http://andrymi.com/community/ Andrymi, a collection of music nerds Topic: Weird weird stuff... en Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:22:55 +0000 http://andrymi.com/community/topic/weird-weird-stuff#post-471 Sat, 29 Sep 2007 20:17:33 +0000 Steelbones 471@http://andrymi.com/community/ <p>That's so cool man.</p> <p>I believe "Dang!" would be the correct phrase here.</p> <p>Kinda restores my faith in human nature, and the universe as a whole.</p> <p>Brilliant! </p> http://andrymi.com/community/topic/weird-weird-stuff#post-470 Sat, 29 Sep 2007 19:45:34 +0000 HonkyTonkSamurai 470@http://andrymi.com/community/ <p>yeah i read your myspace bulletin bout it</p> <p>i talked to him and added him, his stuff is cool </p> http://andrymi.com/community/topic/weird-weird-stuff#post-469 Sat, 29 Sep 2007 18:46:03 +0000 Breakfastime 469@http://andrymi.com/community/ <p>Oh yeah-and he's in my top friends at Myspace-Tommy Rovello.</p> <p>I'm STILL stunned by this turn of events. Just crazy, crazy stuff. What are the odds?<br /> The only thing that would've made it weirder is if I'd been playing that lefty Strat!<br /> But ever since Bo Diddley autographed it, it's been retired from stage use. </p> http://andrymi.com/community/topic/weird-weird-stuff#post-468 Sat, 29 Sep 2007 18:00:20 +0000 henry 468@http://andrymi.com/community/ <p>Damn that's a cool story BT :D</p> <p>I'm thinking you most probably exchanged phone numbers so you can jam with the guy again? </p> http://andrymi.com/community/topic/weird-weird-stuff#post-467 Sat, 29 Sep 2007 17:43:22 +0000 Breakfastime 467@http://andrymi.com/community/ <p>So, last night towards the end of our gig, a guy comes into the bar and sits down, watching the band. You can always spot a musician in the crowd, and there he was, watching us play, you could tell that inside his head, he was jamming along with us.</p> <p>Well, we get finished, and he comes up and starts talking to our drummer Scoz. Then he turns to Natalie "hey Natalie, do you remember me? ...from the One Knight?" She's like "Oh my God-Tommy!" and they hug and start talking old times. This isn't unusual, she's been on the Austin scene for a long time, and people are always coming up to her with "do you remember me?" so i don't think much of it. Just another old-timer who used to jam with Stevie and everybody...normal stuff around here.</p> <p>So about this time, Scoz comes back in with bad news: flat tire, no spare. Natalie's SUV is packed to the gills, we're twenty miles from home...so our new friend Tom comes to the rescue. "Throw your stuff in my truck, let's go!" "Dude, you are a lifesaver!"<br /> "Hey-any friend of Natalie's is a friend of mine!"</p> <p>One of the things i like about playing with Natalie is that her crowd is very old-school Austin-not like the more recent (last 20 years...ouch) scene, the old hippy types really do help each other out.</p> <p>So, we're driving home (20 miles out of Tom's way...what a guy!) and he's telling us his life story-he played at the One Knight, a seminal Austin blues club that gave birth to Texas legends like the Fabulous Thunderbirds, Van Wilks, Stevie back before he became SRV, etc...this is cool, but again, not unusual. You meet guys like this a lot around these parts.</p> <p>We stop to get gas, and standing there...I ask him his last name..."Rovello" Hmmm...whay does that seem so strangely familiar?...hmmm...</p> <p>two minutes later, we're driving along, and I have to ask...</p> <p>"did you used to have a band called the Vettes?" </p> <p>"YES! how did you know that?" </p> <p>"Because I was your roadie when I was in high school"</p> <p>No freaking way. This is the guy who pretty much got me started in the rock and roll thing, 30 years ago! My lefty Sonic Blue Strat? I got it from Tom! Most of the blues licks I know? Got 'em from Tom! Most of my understanding about guitars, amps, and how all that stuff works? Tom's fault again.<br /> This guy pretty much made me what I am (whatever THAT is)</p> <p>So, we hung out at Scoz' house late into the night, drinking whiskey and picking guitars, jamming on old Vettes and Who tunes, me showing Tom licks that i stole by watching him play all those years ago...crazy, crazy stuff.</p> <p>Whenever I'm telling you guys (or anybody) about the 'older musicians' I learned from as a kid-I'm talking about Tom! And you know what? I'm almost good enough to jam with the guy finally! </p>