Navy Musician Teaches Rowing to Wounded Warriors

WASHINGTON, June 7, 2010 – A military musician assigned to the U.S. Navy Band here teaches rowing to wounded warriors recovering at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Patrick Johnson spends almost every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon motivating wounded warriors at the center’s Mercy Hall. Four years ago, Chief Petty Officer Michel Curtis, also a member of the Navy Band, and Johnson, began rowing at the Capitol Rowing Club here as part of their physical training regimen. Capitol Rowing Club is a masters rowing club on the Anacostia River next to the Washington...

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Video of A Black Musician Telling it Like It Is On Arizona's Law

What I have for you here is his is a short rant from a Black American musician who gets it. The left wants everyone to believe that only an ignorant black person would even think about agreeing with those of us on the right. The video you are about to watch is of AlfonZo Rachel, who is a musician and martial arts instructor. Alfonzo founded Macho Sauce Productions to create right-minded entertainment videos that are part rant, and part theatrical shorts. By providing commentary on politics and social issues, Alfonzo is not afraid to call out liberals on their backward...

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Credit Union Customer [with CCW] Takes Down Attempted Robber

PALM BAY, Fla. -- A local bank customer was hailed as a hero Thursday night for taking down a man who said he was down on his luck and he decided to commit a robbery. Floyd Francis gave up instantly, police said, and he was taken to the Brevard County Jail. "I drew my gun on him and put him down," Ruben Torres said. In a hand-written confession, Francis said he tried to rob the Space Coast Credit Union in Palm Bay because he needed money. He wrote, "I make music for a living, but tings not working out right...

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Conservative musicians welcome!

If you are a musician that likes talking guitars, amps, gigs, and everything else from politics to guns without all of the liberal whine and censorship you get at other sites, please feel free to visit this new forum. http://www.fretsandfriends.com/ Freedom of speech rocks!

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George Fullerton Dies At 86; Musician Helped Leo Fender Create His Unique Guitars

George Fullerton, a longtime associate of Leo Fender who played a crucial role in the electric-guitar innovator's extraordinary success through his broad-based skills as a musician, artist and technician, has died. He was 86. Fullerton died Saturday of congestive heart failure at St. Jude Medical Center in Fullerton, said his son Geoff. While Fender tinkered away, coming up with improvements in guitar design that led to the creation of his revolutionary Telecaster and Stratocaster electric guitars, Fullerton was charged with making those innovations practical for mass production in their Orange County factory that opened in the late 1940s. Nearly 1,000...

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Cello scrotum exposed!

LONDON, England (CNN) -- A medical ailment that has worried male members of string sections across the music world for over 30 years has been exposed as a hoax.

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Jimmie Vaughan:The rhythm and blues of America

Famed Blues guitarist Jimmie Vaughan tells about his involvement in the movement to restore our constitutional republic. Guitar Player magazine called Jimmie Vaughan "a living legend." He's one of the most respected guitarists in the world of popular music. He started playing guitar when he was 13, and his mother said of his immediate adeptness, "It was like he played it all his life." His fans aren't just "fans"; they include other guitarists and musicians of significant renown, including Muddy Waters, Eric Clapton, B.B. King, Buddy Guy, and his brother, the late Stevie Ray Vaughan. He is that good. But...

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