52 Fridays by John Bauman

[PaulKay]

So does everyone remember the story John wrote years back called 52 Fridays?

When I discovered my web site was hacked last month I had to restore all the files that were out there and "rediscovered" John's story. It was really grreat to read it again.

I thought maybe ya'all would enjoy reading it again too.

www.acousticfingerstyle.com/52fridays.htm

[sekhmet]

Yes!!!!!!!!

[Deleted]

I'm pinning this thread for a while and then moving it to the Library.

[SteveO]

Paul, I also have saved it and re-read it about once a year. Truly a great piece of writing. I would love to see it published.

[PaulKay]

Some of my favorite quotes:
"Joe has the soul of a poet but he’s spent all his good lines on the prose of living. "

"Just then a sound draws their attention toward the stage and they both watch in frozen horror as the hastily left and leaned guitar is starting that awful slow-motion slide from its insufficient moorings, the slide that ends in that awful…
…full sustain..
…………wham…
………………….E..
…………………….minor..
………………………………7..
……………………………………add 11. "

"“Well, it can’t fall any farther than down."

[RickW]

A wonderful bit of writing. Can see a lot myself in some of those characters - a bit scary.

[millring]

Thanks for the memories. And thanks for the kind words. That was great fun. I had a couple of directions I wanted to take that story, and what I thought was a pretty good conclusion. I never got around to it.

Coincidentally, I googled it up a couple of months ago with an idea to actually go back, clean it up, and use it in a different setting. When I wrote it, I made a promise to myself to write a "episode" per setting, no re-writing, and once it was posted to TTT, no further editing.

Lots of the story was about the people at the AG forum. The dog episode (for instance) I did when Chuck lost his dog. LJ was the reference to the middle name "Joe". Hesson sold off his Larrivee 'cause it was too much like one he already had. Lots of the episodes were re-writes of threads going on at that time.

Again, thanks for the memory!

[Village Idiot]

I remember reading that, at a time that seems like years away. I guess, speaking in terms of our chronological ages it wasnt' that long ago, but re-reading, it comes like a blast from many years.

Anyway, having this presented again was a treat. I enjoyed it then, I'm enjoying it now. It's a good memory that I should have kept and stored and didn't, and here's the opportunity to have it again. Thanks for that.

[Deleted]

Damn, I think I enjoyed that even more the second time.

How come I've been around all that time and I still only have less than 800 posts? I know we've switched forum sites twice since then, but I need to spend a bit more time writing and less reading I suppose...

Paul

[mnhermit]

I hadn't seen it before - before my time with y'all - but it's beautiful. I'd really like to read....the rest of the story.

Thank you John, (and paul) very nice.

[guitone]

Well, I started reading this in the morning, had to go to Boston today to pick up a visa. Got home and just finished it...John, thanks, what a nice story, I like the bit about the influence of this luthier wanting to do a great job and tracing that..... BTW, that Gibson must have sounded really really nice, it is still ringing in my head.

[millring]

Thanks again. Thanks Joel -- some day I wish you all could meet Jim Shenk. He's in nearby Goshen and he builds and repairs anything with strings. He was my "Greg". I had just met him when I was writing that thing. It's a phenomenon worth noting it -- the pride with which the area musicians play his instruments, and the incredible sense of musical community he brings to the area.

Paul, <800 posts? You go for quality, not quanity.

Dennis, you'd love to meet Jim too. If you're ever down this way I'd love to introduce the two of you.