{"id":343,"date":"2007-03-01T19:28:25","date_gmt":"2007-03-02T02:28:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newcoolthang.com\/index.php\/2007\/03\/we-should-all-recognize-the-shortage-of-lds-rock-guitarists-as-we-raise-our-children\/343\/"},"modified":"2020-01-09T06:10:00","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T13:10:00","slug":"we-should-all-recognize-the-shortage-of-lds-rock-guitarists-as-we-raise-our-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newcoolthang.com\/index.php\/2007\/03\/we-should-all-recognize-the-shortage-of-lds-rock-guitarists-as-we-raise-our-children\/343\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;We should all recognize the shortage of LDS rock guitarists as we raise our children&#8230;&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So my new band has not gigged yet.  Here is the problem:  Our guitar player flaked out on us around Halloween and we have had no luck finding a replacement.  Rick, the founder of the band and our trombone player, made a funny crack on the band email list this afternoon:<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I am hitting up my contacts again for guitarists. We all recognize the importance of that. I think we should all recognize this shortage of LDS rock guitarists as we raise our children (I&#8217;ve got one in the works) and do our part.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Amen brother Rick.  Amen.  <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m doing my part too.  My second daughter is taking some guitar lessons along with her piano lessons.  The only problem is she&#8217;s seven&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, it&#8217;s not like Phoenix is a small town and here in the East Valley we have more than our share Mormons.  (Since the other six of us in the band are Mormons we figured a Mormon guitarist would be a nice fit.)  So if you know any LDS rock guitar players in the Phoenix area who might be interested have them send me an email right away.  (See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newcoolthang.com\/index.php\/2006\/08\/name-the-new-band\/277\/\">this post<\/a> on the basics of this band.)   We&#8217;re ready to rock so we&#8217;ll definitely take anyone who fits &#8212; Mormon or not &#8212; at this point.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=left src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/thumb\/f\/f2\/Jimi_Hendrix_-_Electric_Ladyland.jpg\/180px-Jimi_Hendrix_-_Electric_Ladyland.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" align=right src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/1\/1a\/Pat_Boone.jpg\"\/>Finding a guitarist is the first purpose of this post, but the second point is to open up the discussion of the influence of LDS culture on these sorts of things.  Isn&#8217;t it funny how we have harp players coming out the wazoo in this church but finding a decent rock guitarist (or often, drummer) is a minor miracle?  It&#8217;s such a bummer I think.  I guess Mormon moms like to have their kids get good at the instruments you can play in church.  I&#8217;ll bet Pentecostals never have a shortage of rockin&#8217; guitarists!  <\/p>\n<p>Come on people &#8212; don&#8217;t you know that they rock out in the Celestial kingdom too?  What is more heavenly than some hard rockin&#8217; classic like, say, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fire_%28Hendrix_song%29\">Fire<\/a><\/em> by Hendrix?  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Here is the problem: Our guitar player flaked out on us around Halloween and we have had no luck finding a replacement. 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