Blues Artist of the Week - Albert Collins
Albert Collins (1932-1993) was born in Leona, Texas, as Albert Gene Drewery. Albert was a relatively unknown Blues player known as The Ice Man and The Master of the Telecaster.
He was the cousin of Lightnin' Hopkins but developed his unique style. Alligator.com has described his style as "featuring a combination of icy echo, shattering, ringing, sustained high notes, an ultra-percussive right-hand attack, and an unheard-of minor key guitar tuning (taught to him by his cousin Willow Young)." Albert was also known for never playing with a guitar pick.
His love of the Blues was born out of hearing John Lee Hooker. T-Bone Walker (LINK to POST} and Gatemouth Brown were later influences on his style.
He moved from Texas to Kansas City and then on to California, where he formed his band The Icebreakers.
Another fantastic fact is the Albert replaced Jimi Hendrix in Little Richard's backup band.
He was a humble man that never thought he could make a living as a musician and thus worked as a truck drive and paint mixer. Throughout his music career, he continued to drive his tour bus. His humble approach to his music allowed him to remain focused on his fans and never developed a huge ego.
Albert's level-headed demeanor was vital to his continued mastery and contributions to the Blues.
Start your Listening
Ice Pickin published in 1978 is the place to start.
Albert brings it.
Remote Control Airplanes Spring Refresh
Time for a Spring RC airplane refresh. Here is what I do during my Spring Refresh.
My Planes: All those dents and dings I planned on repairing over the Winter. I get out the foam filler, or Spackle, the airbrush, and get my planes back to excellent condition. Something about a freshly repaired and painted aircraft looks better at the field and in the sky.
If you haven't tried airbrushing, maybe this is a great time to dry it out.
Now is a great time to add to your hanger. There are great start of season sales. Maybe it's time to acquire that plane you've been eyeing.
My Planes Control Services / Gear - I charge up a battery and give each of my planes a ground test. I check all the mechanicals. I make a simple spreadsheet by plane with each repair needed. (the laptop comes in handy sitting in the back of my SUV while I power up on my driveway).
My Batteries - I check my batteries. I store my batteries in meal ammo boxes, sorted by size. (1 each for 3 cells, 4 cells, and 6 cells). Any signs of damage and battery is correctly disposed of.
According to Large.net, damaged batteries can be identified by "Damaged plastic cell envelope or visible deformities on the cell package. The smell of leaking electrolyte. Or puffing or swelling shows that the battery is damaged, and therefore you should discontinue discharging or charging immediately.
Remember, regardless of the cost, it is never worth it to charge or fly with a damaged battery.
Do I need more batteries? There are many great early season sales. Maybe it is time to add to your battery arsenal. Also, check your charger to make sure that it is in good order.
A trick I use during the season to evenly use my batteries is that I number each battery with a Sharpie with both a number and the date placed in service. That makes it easier for me to cycle through the batteries evenly.
My tools - I get my toolbox organized and ready for the field. I collect the tools that are out on my workbenches and bring them back in the toolbox.
I look to see if there are any damaged or lost tools needing replacement. I go through my box and throw out the dried-up CA glue. I give my box a general refresh and restock (tape, Velcro, zip ties, etc.). Give the box a refresh and restock. Better to do that now than realize you need something while at the field.
My transmitter - I do a clean and organize on your transmitter. I review the planes stored in my transmitter's memory and delete the aircraft I have crashed or don't have anymore. If they are going to fly again no need for them to be clogging the menu.
Get the planes you fly the most up to the top of the selection menu.
My Memberships / Licenses: A quick check to ensure all my registrations and memberships are current and active.
Club Field Day - I attend our Dayton Wingmasters field day. A focused field refresh and clean-up go a long way to creating an enjoyable flying experience for you and the other members.
Volunteer and attend a Swap Meet: Maybe you don't like that particular plane, sell it at a swap meet and add another plane.
As you get ready for a great flying season, I hope some of these ideas have helped. If you have any other great ideas, leave them in the comments below.
Have a safe and enjoyable flying season.
2021-04-20-RC Airplane Week in Review
This is the week for Modelrama - One of the MIdwest's largest swap meets and auctions.
Here are YouTube videos I enjoyed this week:
The weather is warming up, and time to get back out to the field. Are you working on your planes getting ready for the Summer flying season? djmoosecom reviews a fantastic benchtop RC Stand.
Another great TheRcSaylors video. The Dynam Primo is an excellent beginner plane. Here they take it up. The Dynam Primo.
Mavic just released Air 2 - here is a video from FIRE RC as he chases RC airplanes. Chasing RC Airplanes with DJI Mavic Air 2
Have you seen this before? I never thought to keep my planes up and away from mice! Don's RC Airplanes ran into a problem. # E-flite T-28 1.2m and a mouse Oh my !!!
Happy Flying!
Wingmasters 2021 Modelrama
Ready to add a plane to your hanger? Want to see what industry vendors have this year? You need to join us for the 2021 Dayton Wingmasters Modelrama. With over 300 tables, Modelrama will be one of the Midwest's most significant RC-focused events.
We are hosting this event Friday from 2:00 - 6:00 and Saturday 9:00 - 1:00 at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds (645 Infirmary Rd. Dayton, OH 45417). Based on demand and the desire for social distancing, we have expanded to two buildings. The cost is $10 for the entire show admission, including the auction, and $8 for one day. Our event culminates with an auction on Saturday afternoon.
Hope to see you there.
You Need to Be An Infinite Player
Infinite players change, pivot, and adjust more successfully than finite players.
You need to be an infinite player.
Let’s get the definitions straight – What is an infinite player? - An infinite player’s outlook is towards value creation and contributions that span generations. Infinite players don’t view the game as life-ending but just evolving and improving. Life provides them with the ability and opportunity to provide lasting value. – a long-term view, that by definition, you embrace change, evolving and such that the “game lives on” beyond you and there is not an end game win. They typically embrace just causes and think broadly. The goal of the infinite player is to evolve, grow, stay in the game, innovate.
Contrast that with the finite thinker. They are more of a short-term winner vs. losers, see the end of the game as either winning or losing. An example of a good sport would be American Football. There is a specific time for the game, and at the end, the higher score wins. Game over.
Life isn’t like that.
Change is inevitable and needed to survive and contribute. Having an infinite mindset is critical. Being an infinite player with a long-term view towards value creation and contribution allows you to:
Change quickly as you don’t have to wait for the perfect moment. If timing is off, the short-term implications are minimized over time.
Not be concerned with perfection. You’re not paralyzed by waiting for the perfect time. You can take action because you know any short-term bumps don’t matter in the long term. You can take action. Ship the minimum viable product and iterate from there. You have a vision of what you want to contribute, which is just a point on that continuum.
Focus on easy, small wins. As Jeff Walker says, you can focus on “Getting to the First Dollar”. You can take the focused steps need to prove your concept and ultimate value to the customer.
You can address issues as they come up, and you feel like you are in control of what is transpiring. You don’t let things happen because of fate; you take action. You improve. Don’t assume anything; take action.
Have greater control over your actions than your results. You focus on what you can control and not on the score or outcome.
Be a process and systems thinker. You work a process rather than jumping around trying to get quick results. You take advantage of systems thinking because a successful system creates insight and new ideas. As Jim Afremow in The Champion’s Mind put it, “Always focus on the process and execution rather than worrying about the desired, or worse, the feared result, whether you are staring down a putt on the 18th green to win a tournament or to break 80 for the first time.”
Ask great questions like James Clear proposed “If you keep living the way you are, what will your life look like in 20 years?”
Be decisive. Sometimes you need patience other times; you need to take action. You’ll know when.
Understand the value of small changes because you are in it for the long haul. You know the importance of small incremental change and have the vision and time to see the returns. Remember saving 10 minutes a day = 1 week of effort and time within a year. Small changes add up.
Take a more measured approach to change. You have time to go through the 5 steps Hugh Culver outlines as key to successful change in your life:
Become crystal clear about the challenge,
Determine the best possible solution,
Adopt a belief that you will succeed,
Take action and pay attention to evidence of your success, and
Repeat.
Take advantage of valuable feedback loops. Feedback loops are vital components to drive and inform change. You take advantage of more feedback loops. Better information can lead to better and more meaningful change. Feedback is the key to change and to learn.
Be motivated by sustained impact. Your answer to a higher calling. You don’t need a massive, quick change to remain motivated. The key is sustained change, not quick change for a dopamine hit. The old 1% change adage.
Take advantage of the momentum from minor changes. They become habitual and routine. Change to improve.
Be an infinite player and embrace change and improvement. Your focus on the long-term allows you to ride out short-term bumps and deviations. It is easier to put these changes in perspective. You will be able to change, adjustment and to pivot easier. You can do it. This will lead to less mental and physical stress in your life.
Have a more meaningful life by moving towards infinite thinking.
Blues Artist of the Week - Elmore James
Elmore James (1918-1963), known as the King of the Slide Guitar, was born in Richland, Mississippi. James was known for his loud amplification and his harsh, rousing voice.
Early Life
Trained as a radio repairman, James used these skills to rework his guitar amplifiers in his spare time. The result was his raw, distorted sound. Not until the heavy rock era of the 1960’s did this sound resurface.
Listening to Robert Johnson inspired Elmore at an early age.
James was a military veteran, and during WWII, Elmore was a Coxswain and participated in the invasion of Guam.
Like many Blues and Jazz greats, he was part of the mass migration from the South to Chicago. He was a fundamental artist transforming and evolving the electronic technology within the music industry.
Blues Career
Elmore James played alongside Sonny Boy Williamson in the ’30’s and then Rice Miller before migrating to Chicago.
After his Chicago migration, James established a beachhead in Chicago’s clubs as one of the most popular live acts and regularly broadcasting over WPOA. He had a productive professional relationship with disc jockey Big Bill Hill.
Utilizing his amplified technology created his unique blues style. Raw is how it is best described. Loud and raw were essential for Elmore. Not only did he deliver raw blues with his guitar his compelling voice was a great compliment. A hollow body modified guitar finalized this unique sound. Once again a sound that wasn’t popular until the rock era.
He did play a wide variety of Blues that was similar to Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf.
Elmore died of a heart attack in Chicago in 1963 at the early age of 45.
Influenced
Like many of the Blues greats, Rock and Roll can credit James as a prominent influencer and creator of the songs that became the bedrock of that genre.
Numerous rock musicians, including Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones and Eric Clapton, adopted his hard-driving style and often recorded his songs. Also, a significant influence on Jimi Hendrix, Fleetwood Mac.
Awards
Blues Hall of Fame in 1980
inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992
Start Your Listening Enjoyment:
I recommend two albums to start with.
The Sky Is Crying: The History Of Elmore James
The Rollin’ & Tumblin
2021-04-04-RC Airplane Week in Review
Here is a quick Spring Break edition of This Week in RC
The Big news of the week is the E-Flite release of the DRACO. Here is the story behind this unique aircraft - E-flite® DRACO 2.0m – Behind The Innovation
Another great flight video from the RcSaylors - You Won't Believe HER NOOB RC PLANE MISTAKE! - Dynam Spitfire Warbird - TheRcSaylors
Ramy RC builds and flies unbelievable aircraft – here is his build of the Airbus A350
In the market for a large RC Aircraft? Check this video out from Merry Boozer RC - Best First Large RC
Happy Flying!
10 Reasons To Join an RC Club
Spring is here, and you want to get outside and shake off the COVID fog; why don’t you join an RC Club?
Here are ten reasons why it makes sense:
The camaraderie of like-minded hobbyists. - Regardless of your level of commitment or time for the hobby, joining a club gets you the camaraderie of other flyers. Just the ability to interact with other like-minded pilots, being outside, enjoying others, and growing in the hobby. What could be better?
Learn from Others – I know our club has designated beginner nights where experienced pilots come out and help newer members or those interested in the hobby. The ability to Buddy-Box with an experienced pilot allows you to grow in confidence and reduce the worry of crashing that brand new plane.
There is something called latent learning, where you learn from watching others and can put that knowledge and skill to good use. Don’t discount the learning you get from watching others fly, asking questions, and getting those little tips that will significantly improve your flying.
You get to fly on a designated RC field. - Typically, the field is Academy of Model Aeronautics (“AMA”) https://www.modelaircraft.org/ certified and insured, has a designated runway (paved or grass), and the fields have areas to work and prep your planes. It beats flying at the local park out of the back of your car, worrying about the families playing, people walking…
Fun Flies – Fun Flys are events typically around a theme (warbirds, 3d planes, a give holidays) where the club shows up, and they have food and fly—a great way to meet fellow club members, learn and see the latest planes.
Insurance As a member of AMA, you and your fellow pilots are covered by AMA insurance. As of 2021, the current coverage is:
Liability Coverage for the Operation of Model Aircraft, Boats, Cars, and Rockets
$2,500,000 Comprehensive General Liability Protection for model activities for members, clubs, site owners, and sponsors
$25,000 Accident/Medical Coverage for members
$10,000 Maximum Accidental Death Coverage for members
$1,000 Fire, Theft, and Vandalism Coverage for members
Try before you buy – Unless you benefit from a local, well-stocked hobby shop, you are relegated to looking at planes, tools, etc., online. Wouldn’t it be great to see that plane in person? Someone at the club may already have it.
We all crash. I don’t know how many times I’m at the field and need a small part or tool, and someone has one. That can be the difference between flying and packing up to go home. The ability to share tools, repair and maintenance insights is fantastic.
Many clubs and fields are multi-discipline - (RC airplanes, Helicopters, and RC cars). Wouldn’t it be great to have all those facilities? The wind kicks up, and you can switch to cars. You might be interested in exploring helicopters, and you can walk over to the helli section and ask questions.
Charge me up, baby – most fields have a charging station. You need power to fly. Unless you stay up all night charging your batteries, the ability to charge while you fly will keep you in the air for much longer. And you don’t have batteries stored a full power which isn’t good for them.
One person’s discards are another’s Treasures - Ability to buy, swap planes, transmitters, etc. Wouldn’t you rather get a used plane or piece of gear from someone you know? Exactly!
I hope this helps, so get out there and find an RC Club to join. What are some benefits you see from your club?
Add them in the comments below.
Break Through Perceived Limitations
We all face limitations; are they real or perceived?
The majority of limitations we face or think we face are perceived, not real.
Merriam-Webster defines limitations as “1 : an act or instance of limiting. 2: the quality or state of being limited. 3: something that limits: restraint. 4: a certain period limited by statute after which actions, suits, or prosecutions cannot be brought in the courts.
Even physical limitations can be perceived.
When scientists study physical exhaustion, they find that exhaustion occurs not when the body faces a hard limitation like glycogen depletion but rather when the person experiences the maximum level of perceived effort they are willing to tolerate. The scientists argue that perceived effort tolerance’s psychological limit is reached before the true physical limit is reached. Read more about this in Fitzgerald Matt, How Bad Do You Want It?
Okay, we encounter a limitation; how do we determine if it is real or perceived? Step back and objectively ask these five questions:
· Have I faced this limitation before?
· If so, how did I handle it?
· If I didn’t break through it, what could I have done differently?
· Have a successfully navigated a similar limitation before and pushed through?
· Here is how I moved through other limitations before; how can I use what I learned from that experience?
Get Your Self-Confidence where it needs to be.
Now we have put the limitation in the proper perspective. We need to get our confidence and self-worth in an excellent place to be then able to tackle it.
Do you have the proper confidence or self-worth? This is critical. If you constantly compare yourself to others and if losing, or backing down to limitations, makes you feel worthless as a person, it should be clear why this is damaging to your mental health.
It would be best if you worked diligently to maintain a positive view of your self-worth. Remember, self-worth is 100% internal; and 100% in your control. Own your self-worth.
Let’s attack the limitation.
You’ve got your self-worth on a great track, now what?
Attack the limitation with these Five steps made popular by Hugh Culver:
1) Become crystal clear about the challenge (we already did this!)
2) Determine the best possible solution,
3) Adopt a belief that you will succeed,
4) Take action and pay attention to evidence of your success, and
5) Repeat.
You’ve tried everything – time to break the rules if the rules don’t work for you.
Don’t always follow conventional thinking when there is a better way. Look at things from a different perspective, attack them from the opposite side. Flip your attack.
It may be time to bring in Discipline and Persistence.
Persistence is essential because success is rarely imparted on the first attempt. One of the keys to successfully executing the complexities of anything is a devotion to the principle of persistence.
Take your actions and break them down using systems thinking. Focus on creating a process that generates a hammer that will break down your limitation over time. Focusing on executing the strategy vs. ruminating on the limitation will provide you the willpower, discipline, and energy to move forward.
In the end, only you can push through, so do it. But as Tony Robbins puts it, “here’s the truth: the ultimate thing that stops most of us from making significant progress in our lives is not somebody else’s limitations, but rather our limiting perceptions or beliefs.”
You and only you can place limitations on your progress - you completely control your trajectory.
In the end, no one can do the job of you better than you can! Break down those limitations.
What limitations have you broken through? What techniques were successful for you? Let us know in the comments below.
Blues Artist of the Week - Robert Cray
Robert Cray (1953 – Present) was born in Columbus, Georgia, the son of a military veteran who was stationed at Ft. Benning. He started his music career in a band called One-Way Street while in High school in Newport News, Virginia.
Robert’s playing genre is a combination of Blues and Jazz. He plays an immaculate guitar style which seems rather “new”. You can contrast this when he is playing blues. His Blues style is considered old-school without any smoothness of a traditional jazz guitarist.
He was influenced by Albert Collins, Freddie King, and Muddy Waters. After seeing these great artists live, he formed the Robert Cray Band in the ’70s. You may recognize Robert from the big screen. In the 1978 film National Lampoon’s Animal House, Cray played bass in Otis Day and the Knights band.
Robert was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 2011. Robert still actively tours.
Listening Pleasure
If you are a new fan, you need to start with the album Strong Persuader.
Robert’s Home Page
Viewing and Listening Pleasure in YouTube
Robert Cray - Smoking Gun
Sweet Home Chicago" (Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton, Johnny Winter, Robert Cray, Hubert Sumlin...)
Robert Cray - Right Next Door (Because Of Me)
B.B King, Robert Cray Band, Jimmie Vaughan, Hubert Sumlin (Paying the cost to be the boss)
Blues Artist of the Week - Willie Dixon
Willie Dixon (1915-1992) was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, and like many other Blues artists, moved to Chicago in the 1930s.
He is self-described as the “poet laureate of the blues” and “the father of modern Chicago Blues.” At a young age, he sang gospel.
Willie was a bassist, guitarist, singer, arranger, musician rights activist, and producer, but most prolific as a songwriter. He has over 500 song titles to his name. He penned A classic, The Red Rooster, covered by numerous bands, including The Rolling Stones “Little Red Rooster” in 1964.
Like Sister Rosetta Tharpe, who I featured earlier in this series, Dixon left Mississippi for Chicago in 1936.
Willie was a towering man at 6 feet 6 inches tall and over 250 pounds when he moved to Chicago. He was a successful boxer with this frame and won the Illinois State Golden Gloves Heavyweight Championship (Novice Division) in 1937. For a short time, he was also a sparring partner for Joe Louis. He left boxing after a money dispute with his manager and focused solely on music.
Along with Muddy Waters, he was a force in the Chicago Blues scene. As a songwriter, he penned many great songs for Muddy Waters.
Dixon became a relentless advocate for the blues and a major voice for its practitioners in his later years. To help preserve the Blues legacy, Willie Dixon founded the Blues Heaven Foundation.
This Foundation works to preserve the blues’ legacy and secure copyrights and royalties for blues musicians previously exploited.
Willie was inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1994- posthumous) and the Blues Hall of Fame 1980.
Listening Pleasure
I recommend starting with Willie Dixon – I am the Blues.
Willie’s Home Page
Improve your Weakest Link
Should you improve on your strengths and ignore your weaknesses? Absolutely not. I say you spend 70% of your energy on your strengths and 30% on improving your weaknesses.
When we think of weakness, many think in terms of physical strength. I like the Gallup definition of weakness as “anything that gets in the way of your success.” We all have weaknesses.
Seth Godin has a great post where he argues you can make your greatest improvement by focusing on the “laggards.” This has a direct application to you personally. He has some mathematical examples the prove his point.
Here are the reasons I go with the 70-30 split.
Focusing too much on your weaknesses, you risk impacting your self-confidence, enthusiasm, and overall performance in life. Don’t drive yourself to the negative, unproductive mindset. It would be best if you stayed in the productive growth mindset.
You have strengths that can actually directly improve your weaknesses. Do you not give up easily? Do you have an infinite mindset? These can be great attributes to use against areas of weakness.
Focusing energy on your weaknesses is aided by a unit view that Career Buzz has in that “maybe your weaknesses are also strengths or have a corresponding strength. By focusing on your weaknesses, you are actually equally improving a strength. Do you view persistence as a weakness as you don’t know when to quit? Maybe working on identifying the right time to quit will give you the skill to understand when you are close to a breakthrough and should keep persisting?
Don’t completely ignore your weaknesses as they can’t be completely ring-fenced. Weaknesses can bleed over into other areas of your life. Just like strengths bleed over into other areas of your life, weaknesses can as well.
They may be holding you back in areas of your life that are critical and preventing you from achieving your ultimate life’s vision.
When you jump into the 30% of focusing on your weaknesses, here are some helpful tips to remain productive:
You are not your weaknesses. Don’t personalize them to the point they define you.
Detach from your weaknesses – view them independently and objectively as something that can be either ignored (yes, that is okay or improved on).
Truly believe that you can improve your weaknesses. Ask yourself What If? What if I can improve X? What would my life be like? After asking What if and truly believing that improvement is possible, you can move to improve it?
You can improve it; you believe it now; just put together a plan or system to move you towards improvement. Set metrics, track progress, and constantly adjust your course to make the progress you want.
Remember to celebrate the victories along the way. Don’t wait until you have completely solved the nut before celebrating.
These tips should help you move forward by focusing more on your strengths while not ignoring and being held back too much by your weaknesses.
Blues Artist of the Week - Robin Trower
Robin Leonard Trower (1945 – Present) is a Blues Rock musician born in Catford, London, England. He is known for playing a “heavy strings” style of guitar with a lot of reverberation. He has been favorably compared to Jimi Hendrix.
Robin came to popular fame with his late ’60 early 70’s band Procal Harum.
Following Procal Harum, in 1973, he started The Robin Trower Band.
Robin is an ardent fan and user of the Fender Stratocaster guitar.
Robin still actively tours and, as of 2021, is not a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Listening Pleasure
Start your Robin Trower listening experience with what is probably his most popular album Bridge of Sighs.
Bridge of Sighs is a classic bluey rock album.
Personal Website
Robin’s personal website is Robin Trower
Popular YouTube videos
Robin Trower Live - Bridge of Sighs
Robin Trower Live Too Rolling Stoned
Robin Trower on how he gets his psychedelic blues tone
ROBIN TROWER - Bridge Of Sighs (1974 UK TV Appearance) ~ HIGH QUALITY HQ
Enjoy!
2021-02-26-The RC Airplane Week in Review
This week’s RC update expands into drones, and we take it indoors.
The Signal Chasers RC Club in Missouri takes their flying indoors for the Winter. If you have the opportunity, this is a great way to hone your skills with built-in physical limitations.
Here in my own backyard, the US Airforce Museum hosted indoor Micro Drone Racing. The Museum (free admission) is a great way to spend a day.
The RcSaylors take up one of my favorite planes, the E-flite Turbo Timber. There are three versions of the Turbo Timber, and this is a great beginner plane. Flying the E-flite Turbo Timber - YOU WON’T BELIEVE What Happens during CRAZY RC PLANE SNOW FLIGHT!
Just a fun, inspirational watch from UNIQUE TECH WORLD. - It is always good to see what is out at the extremes, be it fastest, smallest or largest - Top 10 Biggest/Largest RC Airplanes In The World.
Happy Flying
Blues Artist of the Week - Buddy Guy
George “Buddy” Guy (1936 - current) is an American blues guitarist and singer born and raised in Lettsworth, Louisiana. He was a sharecropper’s son whose early influences were from across the river in Mississippi. Guys you’ve heard of like B.B. King, Guitar Slim, Muddy Waters, and John Lee Hooker.
Like many Blues artists, Buddy moved to Chicago. His move in 1957 came after he was working at Louisiana State University as a utility man. Chicago was providing him an opportunity to follow his dream of working on his music. Early on, he befriended fellow Mississippians Otis Rush and Muddy Waters, who encouraged and pushed him forward.
His signing with Chess Records also marked a bit of an impediment and slowdown in his career as they refused to record Buddy, with Leonard Chess, Chess Records founder, denounced Guy’s playing as “just making noise.”
As Wikipedia describes Buddy’s style as “…varied from the most traditional, deepest blues to a creative, unpredictable and radical gumbo of the blues, rock, soul and free jazz that changes with each performance.”
Buddy continued to perform and hone his Blues ear and was part of the Blues revival of the late 1980s and early 1990s. The highlight came when Eric Clapton requested Buddy be part of the His “24 Nights” all-star blues guitar lineup at London’s Royal Albert Hall.
Buddy also started to have commercial success with his breakthrough album of Damn Right, I’ve Got the Blues in 1991. This was the first of his many albums to reach the Billboard charts. His CDs Sweet Tea, his first to hit No. 1 on the Billboard blues charts in 2001, and Blues Singer, both laced with Guy’s renditions of Mississippi blues, were recorded in Oxford, Mississippi. The cover of The Blues Is Alive and Well, another No. 1 blues CD in 2018, pictured Buddy back in Lettsworth, showing he never forgot his roots.
Like many Blues greats, he has influenced many in rock and roll, including Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Keith Richards, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jeff Beck, Gary Clark Jr., and John Mayer.
Eric Clapton and B.B. King help induct Buddy into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005.
Buddy still actively performs and tours.
Top 10 Albums
1. Left My Blues in San Francisco (1967)
2. A Man & The Blues (1968)
3. This Is Buddy Guy! (1968)
4. Buddy Guy & Junior Wells Play the Blues (1972)
5. Stone Crazy! (1981)
6. Damn Right, I've Got the Blues (1991)
7. Feels Like Rain (1993)
8. DJ Play My Blues (1982 British Release only)
9. Blues Singer (2003)
10. Live at Legends (2012)
Select YouTube Videos
Sweet Home Chicago" (Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton, Johnny Winter, Robert Cray, Hubert Sumlin...)
Rock Me Baby-BB King/Eric Clapton/Buddy Guy/Jim Vaughan
Buddy Guy - What Kind Of Woman Is This
Skin Deep featuring Buddy Guy | Playing For Change | Song Across America
Complete Discography
Here is the current discography for Buddy Guy
Buddy Guy’s Official Site
2021-02-16-The RC Airplane Week in Review
It’s Winter in the Northern Hemisphere. So here is some YouTube goodness to get us through:
Jeff Cherry – 2020 Crash Compilation lots of RC Airplane Piece - As we turn to repairing our planes and getting ready for Spring, we are typically repairing because of crashes. Here are Jeff’s best crashes of 2020.
Props & Wheels - Rage R/C Defender 1100 EP RTF - Part 6: Flying over Snow on Floats - Snow doesn’t stop us completely from flying as Props & Wheels puts those warm-weather pontoons to use.
RC Channel AYUB - RC PLANE FLYING | RC PLANE NIGHT FLYING RAPTOR - You don’t typically see flying in the dead of night. Here is an excellent video of flying in the dead of night.
DAD - RC Jet Airplanes Hobby 180mph+, Many of us get into the hobby for the speed. Here is some turbine engine 180mph+ speed.
TheRcSaylors - DEMOLISHED RC PLANE IN 5 SECONDS -The RC Saylors don’t let Winter or a little bit of snow slow them down. Here is how you demolish a plane in 5 seconds
As we are in repair season, share your workshop or what planes you are working on in the comments below.
Happy Flying!
The Key to RC Club Membership Renewals
How do you encourage active members to renew their memberships? How do you ensure that only active members access the field?
We use a key exchange.
Traditionally on January 1st the Dayton Wingmasters hold a Freeze Fly. With warm coffee and snacks, it is an excellent way for us to start the new year. On the 1st, we also rekey the front gate, power station, and restroom locks.
At the Freeze Fly, renewing members bring their FAA, AMA {link] registration information along with the completed renewal form and the annual membership fee and renew their memberships. With the renewals, they get this year’s key. We stamp the keys with the year, so there are no misunderstandings on which key is active.
We have packets with keys in controlled envelopes at our local hobby shops for renewing or new members who can’t attend the Freeze Fly. The Hobby Shops check registration information and issue the packets. We have Club officers collect the payments and renewal forms regularly.
As we have monthly club meetings throughout the year, we also take renewals at the meetings,
Our annual key exchange is a great, controlled, and objective way to renew our memberships, ensures everyone’s registrations and contact information is current, and ensure that only active members use our facilities.
What creative ways do you use for renewals? Let everyone know in the comments below.
10 Qualities of a Great Club Member
You’re a member of an RC, Social or Non-profit Club. You want to be a good club member, so what do you do? Here are ten qualities of a great club member.
Contribute Your Unique Skills – You all came together with a common interest or passion. But each of you also has unique skills and backgrounds. Are you a finance person? Have excellent webmaster skills? An awesome fundraiser? Carpentry skills? Use your skills to enhance the Club. Utilizing your skills can also significantly reduce the Club’s operating costs, leaving more funds for the core mission.
Be Positive – Always have the betterment of the Club in mind. When you question something, do it towards improvement or change. Nobody likes a complainer. Remember, if members push collectively in a positive direction, others will gladly join in; offer positive feedback. Question positively.
Respect - Respect the mission of the Club. Respect the officers (remember they are probably volunteers contributing their talents and unique skills). Everyone joined the Club for a reason, so don’t stray too far from that collective mission.
Communicate with Confidence - Great team players communicate their ideas honestly and clearly and respect others’ views and opinions on the team. Clear, effective communication done constructively and respectfully is the key to getting heard.
Trust by Verify – We continuously see the news on the latest club fraud. As a club member, you do have a responsibility to understand and question the finances. Pay attention during the Treasurer’s report! Everyone has a responsibility to make sure the Club’s finances are appropriately controlled and spent. If you happen to be the club treasurer, see my post on being a good Club Treasurer.
Positively Build your Club’s Community – Create a welcoming club. Members are typically on different journeys with their skills or desires. Help these club members grow and advance in the Club. Be a bridging vs. an exclusive Community. This post is written during the global COVID pandemic, so community needs have never been greater.
Teach - Grow the members’ skills. Maybe within your RC Club, flying is your passion, or perhaps you understand the technical side of the tools, whatever your unique talent, actively helping the membership.
Embrace all your Stakeholders – Understand how your Club can mutually benefit and contributes to your stakeholders, be they your local community, close neighbors, or a broader group or organization. Be a good citizen, and things will be much easier.
Consistent and Reliable – Displaying genuine commitment and reliability is a great way to drive your Club forward. Create positive relationships within your Club and do this consistently.
Reliable Volunteer – Don’t be the volunteer that never volunteers! They volunteer in name but never show up. When you volunteer, do more than asked, adapt quickly and easily, come with a 110% commitment to getting things done. Remember, you are either part of the problem or the solution, don’t be a problem.
Embrace these attributes, and there is no doubt that your Club will move forward. Maybe incorporate these operating principles into your charter or bylaws. That may be a subtle way of building these attributes into your Club’s culture.
Add Value with Tracking
What you track needs to add value. No matter what you track, be it habits, workouts, investment performance, or as Olof Hoverfält does, every piece of clothing he wears for the last 3+ years. Don’t track to track; make sure you use the tracking information to add value to your life. Today ask yourself “Why am I tracking this?
Blues Artist of the Week - Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Rosetta Nubin, better known as Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915-1973), was born in Cotton Plant, Arkansas. Sister Rosetta is a Gospel and Blues Singer, songwriter, guitarist, and recording artist. Sister Rosetta is often referred to as the Original Soul Sister.
Sister Rosetta gained fame as a well-known church gospel singer, where she sang, played guitar and piano.
In the 1920’s she and her mother moved to Chicago. They were part of the significant African American mitigation to the North that brought Jazz from New Orleans and Blues from the Mississippi Delta.
Here is where her virtuoso guitar skills were on display. In the early 20th century, the guitar was a stereotypical sign of masculinity, and most professional guitarists were men; Sister Rosetta held her own artistically and technically on the guitar.
In the 1930’s she moved to NYC, which also signaled her move from Gospel to Jazz and the Blues. She continued to perform and make her mark in the Jazz and Blues scene.
She credited with significantly influencing the creation of Rock and Roll.
In 1957 Sister Rosetta was quoted in the London Daily Mirror as saying, “All this new stuff they call rock’ n’ roll, why, I’ve been playing that for years now”
She was a significant influence on:
• Little Richard
• Jonny Cash
• Carl Perkins
• Chuck Berry
• Elvis Presley
• Jerry Lee Lewis
Sister Rosetta Tharpe was elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2018.
Her albums include:
• Gospel Songs (Decca, 1947)
• Blessed Assurance (Decca, 1951)
• Gospel Train (Mercury, 1956)
• The Gospel Truth (Mercury, 1959)
• Sister Rosetta Tharpe (MGM, 1960)
• Spirituals in Rhythm (Promenade, 1960)
• Sister on Tour (Verve, 1961)
• The Gospel Truth (Verve, 1962)
• Precious Memories (Savoy, 1968)
• Gospel Keepsakes (MCA, 1983)
• Live in 1960 (Southland, 1991)
• Live at the Hot Club de France (BMG/Milan, 1991)
Start your listening exploration with her 1957 album Gospel Train, which is considered her best album.
