Christmas Confluencing in So Cal

[Danotron]

Sure, I met Paul. But I still don't know who "Dano" is. Is there a real name I can perhaps relate to in the future?

Hey Paul, I'm Dan, some people call me Dan-o!

Nice to meet you online.

[Danotron]

It looks like you all had a great time as usual

Btw that's a great looking guitar Dan.

Thanks Brian!

I'm diggin' on it big time. I just got it back from Larry Davis and it sounds great at home. I'm looking forward to giving it a shot at stage volume

[bassduke49]

Thanks, Dan. I was feeling out of the loop. It's nice to connect REAL names with faces, even if I have never met people face to face. I'll try to get out there to do just that one of these years. Last I was out there for the 2007 event.

[8mileshigher]

Continuing the fun ... after the Christmas get-together, there was no doubt that Danotron was going to have to get his Larry Davis refinish Rose Morris plugged in and give it a proper breaking in. Likewise, we had some Unfinished Business of several tunes we never got around to playing at the SCARF-Ricktoberfest -- And the Snowman just moved to Southern California, so proper introductions were in order .... the logical solution was a little Pre New Years Ricken Jam at Gary's studio, on Dec 30th that ended up going from 3PM till 10 PM !!!

[8mileshigher]

Second Batch of pics from today's Pre New Years Ricken Jam -

[8mileshigher]

Third batch of Pre New Years Jam pics ....

[8mileshigher]

Fourth (and final) batch of Pre New Years Jam pics .... we got to some of the Unfinished Business 80s tunes that were missed at the SCARF-Ricktoberfest .... a rousing version of The Jam's Eton Rifles, some Plimsouls favorites and several Ramones numbers. Joey switched to the JetGlo 370 guitar on Blitzkreig Bop.

Many thanks to Gary for hosting the Jam session and for the excellent Beef Stew and Sloppy Joes and other treats ! And a warm So Cal welcome to Mike S. having relocated from Iowa !

Happy New Years to all !

[jps]

.....a little Pre New Years Ricken Jam at Gary's studio, on Dec 30th that ended up going from 3PM till 10 PM !!!

Sounds like a normal TKK rehearsal length!

Looks like a great time. folks.

Gary, I have one of those SPL meters, I'm almost afraid to ask, how loud did it get?

[rickenbrother]

Last night was fun. Thanks for hosting the jam, Gary and thanks for the stew, it was excellent!

[8mileshigher]

Gary, I have one of those SPL meters, I'm almost afraid to ask, how loud did it get?

I think he was pointing that device at me to measure the "loudness" of my Pink Floyd tie-die shirt !

[jps]

[whojamfan]

Really great to meet and jam with you guys, as well as seeing Joey and Paul again
I was happy I didn't get any drool on the assortment of beautiful guitars I saw, and played.
A train whistle stole the show when it was picked up by the PA and fedback musically in the key of the Pink Floyd number they were playing-very cool-sounded ike it belonged there!
Hope to meet and jam with more of you!
Happy New Years everybody

[whojamfan]

Last night was fun. Thanks for hosting the jam, Gary and thanks for the stew, it was excellent!

ABSOLUTELY!!!!

[doctorwho]

Gary, I have one of those SPL meters, I'm almost afraid to ask, how loud did it get?

I think he was pointing that device at me to measure the "loudness" of my Pink Floyd tie-die shirt !

Actually, we were holding it down to around 95 dB ... until Rich and Mike started cranking it up on the amps ...

[rickenbrother]

I think he was pointing that device at me to measure the "loudness" of my Pink Floyd tie-die shirt !

That's the coolest band T-shirt that I've seen in a long time!