Guitar by candlelight

[AmericanEagle]

A storm blew through town last night, we lost power for about 10 hours.
Not much to do w/o any electricity, so I lit a candle and grabbed my trusty Taylor, and played a while. Just what the doctor ordered, I found it relaxing.

[BrunoBlack]

Great use of your time. Hope you didn't overheat without AC. Please send your rain to the western part of the state. We're dying out here.

[Steve DeRosa]

Played a gig like that with my trio back in '94 at a local historic site - kinda takes the concept of "unplugged" back to its original meaning...

[AmericanEagle]

Originally Posted by Haasome

Great use of your time. Hope you didn't overheat without AC. Please send your rain to the western part of the state. We're dying out here.

Funny thing is, the storm had little rain,
but it did have quite a lot of strong winds.

[IndianaGeo]

That's how I often practice. Late at night, candle going. It's great.

IG

[Neil K Walk]

That's the best way to practice - short of out under the moonlight next to a lake or even just on a front door stoop. Did you play "The Thunder Rolls"? Whenever II hear that rumble in the sky the tune seems to beg for me to play it.

[Steve DeRosa]

Originally Posted by kwakatak

That's the best way to practice - short of out under the moonlight next to a lake or even just on a front door stoop...

Memories of when I was growing up in Brooklyn in the late-50's/early-60's - when the local teens/tweens could actually sit in the park, on the beach, or on a friend's (or their own) stoop, with a guitar or two and a few other guys/girls, until the wee hours of a warm summer night, and never have to worry about getting shot/stabbed/robbed of said guitar...

[the architect]

That's one of the things I've always loved about the acoustic guitar, you can take it anywhere.

[jseth]

Playing the acoustic guitar during a power outtage by candlelight is such a wonderful, wonderful thing... when all the subtle (and not so subtle!) noise of electrical appliances and gizmos are absent, the resonant vibration of an acoustic guitar shines through in the most remarkable fashion...

One of those times when you can REALLY appreciate what the acoustic guitar is all about, without the distractions inherent in life today...

[Bob Womack]

A few years back we had a hurricane blow through as they do on occasion around here. I had to work and then drove home at the peak of the storm. When I got home I found out we'd lost power. My wife was lighting the place with candles. Everyone else in the house went to bed but I changed into some dry clothes, pulled out my guitar, and played my way through the storm. It was a magical experience. We didn't get power back for four days, though. My post about this from 2003 is HERE.

Bob

[guitargoat]

Originally Posted by AmericanEagle

A storm blew through town last night, we lost power for about 10 hours.
Not much to do w/o any electricity, so I lit a candle and grabbed my trusty Taylor, and played a while. Just what the doctor ordered, I found it relaxing.

That's awesome!! I love it when the power goes out like that. Best time to play in my opinion. Hope you are feeling better my friend.

Mike

[Glennwillow]

My wife and I live out in the boondocks and particularly during October-December we get a lot of gales blowing in off the ocean, so we lose power fairly often.

Years ago when all our kids were still at home, we had a power outage, so my wife lit up the usual candles and lanterns and we sat around the wood stove and played my old Martin. I have a lot of music memorized, so we filled up a couple of hours singing songs until bedtime.

The next day the power came back but when our 7-year-old came home from school, she asked if we could turn all the lights out and relight the candles and repeat the evening before with the guitar and singing. I thought that was pretty nice.

Sometimes we just don't slow down enough. Sometimes the weather forces us to.

- Glenn

[LouieAtienza]

I try to keep my wooden instruments away from fire and candle wax smoke whenever possible!

I play a lot in the dark. I try to envision where I want my hands to go and rely on feel more. Does wonders for the times when I'm enlisted to sing as well.