crimsoncruiser
Huntsville, AL
age: 55
| Hey Y'all
First time posting and trying to learn my way around the site. Guess the best way to introduce myself would be to post my bio. I'm a musician. I play guitar, write songs and sing. So without further ado......
Well, ya see, I got my first guitar when I was 13.
It was a Silvertone from Sears. $19.95. Brand spanking new. Came with a record (remember those 45 rpm plastic records????) Anyway, my brother sat on the record and broke it, so I had no idea how to tune or play the guitar, but I tried, to the rest of the family's chagrin, I tried.
A couple years later, I bought a Silvertone archtop at a pawn shop on Okinawa, where I attended Kubasaki High School from Aug 21,1967-Aug 21,1969. I remember the dates because I was 15 on that date in 67 and 17 on that date in 69.
Got married way too young (19 yrs old) and joined the US Army to support a family. 8 years 2 months and 19 days. A couple years before I got out, I heard Eric Clapton & Duane Allman playing Little Wing from the Layla album, and guitar became a major part of my life again.
Left the Army in 1980 and learned to play on stage in and around Huntsville, AL while working day jobs to pay the bills and eat. Country music was king around here and all the house gigs were Country with Southern Rock thrown in. NO BLUES ALLOWED!!!!!
My last working band (RC&theMoonPies) was a three piece Blues and Country band where we could play our favorite country tunes by folks like Randy Travis, Keith Whitley, George Jones, Earl Thomas Conley, Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler, Melissa Etheridge, Stevie Ray Vaughn, etc.....
My presence wasn't really necessary, but the bass player, Randy Creel, and the drummer Randy Johnson, felt audiences wouldn't want to hear a bass and drum duet for five sets.
These guys were the best rhythm section any guitarist/singer could dream of.
Many, many thanks, my brothers.
That brings us up to about 2002, when I retired from the postal service on disability.
Tendonitis, arthritis, and herniated discs keep me from doing a lot of things I love, but I still face each day with a smile. I try to stay too busy counting my blessings to let life's bumps get me down. I'm still pretty fit. I ride my bike for 30 minutes or more most days, weather permitting. I've got an extra bike if any of you ladies would like to pedal around.
I'm pretty smart.
Got my master's degree from the School of Hard Knocks. Majored in Rolling with the Punches.
I think love and laughter can cure a whole bunch of ills.
Looking forward to getting to know you.
If I get out of line, somebody push me down
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stormygrl
Longmont, CO
age: 42 online now!
| Welcome and have fun
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shadow01
Winston Salem, NC
age: 50
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crimsoncruiser
Huntsville, AL
age: 55
| Thanks Y'all.....
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tomfreebird
Brownsboro, AL
age: 55
| Hey Crimson, we have alot of ladies here from north Bama, we had a party last Saturday at The Station in Madison. Got another get together coming up in June. Check out Alabama Chats under the Groups section. Tells all about whats going on locally. Welcome neighbor, and have fun, its a cool site.
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crimsoncruiser
Huntsville, AL
age: 55
| Cool, thanks very much.
I've got friends that still play the circuit.
I need to get out and see some of them.
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mistyskies454
Cape Girardeau, MO
age: 53
| Hello/welcome and thank you for welcoming me also
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