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Day Two Hundred Seventy (Year Two)

Today is a sad day for Rock & Roll.  Dick Clark, the man who brought the music to the kids of the 50's and 60's, and sparked generations of musical growth and upheaval, passed away today at the age of 82.  The influence that American Bandstand had on the rise of rock & roll cannot be understated.  I'd say more, but I'm honestly not sure it can be said any better than the article that appeared on NPR.com today, so here's the link for that:

http://www.npr.org/2012/04/18/106086926/dick-clark-bandstand-host-dead-at-82

Somehow, anything other than this news feels hollow today, but rest assured that I got in at least a little bit of time with "Red House" both before work and after work today.

It's tomorrow that I'm really excited about, though.  I've got the day off.  My first Thursday off in months, and there's nothing too serious on the schedule.  This means that I can spend as much of the day as I want to in lock-step on the Hendrix.  This will, hopefully, be enough to push me well past the intro issues I've had this week, and into the meat of the song. 

In a forward thinking plan, I'd like to have the verses figured out tomorrow.  I'm not sure if working out everything but the solo is too aggressive (it probably is), but I'll give it a shot and see where I end up at the close of the day.  I'd also like to sit down and really have a chance to do some listening tomorrow.

Serious, sit in a chair with the good headphones and focus type listening.  It's been far, far too long since that has happened.

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