I have decided to allow the AC/DC DVD Contest to go another day, so if you have not told me why you deserve to be awarded the incredible DVD of this fabulous band, go HERE and give it your best shot. Winner will be announced on Thursday.
Week #13 - Week 4 for Roger's Creative Photography Contest...click on the banner above if you want to learn more and enter or just feel like sliding around the Bloggosphere and checking out some really fantastic photos...
This is from one of my most special places in the world. A true testament to Mother Nature...Niagara Falls. I have visited the Falls many times, beginning as a child with my family.
Then I went a few times when I was in college in Rochester (normally on our way to the Molson Brewery in Toronto...). I brought a lady I was dating there once when we had been in Rochester to visit the campus, and also went when Matt was a wee-lad (though that visit was marred by a spousal dispute)...
This was from the trip I took with Diane, back in the late 80's. I look forward to taking Nancy there at some point and sharing my love of this majestic area with her.
For my submission, I added some contrast and darken it slightly to bring out more of the water details.
Hope you enjoy...(click to enlarge)
THE ORIGINAL:
AND THEN, INCREDIBLY....THIS HAPPENED!
Saturday is just around the corner and if y'all do not remember, that is the night Nancy and I get to see The Allman Brothers at Bluesville in Tunica. Bluesville is the venue we saw B.B. King at, and although we are not as close for this concert, a venue that holds 2,000 max does not have a bad seat in the house.
The Stage At BluesvilleA good friend and his lady-friend were supposed to be coming down from NY for this one, but a scheduling conflict arose, so we had two extra tickets. I called TurnBaby and Brad, but they have tickets to watch Kentucky play West Kentucky School of Auto Repair & Cosmetology that day and I guess Brad loves cosmetologists!
So now Charlene (who lives in AR not AK Vinny! sheesh) and one of her friends will be joining us for this great concert.
I will be taking some pictures and have begun doing a Tuneage Tutelage on The Allman Brothers for next week...Funny that I have not done one on them or The Grateful Dead, so this is a perfect opportunity.
I will forewarn you though, it will be long and include a lot of music, so it will go over a couple of days (if not three)...
Just feel like spreading the love of the Brothers for the rest of the week...
This is from the album Duane & Greg Allman. It chronicles the time just after The Hour Glass broke up in early 1968. Duane and Gregg went back to Florida, where they played on demo sessions with the 31st of February, a folk rock outfit whose drummer was Butch Trucks (later to be one of the two Allman Brothers drummers).
The sessions took place in September of 1968. When they were completed, Greg had to return to California to fulfill the recording agreement signed by The Hourglass.
You will hear a raw sound here, but focus in on what Greg is doing on the organ and in his vocals and, in the background, Duane's guitar work and you can hear the beginnings of what was to come.
ENJOY...
So now Charlene (who lives in AR not AK Vinny! sheesh) and one of her friends will be joining us for this great concert.
I will be taking some pictures and have begun doing a Tuneage Tutelage on The Allman Brothers for next week...Funny that I have not done one on them or The Grateful Dead, so this is a perfect opportunity.
I will forewarn you though, it will be long and include a lot of music, so it will go over a couple of days (if not three)...
Just feel like spreading the love of the Brothers for the rest of the week...
This is from the album Duane & Greg Allman. It chronicles the time just after The Hour Glass broke up in early 1968. Duane and Gregg went back to Florida, where they played on demo sessions with the 31st of February, a folk rock outfit whose drummer was Butch Trucks (later to be one of the two Allman Brothers drummers).
The sessions took place in September of 1968. When they were completed, Greg had to return to California to fulfill the recording agreement signed by The Hourglass.
You will hear a raw sound here, but focus in on what Greg is doing on the organ and in his vocals and, in the background, Duane's guitar work and you can hear the beginnings of what was to come.
ENJOY...
