STUDENT NEWSLETTER 21 April 2008 
Hi Everybody! Hope you are all doing well.
Did you go to the Guitar Show at Market Hall? What did you get? What did you see? Who did you see? Send me your pics.
What do the Amazing Rhythm Aces, Asleep At The Wheel, Gene Autry, Jr. Brown, David Allen Coe, Guy Clark, Cross Canadian Ragweed, Albert Collins, Steve Earle, Steven Fromholz, Eleven Hundred Springs, Joe Ely, Dixie Chicks, Merle Haggard, Wayne Hancock, Emmy Lou Harris, Don Henley, George Jones, Scott Joplin, Pat Green, Buddy Holly, Lightning Hopkins, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Blind Lemmon Jefferson, Waylon Jennings, Robert Earl Keen, Freddie King, Alison Krause, Eric Johnson, Los Lobos, Los Lonely Boys, Leadbelly, Willie Nelson, Gary P. Nunn, Red Stegall, Max Stalling, Shake Russell, Townes Van Zandt, Jerry Jeff Walker, Johnny Winter, Janis Joplin, Rusty Weir, Boxcar Willie, Mary Martin, Roger Miller, The Miller Brothers, Audie Murphy, Mickey Newbury, Roy Orbison, Ray Price, Tex Ritter, Hank Thompson, Earnest Tubb, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Tbone Walker, Delbert McClinton, Lyle Lovett, Bob Wills, and ZZ Top all have in common? They are all from Texas. The famous Texas singer songwriters we all love. The hottest thing in Texas music now is the singer songwriter. True poets. Here are THREE of my favorites:
DON'T IT MAKE YOU WANNA DANCE by Rusty Weir
HEARTBROKE by Guy Clark
PONCHO & LEFTY by Townes Van Zandt
This is the good stuff folks. As American as it gets. The rest of the world is crazy for this kind of music and we should all be proud to be a part of it. We all love a good story. These musicians are true artists. Poets that really know how to weave a phrase and make it sound great. Don't it make you wanna dance?
The search for the perfect tone never ends. But after years of consideration, trial and error this is my rig more or less. It is not easy to find the original vintage stuff anymore, so this is the new equivalent.
Every bit of my new gear comes from MusiciansFriend.com or Guitar Center for the past eight years. Best prices, selection, and return policy there is. AND they bring it to your door! If you click thru to MUSICIANS FRIEND .com or Guitar Center.com from this web site to buy something, I get an advertising credit and it does not cost you a penny extra! Musicians Friend and Guitar Center is where I get all my new gear. Click on the link below to go there. If the link does not appear on your browser go here and click on the MusiciansFriend or Guitar Center link at bottom of that page.
New feature on this web site:
Always Stay Tuned. A lot is going on around here!
Rock On,
Joe "TheGuitarman" Pacciano, C.G.P.
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