' jug!"

                              Twits[^]

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                              • J Johnny J

                                Christian Graus wrote:

                                so, while I hate country music

                                Christian Graus wrote:

                                like what I heard

                                How does that go together? I think you're just not sure if you should come out as a country lover yet... :laugh:

                                Christian Graus wrote:

                                Brad Paisley

                                One of the best contemporary artists! :thumbsup:

                                Christian Graus wrote:

                                Have I become infected ?

                                Hopefully - country is great! :cool:

                                Why can't I be applicable like John? - Me, April 2011
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                                Beidh ceol, caint agus craic againn - Seán Bán Breathnach
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                                Da mihi sis crustum Etruscum cum omnibus in eo!
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                                Christian Graus
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                                Johnny J. wrote:

                                How does that go together? I think you're just not sure if you should come out as a country lover yet..

                                I hate the 'vanilla' country I've heard in the past, and probably the caricatures of country I've seen in places like the Blues Brothers :-) I'd never heard country that had smoking lead guitar in it. I still am not fond of the vocal stylings in a lot of country, the style of singing does grate on me. For that reason, people like John 5 and Johnny Hiland acted as my gateway drugs, because there's no singing on them.

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                                One of the best contemporary artists! :thumbsup:

                                I have a pile of new CDs to work through and I am leaving his for last to make sure I give it a good amount of time.

                                Johnny J. wrote:

                                Hopefully - country is great!

                                Playing it has certainly shot my guitar playing in the arm, I have been learning mostly country lead for a while now and just loving it.

                                Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.

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                                  Yeah, I understand. I am a metalhead too, loved the music since 1983 myself. As I've gotten older I've begun to like other types of stuff too. Now I say, I like everything from Garth Brooks to Metallica. Anyway, a while back, I heard of these guys. You should check them out. HILARIOUS... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayseed_Dixie[^]

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                                  Christian Graus
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                                  They do AC/DC covers ? Yeah, I have the CD, they are cool.

                                  Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.

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                                    Christian Graus wrote:

                                    John 5

                                    :thumbsup: completely underrated.

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                                    Christian Graus
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                                    Absolutely. He is leagues ahead of KISS, but he suffers from the same syndrome. Put on too much theatrics and people don't notice you can really play

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                                    • C Chris Losinger

                                      Christian Graus wrote:

                                      esp Doc Watson

                                      plus, he was blind.

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                                      Christian Graus
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                                      so is Johnny Hiland, have you heard him ? If I was not lazy, I'd make that a youtube link...

                                      Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.

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                                      • J Johnny J

                                        Someone that's really good at picking (banjo) - and quite untipped too - is the actor Steve Martin!

                                        Why can't I be applicable like John? - Me, April 2011
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                                        Beidh ceol, caint agus craic againn - Seán Bán Breathnach
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                                        Da mihi sis crustum Etruscum cum omnibus in eo!
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                                        Christian Graus
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                                        Yes, i owned some comedy LPs of his and was amazed at his banjo picking.

                                        Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.

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