Saturday, April 14, 2012!
With the blessing of the event's organizer, Bill Niersbach, I'd like to invite all interested RUKIND'ers to this years North Carolina Gear Fest, Beer, and BBQ. It's a super-cool gathering of musicians from multiple internet forums, including Birds and Moons, The Thorn Page, The Gear Page, and now RUKIND, too, for an afternoon of checking out each others guitars (amps, too), seeing old friends, making new ones, feasting, quaffing and jamming.
The pic below shows some of last year's participants at the start of the event with others rolling in over the course of the afternoon (that's me on the far right with the Jerrycaster). At last year's event, during one of the more relatively subdued moments, I started playing some Dead, was immediately joined by 5 or 6 other Deadhead guitarists, and it turned into the jam highlight of the afternoon. Indeed, folks are already posting on other forums how we're going to do even more Dead jamming this year.
Every year includes some leading luthiers and amp builders, e.g., Ron Thorn last year. I know some of who'll likely be coming this year but the truth is you never know for sure 'til you're there. But one luthier who will be there this year for sure is Phil Jacoby, who built my two Jerrycasters. And yes, there're coming with me.
If you'd like to come or are just curious, please post here or PM me. You can reach Bill directly on BAM or TGP or I'll be happy to put you in touch with him with questions I can't answer regarding the arrangements.
Why not?!
A Baltimore friend is driving to me in No. VA and then we're driving to join a Richmond friend for the ride to Raliegh. Last year we made it up and back in day and probably will again this year. But for those who want to stay over, there's a Courtyard Marriott for under 70 bucks nearby with a Hooters across the street; the Hyatt is a little more upscale but is an extra 20 dollars; the Sheraton lists rooms at $98 and there is a Jimmy Johns, Starbucks and a high class Mexican restaurant called Mex within 6 blocks. All are very close to the venue.
With the blessing of the event's organizer, Bill Niersbach, I'd like to invite all interested RUKIND'ers to this years North Carolina Gear Fest, Beer, and BBQ. It's a super-cool gathering of musicians from multiple internet forums, including Birds and Moons, The Thorn Page, The Gear Page, and now RUKIND, too, for an afternoon of checking out each others guitars (amps, too), seeing old friends, making new ones, feasting, quaffing and jamming.
The pic below shows some of last year's participants at the start of the event with others rolling in over the course of the afternoon (that's me on the far right with the Jerrycaster). At last year's event, during one of the more relatively subdued moments, I started playing some Dead, was immediately joined by 5 or 6 other Deadhead guitarists, and it turned into the jam highlight of the afternoon. Indeed, folks are already posting on other forums how we're going to do even more Dead jamming this year.
Every year includes some leading luthiers and amp builders, e.g., Ron Thorn last year. I know some of who'll likely be coming this year but the truth is you never know for sure 'til you're there. But one luthier who will be there this year for sure is Phil Jacoby, who built my two Jerrycasters. And yes, there're coming with me.
If you'd like to come or are just curious, please post here or PM me. You can reach Bill directly on BAM or TGP or I'll be happy to put you in touch with him with questions I can't answer regarding the arrangements.
Why not?!
A Baltimore friend is driving to me in No. VA and then we're driving to join a Richmond friend for the ride to Raliegh. Last year we made it up and back in day and probably will again this year. But for those who want to stay over, there's a Courtyard Marriott for under 70 bucks nearby with a Hooters across the street; the Hyatt is a little more upscale but is an extra 20 dollars; the Sheraton lists rooms at $98 and there is a Jimmy Johns, Starbucks and a high class Mexican restaurant called Mex within 6 blocks. All are very close to the venue.
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My 1st album, Galvanic Samurai:
https://jonsilberman.hearnow.com/galvanic-samurai
My 2nd album, Traffic in the Moonlight:
https://jonsilberman.hearnow.com/traffi ... -moonlight
My 3rd album, So Glad I Came:
- coming Nov. 26, 2023 -
Jerry would be the first to tell us, "I never spent my life slavishly copying anyone."
https://jonsilberman.hearnow.com/galvanic-samurai
My 2nd album, Traffic in the Moonlight:
https://jonsilberman.hearnow.com/traffi ... -moonlight
My 3rd album, So Glad I Came:
- coming Nov. 26, 2023 -
Jerry would be the first to tell us, "I never spent my life slavishly copying anyone."
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