That’s what I liked about the Doobies too, in your face rock and roll, with no apologies. Virtuallly everything on the Captain and Me album is good, Idon’t know of a weak track on it. Similar to some Jethro Tull albums, like Songs from the Wood, Crest of A Knave and Roots to Branches. Not a bad song to be found. And Tull is another in your face rock band, phenomenal onstage. (3 times, best 3 shows I ever saw)
Don’t know how to respond to people who are envious of my musical abilities. I find many of them can do things Ican’t even comprehend. While I did learn to be a machinist, carpenter, computer technician, mechanic and repaired optical instruments, other things like financial or engineering are greek to me. I can barely spell engineer...
Just about everyone has their own set of abilities, some more artistic than others. I can rebuild a Chevy 350 or Ford straight 6, don’t know a thing about how a deisel runs at all. I can do a professional level soldering job, I was taught by a guy who did it for a living, but if you showed me a schematic of a flashlight, I couldn’t tell you that’s a flashlight. Literally...and I’ve seen people who can glance at a tube amp schematic for 10 seconds and tell you just where to look to find a problem...one guy who just told me right off the top of his head what to look for with nothing but a description and what amp it was.
So I’d say there’s a good chance you can do something I can barely spell...then again I’m good at spelling...
I’ve always loved music. I’ve been told that I was a better than average singer as a child but that during puberty the wheels fell off. Voice tends to wander all over the place and never in key.
Never learned to play an instrument. From my teen years to my 30’s I was busy working from before dawn to after dark on the farm. Never went to a dance so never learned that either.
I’m not complaining, I’ve had an interesting life. Only regret is not finishing high school.
The things I can do I tend to do well.
I can grow a garden envied by the neighborhood with no more tools than a mattock, garden rake and hoe.
I can raise good quality livestock.
Rebuild an updraft carb for a tractor.
I can snake a 75 foot truck into just about any dock safely.
I can pour and finish concrete.
Build a shed, repair house and barn.
Run a backhoe, trackhoe, front end loader and grader.
Those are among the things I’ve done and done well.
Music is the only thing that escapes me. But I can still listen to it.