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How Charlie Haden Ruined My Life - Not Totally His Fault!

So here's where I'm at:

Buy Charlie Haden CD. All folk songs. It blows me away. I can't stop listening to it. No #9s, no series of ii V's in a row. I'm dying it's so beautiful.

I think about Gary Burton growing up in the midwest. He must have checked all this out. He WAS into country music. He must know this tune Shenandoah. Oh man it's so beautiful.

Ok, I should try it. I bet Gary and Pat Methany have played this tune. It's American music, it's Aaron Copland. Methany is the Jazz Aaron Copland. So is Gary I think.

What's the future of this instrument?

I had a great talk with Ed via email. We talked about whether the vibraphone was on it's last leg or not.

I won't go into our conversation yet, because I'd like to hear what you guys have to say first.

I waited for New Years day to post this. What's the future of the instrument? How do we save it? Can it be saved? Is it fine and I'm just trying to create hype? Is it truly a babe magnet???