tenton Posted June 13, 2003 Share Posted June 13, 2003 Sorry for the quasi spam but it's a great cause and a chance to make guitar history! ======================= Sisters Of The Road Café, Inc. presents The First Annual World's Largest Guitar Jam Benefit. Join us and bring a team of guitar playing friends! Sunday, June 29th Pioneer Courthouse Square (SW Broadway & Yamhill) Portland, OR Check-in/Registration & Circus Side Show Acts 10:30am-1:30pm Jam Time 2-3pm Cost $10, scholarships available Guitarists: Do you play 3 chords and want to join the World's Largest Guitar Jam? Then we need YOU to come join Sisters' World's Largest Guitar Jam Band to set the World's Record and to raise money and awareness about non-violence and cross-class community building in Portland, Oregon. Won't you come join us? We'll be playing Woody Guthrie's "This Land is Your Land" (key of G) for one hour so start practicing. To register & for more info: Go on-line to www.sistersoftheroadcafe.org - click on the Guitar, print the register form and send it in! Volunteers: We are looking for volunteers for planning the event and on the day of the event only. The Guitar Jam Benefit committee is meeting weekly if you would like to get involved; 2 hour weekly time commitment. We are looking for volunteers to help with registration and fun activities the day of the event. Clowns, acrobats, unicyclists and circus sideshow performers needed! Send this e-mail to friends and help create the Guitar Jam Band Buzzzz! Come be a part of our World Record Setting Guitar Jam Benefit. Contact Debbie Fox at debbie@sistersoftheroadcafe.org or 503-222-5694 ext 15 if you are interested in becoming involved or would like more information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sylver Posted June 13, 2003 Share Posted June 13, 2003 Bump for the Portland Bruthas and a really cool idea. I really don't know what to put here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave da Dude Posted June 16, 2003 Share Posted June 16, 2003 My (finger) calluses are tuff enuf . Portland is just a little TOO far to walk to (BTW, I believe that I can play "This Is Your Land" for an hour or two, don't know about the voice though. Does a recording count?). GREAT idea though! How 'bout one on the East Coast. If any one can remember the words, I can do "Alice's Restaurant" again, and again, and ... here it comes 'round on the geetaw again .. "You can get.." (aw, ya' know it). We could kill an hour or two with that one. Maybe some new verses could bump it up to three or four hours? SERIOUSLY! Let's do it! My favorite charity is AIDS. My son has lived with it for thirteen years so far . What's your favorite charity? Maybe the East verus the West? Dave Gotta' geetar... got the amp. There must be SOMEthing else I... "need". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMcGuitar Posted June 16, 2003 Share Posted June 16, 2003 Dave, sorry to hear about your son. But I think an East Coast version is a great idea. I'd deffinitely be in favor of benefitting AIDS research or people living with AIDS... May all your thoughts be random! - Neil www.McFaddenArts.com www.MikesGarageRocks.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenton Posted June 16, 2003 Author Share Posted June 16, 2003 I l ike the East vs. West idea. Bring it on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave da Dude Posted June 18, 2003 Share Posted June 18, 2003 N McGuitar, don't be sorry about my son. He is LIVING with AIDS! He is in total remission right now. Tenton (sorry for any mis-spelling), Yeah! East vs. West, let's go! Anybody else for the East? Dave Gotta' geetar... got the amp. There must be SOMEthing else I... "need". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMcGuitar Posted June 18, 2003 Share Posted June 18, 2003 Dave - I'm glad to hear he is doing well May all your thoughts be random! - Neil www.McFaddenArts.com www.MikesGarageRocks.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantasticsound Posted June 18, 2003 Share Posted June 18, 2003 Have a good time, but this isn't new. They did this years ago, in Chicago (and probably lots of other cities) playing Wild Thing. Glad to see it will be a benefit. I don't remember if the Chicago jam was, back then. It's easiest to find me on Facebook. Neil Bergman Soundclick fntstcsnd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave da Dude Posted June 19, 2003 Share Posted June 19, 2003 I don't know how to organize anything like this. Does anyone else? Dave (the dud) Gotta' geetar... got the amp. There must be SOMEthing else I... "need". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave da Dude Posted June 19, 2003 Share Posted June 19, 2003 BUMP Any help out there? Dave Gotta' geetar... got the amp. There must be SOMEthing else I... "need". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMcGuitar Posted June 19, 2003 Share Posted June 19, 2003 My guess is that first we would need to contact the charity we wanted to help. They might be able to provide assistance on how to organize something like this (I know that I don't know what to do). I think I still have some contacts at Equity Fights AIDS, and Whitman-Walker, so I will see if I can track that end of things down. Once that's done, we'd need to decide where this would happen (the East Coast is a pretty big place...), and when . I think if we can get it that far, then we can start worrying about things like publicizing it, and how to actually make money for the charity (sponsors, donations, whatever). I'll post back (or maybe start a new thread) when/if I get more info. May all your thoughts be random! - Neil www.McFaddenArts.com www.MikesGarageRocks.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave da Dude Posted June 20, 2003 Share Posted June 20, 2003 I'll check back through Duke University Medical Center (the doctor that developed one of the three drug cocktail my son has been so sucessful on, was my son's cabin counsellor [DUMC sponsered camp, all doctors & nurses, cooool ] at camp 3 year ago). As for location, I think it needs to be Mid-Atlantic, the closest for everyone. What about Richmond or that area? It would still draw from at least as far as NYC and Atlanta and maybe even from Nashville (if that's East COAST). Let's keep it goin'! Dave Gotta' geetar... got the amp. There must be SOMEthing else I... "need". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMcGuitar Posted June 20, 2003 Share Posted June 20, 2003 I've gotten a couple of leads on people to talk to, and have sent emails (no responses yet, but they just went out last night). I have also gotten responses from about a dozen people who say they want to play it. Richmond would be fairly centrally located, but I confess I don't really have any connections there. Do you? I've got some connections in Norfolk, and obviously in the Baltimore/Washington area, FWIW. May all your thoughts be random! - Neil www.McFaddenArts.com www.MikesGarageRocks.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMcGuitar Posted June 24, 2003 Share Posted June 24, 2003 bump (I think this is a good idea, and I don't want it to get lost). May all your thoughts be random! - Neil www.McFaddenArts.com www.MikesGarageRocks.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMcGuitar Posted June 26, 2003 Share Posted June 26, 2003 Originally posted by tenton: Sisters Of The Road Café, Inc. presents The First Annual World's Largest Guitar Jam Benefit. Sunday, June 29th Pioneer Courthouse Square (SW Broadway & Yamhill) Portland, OR GOOD LUCK THIS WEEKEND!!!!!! (I'm gonna be away from the computer until Sunday night, so I wanted to wish you all well while I still can). May all your thoughts be random! - Neil www.McFaddenArts.com www.MikesGarageRocks.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave da Dude Posted June 27, 2003 Share Posted June 27, 2003 I'm sorry I got lost. I don't have any connectons in Richmond either, but DC would be cool. Our trip to Duke University got cancelled, but I'll call soon. Dave Gotta' geetar... got the amp. There must be SOMEthing else I... "need". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenton Posted June 28, 2003 Author Share Posted June 28, 2003 Originally posted by NMcGuitar: Originally posted by tenton: Sisters Of The Road Café, Inc. presents The First Annual World's Largest Guitar Jam Benefit. Sunday, June 29th Pioneer Courthouse Square (SW Broadway & Yamhill) Portland, OR GOOD LUCK THIS WEEKEND!!!!!! (I'm gonna be away from the computer until Sunday night, so I wanted to wish you all well while I still can).Thanks - should be a lot of fun. I'll let everyone know how it turns out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMcGuitar Posted July 1, 2003 Share Posted July 1, 2003 So... How'd it go? May all your thoughts be random! - Neil www.McFaddenArts.com www.MikesGarageRocks.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenton Posted July 2, 2003 Author Share Posted July 2, 2003 It was a blast. A beautiful, sunny day with over 500 registered players (I'm sure there were many more than that that didn't donate and thus get registered). I was trying to find some photos online but haven't tracked them down yet. I believe Guitar Player was there to cover it. Much fun was had. Thanks for the interest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMcGuitar Posted July 2, 2003 Share Posted July 2, 2003 Cool! If you find photos online be sure to put a link to them in here somewhere!! May all your thoughts be random! - Neil www.McFaddenArts.com www.MikesGarageRocks.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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