Everytime I hear this song, my toe gets to tapping, and I start grinning like a fool. Could this be a Letterville anthem? I know it will have the same effect on most of you.
I know many of you are bringing guitars and other instruments to Pat King's Duck Soup Meet. Wouldn't it be a hoot if we could all learn Joe's song and perform it as a group? Bill Biggs on lead vocals of course.
Letterville Rocks Me is available for your listening pleasure at http://www.letterhead.com/lettervillerocks.html Over the next few days I hope to have the words and guitar chords available here. If we all wish real hard, Joe Rees may even show up here to help us master this tune.
Enjoy.
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Steve Shortreed
144 Hill St., E.
Fergus, Ontario
Canada N1M 1G9
519-787-2673
steve@letterhead.com
ICQ 316338
www.letterhead.com/profiles/shortreed/
[This message has been edited by Steve Shortreed (edited August 21, 2001).]
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Dave Grundy
AKA "applicator" on mIRC
"stickin' sticky stuff to valuable vessels and vehicles!"
in Granton, Ontario, Canada
1-519-225-2634
dave.grundy@quadro.net
www.quadro.net/~shirley
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Bill Preston
Fly Creek, N.Y. USA
wpreston2@stny.rr.com
Got an idea Steve. What about when those visit your homepage, you hear this song in the background? (with a button with option to turn it off too)
It's very catchy and a great tribute to our town.
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Graphic Impact
Abbotsford, BC, Canada
gisigns@sprint.ca
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St.Marie Graphics
& Makin' Tracks Sound Studio
Kalispell, Montana
stmariegraphics@centurytel.net http://www.stmariegraphics.com
800 735-8026
We're chiseling every day of the week! :^)
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aka: Cisco
aka:Traveling Millennium Sign Artist
http://www.franciscovargas.com
Fresno, CA 93703
559 252-0935
"to live life, is to love life, a sign of no life, is a sign of no love"...Cisco 12'98
i have heard a little of joe's stuff and it rocks!
mark
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Mark Fair Signs
Montgomery, Alabama
http://www.markfair.com/flash.html
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Steve Shortreed
144 Hill St., E.
Fergus, Ontario
Canada N1M 1G9
519-787-2673
steve@letterhead.com
ICQ 316338
www.letterhead.com/profiles/shortreed/
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Kathy Joiner
River Road Graphics
41628 River Road
Ponchatoula, La.70454
PH. (504)386-3313
casey@i-55.com
Old enough to know better...Too young to resist.
Please don't tell me this song is in F...Ugh! (if so, hope my cheater F works) hehe...
Cher.
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DUCK SOUP SPLATTER JAM
Sept. 14,15,16
Somewhere in Alabama
Cheryl Lucas a/k/a "Shag" on mIRC
Vital Signs & Graphics, Etc.
Cape Coral, Florida
VSignsNgraphics@aol.com
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Santo Brocato
Promotion Graphics & Letters
Youngsville LA.
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George Perkins
Millington,TN.
goatwell@ionictech.com
"I started out with nothing and still have most of it left"
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Debbie Delzell
Somebody is havin FUN!
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Robert Beverly
Dreamweaver Graphics House
Arlington, Texas
Host of the "1st Annual Dreamweaver Jam" June 7,8,9, 2002
Sorry I won't be making Duck Soup. I'll be at Mass Mayhem next month for sure though. Enjoy the music.
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Joe Rees
Cape Craft Signs
(Cape Cod, MA)
http://www.capecraft.com
e-mail: joerees@capecraft.com
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Bob Darnell
London, Ontario, Canada
Portfolio: www.members.home.net/bob.darnell
Where I work: Excellent Signs and Displays Inc.
Totally KEWL!!!!
A
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Adrienne Morgan
Splash Signs
"Wherever you go...there you are!"
www.splashsigns.com
"Rainkatt'on chat
Benicia, CA
707-550-4553
heyu@splashsigns.com
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Bomba-Dear
Jackie Vaughn #5115
Volcano, California
www.chocoholic.com
10% Discount for Letterheads
Use Reference Code letr01
email jackiebv@cdepot.net
Don't stop now!
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PEACE SIGNS
Big on Murals and Tight on Camera Ready!
"With every breath, we have a choice." --Linda Silver Eagle
Georgia, USA
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David Overholt
RunningDog Artworks
210 Cedar St
Pemberville, Ohio
aka, doc
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"A wise man once said that, or was it a wise guy?"
Ken McTague
The Witch city
Salem, MA
Joe Rees has indeed rocked us with "Letterville Rocks Me", great work Joe!
We have been listening to this music for about 6 months now. Songpainter has 8 songs on the collection. David Grinley as well as my songs provide a great variety, a great tribute to the variety of musical abilities of the Musical Letterheads.
All the songs in this collection are, as Kathy Joiner pointed out, a "serious effort", and not a backyard party tape recording session.
As with any project, it takes a little time to prepare and to bake in the oven.
There are more Musical Letterheads that could contribute, and maybe this preview will motivate them.
As for you new ones looking in, you are invited also. We require just a few things to include your contribution to the Songpainter collection:
1. You must be or have been part of the sign industry at one time. (this is a pretty broad area. So to qualify, you only needed to make a poster to stick in your car window that says "for sale by owner"
2. You must contribute an original song with a theme about "signs" "sign work", "sign people",
3. The song has to be recorded in such a way that it sounds "professionally recorded."
Joe Rees was able to use his computer to make his recording of "Letterville Rocks Me"
4. Once we are ready to release the collection, you will need to sign a waiver that your contribution is indeed original and you take all responsibility of getting a registered copywrite on your music. You retain all rights to your music, however you do not get paid for your contribution and give up limited usage rights so the Letterhead Web Site can use this collection as a fund raiser.
Its not such a bad deal, as thousands of people will now get to hear your music, and you have something to pass along to future generations.
And, FYI, we sent a prototype demo CD to Jeff Wooten, the editor of Sign Builder Illustrated Magazine, and he like the CD so well he mentioned our efforts on page 10 of the August 2001 issue.
We have 8 songs, we need at least 12, so there is still time to get in on this.
We really want this album out by the Holidays of 2001, so we will roll back the deadline one more time to October 15th.
Please let me know if you would like to contribute and if we can help you in any way.
Keep on Rocking! and Thanks!
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Draper The Signmaker
Bloomington Illinois USA
Get To A Letterhead
Meet This Summer! See
you there!
DUCK SOUP SPLATTER JAM
Sept. 14,15,16
Somewhere in Alabama
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309-828-7110
drapersigns@hotmail.com
Draper_Dave on mIRC chat
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Steve Shortreed
144 Hill St., E.
Fergus, Ontario
Canada N1M 1G9
519-787-2673
steve@letterhead.com
ICQ 316338
www.letterhead.com/profiles/shortreed/
I've finished retracking the original lyrics out of three other songs and replacing them with guitar lines. I'm ready to send a final CD to Dave or Pierre or whoever I'm sposta.
Coming at you are:
Sweep the Shop
Letterville Rocks Me
Writing on the Wall
Sable Swing
Kept On Trying
Lay The Quill Softly
152 Blues
I mentioned in another post that my partner Dick Clark wanted to assist on the harmony vocals for 152 Blues. In the worst way I might add. I now know my dear partner has absolutely no voice at ALL! I never saw anybody choke up in front of a mic that way before. The sounds that came out of his neck were just amazing, like strangling a chicken. Now I love Dick, don't get me wrong. And his voice WILL appear on the 152 Blues. He'll be the one that sounds like a drunk Ted Kennedy. It's the kind of song that can get away with it. (you'll see). It has gotten me to thinking Dick deserves a special composition that could make full effect of his unique vocal structure. A parody of some type involving a thick New England brogue. Maybe for the next time around. This has been fun folks.
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Joe Rees
Cape Craft Signs
(Cape Cod, MA)
http://www.capecraft.com
e-mail: joerees@capecraft.com
Five minutes later....Just figured it out! I needed to let it play all the way through to save it.
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The SignShop
Mendocino, California
"Where the Redwoods meet the Surf"
[This message has been edited by Rick Sacks (edited September 03, 2001).]
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Robb Lowe
Hub City Graphics
Spartanburg, SC
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Amy Brown
AMBO Design
Lake Helen, FL
jabrown@cfl.rr.com
www.ambodesign.com
Duck Soup Bound!
