Travis Dickerson Recording Studios Forum

i\'m so sorry to hear that!  from the use of the term "Great Uncle" i would hope that Nelson at least had himself a nice amount of time among you and your family.  my hearfelt sympathies to you.

He died in his sleep?
Seems like this year has been a yin yang sort of thang,  what with Mom haveing Had Cancer  and my great Uncle Dieing (yin) and seeing Buckethead 3 times and Bob Dylan the (yang) pretty much almost canceled out the Yin.
oh and yes Nelson had a whole family who loved him, he was in the Olympic\'s ( Judo ) and one of the wars ( not shure which one, Last year he threw his wife my Aunt Joan a surprise 80th birthday party, he got the idea from My father Silvermullet, too invite people to stay at the Holiday Inn ( I was included in this, will spare you long and boring story) this Party was very taxing for him he could barly walk mostly supporting his 6 foot 4 or 5 frame apon a huge homemade cane he had.

okay enough gibberin gabberin.

Chris

he sounds like a remarkable guy - so does his great nephew.

thank you for sharing a small snap of his life.  

My sympathies too, Chris.

I\'ve posted elsewhere about my mother-in-law, who died in late November, so I\'m feeling sad right now too. But isn\'t it wonderful that we have such great memories of these lovely people? That helps, a bit.

yeah, it is and sorry I didn\'t chime in on your (mother in law\'s) passing must have been gone.

Chris

  something light that I said I\'d post.. enjoy

Uncle Benny\'s Patatoe Salad
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-7--8--4---X 7----8----X 3--5--3--5------
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the 8\'s are doubled so is the first 5 on the Concert Uke the X\'s are breaks in the beat.
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-2--3o-2o-3-2-3o-2o-3-^-9-10-11-7-8
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on the Banjo I do a thing called a reach and at the end I do a bend which sounds fantastic, if I can do it right.
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-14-15o-14-o15-14o-15-14o-15-14-o15-14-o15-14o-15-
----I----I----I-----I-----I---I-----I---I---I-----I--I------I-----I---I
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now the Acoustic and the RRRibit stick parts come in with hitting the 4th string first in a qauzi sicka nating rythum, I am a horrible drummer, this lasts longer then the two Uke\'s whom fade before it fades. Also none of this has been played yet so I\'m just biteing my foot here. Enjoy all the same.

Chris