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new songs for the summer - Hell Yeah !

I love playing guitar naked while drinking some coffee and smoking a cig. It reminds me of being a kid in jersey waiting for something cool to happen. the idea of going to krazurs and waiting for that ride to the city so we could drink some beers in washington sq and than walk down to st marks to fall out in tomkins sq. summer time songs have a better feel to them. you can be anywhere and that moment hits you you grab that guitar and start jamming. There's always musicians around the big easy to jam with. Last nite i jam'd with my good buddy jack who play harmonica on the riverwalk daily. This dude can wail ! we did a couple of blues standards and drank some abitas. I told him the harmonica playing on the riverwalk was good for the soul of the city. To hear that sounds for miles down the river is priceless . Ya never know who listening to what your playing. My neighbor listens to everything I play and when I'm done she's posts her feeling on the front door ?????? I dont read them, i dont want to be held responsibale . With all the recent drama I have several new songs to play. I also have a shit ton of songs that i need to write down before i forget them and on top of that I have some songs from the past that i want to record down here in the Vu Car. Summer is when you do nothing but that the best time to get playing and recording. I just talk to a friend of mine and we used to jam alot. now there over there i'm over here and we are gonna have to come up witha way to get together and jam ! Do ya think were gonna write some killer songs that we both have been working on since we last jam'd in 1999 - HELL YEAH ! word of day BSITSOS PRESS

Black Bird Beatles tribute video posted by Luvispro

so EVERYBODY knows Black Bird by the Beatles. the soft guitar playing. paul voices in angelic. I'm always amazed how george harrison played the guitar. so many different styles. a poieener in guitar playing. probadly the most amazing guitar player the world has ever heard. the whole concept can make me go on and on. So I'm at the City Park with the dog when i decide to do a little ode. Lately i've been having flashbacks of Living in California and going to Music School. I had a great teacher there who taught fingersstyle techniques. when it came to learning Black Bird I felt as if i didnt need to know anymore. I mean its just a simple guitar part with vocals. But this teacher jammed it for us.He started out playing it note for note, sang it as well. Than as if he was possessed or something he went off in left field, He took off into solos that where jaw dropping. The entire class was silent. On Ibanez hollowbody eletric dude whip every note on the fretboard I swear to you. I dont think I've ever seen anybody ever do that. he ended it and the whole class was still silent. He smiled and said That what I want from you guys by fridays performance. Learn it ! So I left for those hollywood hills and played the hell outa Black Bird. On Friday i go to class to play it. but I didnt get picked some other guy played it. It sounded awesome, He diffinity nailed it and later I heard he nail the girl from San Francisco with a flower in her hair. I was a little sad i didnt get to play it. Oh well I moved along the lessons. The last week of class's where great all the teachers from school got together to jam out. Jamie ask us if anybody wanted to jam on stage with him. Now I was never a shy boy with the ladies but at 19 in front of my role models and classmates i was a LOT nervous. But I had played the heck outa this guitar and you only get one shot. So I stood up and said " lets play Black Bird Jamie ". He smiled and cleared of the chair for me to seat along side and jam. " You want to sing it mark " " No jamie I like your vocals alot better " and a1 and a 2 and a 1,2,3,4........ Needless to say we rocked that motha out. As we played it a bunch of the other teachers sat round . plugged into the amps and put there 2 cents into it. If i could have recorded that 1 session outa the million of jams that happen ! who would have ever funked it! I became the Black Bird with the snow white BC Rich Bitch guitar that day. I even taught a few people how to pick those notes. Goodtimes. SO some 20 some odd yrs later I sit in a lonely park in the heart of the swamp muck to remember all that. I keep having these little flashback of past summers where jamming and free love wasn't being watched by Governments who believe in the NEW WORLD ORDER ! SO as the birds were chirping and singing I guess it tringered something. Summer jams are alway the best. Like summer love. I play Black Bird now and all it does is remind me of Musicians Institute 1988 a 19 yr old punk kid from new jersey who wanted to learn about music theory and find a guitar solo that would define my own style. Black Bird is the song I can always go to and it never go's cold. It can be raining cats and dogs out but not on this old Black Bird. I play this song for all those great musicians who where there than and now. I play this song without any picks on a guitar that I smashed on the Vollrath stage after being told " no covers allowed " hahahah This guitar has telephone cables for strings and has a 2inch gap between strings and fretboard but I love her and she never lets me down. The best $100 I ever spent. check out the video and go learn some Beatles music. www.youtube.com/luvispro

National "go outside and play" day !

I think we musicians should ahve our own NATIONAL GO OUTSIDE AND PLAY DAY ! the whole day. just take your gitars, cardboard box's, harmonics and just go outside and play " go outside and play " 4 words my mom and dad said to me everyday for 16 yrs. JUST GO OUTSIDE AND PLAY - just gotta pick the day ! so many great day outa the 365. I'll post it here. maybe it should be a all weekend thing - If every musician or aspiring musician went outside to jam whata great sound would be filtering in the the sky. the entire world is filled with more instruments than guns. my guitar shoots pure love into the face of who ever see's it. a national " go outside and play day would be positive, with kids and bbq's dogs and cats people dancing crawfish boils and smiles. so many pretty smiles. pretty flowers pretty pitbulls. go outside and play day can be great cause we will out number all the haters, gangsters, and new world order scumbags . National go outside and play day would be free and all the music stores and record shops would be open for business waving at the parade floats and airforce jets that fly over head in a red white and blue formation under blues clear skys were fireworks are seen for miles and miles. I'm going outside and playing on my front porch right now ! this notes for you Neil ............ Capcha word of the day Madapro justice

Luvis and the 419 production ?

It anotha Magical Monday hare at SwampMuck Records and Tapes. The sky is blue and filled with luv songs and little diddy's . Magic i tell ya's is all around me Reflections moving backwards. Ltly I been thinnking of old luvis song that were recorded but lost . I woke up this morning with a huge heart on for this special one i used to play. It was 5 song demo i did at the control room in memphis. I was living in missisippi . The myrage band was in another transition. I was writing songs on the acoustic a lot. Different people would show up and so a different set of songs came to being. play this song play that song kind thing. I had just came back from san diego. the southern cal lifestyle is sweet. the whole beach living for the few days i was there made me reliaxe i was a gonna wind up someday with long white hair painting nudes on the beach waiting for the sunset with my 69 volkswagon honeybug. so go into the studio to play these songs. the sessions produced the songs " I'm a believer, names in a heart, she was a woman, tattoo on her hand "..... I think there another 1 ...oh ya " Clarance please give me the clearance " hahaha so i wake up this this whole session in my dream. Maybe this was the week i recorded it. I been having alot of that lately. I record so many time the yrs are over lapping in my little mind. The magic of New Orleans is remembering these little gems again. I keep hearing drum beats and guitar parts with that great piano playing from jimmy enwright. theres a song out there called "What the Hell ". It was on rock.com but thats been all taken down. I need to create another reverb site for old myrage and young luvis. Young Luvis was a fire eating dragon on the axe. I played so much back than or did I ? It doesnt matter. I can still keep up with the best of them and I am surrounded by the best musicians and have always been. I keep myself in shape with plenty of E-A-D & C-G-D-A-E . a good old C-F-G works wonders. So maybe i'll record some old studio jams. cant hurt. the time is 11:00am and WWOZ is pouring thur the rooms. I miss these mornings and thats why i do them every monday. its time to take the pitbull girl to the bayou and watch her chase baby alligators . whoaaaaaaa now say it with me " who wants to go To MIL-WALKIE for a DRINKY " HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

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The Georgetown Loop on Vimeo.com/luvispro

o.k. over a 100 yrs ago in a land far away, there was a mad cap film maker and a vision to record the lonesome sounds of the Georgetown Loop. A loop in a continous motion. I go in a sontinous motion sometimes and than i flip it over sideways. So the georgetown loop or the TGL as we at the swampmuck maintenance dept. the idea of hanging on the back of a train and rip thur the colorado mt still seems like fun today. I wish i could go back to colorado and see my friends Jack and Jill. I cant stop watching this movie and how its over 100 yrs old. this guy never thought his movie was gonna go this far. the video is at www.vimeo.com/luvispro the georgetown loop was the shiznit of today. Virgin is sending people to the moon and i'm posting a video from the start of the 1900's . how i do these things is in the water. i drink the water and so i become the earth and therefore i am the able to see into both world of than and now. the band on te train was jamming so loud to the drinking passengers. the banjo player got him some sweet colorado sunshine while the upright bass player got his wallet stolen. the Woman who came on board for this shot where probadly not cast actore, this was a 1 time filming - no redubs, no retakes, no calkwalk protools to help. his was pure in your face camera work. he was filming and singing " the star spangled banner ". i like how you see another train zips above the gerorgetown train before heading into that amazing bridge over the rivers gorge. Unbelievable really. 100 yrs still in a vault in somebodys basement. Image what else is still out there. I was gonna write a soundtrack for this but think its better without ! Long live the georgetown loop capcha word of the day elehowe these

My little FireBall - try some for free now !

What do you say about a blue sky day in New Orleans. The ripples on the bayou while under the white fluffy clouds. BBQ in the background. live music in the font grounds. crazy motha's all round - yea that my fireball. I have this big old bottle of the red devil. shes alabamaways on my mind. relentless she is about me at times. I am so careful not to play to rough with her - my little fireball. she's like the green eye'd lady lovely lady passion lady.I call her phone and wait for her to pick up - what should i say ! what will i do - she's my FireBall. yea shes got a way about her, I dont know what it is but i think shes hard of hearing, ya hearing me my little fireball ! once hada sweet thing baby, she was a black magic marker kinda gal. Troubles I have a few but not my little FIREBALL ! DO U WANT TO GO DOWNTOWN ! WE can fool around and cook the pitbull ! my little fireball !

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June-1983-87 The Violent Rogars Band.

When June come along. I have to always think about the summers of the 80's. really a nice time to live in the U.S.A the summer was full of jamming. jam'd a lot in washington sq park. pack up the acoustic and it was 20-40- city ! walk down st marks to tomkins sq park. hang out with the homeless junkies and drink beers. testing all that the city had. like a mile davis moment the summers of june where always the best. still are the best time to play music. the month of June was when the Violent Rogars band came to be. With very little to work with we played some metallica, slayer. We would take trips and play the doors and hendrix. the Band was a gang. we play a bunch of house parties. the fun was always there. We couldnt get into most clubs in NYC. ya live how ya get it. June always a party to play in June. June is also the time to start a new love. the music of the summer is always there. so many new songs to pick for the soundtrack of june. How many weeks of practice does a band need for a gig ! never enough time for playing in june. the money is always a little lighter in june. I dont mind splurge'n a little ore during the summer. How many nights spent hanging out at Cone Cottage. Waiting for that car load of hotties from the otherside of town with the hopes of a phone number or address. June is full of pranks. the Violent Rogars had big ideas. to bad life got in the way. I cant believe i live thur it all. June can make ya laugh and cry. 2 yrs ago ( 2011) We were loading up for the big easy haul. packing and passing our stuff so to speak. so many friends and family left behind. old june was the month i look out into the eyes of the canyons of the Arch's in Utah. Wild june had me living the fast LA life on hollywood and wilshire. June and I still talk about those old days when were at the river front. the river is a mecca of past junes. june in memphis ment hanging at the swimming pools practice'n guitar parts for the studio. June always means chess games til nite falls. June means Kickball and wiffle ball games. June means crusien the lake shore looking for that 1 pretty blonde who's rides her bike about this time everynight - there she's - gotta go ! catpha word of the day - niesigni vandalia

A SwampMuck Records True Story

it was a cool sunny day in new orleans. the day was a frieday so the tourists and vampires where out on the prowl. as I stepped foot on to bourbon st i didnt know i was gonna walk into the house on the right side of the street. Once inside so many works of art and mystery. the entire moment was wild assortment of excitements. we had a lot of moments, many memories to last a lifetime. the music was of laughter and thrashing beer cans. ha ha hahah for over 20 mintues we talked about how music means freedom. we all listened to each other like in the old days before drones and in constant sorrow. we went to nawlins- nj- nyc-memphis-atlanta-mississippi and back on done to bourbon st. and the goats... have you ever seen a real life swamp goat ? when a old muddy swamp goat hoofs up on yer azz whatcha whatcha whatcha want ! ya now , going back to my college days i remember nothing and so now i write stuff down. this story isnt over... stay intuned for more tour news. we just sent off for some nice shows this yr. swampmuck records is ya'll hookup for all vintage & retro Luvis. Luvis #9 reverbnation Evil Luvis Itunes augusta dexvide - capcha word of the day :-)

Fast CaRs Red GuitArs and Hot SExy WomEn......

Cars guitars and fast woman, its like sex drugs and rock and roll, I say " u live u die u wonder why " . Some cars suck. some guitars rock. some woman ? &^%%$????______$$^&&^$#! !!!!!!!. I will go deeper into this magic on another date. as for right now I just wanted to Check out the photo's of the red hot git'r that made it to the swamp. It got so many tales to play. some think this guitar made have written history. some say it has been in everywhere you'd wont to be. I say its now in my power and i will use it to rule this tiny little musical world ! hahahaha give me all your strings - hahahahah I want ALL THE AMPS !!!!!! HAHAHAH I want all the monster cables - hahahahaha you over there stand still with it !

Music Lesson #1 - Dont Ever Stop - Playing !- Update

Music Lesson #1 - Dont Ever Stop - Playing ! Its gonna happen some point in your day. On stage or Off your rocker. You have to decide weather its important to ditch the bicth or ride the storm out. Some of us crash and burn. Lets all take a moment to speak good of all those who have passed this world...................Now My ultimate rule that i have been told from day til now is " DONT EVER STOP PLAYING" The time to stop is when the beer is getting beer cans thrown at them Road House style - hell even than " I DONT WANT YOU TO STOP PLAYING " the crew on the Titanic " didnt stop playing so neither should you my little grasspopper :-) ..... DONT EVER STOP PLAYING - ON STAGE CAUSE IT JUST DOESNT MATTER - I DONT CARE IF YOUR AMP CATCHS ON FIRE, THE BEER SPILLS ALL OVER YOUR BRAND NEW LES PAUL, THE BLONDE BARTENDER WITH REALLY BIG TITS FALLS ON THE FLOOR AND IS BLEEDING ALL OVER YOUR CRY BABY WHA WAW PEDAL - DONT EVER STOP - WHEN THE STRING SNAPS & SLAPS YOUR BASS PLAYER IN THE EYE AND ITS NOW HANGING OFF HIS FACE DRIPPING WITH FUNNK - DONT STOP PLAYING.....YA HEARING ME ! DONT STOP PLAYING - I DONT CARE IF WHERE ROCKING THE CASBAH AND SHIEK GEEK STRAPS DYNAMITE TO HIS CHEST AND HIS RUNNING STAR-RIGHT FOR THE DRUMMER - DONT STOP PLAYING... WHEN DRONES ARE SHOOTING LASER BEAMS AT THE LITTLE KIDS AT THE PARK - DONT STOP PLAYING.... WHEN THE TSA AGENT HAS HIS HANDS ON YOUR JUNK AND DONT STOP PLAYING, WHEN THE AND IF THE SHERIFFS STORM THE BEACH'S OF NORMSTOCK 2010 AND WE WERE SURROUND BY THE MACHINE WITH NO WHERE TO GO AND THE SPOTLIGHTS SHINING DOWN ON YOUR SET - WITH GUNS DRAWN, KIDS CRYING, GIRLS SCREAMING & DOGS BARKING, CARS CRASHING, BANDS FIGHTING, BUGS BITING, AND SOME GUY JUST PISSED ON MY LEG & EVERY NOSE E ASS NEIGHBOR IS ON THERE PORCH CLICKING CAMS - THAN AND ONLY THAN - DO YOU SLOWLY LOWER YOU HANDS... AND WITH ONLY 3 STRINGS YOU START TO PLAY THE "STAR SPANGLED BANNER " ! NOW IF ANYBODY EVER SHUTS DOWN YOUR PERFORMANCE OF THE GREATEST SONG EVER CREATED THAN YOU KNOW YOU ARE IN THE FACE OF THE ENEMY AND ALL BETS ARE OFF THE TABLE - DONT EVER STOP PLAYING - EVERYBODY SAY 3X RIGHT NOW " DONT EVER STOP PLAYING " ITS THE # 1 RULE. RULES ARE RULES AND AMENDMENTS ARE TO BE BROKEN....... BUT NOT OLD LUVIS PRODUCTIONS ! please take a moment to watch in stunning hd the excitement of being sHUTDOWN by the police and local first responders ! @ www.youtube.com/normstock2010 " Evil Luvis Normstock 2010 = Evil Lluvis busted by the Cops " http://youtu.be/nupAoKKUQJ0 _______________________________________ MUSIC MEANS FREEDOM ! SUPPORT LOCAL MUSIC, ARTS, FILMS, GROWERS & VETERANS IN AMERICA !

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