Old Dogs And Children And Watermelon Wine Tom T Hall

[Philb]

Hey Kevin; what’s up? Tom T Hall. A good choice and good source. Keep playing!

[KevinZ]

Thanks Phil just doing music along with other domestic duties that come with Geothermal country houses and land. Very much appreciated you listening in and commenting. Hope some of the story got to you.

[Bill_Brown]

Great rendition @KevinZ !!! Enjoyed your “pickin and a grinnin” along with your singin (lol). Keep it goin my friend.

[KevinZ]

Thanks @Bill_Brown so very much appreciated glad you found the unplugged campfire rendition enjoyable. The story in this song is very relatable to the listener. I think his songs need to be remembered. Grateful you took the time to comment and let me know it was enjoyable.

[albert_d]

The T in Tom T Hall didn’t stand for anything! His record producers had him add it because they thought it sounded more marketable. He wrote a lot of songs including Harper Valley PTA. Such a great storyteller through song as you say.

[KevinZ]

Thanks so much for listening in and commenting. Once again you have information I didn’t know very much appreciated your insight. I just wanted to see if I could bring out the story magic like Tom T could. Nice to know I got it done again thanks for your knowledge you have a unique way of picking interesting tid bits to share.

[albert_d]

My wife says my capacity for minutia is limitless (and after 53 years) can be annoying. But we are as we are so I doubt I’ll change.

[KevinZ]

Don’t feel bad @albert_d I do Electrical and Instrumentation consulting now in the power utilities industry. Every once in awhile someone will ask a tech question off the job. I always tell them don’t ask if you don’t want to know because after training many people over the years I turn into the consultant. My goal making sure they know how to do it correctly safely and efficiently. As you say I am what I am spent 36 years being the head E&I guy another 9 years as a consultant with my own LLC . They didn’t want me to go so I formed an LLC. Music has been a huge venting release for me I am so glad I stuck with it. Keeps my brain challenged now that I am semi retired. Keeps that Alzheimer’s that runs in our family bigtime off my doorstep. I intend to fight it tooth and nail I have seen what happens if you don’t memorizing songs and exact job descriptions then relaying it puts a dent in that ole Alzheimer’s. Sharing the music with people like you is just a huge plus.

• This reply was modified 9 months ago by  KevinZ.

[Arabianhorselover]

Good Job! Enjoyed listeniing.

[KevinZ]

Thanks so much for listening in and commenting. Very much appreciated so glad you found the unplugged rendition enjoyable

[Arabianhorselover]

I generally prefer “unplugged”.

[the-old-coach]

Kevin—

I really liked this performance! I just love this kind of guitar-playing-style of yours, and was mesmerized by watching and listening. Sometimes the vocals seemed suddenly pretty loud, but overall, I just LOVED this performance. (BTW- I watch and listen to all your song-posts and enjoy them……. but don’t always respond). Keep crankin’ ’em out!

Question– do you have all these songs memorized????…. If so— fantastic!

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[KevinZ]

Thanks so very much for listening in and commenting. Very much appreciated so grateful you took the time to enjoy the unplugged rendition. Hope you got some blues on truth is about 85 to 90 % accuracy after 3 months not playing various songs chords come back better than lyrics . Lyrics I get 2 out 3 verses correct. Test myself from time to time as a type of feedback. In emissions control of a power plant feedback is critical to adjust combustion to stay in compliance. I use feedback all the time when troubleshooting I applied that to my guitar piano playing. With the thought of adjusting or working on my trouble spots while playing an instrument. I could always sing Karaoke but had a hankering to play and sing now I can jump in as a guest with a band and others can play with me at a jam. Its been a long hard road with music but finally its paying off. Chordify app has really helped my timing lets you play with the band without actually having to be there also shows the chords . Strumming patterns has helped finger picking patterns and improvised notes and runs is getting easier to add and stay in time. Work flat pick and finger pick on the same song fast songs flat pick wins soft mellow songs finger pick I listen whichever one sounds the best I record and post. Sometimes I get it right. When a person comments it refreshes the que and gives my post a chance for others to know about. I really appreciate that. Some ques are so fast on sites if you’re post gets pushed down to the 5th spot very few listen. Being in the top 3 is the best and I get to meet new people such as yourself always a plus in my book . So thanks again

[the-old-coach]

Feedback is very important!

[Loraine]

Can’t go wrong with Tom Hall. You did a great job on this, and your vocals were perfect for it. Rough old memories up of listening to his music when my uncle played his music.

[KevinZ]

Thanks Loraine the fact that memories were brought back is a great thing because the story of the song came through. Which was the goal. Very much appreciated you listening in and commenting.