Tony Furtado - Cyprus Grove
I once played Tony's nearly one hundred year old guitar after a late show in Memphis. If you see the name Tony Furtado scheduled to play in your area, do yourself a favor and take a friend to see one of America's greats.
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ES!
dam you, neuro!
Hi, ES!
FunnyD
Cinco
zed is dead
Looks like a 12 fret Martin 00-17—nice axe.
Maybe in your mind…! 8-P
Wow ES, Tony Furtado can play him some guitar.
Well, that’s one way to be rocked to sleep, you might say. Have a nice night, all, but it’s my bedtime now.
Hey, ES
We had “Jabberwocky” last night. I was considering “Hunting of the Snark: an agony in 8 fits” for tonight, but only Fit the First and only with your permission. As a little comic relief, as it were.
FunnyD
Hmmm… my 8 was for neuro’s 6…
Whatever it is.. It’s fragile and it sings long after you set it down and walk away from it.
Nailed it, LL! Aloha!
Nice, Eureka. I’ll get Mr. Doodle to view it in the morning. He has many Martins and is a fan of finger pickin’.
Does it have “Nazareth Pa.” stamped on it?
Aloha CT!
My step-dad has a 12 string Martin… Purty…! ;-)
Mr. has a D28 that does that. A thing of beauty.
I love the old 12 fret to the body Martins. I’ve collected three over the years- a 0 a 00 and a dreadnaught.
tis dugg es
That there picker is usin a steel. Sounds damn good!
I really don’t recall. It’s been a few years and I am not a musician. I do have a lot of appreciation for antiques and this guitar stayed alive so long after the show.. I had to ask if I could check it out during our conversation.
Heh, I’m not a practitioner, but, he has an old electric Gibson, the open body type…! Like Chuck Berry’s…
*waving to Suz and wdd*
Arch Top—with the f-holes? L-5 maybe.
*waving to LL* got the weekend off?
Until I heard this last night on my XM, I had no idea that Eddie Cochran was such a great guitar player.
Hiya, Lou!
Suz, I just finished teaching a week-long class today. Got tomorrow off and then working Sunday…and then it’s back to the regular daywork shift :-)
Hey grrrrl! Haven’t had a chance to get back with you on FB yet. Will try on Saturday.
So late, and still awake. Suzanne, we closed an hour early, and I trudged home a few blocks in about 8 inches of new snow. We now have a blizzard warning until Saturday a.m. Beautiful, but I’m sick of it. Great night posts that went so fast I didn’t have time to comment. Read everything, though.
ouch - you need some major stress reduction tonight, LL - i would suggest ya start off easy with a cold sweat
Hi Chris — enough snow already, right? ;-)
walking in the silent snow - everything a hush except for the crunch crunch of your footsteps
Yep, the f-holes, and a nice Ovation w/a jack… Bruddah IZ played the ovation at my folks home, including just about every prominent Hawaiian group for the last twenty years… I still have daydreams of Noelani Cypriano…
Nice!
Yes! and two feet expected by Sunday. But, as we know, anything can change. It was odd to be let out of work early — that never happens here. Even the Mayor of Cleveland begged companies to let employees go home early.
we have a flood watch for later tonight/tomorrow
Mr. Springs
What a treat…fast fingers…rolling out the notes faster than you can hear.
Put a tux on him and book him in Carnegie Hall. The man is awesome best late night music in a while. Hat Tip.
How about a kool oldie?
Tighten Up
two feet!
Gotta love that Lake Effect…! ;-)
Bon soir! I’ve seen Tony play here in OR at least 10 or 12 times. Plus a few festivals. As good as it sounds, I always get mesmerized watching him play.
It is silent. The beauty of it still wows me. Trudge, trudge. We have a neighbor who snowplows the sidewalks of the entire block! So funny, and I must send him a candygram or something.
71 today but temps dropping and i’m back to wearing 3 layers.
Ooh! Result of rain, or snow melting?
Now that’s some groove baby..)
big rain expected. snow is almost all melted already.
Yessirr — and lookout for the Alberta Clipper. I can’t believe I know this weather stuff… I’m from the state of Delaware, for crying out loud!
ES, ain’t that the s***? ;-) That one always makes me smile!
No biggie, I do good if I respond once a week…
He really does make you watch his every move when he plays.Several YouTbes of him playing with Bela Fleck.. a combo I would love to see.
Oh, I love this. I’m 15 again.
With all that lousy weather, howzabout,”Making Love” instead…?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v_vA56vEu4
selise, flood watch down here in VA too.
poor ct, living in paradise…
of Hawaiian Shirts…? ;-)
Just wandered off to get a Photobucket account… here’s Mr. Man’s #2 girl, if I did this right.
yeah. Boo forkin’ hoo!
and 71 degrees sounds awesome, even if the evenings are chilly!
FunnyD
of the Great Wet North
Oooo, feeling techie tonight!!!
wang, it worked and she’s a beauty
Heh, we traded blows cross the toobz…! Bwhahaha…!
we do get some lovely days up here at 627 elevation. most nights when the coast is fogged in, i’m above the fog with clear skies.
spring is not here yet but she is on her way. i’m looking forward to the spring rains when the high will be 55 and the low 50. those are wonderful.
Nice Martin (green with envy) :>)
That’s almost to pretty to play..)
Hi pups…
So was this one hundred year old guitar owned initially by Django Reinhardt?
Such great posts tonight, and I didn’t have a chance to comment as I couldn’t keep up with the comments. Yea! Eli, Julia, and ES!
I amaze myself sometimes.
Oh know… it’s ashame if it isn’t played!
Irma Thomas
It’s Raining So Hard
I’m sure the Guitar rep on Antiques Roadshow would showcase it…! Several Martins have been featured prominently…!
I vaguely remember him saying something like that, but I can’t be to sure.
I was almost drunk at the time. Though I have seen him perform nearly a dozen times over the years.
Wait…why are you trying to sell up and move again? Sounds lovely. Far from major urban centers, but still…if you like driving on those twisty, windy roads…
FunnyD
its raining men
Ru Paul??? Hmmm…
laughing - love those twisty winding roads. selling because i have to - i have too much month at the end of the money :(
“it’s a shame if it isn’t played”
Amen, brother. played lovingly and respectfully, but played.
FunnyD
“what good is beauty from the light retired?”
Some old school pickin’
The Coo Coo Bird
Actually that was just a guess from me…
Very cool…
Was listening to;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....re=related
Exactly, ask Amati or Stradivari about that… *g*
Yeah, I hear ya. Sorry to remind you.
But I have fond memories of hwy 9 up and into the mountains to get to Big Basin or BonnyDoon. Fond memories of having to put my head out the window and take big, deep breaths of fresh air (I wasn’t driving). I seldom get motion sick, but if the twists and turns go on for too long, I start to get a little green around the gills.
FunnyD
Some day I really hope I can come across a YouTube of “Yesterday’s Train” by the Byrds…I keep checking and it isn’t there :-(
LOL! You know we posted that very piece in a Late Late Nite post not so long ago. Such a great video/song.
Don’t worry, she gets played. Almost as much as her sister.
Really? I haven’t caught the show lately, do they have to be antiques?
i’m near the intersection of highway 9 and big basin. tis a very special place but… my time here is near its end and it’s time for me to move on
And she’s just as purty…! ;-)
sweeeeet!
he seriously rips
‘Night pups, it’s been a long and taxing week…thanks for sharing some great tunes! Love and light to you all.
joe’s garage
nite Lou, good seein’ ya again!
They make a fine pair. We have a couple of Ovations here. The lady uses hers with the wee ones at the music school for singing..
g’nite LL
Heh, Antiques is a very generic term, a set of discontinued Martin molds from ‘38, IIRC, were estimated to fetch $35,000…
Aloha, LL!
G’ nite LL.. thanks for the tunes..
Hey Suzanne, didn’t catch where you thinking about migrating to…
It’s beautiful up there but the weather can be an issue in the Santa Cruz mountains..
lots of downed trees and such..
can get dangerous sometimes…
aahhh, backstage at he Armadillo World Headquarters… a night I’ll never forget!
Nite all - thinking about lighting the fireplace.
yeap, had my share of power outages up here
am thinking about the pacific northwest - perhaps along the oregon coast or maybe southern washington
Antiques… I think I resemble that remark :)
Aloha, Christine!
g’nite christine
night pups. thanks for the company!
Nite Christine. Me too, I’ve prolly already stayed up too late to get up for PUAC.
Aloha, Selise!
I love this song!
g’nite selise
Heh, sure, now that Moyers is finally on here, ya’ll bail…! Once again I’m stuck in a time warp…!
Here’s my nighty-nite, enjoy!
Oof, Hagee spews some hate…!
Think I’ll be heading down the line too…
Nursing a killer sinus viral, infection, I don’t know what it is..
My face actually hurt this morning when I got up…
Geesh…
It’s time for some tea and antihistamines…
G’nite all…
That video is a crack up. The ladies have energy. Suz you need some night life… just sayin…music…dancin…an makin whoopee.