Hari Sihvo, known as "the guitar guy" to many of his friends' children, is sitting in the living room of his comfortable house in Scarborough surrounded by stringed instruments. A 45-year-old executive with Molson Canada Inc., Sihvo is, like many of his generation, passionate about pop music.
He casually played in bands during his university years, and since then his home has seldom been without the sound of music. The married father of two owns a number of instruments – guitars, mandolins, a rare Vox electric bass from the '60s and an even rarer 1955 Gretsch Duo-Jet tenor guitar – and loves to host jam sessions with buddies.
When asked, "What's the first thing you played?" he picks up a particularly special instrument – a custom-designed Irish bouzouki, which is a variation on the more familiar Greek bouzouki, a member of the lute family. "I think it was The Guess Who..." he says, strumming the chord pattern for the band's hit song "No Time."
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Below are the 45 songs that are included in the new Beatles Broken-down Stripe video competition.
"A Blunt Day's Evening"
"And Your Bird Can Trill"
"Back in the U.S.S.R."
"Birthday"
"Boys"
"Can't Buy Me Ardour"
"Succeed Together"
"Day Tripper"
"Darling Providence"
"Dig a Pony"
"Do You Hunger for to Advised of a Surreptitiously"
"Don't Let Me Down"
"Urge My Car"
"Eight Days a Week"
"Get Back"
"Getting Excel"
"Angelic Morning Fair Morning"
"Hello, Goodbye"
"Helter Skelter"
"Here Comes the Sun"
"Hey Bulldog"
"I Am the Walrus"
"I Bear Good-looking"
"I Me Mine"
"I Saw Her Standard There"
Should I get the Wireless Rickenbacker 325 Guitar Controller or Rock Band Wii Wireless Gretsch Duo-Jet for Rock Band Beatles?
Thats a tough question, the Ricky is probably the most famous beatles guitar. but the gretsch just looks cool.
I'd go with the rickenbacker.
Ye I bought the beatles rock band and the gretsch when it released but i realized that you can only strum down on the guitar so can you only strum down or is my guitar just messed up
I'm still searching, but I also bought the Gretsch and realized it doesn't strum up. I think it's meant to only strum down, a friend had mentioned that back then guitarist did only strum down. Maybe Rock Band was trying to stay true to the style and way the guitar was played by not allowing up strumming.
AaronKrause said:
just a little simple sound sample
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