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Don Hays

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About Me

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I am married to a dream come true and the most wonderful woman in the world who is my best friend. She is beautiful, talented, smart, and a blessing in my life and I thank God for her. I also have a very beautiful daughter who is studing hard for a great career and attending school in Long Beach, California.As for me, I'm a retired Safeway employee after 30 years of service as a produce clerk. I've been a musician all my life playing the sax in school and a guitar player since I was 13 years old. My styles are Blues, Country, and Rock. I aslo like Computers and have built all the computers I've ever owned.I'm into movies, vacations, being out anywhere with my wife, heck....just being with my wife period!!!!Here's a guitar lesson for this cool Freddy King song I've always enjoyed playing. It has a nice groovy line that gives the song a certain "theme". This examples shows the default rhythm line. The song is a 12 bar blues, and Freddy mostly plays licks in between the vocal lines through out the song.I've also included the 2 intro licks Freddy plays before he starts singing. Be sure to listen to the original song, it's a good one!Big Legged Woman - Freddy KingBe sure to check out the rest of the site for other tips on playing and gear!

My Interests

My interests are playing and teaching the guitar, computers, both building or using them, listening to music, following the St. Louis Rams, and the LA Dodgers. I also like going to the show or watching a movie on the big screen at home. I also like gaming on the Playstation 3.

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Music:

I started playing the Alto Sax while in the 7th grade, and the guitar a short time after. After collage, I put down the Sax and continued playing the guitar performing all over the SF Bay Area including the Fillmore West, among the biggest names in the business at that time...Big Brother, Quicksilver, Elvin Bishop, Cold Blood and so on. My equipment include Mesa/Boogie and VOX amplifiers, Fender American Deluxe Telecaster which is my favorite, a Fender SRV Strat, and a custom made Tele which I put together and it's the guitar I've had the longest.My favorite guitar players include Robin Ford, Eric Clapton, Kenny Wayne Shepard, Brad Paisley,Warren Haynes, Vince Gill and Patrick Bradley, Director of The Bradley School of Music, and a graduate of 'Berklee College of Music' in Boston.

Movies:

Any movie with Rodney Dangerfield in it, Mr. Destiny, Heaven Can Wait, Harry Potter (all), Lord of the Rings (all) The Longest Yard (Both) and Bedazzled. I guess I could go on...

Television:

Desperate Housewives, House, American Idol, Scrubs, American Chopper, Northern Exposure and the old TV show 'Dallas' and watching my favorite sports teams...the St Louis Rams and the LA Dodgers!!!

Books:

Any books on the history of any cities or towns I've lived in or live in now, music books, 'how to' books (like Photoshop, software and so on). I'm not much into reading fiction.

Heroes:

My heros are Kurt Warner, our United States Armed Forces, Firemen, Policemen, and Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

My Blog

The Michael Paul Band

I am now a guitarist in the Michael Paul Band which is now forming to back Michael's original material. He's an excellent song writer and adding that to his talent on guitar and amazing vocals...this...
Posted by Don Hays on Sun, 04 Nov 2007 09:34:00 PST

Pickups for the custom Tele’

My custom Tele', which I've had for 13 years has undergone a pickup change. The upgrade has gone from Seymour Duncan 'Quarter Pounders' to 'Lindy Fralin Blues Specials'. The pickups are over wound 5...
Posted by Don Hays on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 07:34:00 PST