tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263788220250087491.post3116521568964096058..comments2023-05-12T05:10:30.674-06:00Comments on Hamguin's Hide-not: This Old Guitar (My Sacred Life, Sunday)Rick Hamrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09621981388013851089noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263788220250087491.post-52981561235842816602008-03-09T18:54:00.000-06:002008-03-09T18:54:00.000-06:00Rick, I am just now catching up on bloggin and I h...Rick, I am just now catching up on bloggin and I had not read your post until today. I'm so glad I inspired you to re-acquaint yourself with your guitar. I have made plans to go shopping for one when my buddy gets back from Florida next week. He plays, and is more than happy to come with me and help be select something right for me. The signs are all around me to do this. I went to pick up some wine for dinner yesterday. My choice was a wine called "Red Guitar". And honestly, it was the best wine I've had in a long time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263788220250087491.post-11539434504108251162008-03-08T12:58:00.000-07:002008-03-08T12:58:00.000-07:00How nice to have this old friend still with you. I...How nice to have this old friend still with you. I don't still have the instrument(s) in my life from long ago, but I have a new friend sitting patiently in the corner of my room waiting for the day it will be time for me to get to know her.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263788220250087491.post-54890874683642993052008-03-04T20:33:00.000-07:002008-03-04T20:33:00.000-07:00FC--we date our fanhood to the very same era. I, t...FC--we date our fanhood to the very same era. I, too, date my fondness for John Denver back to when Rocky Mountain High hit the charts. Hard to beleive it has been 35 years!<BR/><BR/>Fascinating to learn that you head up his UK fan club! Do you have a website I could visit?<BR/><BR/>Sphinc--He did do a whole bunch of great travelin' music, that's for sure. Back in the day of free-wheeling, download-whatever-you-could-find music, before the Music Nazis cracked down, I captured huge amounts of music from my era of the 70's and early 80's. Lotsa Denver in that collection.Rick Hamrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09621981388013851089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263788220250087491.post-56205348870146289872008-03-04T19:52:00.000-07:002008-03-04T19:52:00.000-07:00I am such a John Denver fan. I spent a lot of time...I am such a John Denver fan. I spent a lot of time on the roads between NH and RI (en route to library school) with John cranked at high volume! And that was 2005--he's timeless!Sphincterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17080910412365862163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263788220250087491.post-80237375682768673032008-03-04T13:34:00.000-07:002008-03-04T13:34:00.000-07:00Those asterisks do appear a little "random"! That...Those asterisks do appear a little "random"! That site is run by John's ex-manager but unfortunately contains mistakes :-) If you go to http://www.johndenverclub.com/Paginas/videos.htm and click on the picture you can see and hear John explaining how he came to write the song.<BR/>He didn't write Grandma's Feather Bed though - that was Jim Connor.<BR/>I run the UK JOhn Denver club, by the way, and have been a fan for 35 years!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07050878868104771313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263788220250087491.post-48487974245800023912008-03-03T13:52:00.000-07:002008-03-03T13:52:00.000-07:00Okay...this is the last comment I'm writing regard...Okay...this is the last comment I'm writing regarding my silly mistake. Isn't this fun, though??<BR/><BR/>Steve Goodger, I now believe, was simply the author of the tablature which that second link takes one to! He just didn't fill out the form correctly when he put it on the website, so it looks like it says he is the author of the song.<BR/><BR/>Which, by the way, he is *not*. No way.<BR/><BR/>John Denver wrote <I> This Old Guitar.</I> And that's final.Rick Hamrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09621981388013851089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263788220250087491.post-10754482326487972662008-03-03T13:47:00.000-07:002008-03-03T13:47:00.000-07:00To either further confuse or clarify, the albums i...To either further confuse or clarify, the albums in question are "An Evening with John Denver" and "Back Home Again." On that dadblamed JD website, they done me wrong by telling me This Old Guitar was not written by the man himself...on An Evening with JD. Yet, immediately above it in the discography list, Back Home Again says he did write it.<BR/><BR/>Most importantly, foxycat says he did, and that's good enough for me.Rick Hamrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09621981388013851089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263788220250087491.post-58700505135943442762008-03-03T13:41:00.000-07:002008-03-03T13:41:00.000-07:00Thanks to you all for stopping by!Monique--you sho...Thanks to you all for stopping by!<BR/><BR/>Monique--you should include your little mandy when you do your first vlog!<BR/><BR/>Julie--I will say I think the stuff I have is cool, just like I think the clothes I wear are perfectly fine. My lovely wife takes issue with the clothes part on a regular basis.<BR/><BR/>foxycat--I'm going along with your firmly held assertion! I have already modified the blog text.<BR/><BR/>Here's the story of my error:<BR/><BR/>http://www.johndenver.com/music/music.html<BR/>Note that they say the songs with an asterisk next to the name were written by JD. Note on the live album that This Old Guitar has no "*".<BR/><BR/>Acting on that hint, which I now agree was a mistake (at JohnDenver.com...who can you trust, these days??), I found this:<BR/>http://www.tabscout.com/guitartab/xKZMvqp@/This%20Old%20Guitar/<BR/><BR/>...and went with it.<BR/><BR/>So, upon further, more-careful study, I see that the asterisks are somewhat random on that page in the John Denver website. The studio album on the same page does credit Denver with writing This Old Guitar, and the evidence is contratictory regarding Grandma's Feather Bed. Maybe they get all done listing the songs, and then have their kids sprinkle some asterisks wherever they want. I don't know.<BR/><BR/>In any event, thanks very much for setting me straight, foxycat!Rick Hamrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09621981388013851089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263788220250087491.post-80454709856004653242008-03-03T12:59:00.000-07:002008-03-03T12:59:00.000-07:00The song you have quoted was definitely written by...The song you have quoted was definitely written by John Denver - what led you to believe it wasn't?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07050878868104771313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263788220250087491.post-32171416504022554672008-03-03T03:53:00.000-07:002008-03-03T03:53:00.000-07:00You have the coolest stuff, Rick-:)You have the coolest stuff, Rick-:)Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01307762555108511788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263788220250087491.post-305259846501772592008-03-02T15:22:00.000-07:002008-03-02T15:22:00.000-07:00good for you!My instruments (although I love them ...good for you!<BR/><BR/>My instruments (although I love them dearly) don't get the attention they deserve either...maybe I'll end my Sacred Sunday by pulling out my little mandy for tune or two. :)Monique Kleinhanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09208648372626654853noreply@blogger.com