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Rockport Mississippi Rag (By Tal)

Tal RulesTal Rules
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Just got back from the old home place in Rockport Mississippi, right on ole Highway 27, Between Omah and Georgetown Missisissippi.... :lol:

No phone, no TV, No stereo... 8)

Just kicked the old hound dog off the porch and wrote this piece which, I'm dedicating to one of my favorite pickers... :)

\"Mr. Jerry Reed\" 8)
(The Alabama Wild Man) :lol::lol::lol:

Just have always dug his chickn' pickn' style.
In honor of Mr. Reed I performed the entire piece on my new USA Telecaster.
Just love the axe and it's hard to get that Tele tone out of anything but a Tele.. 8)

Here's the link for the tune..

http://www.digitech.com/soundcomm/guitar_view_music.asp?productid=199&music_id=2310

Hope you guys enjoy it as much as I did composing, playing and recording it.. :)

I'll be on the road the next couple of weeks for business, but I'll have one of my axes with me and hopefully some inspiration will hit me laying around those damned old hotel rooms at night.. :lol::lol::lol:



See Ya,
Tal.. 8)
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  • SlashNBurn99SlashNBurn99
    Holy Crap

    Awesome :roll:

    Speechless
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  • WOGS858WOGS858
    nicely done mr tal
    alot going on in that tune
    sweeeeeeeet 8) :D
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  • BlueGatorBlueGator
    Tal, all I can say is I bow before you, and kiss your feet, simply incredible, I have always wanted to be able to play that style, but I have to tell you, I watched and listened to Jerry Reed play numerous times, and he never reached that level of proficiency.......Outstanding.
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  • insideoutinsideout
    Hey Tal,
    Very nice pickin and a well written tune 8) Great job :!:

    BTW, tell the old hound dog I said hey :wink:
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  • dugrahadugraha
    Very nice playing Tal, yesiree that is some fine pickin :D
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  • CobaltbloozCobaltblooz
    MASTERFUL!....If I COULD play like that......I would!
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  • Mike BMike B
    :shock: OMG just cut off my fingers and take away my guitar. Tal that may be the best you have posted, IMHO. feets a tappin, head noddin, smilin real big. 8) :D:)
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  • ManitouManitou
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    ( Mississppi Bird Dogs )

    Cletus...didja see that...he kik me off da porch...

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    Yep....soonez he seez his truk tars ....Tal be playin' us de blews nex...
    heaheah................sknnnfph....hoike...spit.
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  • bababoeybababoey
    <div style="displaynone">fiogf49gjkf0d</div>As always, great playing buddy. You have \"that gift\"

    )

    -Bababoey
    mrgreen
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  • iliaceiliace
    This rocks!
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  • Tal RulesTal Rules
    Glad you guys liked the tune...
    Please....
    No missing digits on my account.... :lol:
    I'm just a wore out ole jazzer having fun.. :lol::lol::lol:

    And damn Manitou....
    You got spies everywhere....
    How in the hell did you get the pic of the hound dog I kicked off the porch. :lol::lol::lol:

    Back on the planes Sunday....
    Check in with you guys when I get back...

    See Ya,
    Tal.... 8)
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  • insideoutinsideout
    Safe travels my friend!! :D
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  • 0Dannyboy0Dannyboy
    :wink: wELL kOOOTY -hOOO! tHATS A MIGHTY FINE PICKIN yESERREE :!: If HEE HAWW was still runnin you could get a guest spot with Roy with this one Tal! That Dawg will definatley hunt :wink:
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  • Dr. FonkDr. Fonk
    Great playing tal, there are some inspiring \"phrases\" in this tune. This Tele sounds great... must be excellent for funky stuff too :). Keep it up 8)
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  • BlueGatorBlueGator
    Tal, I just posted a tune on here, and I thought it was pretty good, and then I listened again to Rockport, MS, and I'm tellin' ya, there's no one I've ever heard or played with before that can top your stuff...Very original, creative, and yet impeccably played......How long have you been a jazz musician?
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  • Tal RulesTal Rules
    First off thanks 0DB and the good Dr. of Funk for your kind comments... 8)


    \BlueGator\ wrote:
    Tal, I just posted a tune on here, and I thought it was pretty good, and then I listened again to Rockport, MS, and I'm tellin' ya, there's no one I've ever heard or played with before that can top your stuff...Very original, creative, and yet impeccably played......How long have you been a jazz musician?

    Well BlueGator...
    You asked for it..
    Tal's musical life story (The short version) :lol::lol::lol:

    Got my first guitar when I was 8..($19.00 Kay acoustic)...
    Just fell in love with it... 8)
    Decided about 2 days after I got it (That would make me 8 years old and 2 days at the time) that I was going to be a professional guitarist.. :lol:

    Took lessons from a really great guitarist for about a year..
    I was too young and ignorant to know he was that good.. :lol::lol:

    Played that old Kay for about 4 years and finally got an Oahu (Made by Supra) fiberglass body electric guitar...

    All the time I was learning Ventures, Chet Atkins, Mo Town Soul, etc... (The music of the day)...

    At 16 I saved my money from my first summer job. Went to the local music store and bought my Baby..
    A 1968 Les Paul Gold Top... 8)

    About the same time something very strange happend to me.
    I was exposed to Jimi Hendrix and the cat just blew my mind. :shock:

    All this time I'm practicing about 4 to 10 hours a day..
    Dad tells me nowadays that I worked harder at the guitar than anybody he's ever seen work on anything.. :lol:

    Began gigging at 17 with various bands. :)

    Upon graduation from high school at 18 I heard the local junior college was giving away scholarships to guys who were good enough to make the jazz ensemble.

    Picked up my trusty Gold Top, and my courage, and tried out..
    To my surprise, I was accepted.. :shock:
    Wasn't that good a reader at the time but the faculty said I impressed them with my ability to improvise and my solos... :)

    Now I really began working on playing the guitar full time. Music theory, sight singing, composition, stuff I had really never given a great deal of thought to.. :)

    My 2nd and last year of junior college, we participated in the state wide competion for scholastic jazz bands. I won the Best Junior college Jazz player award in the state of Texas in 1974..(Jeez...Has it been that long ago???) :lol::lol:

    Already had 2 years in the scholastic thing and had been saving my money from gigs and summer jobs and went for the whole enchileda.
    B.A in Music which I obtained in 1976..(That long ago again).. :lol::lol::lol:

    Now idealistic Tal sets out to conquer the world with his trusty Gold Top.
    Started a jazz trio doing all original material. Never got one club to book us.. :lol:

    Damn near starved to death.. :lol::lol:
    This nonsense went on about 6 months and during that time period young idealistic Tal became Realist Tal... :lol::lol::lol:

    Eating regularly and not having to shop lift balogna from the neighboorhood convenience store was a very good thing, I decided.. :lol::lol:

    Also there's a lot to be said for sleeping in a real bed every night.. :lol::lol:

    So Tal became a musical whore... :lol::lol:
    Played a few bands rock, country, blues etc...
    Anything to make a buck..

    Taught lessons...
    Worked music stores on commission sales..
    The last couple of years, I was pro, got well enough known around town that I didn't have to play in a steady band..

    I'd get enough calls during the week (Ususally 3 or 4 nights), that differnt bands around town would use me to fil in for a missing player..
    One night, Tal would have a head band on playing Hendrix. The next night Tal would have a cowboy hat on playing Merle. The next night Tal would have a Tuxedo on playing \"Tea for Two\"... :lol::lol::lol:

    After enough years of this nonsense the light hit me about 3:00 A.M. February 1st 1980.. (That long ago again :lol::lol::lol: )

    I was packing up my gear in a Country Western club, looked around and just said...
    \"Hell with it\"...

    All those years of hard work and dedication and this is where I'm at. 3:00 A.M in a C&W bar, got to be at the music store at 10:00 A.M, and spend my free time giving lessons to live in the outskirts of Poverty???

    Finally just said..
    \"Screw It!!!!!!!\" :lol::lol::lol:

    Got a real job (And still my present one) February 4th 1980...
    Sold all my other axes except the Gold Top..(Couldn't stand to sell it) :)
    Put the Gold Top in the battered case on February 4th 1980 and did not open it for 25 years... :lol::lol::lol:

    Had a very nice life in the mean time. Raised a family, bought a house, etc.... :)

    I don't know why, but one year ago I was just driving by a guitar store. Had a little time to kill and walked in. Damn....Ran into one of my old buddies there, still jammin'.... 8)

    Next thing you know I'm walking out of the store with an Epi Joe Pass, jazz box.. :?

    Next thing you know, I amaze myself that I can enjoy playing the guitar again after all these years..

    And here we are a year later.. One GNX4, and 7K worth of axes bought in one year. (Didn't have to buy any amps, Didn't sell those).. :lol::lol:

    I'm still amazed every time I sit down to play at how much enjoyment I get out of playing now..
    I guess because it's not a job anymore, just something I enjoy doing.. :lol:
    Get to play what I want and not what other people are telling me to play.. :)

    And it really makes me happy that wore out old jazzer Tals stuff is dug by you guys... 8)

    Once again...
    Thanks for all your kind comments...

    See Ya,
    Tal..
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  • Tal RulesTal Rules
    (Continued)
    Post must be tooo Long.. (I guess) :lol::lol:

    All those years of hard work and dedication and this is where I'm at. 3:00 A.M in a C&W bar, got to be at the music store at 10:00 A.M, and spend my free time giving lessons to live in the outskirts of Poverty???

    Finally just said..
    \"Screw It!!!!!!!\" :lol::lol::lol:

    Got a real job (And still my present one) February 4th 1980...
    Sold all my other axes except the Gold Top..(Couldn't stand to sell it) :)
    Put the Gold Top in the battered case on February 4th 1980 and did not open it for 25 years... :lol::lol::lol:

    Had a very nice life in the mean time. Raised a family, bought a house, etc.... :)

    I don't know why, but one year ago I was just driving by a guitar store. Had a little time to kill and walked in. Damn....Ran into one of my old buddies there, still jammin'.... 8)

    Next thing you know I'm walking out of the store with an Epi Joe Pass, jazz box.. :?

    Next thing you know, I amaze myself that I can enjoy playing the guitar again after all these years..

    And here we are a year later.. One GNX4, and 7K worth of axes bought in one year. (Didn't have to buy any amps, Didn't sell those).. :lol::lol:

    I'm still amazed every time I sit down to play at how much enjoyment I get out of playing now..
    I guess because it's not a job anymore, just something I enjoy doing.. :lol:
    Get to play what I want and not what other people are telling me to play.. :)

    And it really makes me happy that wore out old jazzer Tals stuff is dug by you guys... 8)

    Once again...
    Thanks for all your kind comments...

    See Ya,
    Tal..
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  • Tal RulesTal Rules
    WTF with this link..
    There are actually 2 pages but don't show up unless you hit the tune link?
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  • BlueGatorBlueGator
    Tal, now I know why you are such an accomplished player. I'm probably close to the same age as you, got a Sears electric guitar and amp, when I was 13 or 14, played with it for a couple of years, graduated high school and went off to junior college first, where I never played, I went to U of F and had a roomate who played a 12 string Martin acoustic, got me interested again, and I played at least once a week, civil engineering school at Florida (and everywhere else) doesn't leave you a lot of time for extracurricular. I've never had a lesson, can't read music (well, I sort of can from singing in a church choir), but don't read while playing, I've only played in a band briefly (two months) in high school. I've never earned one penny doing music, so, I guess that's why it's still enjoyful to me. I graduated from Florida in 1978, met my wife in 78, we married in 79, and we've been together ever since. During that time, I've gone as much as 5 years without picking up a guitar. As an Executive VP for an engineering company, I deal with tremendous stress at my job, and I love picking the guitar and ocassionally singing to unwind. I have to say, it really helps when people as talented and skilled musically as you and a lot of guys in the sound community actually listen to, and sometimes like what I do, it keeps me striving to be better. And it is always good to hear someone play like you play, because that just makes me want to get to that level someday.
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  • glider007glider007
    Great playing, one word:Awesome!
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  • ManitouManitou
    Tal...hey buddy...really loved your bio as well as your music. I could listen to both for hours. You have class and style, and very interesting things to say and express.
    I am 54. I started guitar at 13. It was with an all mohagany Harmony acoustic. I made the mistake of going the self-taught route...not learning to read music. (like so many of us in those days) We wore records out to learn a song...and I still suffer to this day from lack of proper knowledge and training.
    I also started with the songs of the day...and when Jimi came along...I got electrified. I got good at what I did and how I did it. But that was a far cry from the talent and devotion you had. I probably loved it as much...but I knew I would never make a living at it. I worked day in and day out in Construction and Firefighting.
    I grew up around a lot of top name talent. I am kinda baffled why I didn't get more involved in the music industry. There are people who would kill to be in the shadows of greatness. I don't have answers to much ....but I also don't live with regrets either. I left music too for like 25 years or so...and just got back into it as well about a year ago. I also spent about 6-7k on gear. I can say this whole heartedly...I'm so glad I found my way back to music. I do wish I would have kept it more in my life than I did...but, I'm making up for that the best I can now....and I appreciate it more.
    I'm trying to learn it right this time. Still need to find a teacher,,,but my God these DVD's and guitar tab songbooks, and some of the gadgets these days...like this computer!!! :shock: :P 8) I am coming right along with the program....even on my own. I just need the discipline. I certainly get great inspiration and motivation by stopping by here and soaking up on talents like yourself. THANKS!!
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  • glider007glider007
    Something is wrong with the link, I could swear that your bio was not here when I posted ....anyway, what a story. I found something similar with Gator Manitou and your story except that I am younger, 32, and I can't play as well as you guys -and probably I won't be able to because I don't really practice anymore. Gave up after gigging for 8 years and working for peanuts... finished school, got a masters and got a job.

    The good thing is bought some gear a year ago and it's good to be here. I missed this. It's also good that many others in this forum had also remembered things form their past and made the decision to come back.
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  • Tal RulesTal Rules
    I thank you for your comments and I'm glad you enjoyed the piece. 8) .


    Thank you very much guys..
    You just made my year. 8) .

    See Ya,
    Tal 8)
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