Wisconsin!

You just might live in Wisconsin if you/r
refer to the Packers as "we."
know how to say Oconomowoc, Waukesha, Menomonie & Manitowoc,
consider Minneapolis exotic.
Down South to you means Iowa.
have either a pet or a child named "Brett"
know how to polka.
town has an equal number of bars and churches,
were unaware that there is a legal drinking age
idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor on the highway.
A brat is something you eat
neighbor throws a party to celebrate his new pole shed.
go out to fish fry every Friday
have no problem pronouncing Lac Du Flambeau.
someone in a store offers you assistance, and they don't work there,
have had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number,
actually understand these jokes,

Rolling Stone 100 Greatest Guitarists

1Jimi Hendrix
2 Duane Allman of the Allman Brothers Band
3 B.B. King
4 Eric Clapton
5 Robert Johnson
6 Chuck Berry
7 Stevie Ray Vaughan
8 Ry Cooder
9 Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin
10 Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones
11Kirk Hammett of Metallica
12 Kurt Cobain of Nirvana
13 Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead
14 Jeff Beck
15 Carlos Santana
16 Johnny Ramone of the Ramones
17 Jack White of the White Stripes
18 John Frusciante of the Red Hot Chili Peppers
19 Richard Thompson
20 James Burton
21 George Harrison
22 Mike Bloomfield
23 Warren Haynes
24 The Edge of U2
25 Freddy King
26 Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave
27 Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits
28 Stephen Stills
29 Ron Asheton of the Stooges
30 Buddy Guy
31 Dick Dale
32 John Cipollina of Quicksilver Messenger Service
33 & 34 Lee Ranaldo, Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth
35 John Fahey
36 Steve Cropper of Booker T. and the MG's
37 Bo Diddley
38 Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac
39 Brian May of Queen
40 John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival
41 Clarence White of the Byrds
42 Robert Fripp of King Crimson
43 Eddie Hazel of Funkadelic
44 Scotty Moore
45 Frank Zappa
46 Les Paul
47 T-Bone Walker
48 Joe Perry of Aerosmith
49 John McLaughlin
50 Pete Townshend
51 Paul Kossoff of Free
52 Lou Reed
53 Mickey Baker
54 Jorma Kaukonen of Jefferson Airplane
55 Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple
56 Tom Verlaine of Television
57 Roy Buchanan
58 Dickey Betts
59 & 60 Jonny Greenwood, Ed O'Brien of Radiohead
61 Ike Turner
62 Zoot Horn Rollo of the Magic Band
63 Danny Gatton
64 Mick Ronson
65 Hubert Sumlin
66 Vernon Reid of Living Colour
67 Link Wray
68 Jerry Miller of Moby Grape
69 Steve Howe of Yes
70 Eddie Van Halen
71 Lightnin' Hopkins
72 Joni Mitchell
73 Trey Anastasio of Phish
74 Johnny Winter
75 Adam Jones of Tool
76 Ali Farka Toure
77 Henry Vestine of Canned Heat
78 Robbie Robertson of the Band
79 Cliff Gallup of the Blue Caps (1997)
80 Robert Quine of the Voidoids
81 Derek Trucks
82 David Gilmour of Pink Floyd
83 Neil Young
84 Eddie Cochran
85 Randy Rhoads
86 Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath
87 Joan Jett
88 Dave Davies of the Kinks
89 D. Boon of the Minutemen
90 Glen Buxton of Alice Cooper
91 Robby Krieger of the Doors
92 & 93 Fred "Sonic" Smith, Wayne Kramer of the MC5
94 Bert Jansch
95 Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine
96 Angus Young of AC/DC
97 Robert Randolph
98 Leigh Stephens of Blue Cheer
99 Greg Ginn of Black Flag
100 Kim Thayil of Soundgarden

Stevie Ray Vaughan

This is a link to the song Crossfire by Stevie Ray Vaughan that I heard on Yahoo! radio yesterday. Sweeeet Sweeet song! (Unfortunately the link is only for a 30 second preview which doesn't get to the best guitaring part). Listening to the song made me realize what kind of rubbish i have been listening to lately. Apart from some alternative rock (like matchbox 20 and nickelback) there is not much that i like. My style is the classic rock- van halen, pink floyd, scorpions etc

Now for the confession, I claim to be a classic rock guy, but I have rarely ventured outside the realm of a few very famous international bands. So when I heard this song by Stevie Ray Vaughan, I didn't even know who he was. This is just plain sad. So off I went to wikipedia to find out more. It turns out he was like only the seventh best guitarist ever for the rolling stones magazine. Those who are curious should read his entry in wikipedia. The saddest part was how he died. Having turned his life around by quitting alcohol and drug, it was sad that he still couldn't live to create even greater music for us.

Now I am in search of more his and other similar songs. Blues Guitaring Rocks !