If’s hard to believe another year has come and gone, okay I guess its’ time for all of us to come up with our New Year’s resolution, mine is to eliminate any bad habits I may have had in the past and move forward into the New Year(2012) with fresh thoughts and new ideas and keep in a positive frame of mind. One of my goals is to
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Hello everyone, hope you all have a Very Merry Christmas!!!
Bill Barrett rockingman30 GrinninBarrettBand
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How did we get our name hmm, considering our last name is Barrett it was through the suggestion of Dave Harper/ Garrett Barrett our lead guitar player to call ourselves GrinninBarrett and my brother Michael Barrett ( who is our producer, and who also plays keyboards on many of our recordings) went one step further and said lets just call it GrinninBarrettBand ™ so here we are ten years later, and the brothers continue to rock on.
So how did we get in to our own original music, well it just so happen that myself and brother Tom had a few tunes of our own tucked away and in 2004 we decided to record and release our first EP of six songs.
Titled It’s About Time,
Please be sure check our music on CD Baby GrinninBarrettBand.net
The ‘GrinninBarrettBand’ is based out of Southern New Hampshire, USA. Our recently released Album: “IT’S ABOUT TIME”
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Band Biography – GrinninBarrettBand ™
Hmm, where do I start and how did we all get together. I would say like most other bands, getting to together for an initial jam session. Having already played with brothers Tom and John and other projects and bands we knew we could pull it off pretty well together, the key was to find the perfect guitar who would fit in with 3 very opinionated brothers, you know the scenario each brother is always right and the others stand to be corrected, but at the same time, having a mutual respect for each other and his talents.
So who would be the perfect candidate to fill in the lead guitar slot?
Rather then putting in an add in the local newspaper, it was through the suggestion of my brother John to try out a coworker of his employer, name (Dave Harper) who he knew played guitar
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Yeah I know its Sunday night and back to work for most of us on Monday, but should be a short week for most, so looking forward to this coming Thursday Thanksgiving November 24th and spending time with family and friends, a much needed Holiday. And for those of you who have to work on this day, we support you 100% and wish you all our best, so turn up your favorite tunes and always tell you to “Keep it Rock’n”
Have a Safe and Great Holiday
Happy Thanksgiving
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Click here to continue readingJerrie Thill (1917-2010). She’s iconic here in Los Angeles, where she performed every Sunday at a local club right into her 90s. I’m sad to report Jerrie just passed away in spring of 2010.
Born in Dubuque, Iowa, Jerrie began beating the skins at age 16. By 18, she made a living at it. Jerrie led her own all-girl bands during the height of the swing era. As a member of Peggy Gilbert’s Dixie Bells (a group of women musicians over 60), she entered the television age, appearing on the The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, Golden Girls and more.
I could say more, but it would spoil the video “Hey Jerrie” (below), her astonishing life told in song and photo clips. Allee Willis (who wrote the Friends theme and my favorite Earth, Wind & Fire song) made it a year before Jerrie passed. It’ll have you grinning from ear to ear!
Without further
Click here to continue readingI need a little help analyzing this song for english class. I need to annotate it for literary elements and meaning (theme) and create a thesis.
along with the music video and how it symbolizes the lyrics and meaning of the song.
A hundred days have made me older
Since the last time that I saw your pretty face
A thousand lies have made me colder
And I don’t think I can look at this the same
But all the miles that separate
Disappear now when I’m dreaming of your face
I’m here without you baby
But you’re still on my lonely mind
I think about you baby
And I dream about you all the time
I’m here without you baby
But you’re still with me in my dreams
And tonight it’s only you and me
The miles just keep rollin’
As the people leave their way to say hello
I’ve heard this life is overrated
But I hope that it gets better as we go
I’m here without
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