Author: Bruce Gresham

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SDYC Cruising Fleet 1st day of Spring, 2022

San Diego Yacht Club Cruising Fleet  Spring 2022  La Playa Cove

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spring2022Lyrics  Download the PDF file

 

Link to the raw Video  footage 

  • Already Gone – Eagles / Jack Tempchin
  • When Will I Be Loved – Linda Ronstadt (The Everly Brothers)
  • Good Lovin – Young Rascals
  • California Dreaming – Mamas & The Papas
  • These Boots Are Made For Walkin’ – Nancy Sinatra
  • I’m a Believer – Monkees
  • Margaritaville – Jimmy Buffett
  • Mercy – Maoli
  • Mercedes Benz – Janis Joplin
  • Born on the Bayou – Creedence Clearwater Reviva

 

  • Me and Bobby McGee – Kris Kristofferson / Janis Joplin
  • Folsom Prison Blues – Johnny Cash
  • Friend of the Devil – Grateful Dead
  • For What Its Worth – Buffalo Springfield
  • Peaceful Easy Feeling – The Eagles / Jack Tempchin
  • You Can’t Always Get What You Want – Rolling Stones
  • Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison
  • Green River – Credence Clearwater Revival
  • Leaving On A Jet Plane – John Denver  
  • Lodi – Creedence Clearwater Revival
  • Country Roads A – John Denver

Taquitos Band is:

  • Bruce Gresham
  • Dan Mangus
  • Tim Hayashi
  • Mary Dukas

Taquitos Band

Thank you Eric and Yvonne Tucker  for providing the stage on Capital Gains

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March1 Photos

 

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Some great sounds.  I have enjoyed the listen.

Love Mary “conducting” the close.

We need to work just as hard on the opening as we do on the close

We rock have some rocking songs.

  • Born Bayou
  • Green River (the harmony is featured on the track.)
  • Boots
  • When will I be Loved. (ending is featured)\
  • Already Gone is strong.
  • Mercedes Benz by Janis Joplin was a Pleasant surprise.

 

Keep practicing.

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Winter 2022

My Jan goals are to:

  • Get the beat into Muscle Memory
  • Sort out the scroll on the iPads.
  • Update the setlist

Muscle Memory  Practice at Speed

 

1 All practice notes are  in Google Docs. Its easy for me to update this way. 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/16kFHHJrEUQwutTNfjkkckA5qt3KLjrx2ySK4ZkSdeIw/edit

2 All “working” Songs in One Drive This is from our set list on the Winter Solstice.  (Only the best  songs make it to the website. )  

https://1drv.ms/u/s!AgMZpWWoddLyiKdKElpYN63H5_YxpA?e=14aPci

3. Note the difference in the Published BPM and what we are playing at.

Target BPM  (our BPM)

Already Gone – 146  (140)  practice harmonies

The Joker 164 (160) 

  1. Going Up The Country 170 (153)
  2. Friend of the Devil 95 (88)
  3. Mercy – Maoli   154  (?)   note beat time on  the transitions 
  4. Walk on the Wild Side 101  (88) (94)
  5. Lodi – 128  (128)
  6. California Dreaming -113  (110)
  7. Down Under-G capo2 – 85  (85)

____2nd  Set_____ -Plan 15 min back in 10  get song to play

  1. Folsom Prison Blues – 110  (105)
  2. Me and Julio Down by The School Yard – 105 
  3. You Can’t Always Get What You Wan- 83/90  (70/77) Fix wav file:30
  4. Panama Red – New Riders of The Purple Sage   (100)
  5. Good Lovin / La Bamba C – 153   (?)Get this down   good timing 
  6. For What Its Worth – 93  (93)
  7. Your Only Lonely – J D Souther  (110?)
  8. Bertha –  (165)

Country Roads G – 77  (82)

___Encore___ – Last Call

Jingle Bells – Christmas

Brown Eyed Girl -(151)

Margaritaville   124   (124)

 

 

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Harvest Moon 2021

Thanks for helping us celebrate this year’s Harvest Moon with the Taquitos. The sound was good. The audience was engaged. The venue was spectacular.

The Myron & Joan’s Overlook is located in the Harbaugh Seaside Trails, on the edge of the beautiful San Eligo Lagoon in Solana Beach.  

Sunset SeasideWEDNESDAY, Oct 20  4pm to just past sunset.

It’s a very short walk to this beautiful spot. You can park in the neighborhood of Circle Drive or  Solana Vista drive and walk east across the highway, then north to the overlook.  MAP

Continue reading “Harvest Moon 2021”

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65th Birthday Sing Along

San Dieguito High School Class of 1974  65th Birthday Party

September 24-26, 2021  Glamping Trip to Ventura Ranch KOA

65th SongBook   (PDF)

Already Gone – Eagles / Jack Tempchin
The Joker – Steve Miller
When I’m Sixty four – Beatles
Folsom Prison Blues – Johnny Cash
California Dreaming – Mamas & The Papas
Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison
Land Down Under-G capo2 – Men At Work
Maragritaville – Jimmy Buffett
Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond
For What Its Worth – Buffalo Springfield
I’m a Believer – Monkees
Fire On The Mountain – Marshall Tucker Band
Peaceful Easy Feeling – The Eagles
I Got You Babe – Sonny and Cher
You Can’t Always Get What You WantCAPO5_G – Rolling Stones
Take it Easy – Eagles
Have You Ever Seen the Rain – Creedence Clearwater Revival
Lodi – Creedence Clearwater Revival
The Weight – The Band
Country Roads G – John Denver

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