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Mar 12 2023

TO WHERE I AM NOW

Today was torture my hands day, sorry I mean rehearsals. It’s a bit of a struggle at the moment because the ends of my fingers haven’t got hard yet and my thumbs are giving me some trouble, so slowly one of those painful events will sort itself out by simply playing. But the thumbs are something else that’s not going to get better by playing. Let’s just hope it doesn’t get worse. Without giving anything away, we’re trying some songs we haven’t played live before, there are so many to choose from. It’s been a long life, a lot of bands and a lot of records. My thumbs are nearly 65 years old, not much lasts that long, apart from turtles.

Boydie and I went out today, him to the tip, me to Screwfix (exciting Sunday) where I couldn’t make myself understood. I asked for a ‘power board’ and he had no idea what I meant, eventually we translated it to ‘extension lead’. But then I couldn’t get him to understand what a 9V power pack was. When I got back to the house I looked on Amazon and they are called 9V power adaptors here in England. So I hit the sidewalk, checked that Boydie had emptied the trunk, made sure he didn’t need gas, and drove back to his hood.

I bought some batteries for the clip-on tuner and the reading light and talked to a very old man with the broadest West Country accent who told me that he couldn’t find anything in the psychedelic psupermarket aisles – I also spoke to a very young cashier who had terrible difficulty in speaking at all. In the car I noticed how overdressed I was, it was warmer today and I didn’t need all those layers but then the rain came, the weather forecast threatened snow in the week and we were back to where we were with 8th March in Kinbrace in the Scottish Highlands experiencing the coldest day of the year so far at -15°C. But then again, we were in Minneapolis at Christmas, we would have been throwing our coats off and having picnics in our swimmers if it had been -15°C.

Two seshes tonight with Rajan in Brooklyn and Jed in Minneapolis where it’s still snowing. We’re planning to make records but then can you even say that anymore? We made a great record with Ahad (Afridi/Willson-Piper) but it was only streamed. Is it still a record when it’s not physically available?

Music today has been the first Blonde on Blonde album Contrasts (1969). The band was from Newport, South Wales and made three albums between 1969 and 1971. This album has an odd cover of Eleanor Rigby. Guitarist/vocalist Ralph Denyer left after the first album and joined Aquila, but that’s another story. He wrote the well-known Guitar Handbook. He sadly died in 2011.

Music Of The Daze

Written by Marty Willson-Piper · Categorized: Blog

Missing

This is my stolen 1965 Rickenbacker 12-string, serial number EB157. If there's any chance of this guitar coming back to me before I go to meet my maker, then that would be wonderful. Please contact me if you have any information.

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"These are awesome sessions that I highly recommend for guitar players of all levels. Very informative, frank discussions on everything related to guitar and music in general. Definitely a must for anyone pursuing songwriting."
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"Marty knows how to bypass scales and get to the heart of feel and timing. His musical knowledge spans multiple cultures and genres. Perhaps most importantly, Marty is a cool dude. I highly recommend his guitar guidance." (Jed B., MN, USA)

"Ok, so you’re sitting in your home and Marty is across the world but is actually right here teaching you how to play guitar and write songs. He is a delight to talk to and he is your teacher, meaning he wants to see you get something out of his lessons. You know he’s paying attention and wants to steer you in the right direction. I am so grateful and humbled that he offers his time in this manner. This is an amazing opportunity for anyone who admires anything from his enormous body of work. How often do you get to learn from somebody that inspired you in the first place? Amazing." (Ann S., CA, USA)

Missing

This is my stolen 1965 Rickenbacker 12-string, serial number EB157. If there’s any chance of this guitar coming back to me before I go to meet my maker, then that would be wonderful. Please contact me if you have any information.

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