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Post by blindmelon1091 on Feb 27, 2017 19:26:14 GMT -5
Bored a little while back and spent a couple hours making this step by step guitar lesson to Drive, including Rogers and Chris's parts. Enjoy
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Post by blindmelon1091 on Jul 1, 2012 23:35:37 GMT -5
Hey y'all
I've started a Youtube channel to post guitar lessons out of boredom last night. So far I have 3 Blind Melon songs up.
One of them is the intro to Deserted:
The others up on my channel, 2cambro are Mouthful of Cavaties and All That I Need. Hope these help
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Post by blindmelon1091 on Jun 11, 2012 23:56:07 GMT -5
Hey y'all
Man, it's been years since I've posted here.. Just to keep y'all updated I am still 100% OBSESSED AND IN LOVE with Blind Melon; just been really busy these past couple years with starting college and stuff (LSU)
How's everybody been?!?!
-Chris
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Post by blindmelon1091 on Nov 2, 2008 18:56:05 GMT -5
What's the name of the song Shannon is singing at the end of the Greg Prato interview? I've never heard it before, where can I find it?
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Post by blindmelon1091 on Dec 12, 2007 23:21:32 GMT -5
Chris, I am so glad you got to go up to this show! You wrote an excellent review, and you got some great photos and other memorabilia! Thanks for sharing with us! No problem Ryan! I truly had the time of my life. A few things I forgot to mention. I got to meet Brad's parents and some high school friends of his who told me some great old stories about Brad and Rogers. By the way, the pictures in the latter post are great =D.
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Post by blindmelon1091 on Dec 12, 2007 18:01:23 GMT -5
Me, and my friend with Colleen. Roger's little brother Travis came out wearing this mask Me and my brother with Brad Signed drumstick My brother and I with CT CT
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Post by blindmelon1091 on Dec 12, 2007 17:54:25 GMT -5
The show was great. me, my brother, and one of my good friends got there a few hours early, having skipped school to make the 5 hour drive.
One of the first people we met was a lady who introduced herself as Colleen and sang backup on Mouthful. She went around filming for the documentary and was really nice and friendly. She asked me for a lighter, which I happily supplied lol. Then about an hour before the show I met Brad and the I remember being so shocked and at one point saying "Our Mississippi table has started rejoicin," which he thought was funny because it was the first thing I said to him. Anyway he was very easy to talk to and a really nice guy. When I asked him if he had written the lyrics to "What You Lost," which I had long suspected him of doing, the first thing he said was "Haha yeah man, that song sucks!" He then explained how he was in a "Guns N' Roses phase at the time and we were testing what we could do." He then even graciously gave me some tips of songwriting which were very helpful. He seemed very surprised that I was sixteen and introduced me to the other bandmembers as "the twin (because my twin brother was with me), who drove 5 hours to see us. He's sixteen!" I just thought he was a great guy and on the way out he told me to drive safe and he even remembered my name.
Roger's brother's band, Moonlight Towers, opened for them and they were really good, some stuff even reminded me of the Abandon Jalopy record. Roger's brother's name is James and looks just like him with a beard.
Then Blind Melon finally came on 2 hours late but they rocked the hell outta that place. I see someone already posted the set list so you know they opened with Galaxie. The whole set was just amazing and I was right in the front left by Chris T. It was just as good as you could expect it to be and better. My only complaint is there seemed to be a lot of "jaded" people there, and drunk rednecks which almost ruined it. Disregarding the crowd though, it was amazing.
Some highlight were the 13 minute Time jam and Travis crowdsurfing during Paper Scratcher. I was really excited to hear Sleepyhouse too. At one point during the Time jam, Chris started using the Ebow on his lap steel which made some insane sound effects. Coupled with the lighting, the effect was almost trippy lol. During the middle of the jame I looked at Chris and he went over to his amp, got a pick and just handed it to me, which blew my mind.
One more note, I was really surprised to see Chris playing acoustic guitar on Skinned, as opposed to banjo. Also, Travis's vocals were amazing, and my friend and I both suspect he may have even a wider range then Shannon. At the end of the show I caught Glenn's stick and got it signed by everyone.
After the show I met all the members and got autograhs, but the only one's I talked to at length were Brad and Chris. I just walked up to him and thanked him for the pick and said that I was very happy to realize Drive was in open E, because I had been trying to learn it in standard tuning, impossibly of course. We then talked about guitar for awhile and he asked about the band my friend and I are in and he complimented "You guy's look like a band" Lol! I remember talking to him about his funk influences for awhile and he came across as a really friendly and all-around chill guy.
I'm still at the hotel right now and have gotten two hours of sleep so I realize this is probably a bit hard to follow being that it is hastily written, but if I think of anything else or anyone has any questions I will try to answer them as best I can. This was an amazing closout to a great tour. I can't wait for more.
Pics in the next post
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Post by blindmelon1091 on Dec 11, 2007 8:40:15 GMT -5
I'll be at the show tonight and will be more than happy to let everyone know about the setlist and anything else.
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Post by blindmelon1091 on Nov 19, 2007 1:27:03 GMT -5
I'd really love to go as I think this is about as close as they're gonna get to me. Can I still get tickets?
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Post by blindmelon1091 on Nov 19, 2006 13:40:08 GMT -5
That would be great I'd love to see them play California together.
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Post by blindmelon1091 on Nov 19, 2006 12:32:11 GMT -5
Yeah that would be a great tour!
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Post by blindmelon1091 on Feb 20, 2007 12:11:14 GMT -5
The local act thing is a good idea...
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Post by blindmelon1091 on Jan 8, 2007 21:50:08 GMT -5
It's really, really hard to pick just ONE for any of these polls =(. But I went with Dear Ol' Dad, St. Andrews Fall, and Pull.
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Post by blindmelon1091 on Dec 6, 2006 21:03:59 GMT -5
Anyone have any Abandon Jalopy tabs? Post 'em here!
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Post by blindmelon1091 on Jan 28, 2007 18:10:50 GMT -5
It is great move that really shows the injustices and horror over there. As you said, a real life horror movie for sure.
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