Oicu812 Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 ...Jim West, best known for his guitar work with Weird Al. Talk about a guy that can play anything, in any style. His personal passion is for Hawaiian Slack Key, and he just won the Grammy for best album in the "New Age" category. The odd thing about Slack Key is the weird tunings, because guitars were left behind on the islands after the early explorers visited, and no one really new how to play them. So the indigenous people tuned their instruments differently than anyone else, which means completely different chords. Different hand shapes. I could never master a guitar with the "normal" tuning and the myriad chord shapes. Then add on a dozen major tunings from all the different islands and styles. Mind boggling. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceptorman Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 Awesome job. A proud moment. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave1291 Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 Always nice when something like that happens to a friend you know. Great for a laff or two six months later after everyone's done w/the praise. That's when you get the back story on it all shared openly. Always nice to have good friends who have accomplished something other's can't do. Great award but I'm still waiting on mine. hahaha 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oicu812 Posted March 21, 2021 Author Share Posted March 21, 2021 19 minutes ago, Dave1291 said: Always nice when something like that happens to a friend you know. Great for a laff or two six months later after everyone's done w/the praise. That's when you get the back story on it all shared openly. Always nice to have good friends who have accomplished something other's can't do. Great award but I'm still waiting on mine. hahaha I hope you get to walk that aisle one day. 1 hour ago, Ceptorman said: Awesome job. A proud moment. Jim is one of the most laid back, humble, and selfless guys you could ever meet. And he has quite a few good stories after 40 years of being on the road with Al. *<;o) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JL Sargent Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 Awesome! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geezin' Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 Congratulations. A fitting reward for what was surely a lot of hard work. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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