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Hello All,

It's been a very long time since I posted, probably due to laziness more than anything else!   I have not given up playing guitar by any means, I have stopped buying them at 15 at the last count!  Now that winter is approaching, I am hoping to set aside time each week to get a little bit more active on this forum again. I first got involved with the L&MG forum about 7 years ago, October 2011.  I am in touch with Ron (Mantonanjin) and should be seeing him at the end of February 2019 on the Keeping the Blues Alive Cruise.   Those of you who may remember me know I went through serious issues with cancer, and if it weren't for clinical trials and immunotherapy, I would not be here.     I will leave it that at that.  Even during my worst days, when I had the strength , I picked up the guitar. 

Fast forward to the present time, I have finally gotten the nerve to get up and play in front of people.  There is a blues jam usually the first Sunday of the month at a local tavern, Murphy's Tavern, it was a speakeasy back in prohibition times, pretty cool place, it is basically in the basement of of a house in Rumson, NJ.  Anyway, a group of us get together with a vocalist, Nate Fagen, who sings and plays guitar to various blues classics, and then goes around the room picking on each one of us to do a little solo. I enjoy it, and try to make them all.  I just started adding pedals to the mix, we will see how that goes.  I just purchased the newest Full Drive 2 by Fulltone, it has different modes and sounds to it,  I was just playing around with it a little while ago, it going to take some getting used to, figuring out which settings I like best.  My thanks to NeilES335 starting me right off with making a purchase of Money Chords, before I even made this first post in a long long time, good salesmanship Neil !                             It's good being out here again, I promise to try to become active again, and check in at least a couple of times a week !!!

Thanks,

Dan Brown   ?

 

 

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Hi, Dan! It's great to hear from you again -- that's all good news! ?‍♀️

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Hello All,

It's been a very long time since I posted, probably due to laziness more than anything else!   I have not given up playing guitar by any means, I have stopped buying them at 15 at the last count!  Now that winter is approaching, I am hoping to set aside time each week to get a little bit more active on this forum again. I first got involved with the L&MG forum about 7 years ago, October 2011.  I am in touch with Ron (Mantonanjin) and should be seeing him at the end of February 2019 on the Keeping the Blues Alive Cruise.   Those of you who may remember me know I went through serious issues with cancer, and if it weren't for clinical trials and immunotherapy, I would not be here.     I will leave it that at that.  Even during my worst days, when I had the strength , I picked up the guitar. 

Fast forward to the present time, I have finally gotten the nerve to get up and play in front of people.  There is a blues jam usually the first Sunday of the month at a local tavern, Murphy's Tavern, it was a speakeasy back in prohibition times, pretty cool place, it is basically in the basement of of a house in Rumson, NJ.  Anyway, a group of us get together with a vocalist, Nate Fagen, who sings and plays guitar to various blues classics, and then goes around the room picking on each one of us to do a little solo. I enjoy it, and try to make them all.  I just started adding pedals to the mix, we will see how that goes.  I just purchased the newest Full Drive 2 by Fulltone, it has different modes and sounds to it,  I was just playing around with it a little while ago, it going to take some getting used to, figuring out which settings I like best.  My thanks to NeilES335 starting me right off with making a purchase of Money Chords, before I even made this first post in a long long time, good salesmanship Neil !                             It's good being out here again, I promise to try to become active again, and check in at least a couple of times a week !!!

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Dan Brown   ?

 

 

@Dan Brown Great to have you back? Thanks for your inspiring story and congrats on stepping out to play with others. We'll look forward to your contributions here. Enjoy The Money Chords!  (nice compliment... you figured out what I do for a living?)I 

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Welcome home Dan! Glad your back.

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Welcome back Dan, it's great to hear from you.

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Good to have you back Dan, and healthy!

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Thank you all for such a warm welcome back !!!!

Looking forward to reading your post once again !

Dan Brown ?

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It's good to see you back Dan. :) 

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Great News Dan.. Yes its great to have you back and good luck on playing at a new gig! Very Nice.. 

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Welcome back Dan - great to hear from you!

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17 hours ago, Dan Brown said:

Now that winter is approaching, I am hoping to set aside time each week to get a little bit more active on this forum again.

 

 

And you had better get more active on here, Dan.  If not, I'm throwing you overboard on the cruise!  (Not that I could physically do that?

See you and Diane soon!!!!!!

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Thanks again to all for the warm welcome back to the fold !

Ron,                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Maybe Joe B, Kenny Wayne and Walter Trout will offer you Meet and Greets if you are able to toss me overboard!                  Fair Warning - I am back up to my fighting weight of about 220 lbs....LOL

Danny

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Wow, such great news Dan. So glad you are well again and inspired to jump into playing again. We missed you. Best wishes on your health and good music.

 

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21 minutes ago, gotto said:

Wow, such great news Dan. So glad you are well again and inspired to jump into playing again. We missed you. Best wishes on your health and good music.

 

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Greg,

 

Thank you so much for the kind words, it means a lot!   I wasn't totally gone, I was reading posts on my phone, just not contributing with posts. Now, with the crappy weather upon us, I will have more time to get back involved in the community!  Thanks again, I missed you guys and girls too !!

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Had not known you were gone because I was, also!  Hope you are healthy.

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Quilter,

Welcome back to you as well, I hope everything is good with you also.  I am doing very good, I am very aware that I am very lucky to be alive with all the advances in cancer research, clinical trails and immunotherapy.  Still playing guitar as much as time allows me, and playing with others as much as possible, its so much fun!

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