Very inspirational and interesting post!
It's easy to see you've got a lot of passion for guitars and music.
CM: "What's with the show tunes? You guys are starting to scare me!"
Heh, heh...sorry, I started that! LOL! Happy gal and I were discussing "Les Miserables." I told Happy gal that we needed an A.G. like the lawman 'Javert' in that musical, to go after klintoon, Happy gal suggested Mud was the man...
Next thing we know, Mud is offerin' to FReep the song: 'STARS', as sung by Javart the lawman. Mud, if ya' wanna sing it, I hope ya got some baritone pipes that go into the cellar! (But I'm guessin' Mud's more of a Ted Nugent crooner!)
Anyway, I have to confess I like 'em...it's the curse my ex-wife left me with. She forced me to go to 'em til I started to like them...now, I guess I'm kind of a sap!
I guess the music has to be heard live, in the production. Outside of the musical, the songs just sound hokey. Kind of like listening to a "live" album, unless you've been to the concert, the live recordings usually suck. (with a few notable exceptions, like, "Peter Frampton Live") Would you agree?
BTW, did you like any of The Who's music from "Tommie"?...heh,heh...
FRegards, FBD