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I’m off to make musical history I hope

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Well today is the day that I, along with a few buddies, will be heading off to Yonge Dundas Square in Toronto to hopefully join the Guinness World Record of the largest guitar ensemble!

This is all part of the Toronto’s Luminato Festival of Arts and Creativity.

We, 1803 or more participants, will be collectively playing Neil Young’s Helpless for all to hear. We’ve all got a good night’s sleep, tuned up our guitars and practiced this one to death!

I hope you wish us all luck! Let’s also pray that the guitar god’s will be smilin’ down at us favorably.

Keep on Jammin’ at Yonge and Dundas Square!





Helpless is the Great Canadian tune

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So it’s official, Neil Young’s 1969 classic Helpless is the song chosen by voters for next Saturday’s gathering of guitar players in Toronto’s Dundas Square.

This is the song that will hopefully bring Toronto the Guinness World record for the most guitar players playing in an acoustic ensemble at once! The record currently stands at 1802. That is how many gathered in 2007 in Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany, to play Smoke on the Water.

I hope that some of my readers from the area will be attending this event. I know I’ve got a few buddies of mine showing up from in and out of town.

The link for the tablature is here so check it out and start practicing! BTW it’s 2:pm Saturday June 6th, at Dundas Square, Toronto.

Remember, if your going drop me a line and we’ll hook up before the gig!

Keep on Jammin’

Be part of musical history in Toronto

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Ever want to have your name put in the Guinness World book of Records, well here is a real simple way to be a part of it! As part of the Luminato Festival of Arts and Creativity, the organizers are attempting to break a previous record of the largest guitar ensemble. The number to beat is 1,802. Sorry, but only 6 or 12 stringed guitar players are needed.

Well if you live in southern Ontario and you wish to participate then check out this link and follow the directions to sign up.

Go to the site, check out a list of Canadian Songs and chose one that you think that you can play. The site provides you with tabs for all the songs to help you out if you can’t play it! The winning tune’s tablature will be posted on their site on Saturday, May 30th, 2009. That gives you a full week to practice!

If you happen to be under the age of 18, you have to have your parents fill out this form in order for you to take part of this historic jam session! More then likely you will not get proofed, that’s just what I think.

It will be held at Yonge Dundas Square (corner of Yonge and Dundas) at 2:00pm on Saturday, June 06 2009.

So get up off your computer or guitar chairs and sign up NOW! If you plan on taking part of this then PLEASE write me back and we’ll get together for a jam after the show!

Keep on Jammin’

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